August 25th 17: New #1 After Four Months

Almost exactly four months after Despacito climbed to #1 for the very first time the song drops off the pole position and gives way for the succeeder. It is this the former #2 More Than You Know by Axwell /\ Ingrosso a Swedish DJ and producer duo that follows AVICII who was the last proper Swedish #1 act in 2013.
Axwell /\ Ingrosso grab the chart crown almost exactly two years after they first appeared as a duo inside the German list. Both already collected chart honor as members of the Swedish House Mafia which made its chart debut exactly seven years ago.
After a period of two really long running #1 hits More Than You Know only is the fourth #1 song in 2017–one should add: in late August.

Hard on the heels of Despacito the next Latin inspired hit in Spanish follows as Mi Gente by J Balvin & Willy William rises a further place to #3 in its eighth chart week.

The highest new entry lands at #5. It is the new offering by Justin Bieber on which he teams up officially with producer BloodPop(R). Latter one already produced Bieber's hit Sorry–now he starts his own chart career with Friedns.
Justin Bieber meanwhile is on the way of becoming again the artist with most top 10 hits in one calendar year. Friends already is his fourth (including his appearance on the remix of Despacito).

June 16th 17: Justin Bieber Serves Best #1 in Spanish Ever

The next days summer holidays start in Germany. The hit of this summer already is obvious. It is Despacito that holds firm at the top spot for an eighth consecutive week. It is this also the longest running #1 hit in Spanish Germany ever had. So far summer hit of 2002 The Ketchup Song by Las Ketchup was. Of course the lyrics of that hit were some kind of fantasy Spanish–so again Ricky Martin's La copa de la vida from 1998 might be counted as the predecessor with six consecutive weeks at #1.
Talking 'bout records: Justin Bieber who joins Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee on the most popular version of the song (according to all available download rankings) might stand as the first Canadian who appears on the German top for two months since Celine Dion in 1998.

At #3 Justin Bieber appears again. On David Guetta's new single 2U the Canadian sings the lyrics and launches a third simultaneous top 10 hit this week. Last time he did so was back on November 20th 2015.
So both Bieber & Guetta are the first acts in 2017 having three hits inside the top 10.

Newly to the top 10 French Montana stands at #8 with Unforgettable. It is the first appearance as high in Germany. Collaborating partner Swae Lee already has top 10 experience as Rae Sremmurd peaked at #8 in December 2016 with Black Beatles.
And also the new single by jonas blue Mama comes in. At #9 it is the third top 10 hit for the British DJ/producer. Only predecessor By Your Side failed as a hit.

With an acoustic version available online Attention by Charlie Puth finally can made it into the top 20. In its eighth chart week the song 22–14 giving the singer his second highest chart entry after #1 single See You Again back in spring two years ago.

The story of the album charts is the new album by Bushido. The Berlin based rap star storms to #1 with Black Friday. On the single charts all 14 tracks appear on the survey best performing pre-released single Papa which slides down 17–20 in its third chart week. Lowest on is Angst at #73 featuring Ali Bumaye.
Bushido now ranks as the German chart act with most entries at all leaving Kollegah eight entries behind him. To really get the chart crown he needs five more chart hits to equal the result of Peter Alexander who collected 81 different songs inside the charts.

The invasion of Bushido tracks also causes a result of 17 new tracks inside the list. It equals the number of April 21st 2017 which was the highest this current year so far. Plus two new entries this week has the second biggest change of hits in 2017–only the very first list of the year had the number of 20 (Christmas) songs leaving the charts.

As Hulapalu by Andreas Gabalier this week leaves the survey there is a new longest running hit. It is Ohne mein Team by Bonez MC & RAF Camora feat. Maxwell which sits pretty at #60 in its 41st week.

May 5th 17:

Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee (and Justin Bieber) spend a second week at #1 of the German charts. Doing so Despacito is the most successful #1 in Spanish since Las Ketchup's Ketchup Son (Aserejé) in summer 2002. So this hit is as epic as wikipedia tells.

Hidden #1 artist Justin Bieber has another top 10 entry as he is featured on the highest new entry I'm The One by DJ Khaled. It is his eighth top 10 appearance at all and so he is the biggest name on this collaboration. All other featured artists as there are Quavo (of MIGOS), Chance The Rapper and Lil Wayne have their highest chart appearance with I'm The One starting at #7. Leading act DJ Khaled meanwhile celebrates his German chart debut.

Second Canadian inside the top 10 Alice Merton can climb three further places with No Roots and reaches the top 3.


Biggest gainer of the week jumps 41 places to #11. It is Kontrollieren the new offering by Hamburg Crew 187 Strassenbande credited in detail to Bonez MC | RAF Camora | Gzuz | Maxwell. Further down also Adel Tawil reaches top 20 status with Ist da jemand – first time since two years.
At #20 also Welshly Arms enter with Legendary. The title song of the Power Rangers movie rise 19 places in its fifth chart week. That move probably is caused by the announcement that the song is the next Beck's campaign anthem. We might see the song rising further the next weeks.

April 28th 17: First No.1 In Spanish Since Six Years

After 15 weeks there is a new #1 in Germany. It is Puerto Rican duo Luis Fonsi Ft. Daddy Yankee that climbs one further place to get the honor of being the song with biggest sales. It ends not only the longest #1 run of a song within two decades but also a 47 weeks long presence of Europeans at the top and additionally a 30 weeks long domination of British acts at the top–the longest one in whole chart history.

Despacito is the first song in Spanish reaching the German #1 since Danza Kuduro in August 2008–incidently sung by Puerto Rican Don Omar (alongside main act Lucenzo). Despacito reaches #1 in its 13th chart week–it is a long rise but far and away a feat hardly seen. Last song taking 13 weeks to #1 was Catch And Release by Matt Simons in January 2015.
While Luis Fonsi achieving #1 with his first chart hit in Germany ever Daddy Yankee had an almost 12 years long time span to cover. Not mentioned on the official survey although his appearance on the remix definitely is the spark to fire Despacito to #1 Justin Bieber celebrates his second #1 hit in Germany.

After three weeks at #6 Jason Derulo Feat. Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla $ign gain two more places. Swalla is Derulo's fourth top 5 hit, Nicki Minaj appears there for a second time meanwhile Ty Dolla $ign gets his highest chart appearance ever.

New inside the top 10 British/Canadian Alice Merton goes. Roots is her first chart hit ever.

With Nummer 1 sliding one place to #11 this is again a week without any German production inside the top 10. It is already the eighth week in 2017 doing so–means only nine weeks had at least one German production performing at #10 or higher. Seems this year is quite international oriented.

Highest new entry comes in at #15. There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back is Shawn Mendes' fifth chart hit and the fourth entering the top 20. All that within one and a half year.
Two further new songs inside the top 20 can be found at #16 as Good Life by G-Eazy climbs nine places and Nicht jetzt by KC Rebell & Summer Cem enters the charts at #20 for the very first time.