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).

August 4th 17: Back To Normality

... which means first of all: There is no change at the top of the German list. For a 15th consecutive week Despacito by Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber holds firm as the best selling song of the past seven days. It also means that Despacito now is the second song collecting as much #1 weeks in 2017. So Despacito and Shape Of You both range as the longest running #1s in 2017–so far.
Additionally both songs belong to the 10 longest running #1 hits of all times. Last time a song had such a long stay at the top one must go back to 1990 when Verdammt ich lieb' dich by Matthias Reim had an astonishing 16 weeks run at #1.

It is more than possible that Despacito continues at the top although the current #2 comes with pressure. It is More Than You Know by Axwell/\Ingrosso which makes the duo the highest performing Swedish act since Zara Larsson stormed to #1 alongside David Guetta in June past year.
Shooting up 13 places to #5 the next Latin American hit arrives in the face of Mi Gente by J Balvin & Willy William. It only needs some sparks more to become that song the next (late) summer hit.

The latest offering by Gestört aber geil Wohin willst du (featuring Lea) finally enters top 20 status at #17. It is only the second song that manages doing this. Their debut Unter meiner Haut became a huge hit two years ago peaking at #6 and spending 56 weeks inside the list. Wohin willst du so far collected nine weeks.


Moving Up
32 places to #46 Blau by Amanda Feat. Sido in its 8th chart week
31 places to #37 Glorious by Macklemore Ft. Skylar Grey in its fourth chart week
21 places to a new peak at #66 Tired by Alan Walker featuring Gavin James in its 11th week
24 places to #47 No Promises by Cheat Codes Ft. Demi Lovato in its 18th week (already peaked at #40 before)
16 places to #38 I Like Me Better by LAUV in its fourth chart week

21 songs in the list weren't in it a week before. It is the biggest turnover since December 16th past year.

May 29th 15: Euro...what?

What a week! What a race! Friday and Saturday Felix Jaehn Feat. Jasmine Thompson led the survey all alone. On Sunday clearly Måns Zelmerlöw had his Eurovision supported sales peak followed by a very strong album supported Sarah Connor who was reported as number 1 on Midweek charts. Finally the old no.1 had some more steam at all and Ain't Nobody (Loves Me Better) holds firm for a fourth week. Which makes again the story of the week not going on at the very Top. But on the runners up position. Wie schön du bist by Sarah Connor takes a six places leap to #2 and gives the singer her highest appearance since her last no.1 hit From Zero To Hero which dates back 10 years already. Definitely she now is back in business as her album Muttersprache immediately flies to no.1 too where she landed a decade ago for the one and only time.

Newly at number 3 and of course a story as well Swedish Eurovision winner Måns Zelmerlöw comes in with his winning song Heroes. It is the fourth consecutive year that the winning song of the show can enter the Top5 a feat only seen between 1964 and 1967. So the contest really is as popular as hardly before.
Måns Zelmerlöw meanwhile also is the best performing Swedish act since AVICII topped the list with Hey Brother in November 2013. One might find strong similarities between the songs–well, Swedish dance pop sounds like this and obviously still rules at least whole Europe.

Eurovisions No.4 is Germany's second: Belgian Loic Nottet lands at number 21 with Rythm Inside which is the second highest charting Belgian Eurovision entry. Only Tom Dice (sixth in 2010) had the chance of grabbing number 20 in Germany. As a fourth place Rhythm Inside gots the highest chart entry since 1965. Back than Udo Jürgens climbed to #9 with his no.4 song Sag' ihr ich lass sie grüßen.

German entry Black Smoke by Ann Sophie re-enters at #26 increasing her result after her nomination slightly. It is the worst result for a Eurovision entry since 2003 when Lou completely missed the charts. On the other hand Lou did much better on the contest by landing at number 11. Ann Sophie did not get any single point in Vienna and joins Austrian The Makemakes at the very latest rank which is the lowest place a German entry ever achieved (although there were years when the German entry didn't get any point).

All in all this Eurovision is as popular as hardly before. For the first time in history the first nine songs voted in the final make it in the charts also.


Impact number 3 came by second episode of this year's Sing meinen Song show. Participants had to choose a favorite song originally recorded by Andreas Bourani which boosts the songs of the singer again. Newly inside the list shoots the title track of his 2014 album Hey which was performed by Yvonne Catterfeld on the show. The original lands at #30.


Spending a 81st consecutive week on the survey Atemlos durch die Nacht by Helene Fischer now is the fifth longest running chart song without any break. There are another 15 weeks to go for eclipsing the record set by gossip in 2011 with Heavy Cross. Viewing all chart weeks Atemlos durch die Nacht collected so far 85 weeks what is a proper rank 13 on the all time list.

9th of Jan 2015

Week number 6 at the Top for Dangerous performed by David Guetta featuring Sam Martin. It now matches the result of its direct predecessor All About That Bass by Meghan Trainor and falls only one week short of lovers on the sun–the other big hit by Guetta/Martin which topped the charts in August/September past year.

The recent list reflects all sales between Friday 27th of December to Thursday 2nd of January–so it covers the most loved party hits of the moment. One of that is I'm An Albatraoz by Swedish AronChupa which goes 7–4 and reaches a new peak. It now is the best performing Swedish production since AVICII topped the German list with Hey Brother in November 2013.

Hit number two on Sylvester was of course Atemlos durch die Nacht by Helene Fischer. The most sold song of 2014 returns to the Top10 by a six place leap. It is the first time since beginning of September that the song is able to find its way inside the Top 10. All in all it is the 37th Top 10 week.

Of course a lot of hits of the year 2014 can get a sales boost on this occasion. Here are some moves of the top end 2014:
1) Helene Fischer Atemlos durch die Nacht see above
2) Pharrell Williams Happy (number 1 from January to March) 71–42
3) Mr Probz Waves (Robin Schulz Remix) (number 1 in March) 81–55
4) Andreas Bourani Auf uns (number 1 in May and July) 31–20
5) Mark Forster Au Revoir (three weeks number 2 in July) 28–26
6) Lilly Wood & The Prick And Robin Schulz Prayer in C (number 1 in June/July) 37–23
7) Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne Rather Be (number 1 in April) 97–51