December 8th 17: Sheeran Or Kollegah?

The year 2017 started with a huge impact by Ed Sheeran. Later on the singer set some chart records by releasing his album Divide. This week he manifests his status as most successful artist of 2017 by letting his song Perfect fly to #1. The final kick to get there came by the release of duet version with Beyoncé. We already know that effect from most selling single 2017 Despacito that was a hit already but became #1 after an additional release with extra star appearance. In the UK and the US the new track really is credited on the official list–the German survey still works with different rules so at #1 only Ed Sheeran is credited.

It is the second #1 for the British singer. Hidden accompanying Beyoncé as well gets her second #1 appearance. Her one and only #1 song so far dates back more than 10 years. In 2007 she occupied #1 for a single week dueting with Shakira on Beautiful Liar. Even her last top 10 appearance from 2010 was a duet: Telephone with Lady Gaga.

Although Ed Sheeran seems to be untouchable he ain't. As Kollegah & Farid Bang launch their album Jung Brutal Gutaussehend 3 and invade the song charts with tracks from this album. Highest one is Ave Maria at #5 followed by Rap wieder Rap at #7 and Es wird Zeit at #8. It is only the second time that an act launches three simultaneous new entries inside the top 10. In 2010 it was Lena who managed that feat first. Her appearance still is better as she started at #1, 3 and 4.
With six top10 hits in one calendar year the rap duo now ranks alongside David Guetta who did so in 2011 already.

Even better the performance inside the top20 is. Kollegah & Farid Bang launch eight hits there. It also boosts the statistic of German productions to an amount of ten–the best result in 2017–nine of them are in German which is a feat not seen since decades.

The first Christmas tunes arrived past week. Now the seasonal impact is much bigger. Still leading the list is All I Want For Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey which goes 37–9 adding a third top10 week to its account.
Second best selling Christmas single is Last Christmas by Wham! from 1984. It goes 52–14 in its 126th chart week.
Ten further Christmas related songs re-appearing inside the list. These plus the 15 new entries by Kollegah & Farid Bang makes this recent list the one with the biggest turnover of songs in 2017: 31 songs of the survey were not listed the week before. It is the biggest change since May 2014 and even more as the list of August 1989 when the top75 changed into the top 100.

Nov 10th 17: BAUSA's fifth week

It is the fifth consecutive week for BAUSA's Was du Liebe nennst meaning it is the ninth consecutive week with a #1 sung in German. Last time such a feat happened is more than 10 years ago. Back than DJ Ötzi & Nik P. held 11 weeks at the top spot–nine of them in a row. Right before Ein Stern, der deinen Namen trägt grabbed the #1 slot it was Höhner. Herbert Grönemeyer and Tokio Hotel invading the top for each a single week.

At #6 the fourth teasing track for the new Kollegah & Farid Bang album Jung brutal gutaussehend 3 comes in as the highest new entry this week. Five weeks ago Sturmmaske auf shot to #1. Gamechanger meanwhile manages as a third track a top 10 position.

Oct 6th 17: Kollegah & Farid Bang Go #1

It is the 110th straight #1 in Germany. After almost five years of chart appearance Kollegah & Farid Bang manage to achive the top spot with teasing release to their third part of Jung brutal gutaussehend. The song in question calls Sturmmaske auf (Intro) and it is this a pure gangster rap track.
Following the Kay One & Pietro Lombardi collaboration Señorita it is the first consecutive double in German since the end of 2015. Back than there achieved three #1 songs in German in a row with Sido & Andreas Bourani, Namika and Die Ärzte. The last consecutive #1s achieving the top straight way came back at the end of 2014 when the German version of Band Aid 30 dethroned David Guetta & Sam Martin. The very last time when two songs in German went straight to #1 each after another is 10 years ago. In February 2007 Herbert Grönemeyer brought his Lied 1 - Stück vom Himmel directly to the top replacing Tokio Hotel's Über's Ende der Welt after one single week.

At #4 a second track by Kollegah & Farid Bang arrives. Zieh den Rucksack aus falls short of the Ed Sheeran feat that had simultaneous new entries at #1 and #2 in January this year.

With eight tracks from the current #1 album Royal Bunker invading the song charts as single tracks Sido increases his account of chart entries to 57 which is more than Depeche mode or Scooter ever had–but well Bushido and Kollegah still ranks over him as he lands at the fifth place of artists with most chart entries.
As also #3 album Blyat by Capital Bra sends 10 single tracks into the song list the amount of tracks in German reaches a height of 50 which is far and away an unbelievable feat. Back in the very early days of the German charts it was quite usual having 70 or even 80 percent of the charted songs sung in German. In between the rate dropped down dramatically increasing slowly over the past five years again.

18th of April 2014:

While the charts of the UK at this very moment changing faster and faster–it is the 9th week in a row that Britain celebrates a complete new number 1–in Germany the turn of number 1 songs slows down further. Last weeks Top single is the top selling song this current week also. Rather Be by Clean Bandit Featuring Jess Glynne holds firm for a second week and is the fourth consecutive chart topper that spends at least two weeks there. In other words: since late December chart toppers managed to hold their position at least for two weeks.
What sounds quite noteworthy is not at all that spectacular for winter and early spring time. From NOvember 2012 to May 2013 we had five consecutive chart toppers spending more than one week at the Top. From December 2011 to May 2012 there were also five. So there is some way to go still before we proclaim a new record in calmness.
A static top ain't a static list at all. But this current week it is so. The whole Top 5 remains unchanged–a situation found on January 24th also. So decide yourself whether the charts are thrilling these days or not.

New inside the Top 10:
Australian Vance Joy slides up two further places landing now at number 9 with Riptide. In comparison with Route 94's My Love at number 8 it is the third deep house track inside the German Top 10.


The highest new entry starts lowly at number 32 which is the third lowest hot new entry this year. The honour goes to German rappers KC Rebell Feat. Farid Bang. Their Kanax in Moskau is a sequel to Kanax in Paris released in March last year and stopped at number 60.
Farid Bang with this current entry collects 13 chart entries no one peaking higher than number 28. He is hard on the way of becoming one of the artists with most charting tracks but never entering the top 20. On the actual summary of this list he stands at number 6. So German gangster rap is highly productive but still a product for a very small scenery.
One rapper with some more attention is Kollegah. His youtube channel Bosshaft-TV has half a million of regular viewers. Every week he releases at least five new videos and some days ago he was nominated five times for the German web video award which will be given late May. All that presence may help his single Alpha back to the list. It lands at number 35 again in its 7th chart week. For a gangster track this is a hilarious result. With a freshly released video also AKs im Wandschrank is back on the list. It now stands on number 36–9 places higher than three weeks ago when it first appeared on the survey.

Future hits:
Dernière Danse by Indila was number 1 i France already. Some independent seller in Germany offered the track plus album since end of February. The official and proper release followed on April 11th. A week before the demand seems huge. The track enters the list at number 53 after it had a short appearance in early march at number 98.
Aloe Blacc's new single The Man shot to number 1 in the UK last week. In Germany there is no official release date distributed. Anyway the track climbs up the charts right now. This week it lands at number 56.
Already released as a single in 2012 Parov Stelar's All Night this week enters the charts for the very first time. The founder of electro swing makes his German chart debut at number 57.


DSDS effect
Emeli Sandé benefits from the performance by Yasemin. Free re-enters at number 70.


In the German wikipedia their is a long during beef about how important a remixer is and whether producer are worth mentioning on the encyclopedia if they "only" release remixes. This week there is an evidence that a remix can do a lot to a song. The band American Authors is signed to a moajor company since 2012. It released Best Day Of My Life back than–the hiatus of success came early this year. A Europe wide release followed. In Germany the single was available since March. Now the track enters at number 81 and probably will rise higher cause of the new announced remixes by likes such as Such A Gent who brought the indie rock song into a trap/deep house style. The German wikipedia does not know the remixer, neither does the English one.
Another trap artist debuts at the German charts due to an appearance on the latest issue of The Dome compilation. Turn Down for What by DJ Snake and Lil Jon already was released in December 2013. In March 2014 the track was chosen to complete the 69th edition of the successfull compilation serial and finally makes its way into the list as an standalone track also. Number 93 is the rank it gets this week. For Lil Jon it is the first new material inside the German list since 2006.

On the very end of the list the release of the DVD/BluRay version of Frozen brings signature song Let It Go by Demi Lovato back to the list. Number 83 is 8 ranks better than its original performance back in February.

28th February 2014: MR PROBZ is No.1 – Bushido tries to

As expected MR PROBZ goes No.1 with having his hit Waves released also physically on CD. It is the first European production occupying the Top in 2014. The last one doing so was Changes by French Faul & Wad Ad Vs. PNAU. Obviously there is a European sound called Deep House at this moment which represents the continental European mood perfectly.

With MR PROBZ being No.1 there is a Dutch act at the German top after 9 years. It was the casted children act Ch!pz that had the honour last. The fortune lasted two weeks back than. Let’s wait what power the new definition of Deep House can emerge.

No.1 pop sensation Clean Bandit from Britain also arrives in Germany. After Rather Be was used several times around the coverage to the Olympic Games in Sochi it takes a 22–12 leap and probably will arrive the Top 10 in next weeks time when the physical single is released fully also. The same record setting status as they got in their home country is in continental Europe far away.

Last week’s highest new entry the cover Shot Me Down by David Guetta feat Skylar Grey reaches #13 after a full sales week. It now ranks higher than the original from 1966 by Cher and it is the best performing track for David Guetta since September 2012.


German gangsta rap invasion
The highest new entry comes from a German gangster rapper. It’s not at all the one who hits the top spot in the album list. It is someone who I would call the next generation. He already grabed the No.1 of the album list together with Farid Bang a year ago. Now Kollegah announces his new album King with the single track Alpha. It lands at number 15 which remarks a new peak for him in the single’s survey and which is in fact his first solo entry in the charts.

Talking ’bout next generation: Kollegah also got a feature on master Bushido’s new album Sonny Black (that’s the one at No.1 for the long players). The highest standalone track from that album is Gangsta Rap Kings on which Kollegah is featured. The track swaps in at number 45. And I really got the feeling that a lot of fans loaded the song cause of Kollegah’s appearance. Master Bushido had his last Top10 entry in the single’s list three and a half year ago.

Anyway–Bushido’s new album brings some more tracks to chart honour. Six tracks are cherry picked–making the rapper the artist with most different tracks on charts in 2014 so far. Even summarized within the current decade he is the German act having most tracks entered the survey. The result of 20 tracks is more than Rihanna (19) has under her belt but one short of Flo Rida. On the all time list Bushido this week matches the result of The Beatles that had 41 different chart entries.

A third Gangsta rapper is very present on the list this week. Farid Bang announced a new album for April too. In advance he releases one track to another. This week the almost love rap Dein Weg enters the list at #86.


Up on the list ... it goes for Trumpets–the new offering by Jason Derulo. The track rises 71–49 in its third week.


Newcomer alert at number 85. Former Star Search finalist and child star Senta-Sofia now is of full age. So she took a new name and changed her musical style. As Oonagh she released her first album. As support act to Santiano’s tour she reaches a wider audience which gives her a first entry with her single Gäa.

So–if one had counted the many new entries this week: 14 plus 5 tracks re-entering the list. That is the biggest turnover of the yet young year 2014. The calm weeks definitely are over.

17th of January 2014: Happy goes No.1

The new year’s laziness is gone: Germany has got a new No.1. And what kind of. Like in half of the world Pharrell Williams’ Happy goes to the Top here also. Within eight months Pharrell is listed at the very top for the third time. Such a feat was last seen in 2009/10 when Lady Gaga had three Nr.1 hits within seven months. These three Top hits charted consecutively – so he follows directly the series of hits launched by German Tokio Hotel in 2006/07.

Reaching the Top by climbing 8 places sounds quite spectacular. The books will tell you that only one year and three months ago another song did so. It was famous Gangnam Style by Korean PSY. That track surprisingly had a mere three-weeks-career at the Top although the time span strains over three complete months.

At number 3 Ed Sheeran comes in with his song for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’s end title. Five million people watched the movie in Germany alone – no surprise I See Fire also becomes a hit.


The brilliant Of the Night re-recorded by BASTILLE slowly takes fire and goes 52–26 which gives the band its third Top40 hit within 9 months. The song ultimately is one of the better words spoken in the 90s revival. Probably that period will finally fade away.

Gangster Rap–especially coming from Germany–still has a market here. Next generations star Farid Bang starts his new single Bitte Spitte Toi Bang at number 32 as the highest new entry. It is the second highest entry for him since he appeared first in the list around two years ago. Though none of his tracks spent more than two weeks inside the charts. So it is still a narrow scenery that adores him.

The US-American version of a young rap hope is Kid Ink. Right now he gots some more attention in Germany too. His album My Own Lane enters the album list right at number 12 in its first week. So three different tracks sneak in the list right now the highest stopping at number 36 in the face of Show Me–the absolut peak for the young artist in Germany. MTV featured him on its Push serial at the very beginning of the year. Well-this guy must be taken as an upcoming record star for sure.


German Revolverheld heavily promotes its new single Ich lass für dich das Licht an by launching a Story of the video clip. It's about the proposal of one of the band members to his long year girlfriend. The very romantic story touches a lot of people, so the song already jumps 90–38 without having the video released (13th of January) and a month before the new single mixes are released.

Romance is a big topic under Germany's youth. Sido's last album is full with lyrics of its kind. One of the most obvious is Liebe which reaches number 43 this week which is the best result for that track so far.


Featured by the 30th anniversary of TV channel RTL British singer Rebecca Ferguson whitnesses the hiatus of her career in Germany so far by Light On landing at number 40. It isn't the real breakthrough for sure.

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis already have their fourth hit entering the upper half of the German charts. White Walls climbs to number 41 in its second chart week.


At the lower end of the charts first signs of upcoming Après Ski season are significant. The official start has taken place on prime time TV at Sat.1 on Januar 7th with a big show. One of the hits of the season for sure is Rock Mi by Bavarian voXXclub. The song actually rises 82–62 in its 12th chart week. It already reached number 44 back in October.


This current week is the third consecutive week that BEYONCÉ can enter with a new track. This time it is XO that lands at number 83. All three tracks sneaked around that area and disappeared after a single week. Real hits look different I guess.

Hot Spot 02-01-13

will.i.am &Britney Spears hang on a third week at Number 1. Britney now matches the success of her predecessor number 1 Lucky in 2000.

Icona Pop Feat. Charli XCX rise to number 3 making I Love It the most successful Swedish production since number 1 hit I Follow Rivers.

Sido goes 8–5 with In meinem Kopf which gives him a Top 5 hit for the third time in his career.

On Tour in Germany, Number 1 in Austria – CRO makes a 14–8 leap with Einmal um die Welt and reaches a new peak with this song. It is already the 24th chart week which makes the song the slowest climber since Ma Chérie reached its peak at number 6 in May last year.

Linkin Park’s Castle Of Glass still two weeks ahead the full release on CD enters the Top 10 – it is the fourth Top 10 hit of the band and follows the number 2 song Burn It Down which re-enters at number 93.


This week we do have 12 new entries and 11 re-entries – meaning it is the biggest turnover of that young year so far. So the charts get back to the speed they had at the end of 2012.

The most present artist of 2012 is starting the new year: Pitbull delivers the highest new entry with Feel This Moment at number 12. It is his 21st charting track in this decade and the 25th at all. His partner on the song Christina Aguilera also counts 25 chart hits with this entry and now spends 15 consecutive years inside the German charts. The single itself will be available on CD from February 22nd on.

With the success of Ellie Goulding’s Lights the label scheduled a re-release of the single CD for February 15th. This week the song rises 26–19 and probably this track will become her first Top 10 hit on German shores.

Also worth mentioning Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz reach the Top 20 with Thrift Shop. The song still isn’t signed to a label and sells directly from the artist’s platform. That’s unbelievable and probably shows what will happen in a few years within the whole music business.

Finally Nicki Minaj’s Va Va Voom catches fire and reaches the upper half of the list.

After her performance on Wetten dass… Leona Lewis is back in the list with her last hit Trouble. So far it spent only five weeks inside the list. That’s poor for a star like Leona Lewis is.
Caligola adds one more week to the summit of its Forgive Forget after performing at the show. Now the track counts 20 chart weeks.

Rita Ora’s How We Do (Party) spends rising the last week on digital sales only . The track reaches now number 40.

Used at Dschungelcamp Philipp Poisel returns to the list with Ich will nur. It is only the fourth chart week and number 41the second highest place it ever reached.
Promoted by that success also Wie soll ein Mensch das ertragen returns to the list. The album Project Seerosenteich just reached gold status selling 100.000 copies.

AVICII VS Nicky Romero steadily rising. They reach number 44 in their third week in the list.

The release of the Django unchained soundtrack helps three songs into the list as solo tracks. First of all Anthony Hamilton can enter the survey withFreedom at number 55. Further down the list we also find the main title Django by Luis Bacalov, Rocky Roberts (by the way one of the very few Argentinian musicians who can enter the German list). And finally at number 100 there is Rick Ross with 100 Black Coffins.

The album of Kollegah & Farid Bang Jung, Brutal, Gutaussehend 2 is scheduled for February 8th. Till now there are four tracks released before. Number 4 Stiernackenkommando enters teh list this week.

A complete week after releasing the album LONG.LIVE.A$AP fully the artist’s single F**kin’ Problems returns back to the singles charts and reaches a new peak with number 86.

Carnival season is at the door: Mickie Krause sneaks through the list. Two weeks ago his Nur noch Schuhe an visited the survey at number 99 now it re-enters at 90. The peak of the song was back in August last year at number 32.

Hot Spot 01-25-13

This is how chart news will look like in the future

Second Nr. 1 week for will.i.am feat. Britney Spears

Three Swedish acts are gainer to the top end:
Icona Pop enters the Top 10 after Coca Cola launched the TV campaign on January 14th.
The Swedish House Mafia becomes a Top 10 act with their last single Don’t You Worry Child and full 17 weeks in the list. (It is the second Top 10 hit for member Steve Angello whose production of Taio Cruz’s Troublemaker was Nr.6 in 2011.)
Otto Knows enters the Top 20 with Million voices.
All in all there are three Swedish acts inside the Top 20.

Sido is getting a fourth Top 10 hit after releasing In meinem Kopf as CD single.

And it is the week in which Flo Rida sums up more weeks inside the German Top 10 (68 weeks) than Robbie Williams


Upcoming singles rising
Linkin Park enter the Top 20 with Castle Of Glass still three weeks before the track is released on CD single. It is the 12th single that can reach German Top 20 and the biggest hit since Burn It Down hit number 2 in May past year.

Still not on CD Rihanna's next single Stay rises and reaches the upper half of the list.

Rita Ora's single How We Do (Party) is scheduled for 25th January to be released on CD. Since late December the track sneaks through the list now reaching its highest position so far at number 57.

New in the list also: One Direction with Kiss You scheduled for release on CD for 8th February 2013.



Niggas in Paris by JAY-Z & Kanye West finally becomes a hit in Germany as well. In its 18th chart week and more than half a year since the song was first listed inside the charts it rises to number 40. The reason for this late success still is not known.

Kollegah & Farid Bang launch their third chart inside within 6 weeks. The new one is Du kennst den Westen.

Danish Lukas Graham is on tour in Germany – the single Drunk In The Morning rises again.



DSDS the next season
In the second show on 9th January Tim David performed I Won't Let You Go by James Morrison. The original song reaches the Top 50.
The show on 12th January presented Wincent Weiß – obviously a hot candidate for the win. He performed Halt dich an mir fest which brings the original by Revolverheld back in the charts. It is already the 48th week for the track which makes it the most successful single of the German band.


January 12th German schlager star Andrea Berg celebrated her 20th show anniversary on TV. More than 6 million people watched the show. Most succesfull guest of the show: Andreas Gabalier. His I sing a Liad für di bounces back up the charts to number 49 in it's 47th chart week.
She herself sees her hit Du hast mich tausendmal belogen entering the list for the very first time. It is only her third single gaining a place in the survey.

Third winner of British X-Factor enters the list in Germany: James Arthur.

Four years after its release Heads Will Roll by Yeah Yeah Yeahs can enter the list in Germany. It is the very first track of the band inside the German charts.


Dschungelcamp Effect
Having Silva Gonzalez in the Dschungelcamp is the (probably last) chance for his project Hot Banditoz of having a last hit. Get Down On The Floor enters at number 76. It is the first charting track since September 2007. Their biggest success was back in 2003 the single Veo Veo, climbing to number 3.

More successfully the title track Troublemaker by Olly Murs feat. Flo Rida climbs to number 3. And at the very lower end Sex On Fire again clings on in the list as it is used as a main theme for candidate Olivia Jones. By the way Sex On Fire now charts for the 14th time – it is one of the most loved songs in casting shows and always can make it into the charts after a performance. I would call it a classic tune.



Another act absent from the charts for a long time but very successful with concerts and tours is Max Raabe. Due to the release of his album Für Frauen ist das kein Problem the title track finally can enter the list at the lower quarter. It is nothing more than his second chart hit on the singles list. The predecessor charted back in 2006.

Back after a 19 years absence Scottish band The Proclaimers see its I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) re-entering the list. The song was used in TV serials as How I Met Your Mother and in the movie The Angels' Share which made it very popular the last months again.


Johannes Oerding from Hamburg released his album Für immer ab jetzt on 11th January. The track Nichts geht mehr is the favourite of the cherry picking audience and enters number 82 after a performance at girlfriend Nina Müller's show. – His second single Einfach nur weg from last November also appears for a single week in the charts again.


Funny statistics at the end: German CRO after a year inside the charts reaches the Top 20 of most charted artists in this decade. He now has 138 weeks under his belt. – The number one since 1.1.2000 is David Guetta with 546 weeks (+ a few more where he acted as silent producer in the background). Best German act so far is culcha candela collecting 241 weeks – which is rank number 9.