March 3rd 17: Week Eight For Ed Sheeran

Well – Ed Sheeran still is the one who has the survey under his regency. Shape Of You spends an eighth consecutive week at #1 which adds him as the 17th chart act of this current decade doing so.
It is the 40th consecutive week with European participation at #1. Ten weeks short of the period June 19th 2015 to April 15th 2016.

At #4 the highest new entry stops in. Something Just Like This is a collaboration between super acts The Chainsmokers & Coldplay. The USAmerican DJ/producer duo so launches its second top 5 hit in 2017–predecessor Paris is overtaken by just one place. Once again it features itself as THE EDM act of the day. Coldplay adds a fifth top 10 hit to its all time account–the last one was Adventure Of A Lifetime at the end of 2015.

There are three more top10 entries. First of all Katy Perry's new single Chained To The Rhythm goes 13–6 in its third chart week. It is the tenth top 10 hit for the singer but the first since three years when Dark Horse rose to #6.
Third top 10 entry is dance track Tuesday by Turkish DJ Burak Yeter. It jumps eight places to #8 in its fourth chart week.
And finally Rag'n'Bone Man has a second top 10 hit by Skin rising one place to #10 in its fifth chart week.

It is this a very weak issue for German productions as the whole top20 only have one song on whom a German producer participated. It is Shed A Light by Robin Schulz & David Guetta Feat. Cheat Codes at #18. Best performing song in German is Ohne mein Team by Bonez MC RAF Camora feat. Maxwell sitting still pretty at #22. The last time songs in German performed as low was back in August past year. Having only one German production inside the top 20 dates back to October 2013. The song than was Stolen Dance by Milky Chance performing at #8.

Short under the top 20 two songs land with a big jump. At #21 You Don't Know Me by Jax Jones Feat. Raye stops by. It comes from #54 in its third chart week.
Due to carnival days Johnny Däpp by Austrian Lorenz Büffel is the biggest gainer of the year so far vaulting 55 places to #28. It is a given thing that in next weeks time nobody will care about that song anymore.

A 30 ranks leap takes Australian Bag Raiders to #60 with Shooting Stars. It is the second chart entry for the duo following top 20 hit Way Back Home from summer 2011.
20 places up is the result for newcomer Marian Hill. Its single Down stops at #67.
And also Lana del Rey jumps up the list. Her latest single Love lands at #68 after an 21 ranks leap. It is her highest performance since West Coast that peaked at #22 in June 2014.

Sept. 16th 16: Justin Bieber's First No.1 / MC Bonez Beats Jackson

After ten weeks there is a new #1 in Germany–and this is a #1 telling stories. With Justin Bieber and DJ Snake two artists reach the top that did not before. In the case of Justin Bieber it is somehow surprising. The highly celebrated and talked about media star of now took exactly seven year to get here. On September 18th 2009 he first appeared at #14 with One Time. His first top10 entry appeared in spring 2012 as featured artist on Far East Movement's single Live My Life that peaked at #8. His first proper hit as a solo artist came back in September 2015 when What Do You Mean? shot to #4. Now finally he grabs the chart crown with his 35th chart entry–although Let Me Love You is again a collaboration.
Additionally to his first #1 Justin Bieber this weeks also serves with the longest running track on the list. Due to the dropout of Glasperlenspiel's Geiles Leben after 55 weeks now Love Yourself is the longest running song with 44 chart weeks.
Bieber's partner on the song is celebrated DJ Snake who already had five chart hits before, one of them Lean On (alongside Major Lazer & Mø) reaching #4 in 2015.
Again there is a French artist on top of the German charts–DJ Snake is the fourth in a row and France the most present country at #1 in 2015 so far.

The Chainsmokers Ft. Halsey also reach a new peak. Closer goes up three places and lands at runners up position.

On the album's list there also is a new #1–this is something very common these times. The winner of the week are MC Bonez & RAF Camora and their album Palmen aus Plastik. For MC Bonez it is already the second album #1 in 2016–that's really an impressive feat. Back in June he shot to the top alongside Gzuz with high & Hungrig 2.
The #1 album launches a lot of entries on the song list too. Highest track is Ohne mein Team (feat. Maxwell) that jumps 44–7.
All together all 15 tracks of the album chart for themselves. It is more than the Beginners did two weeks ago and so the album with the biggest impact on the singles charts in 2016. Compared to other years only Kollegah did better: in 2015 Zuhältertape Vol.4 launched 17 out of 20 album tracks and 2014 18 of 20 tracks from the album King entered the singles list. With 24 charted single tracks in one year MC Bonez now performed better than Michael Jackson in 2009 when "only" 23 songs of the artist appeared on the charts in one calendar year.


The biggest gainer is the new offering by SIA. The Greatest is the direct follower to her #1 hit Cheap Thrills and lands at #14 this current week. Partner Kendrick Lamar by this reaches a career peak.

Three years after her last release Lady Gaga is back. Perfect Illusion has the power of becoming the highest new entry of the week. Although #31 is somehow low compared to 2009 when she was the queen of pop.

Further gainer:
69–41 Side To Side Ariana Grande Ft. Nicki Minaj

September 2nd 16: Imany Is Most Successfull French Female

Now it is official: With fully nine weeks at the top of the German charts Imany is the most successfull French female singer in Germany. As I mentioned before several time: So far the crown belonged to Dalida who had an eight weeks run at the top in 1959 with Am Tag als der Regen kam.
The next challenge for Don't Be So Shy comes in one week time: Will it really match the success of so far longest runner at #1 in 2016 Faded by Alan Walker? Or will Let Me Love You by DJ Snake & Justin Bieber have enough steam to go to the top? This week the song rises two places to runner's up position giving the DJ his highest appearance so far and making the Canadian singer following himself at #2 as Cold Water gives way and drops to #4 this week.
So far we do have two French acts side by side at the upper end of the German charts. A year ago we had celebrated that event happily–in 2016 that situation seems kind of usual as we had already three French acts occupying the top in July this current year.

* The Chainsmokers launch their second top 10 hit with Closer going 12–5. The song matches the result of predecessor Don't Let Me Down which still ranks pretty at #20 this week.

* With 18 weeks inside the top 10 This Girl by KUnGS vs Cookin' On 3 Burners is currently the oldest inhabitant of the top 10. It sits at #9 still.

* After 13 years Hamburg based Beginner released a new album. Advanced Chemistry directly shot to #1 on the album's list and also propells leading single Ahnma (feat. Gzuz) back to Top20 status. The song had its peak already in June when it started chart life at #8.
Additionally Es war einmal … goes 50–27 and eight further song enter the list.
With ten simultaneous hits the Beginner are only the fourth act doing so. Before only Michael Jackson in July/August 2009, Kollegah in 2014 and 2015 and Bushido in February 2015 did so.
This impact increases the result of songs from Germany and in German a lot. 33 productions involving German acts and 29 songs in German–that is teh best result since February this current year.

* The only real Top20 new entry is Human by Rag'n'Bone Man. It rises 31–15 in its fourth chart week.