Showing posts with label Major Lazer. Show all posts
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July 29th 16: Duo of the Week – Major Lazer + Justin Bieber

It is week no.4 for French Imany at the very top of the German list. As Don't Be So Shy sits pretty at #1 Imany becomes the most successful French female solo singer since 1988. Back than France Gall had have a four weeks run at the top of the German charts with Ella elle l'a.
Of course there where some other (male ore mixed) acts in between occupying the top for longer. Still this week is something not seen for very long. With David Guetta and KUnGS predecessing at #1 this is the eighth week with a French act on top. We had that situation for last in autumn 1989 with Kaoma's Lambada ruling the list for ten weeks.

It's not only the current #1 worth talking of. Also #2 is a pretty item for statistical interpretation as it is not only the highest new entry but also a collaboration between the superstars of now. As we have a look on the list ranking the most present acts of 2016 so far there is DJ and producer DIPLO leading the survey as part of Major Lazer, Jack Ü and even under his own name with 88 appearances/weeks–Major Lazer as proper main act so far collected 70 weeks with three hits. In between them Canadian Justin Bieber ranks with four hits collecting all together 72 weeks. That massive power all combined now shots to #2 with Cold Water giving all involved their biggest chart entry to date. Justin Bieber collected two #3 hits in past year 2015, Major Lazer did have two #4 hits same year.
The Bieber-Diplo combination ain't as new as one might think. In 2015 both had a meeting under the Jack Ü project with Where are Ü now which spent complete 46 weeks in the list peaking at #33 in May 2015. In 2016 few changes where made probably supporting the huge success. One of these changes is the appearance of Danish . She became known with her performance on Major Lazer's Lean On. Meanwhile she has an own chart entry with Final Song entering the top 50 this current week. She was invited to join the recent super crew too. Well–super crew ... still peaking at #2. Maybe it is just a regular crew of mainstream stars.

Two further songs are entering the top 10. At #9 the new Shawn Mendes single Treat You Better lands after a 4 places rise in its eighth chart week. He right now is the third Canadian act this current week appearing inside the top 10.
At #10 Sing Me To Sleep by Alan Walker stops. With this entry he also launches his second top10 hit.

#13 is the stop for the second biggest gainer of the week. Bonfire by Felix Jaehn Feat. ALMA is a sure hit for late summer. It jumps 19 places in its second chart week and makes singer ALMA the best performing Finnish act since Sunrise Ave reached the top 10 in November 2013 with Lifesaver.
Also new inside the top 20 Mike Perry is. His track The Ocean goes 21–15 in its seventh chart week. Besides Galantis and Zara Larsson he is the thrid Swedish act inside the Top 20.

Biggest gainer of the week takes 22 places stopping at #24. It is the second hit single by jonas blue. Although Perfect Strangers took some time to catch fire. It is already the eighth chart week for the song.


Watching the whole list again one might notice the very low presence of British acts. Only twelve songs on the survey feature British people. Compared to the heights of almost 29 in 2015 this current year seems to be a very hard for the UK.

December 11th 15: Christmas Mood in the German Charts

It is still Adele who leads the list with Hello. And she writes chart history. At least Hello now is the best performing female solo song in 2015–overttaking the result of Ellie Goulding's Love Me Like You Do by a week. To become the best performing single in 2015 at all Hello should at least hold firm for a single week. In this case Adele would also eclipse the 48 years old result of Sandie Shaw's Puppet On A String which actually is the closest song by a British female solo singer that had similar success.

Already now Hello sets historical marks. It is this the 32nd consecutive week of having the #1 coming from Europe. A feat not seen since 1990.

At #2 the Deepend-remix of Matt Simons Catch & Release goes selling out the long running #2 Geiles Leben by German Glas-Perlen-Spiel. It is the first week since May 1st that there is no appaerance of a German act at #1 or #2.

Astronaut by Andreas Bourani & Sido spends an 18th week inside the top 10 at #7 and is now the third song in 2015 doing so. In next weeks time it could become the longest running top 10 hit of the year.

The one and only new song inside the top 10 makes its entry due to the release of an album. Coldplay misses the top spot on the album's list with A Head Full Of Dreams clearly as there hold firm Helene Fischer and Adele. So it is the first time in 13 years that a Coldplay album misses the top–so far one has to add. At least the teasing single Adventure Of A Lifetime gets a sales boost rising 14–9 in the single's survey and giving the band its fourth top 10 appearance.


Three places down Major Lazer stops with follow up hit to Lean On. The new single calls Light It Up and features Jamaican Nyla plus British Fuse ODG. In between the Major Lazer/Ellie Goulding collaboration Powerful sneaked into the survey for a single week in September. Past hit Lean On spends a 40th chart week right now at a pretty #45.
Project member Diplo also sees his own production Be Right There (feat. Sleepy Tom) rising to #69.

Past week the Felix Jaehn/Mark Forster project EFF started chart life with Stimme at #24. This week the track rises to #15 giving the DJ his fourth and the singer his fifth top 20 hit.

Danish band Lukas Graham can set its first top 20 hit with 7 Years rising to #19.


The main story starts at #31. There one can find the best selling Christmas pop song so far. It is Last Christmas recorded 31 years ago by Wham!. The song already spends a 116th week inside the list which is the second most of all time.
Christmas hit number two comes from Mariah Carey. Her All I Want For Christmas Is You recorded in 1994 slowly gets same popularity as Last Christmas. This week it goes 45–32.
The third classic tune is Wonderful Dream (Holidays Are Coming) by Melanie Thornton. This song goes 89–61 in its 96th chart week. Its first chart appearance was only 14 years ago.
Further down there are other Christmas tunes returning to the list:
at #79 Driving Home For Christmas by Chris Rea
and at #97 the most popular tune of last season Do They Know It's Christmas by Band Aid


The highest new entry lands at #66 only. It is an old tune released independently in summer 2013. Now Frankfurt based DJ Katch added some vocals by New Yorkian Greg Nice and DJ Kool from Washington. Two weeks after its release Horns enter the charts for the first time.

Three months after its first appearance Policeman by Eva Simons can gain a new peak. The song lands at #67 in its 11th chart week.