April 24th 2015: English Raop On Top

Still at number 1: See You Again by Wiz Khalifa Feat. Charlie Puth taken from the movie score to Furious 7.
As with lead appearance of rapper Wiz Khalifa the song should be a sap song–indeed it is more a romantic ballad–let's have a look on rap no1s: the last one occupied the top almost exactly a year ago in May 2014 in the face of CRO and his Traum holding firm for a full month. It is for sure no coincidence having Traum as a so called Raop-Song something that is basically Rp but with a strong pop appealing.
And even the last US-American rapper at no1 was a combination of rap and pop as Pitbull duetted with KE$HA on Timber that had a three weeks run at number 1 on the change of 2013/14.

Also highest new entry is a pop song combined with some rhymes. Norwegian MADCON duetting with Ray Dalton launch their Don't Wory directly at number 3. It is the third Top3 hit coming from Norway within 14 months. Adding the number 6 hit Wicked Wonderland by Martin Tungevaag the Scandinavian country seems back in global pop business.
For the MADCON duo Don't Worry marks a new peak in its chart career. So far its biggest chart success was the Eurovision flashmob song Glow that gained number 4 in 2010. All in all the duo has five Top 10 hits under his belt starting in 2008 with Beggin.

DJ Felix Jaehn serves as best selling German act since February due to his remix of OMI's Cheerleader. Still the track sits pretty at number 4 in its 16th chart week. Three ranks behind follow up Ain't Nobody (Loves Me Better) (featuring Jasmine Thompson) enters the Top 10 and eclipses the success of Rufus & Chaka Khan in 1989 who reached number 9 back than.
Also in Switzerland the new version is the most successful ever as the original never entered the list.
With Felix Jaehn entering the Top 10 we have four German productions inside–a feat last seen in September 2014 when Robin Schulz, Mark Forster, Andreas Bourani and Helene Fischer had songs under the first ten..


Casting show impacts
Once again DSDS ain't the show with the biggest impact on sales. It is this current week The Voice Kids. The second show was aired on Friday April the 10th 2015. Most impressive performance was shown by Elinor, Liv and Cosma. The three interpreted Angel originally recorded by Sarah McLachlan. The song re-appears at number 72–it is the fourth chart week for the song. All of them were achieved after a performance on a casting show.

16th of May 2014: Superstar No. 11

After half a year of slow rising no.1 hits and finally a four months period of lasting no.1s the picture now changes completely. Last week the number 1 was a straight new entry–this week it is a straight new entry too. A situation last seen in February 2007 when Lied 1 - Stück vom Himmel by Herbert Grönemeyer replaced in its first chart week Übers Ende der Welt by Tokio Hotel that shot to number 1 a week before.

The act in question now is the winner of latest DSDS season Aneta Sablik. Her winning title The One is a eurodance track topping the charts in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. It is the first number 1 hit recorded by an artist with Polish origin.

Still on the rise George Ezra enters the Top3 for the first time with his song Budapest. The artist is the sixth newcomer this year that manages that feat. (Aneta Sablik was the fifth.) The song already collected its 11th chart week.

Two weeks ahead the release of the Coldplay album Ghost Stories a third single called A Sky Full Of Stars is available. The song directly enters the list at number 6 and is only the third Top 10 hit for the British band. The last single entering the Top 10 was Viva La Vida stopping at number 5 in 2008. The big success of the song certainly comes due to the collaboration with Tim Bergling aka AVICII who acts as producer here.

The official charts ain't the detector of the moment. Published with at least one week delay they reflect the hype from two weeks ago. This week one might see it with the nr.1. Actually the star of the moment is Eurovision winner Conchita Wurst. But the contest taken place on 10th of May will only count in two weeks issue of the charts. What one can see now is the hope of the German public for a good result of the German entry Elaiza. Is It Right changes the direction of move and re-enters the Top 10 at number 10. – As we already know the trio failed Europe wide by landing at a disappointing 18th place.

All in all the Top 10 are dominated by European productions. Nine out of ten songs are European which is a result last seen exactly two years ago. In between we also had seen very weak times for European music. In April 2013 there were only one European song invading the Top 10. The song in question back than was Let Her Go by Passenger.


The official superstar was voted on Saturday 3rd of May. The non official superstar had its show on Tuesday 6th of May. Than the third episode of new music show Sing meinen Song was aired featuring cover version of songs of Austrian Andreas Gaballier. The winning cover Amoi seg' ma uns wieder by Xavier Naidoo enters the charts directly at number 12. It is the 35th solo hit for the singer and the 58th chart hit with his appearance.
The original also can enter the list and lands at number 18 in its first week. The huge demand propelled the company's decision to publish the song as a single CD too. The release is scheduled for end of May. So far it is the highest rank the Austrian singer ever achieved and it is the highest Austrian track since Klangkarussell's Sonnentanz hit the Top10 a last time in October 2013.
Andreas Gabalier's signature hit lands additionally on number 50 this week–the highest rank since more than a year. Further down at number 70 also one can find So liab hob i di and Zuckerpuppen at number 82.


With She Moves - Far Away available as a full CD single Alle Farben takes a final leap to number 13. If this is the final peak one could resume the deep house wave as slowly fading out.
A week before its release as an album Kollegah's title track King bounces back to number 19 accompanied by the first single Alpha which lands at number 20 and AKs im Wandschrank at number 21. All three were resting the week before at number 41, 59 respectively number 63. Be prepared having a real invasion of Kollegah tracks next week.

With DSDS having its final The Voice Kids plays only the second pipe in this week's commercial result. Anyway once again a song performed within the show makes a big leap afterwards. This time it is Say Something by A Great Big World And Christina Aguilera that lands at a new peak on number 36. It is the 13th chart week for that song.

Lindsey Stirling's album Shatter Me goes number 4 on the album list. The title track also can make it into the song list landing at a proper number 59. It is only the second track of the crossover artist that can chart as a standalone track.

Criminal serial Tatort can launch a third chart hit this year. On 4th of May episode Am Ende des Flurs was aired using Dreaming My Dreams With You by country singer Waylon Jennings from 1974. The song can chart in Germany in Austria giving the singer his first and only chart hit in these countries at all.

9th of May 2014: Andreas Bourani goes No.1

There is a brand new no.1 in Germany this week. Released digital and as a CD Auf uns by German singer songwriter Andreas Bourani storms the top directly. It is the first song going straight to number 1 since October 2013 and the first in 2014. So we do have the situation that for a fourth year in a row May is the month when a longer period (at least 6 months) of growing number 1 hits is interrupted by a rocket hit.

For singer Andreas Bourani it is the first number 1 hit. He started his chart career three years ago as one of a bunch of new German singer songwriter. Tim Bendzko, Phillip Poisel, Mark Forster and the likes are a new generation of sensitive stars that seems very back to musical craftsmanship.

Right at number 3 there is the next German song worth mentioning. Although it is a well known and long running hit Atemlos durch die Nacht by German schlager queen Helene Fischer once again reaches its peak position. After 29 weeks and 15 weeks inside the Top 5 the song is going to become the most successful chart hit of 2014. In Austria the song reached the Top position for three weeks in February this current year.

New at number 6 British DJ Calvin Harris launches his second Top 10 hit in Germany with Summer. In his home country he is a superstar having six number 1 hits under his belt. In Germany he was number 1 once as a featured artist on Rihanna's We Found Love in late 2011. As a main artist he came close to the Top 10 a year ago accompanied by Ellie Goulding. Back than I Need Your Love stopped at number 13. Now he reaches the Top 10 by digital sales easily. Will this get him a star in Germany too?

Deep house still sells strongly. Next hit is One Day (Vandaag) by Dutch Bakermat. The track climbs 12–9 in its 7th chart week and is the third deep house saxophone track. Well–if the crowd is pleased...

With Waves (Mr Probz remmixed by Robin Schulz) at number 5 and Riptide (Vance Joy remixed by Flic Flac) we have three tracks of the same flavour inside the German Top 10. The fourth deep house track My Love by Route 94 feat. Jess Glynne at number 7 luckily defines the sound in a much different way.

Having Bakermat and Mr Probz simultanously in the Top 10 Dutch music has a real strong presence inside the German charts. On the opposite the highest US-American production sits as low as number 8 in the face of Pharrell Williams and his Happy. Both feats ain't seen for a long while.

Casting effects
With approaching the final the crazyness about contestants on The Voice Kids becomes a new quality. On April 29th finalists from team Nena were elected. The big favourite (but not at all the winner of the whole season) was Richard who performed All Of Me in the battle round. As an effect the original recording by John Legend jumps 61–19 in its 12th chart week which is of course much much better than its peak a few weeks ago.


The all eclipsing star of the moment doubtlessly is Pharrell Williams. Three number 1 singles in a row, the album G I R L peaking at number 2 (and topping the lists worldwide), a collaboration with adidas for a fashion line … On April 23rd the video for Marilyn Monroe–the opening track of his album–was released. The track so far is not released for a standalone release in Germany. Meanwhile it goes number 43 as an album cut.

The second single taken from the upcoming Coldplay album Ghost Stories (to be released on May 16th) is Midnight. It was released on vinyl on 19th of April, the digital release in Germany followed on May 2nd not affecting the current list. In fact a week before a remix by master Giorgio Moroder was available bringing the track to number 44. Some further remixes by Tiesto and Kygo are around also but not official releases at all.

2nd of May 2014:

Still it is Rather Be by Clean Bandit Featuring Jess Glynne that sits pretty at Nr.1 in Germany. It is already the fourth week for that track. Well–the top is very calm. And so are the ranks 2, 3 and 4.

The track bringing some change in the list is Budapest by British new comer George Ezra. After his song is released on CD the track shoots 12–5 in its 9th chart week. It is so far the second highest peak worldwide for the song. Only the Dutch charts report a current number 3.

Three places below the highest new entry comes in. It is the new single by Mando Diao Black Saturday that anounces the new album Aelita. It is the second Top 10 single in Germany for the Swedish band and its first chart entry since four years (of course the chart success for Caligola ain’t included).

Two German acts are jumping directly into the Top 20. And they together stand for the sound currently very successful in Germany. The first one comes in at number 10 and it is the third prerelease for Kollegah's upcoming album King. This week the title trackenters the list as the highest track Kollegah ever had launched in the single's charts. It really seems that he is the new king of German gangsta rap. His both predecessors Alpha and AKs im Wandschrank also made it up in the list climbing 30 places each.
The second new German song comes in at number 18. After its release as a full digital track She Moves - Far Away jumps from number 70. DJ Alle Farben is the latest of deep house inspired producers who make their luck on that sound invading the music scene since few months.

Casting Show Battle
The question is: Which one is the casting show with most influence. Usually one refers to the TV rates which sees Deutschland sucht den Superstar (DSDS) at number 1. But hard on the heels The Voice Kids follows. Both emerge around 3 Mio. viewers every show aired. But what do TV rates really mean for highly commercial products? What do they mean if the sales of music do not correspond with the rates. That's the question raised against DSDS. RTL so far answers: it doesn't matter anything – there will be a season 2015 for sure. Meanwhile the market celebrates The Voice Kids as the more attractive show. This week a song returns to the list that already had a very proper chart career. Strong by London Grammar spend 23 weeks inside the charts since November 2013 peaking at number 33. On April 18th Saphira, Carlo & Hanna performed the song and propelled it back to the list–up to number 28. This late peak makes the song the slowest burner of 2014 so far–and compared to past three years it is a slow burner indeed. One or two tracks per year did take a similar time. Of course Paul & Fritz Kalkbrenner's Sky And Sand are the far and away the longest sleeping hit peaking in its 83rd chart week in November 2011.


Still on the rise the American Authors can reach the Top 50 with their Best Day Of My Life. The remix by Just A Gent counts in the next chart issue. The full release of the CD single follows May 9th.
It took John Newman's current single Losing Sleep also a while for catching fire and becoming hit status. This week the song rises 82–57 although it is available for more than a month.

Hot Spot 05-24-13

It is the first number 1 starting its chart life straight at the Top since october past year. It is the first number 1 track coming from a swiss act since Luca Hänni won the DSDS casting in 2012. And it is the this season’s winner of the show. Beatrice Egli was voted for being the superstar 2013 on May 11th after she performed Mein Herz which right now is the most sold track of the week in Germany. It is the first time that a Schlager is released as the winner song of the casting show. Probably decreasing rates let producers search for a way to attract an older audience. By reaching number 1 Mein Herz is the most succesful Schlager release since DJ Ötzi & Nik P. stormed the charts in 2007 with Ein Stern (der deinen Namen trägt). Last statistical fact: Beatrice Egli is only the second female who won the DSDS final.Nine years ago Elli Erl was the first female superstar failing completely as a commercial act afterwards.

The final of DSDS caused some further hits and rises. Impossible by James Arthur reaches a new peak at number 3 after Ricardo Bielecki (the third of the contest) performed the song. He also was the one who made a broader audience aware of the song in March. – The runner up of the contest Lisa Wohlgemuth lands at number 8 with Heartbreaker.

The anti DSDS song Superstar by youtube comedian Freshtorge lands at number 14. It fails to eclipse the success of Beatrice Egli but still it is an impressive move watching the track shooting from nowhere into the Top 20.

Also the other casting show The Voice Kids had its final the week reflected by current survey. It was aired on Friday, May 10th. Biggest gainer is I Couldn’t Care Less originally performed by Leslie Clio. In the show participant Stéphanie did not have that much luck. After her performance she was voted off.


Back to real pop artists: Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams reach number 3 with Get Lucky. Both acts never got higher in Germany.

The 50th track of Depeche Mode enters the German list this week. It is Soothe My Soul the new single that lands at number 22. The band now overtakes the Pet Shop Boys that “only” had 49 different tracks inside the list but it falls one track short of Scooter and Howard Carpendale. The artist had having the most different songs in the survey of all times is Austrian Peter Alexander who has 81 chart hits under his belt.

JLO starts her new single a fortnight before its official German release. Live It Up enters the list at number 43 and will rise further the next weeks certainly. Collaborating partner again is Pitbull.

With new album Recto Verso released French singer ZAZ also has her single On Ira jumping 91-47. The album performs much better by landing at number 2 in its first week on sale. Supported by this release also her first hit je veux can enter the list again at number 65-the highest position since one and a half year.


Schlager at the Top of the charts–more Schlager in the downer half of the survey. After public TV aired the documentary Allein im Licht about Helene Fischer the star returns in both album and single charts. Her 2011 album Für einen Tag, the live version of this album and the Best of-collection from 2010-–all three are Top 10 in the album list. Single hits are: 2009 ich will immer wieder … dieses fieber spür’n at number 51 (in its 12th week), 2011 Phänomen at number 58 (9th week) and Die Hölle morgen früh at number 68. The latter one also reaches a new peak a year after it was first released. Finally at number 83 a completely new song enters the list. The talk is about Und morgen früh küss ich dich wach which was released first in 2007 on her album Von hier bis unendlich. After gaining some popularity it was re-released as the second song on the single Lass mich in dein Leben in 2008. Still the song is one of the most loved and now is officially her 7th chart song.

With four songs listed simultanously Helene Fischer is only the third act this year doing so. The two other ones are CRO and will.i.am.

Do you know who are the artists with most chart hits this current year so far? Well–Helene Fischer also here makes a good picture. But Rihanna and David Guetta also grab that crown by entering again with their collaboration Right now. It is the 5th charting track in 2013 for both. But all three have to share the throne with Flo Rida and CRO. All three males also the past year were listed as the acts with most charting tracks.

With 23 songs entering or re-entering the list this week it is the most changing issue this recent year. On March and February 1st we had the same situation. Of course in history we had have a period that was much more vital. In 2009 and 2010 it was almost common having up to 30 new or re-entering singles every week.


And a last story: a week before the contest is going on the German entry Glorious by cascada comes back to chart life. It enters the list at number 78–we all know that the interest will burn only a short time.

Hot Spot 05-10-13

Germany has a new number 1. Safe And Sound rises 7–1 and makes Capital Cities the second new act this current year that reach the Top with the first single. Of course Capital Cities have some support by a TV commercial campaign of mobile company vodafone. The release of the single is scheduled for May 17th–so we should be aware having the song for some further weeks ranking as the best selling one.

Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke feat. T.I. + Pharrell is on the way to become a massive hit. So far not listed at the main download portals the track jumps 56–27 in its 3rd chart week. Switzerland already reports an impressive number 5–so there are much more success to come in Germany too.

The Voice Kids is the casting show that this week supports most some hits. First of all Lights originally recorded by Ellie Goulding gets some new power after the song was one of the battles on April 26th. Second song profiting from the performances is Beneath Your Beautiful by Labrinth Feat. Emeli Sande. It re-enters at number 42.
Also Miriam Bryant re-enters with Finders Keepers. Her song had a single chart appearance at the tail end last year. Now it shots to number 46 reaching a not expected peak.
Other winner is Bruno Mars and his Locked Out Of Heaven.
And really surprising: some tracks rise allthough they were performed a week before. Aitziber’sperformance of In Love With The World generates some new demand and propells the song back to the list at number 56, Judith’s song from a week before Call Me Maybe makes a jump 96–64 and I Won’t Let You Go by James Morrison also rises 76–65.

DSDS only can help Angel by Sarah McLachlan to number 60 after Lisa Wohlgemuth performed the song.


Very slowly the next Justin Bieber single catches fire. An official release date so for not was reported but All Around The World rises on album downloads alone up to number 53 this current week.

Also slowly the single from Thirty Seconds To Mars Up In The Air rises again. It now profits from the freshly released video clip.

A slow burner also is Pompeii by Bastille. Released in February the track now rises up the list reaching number 71 this week.

After his album The Day You Live Forever was released Ryan Sheridan also gains a single hit. Jigsaw enters at number 72 as digital album cut.


A statistical fact at last: This current week ist the one which gives will.i.am a 45th appearance in the list in 2013 alone. So now he matches the result of German rapper CRO so far. Hard on the heels of both follows Emeli Sandé who falls only one appearance short. As we right now count the 19th chart week of 2013 it means all of the three acts had at least two tracks inside the list in every single week of the year.

Hot Spot 05-03-13

A second week at the top for P!NK Featuring Nate Ruess and their ballad Just Give Me A Reason. P!NK with this week has collected more Top 10 weeks than German Xavier Naidoo and is only one week short of French David Guetta. Next week that will change too.

Finally on stage in Germany the Imagine Dragons see their Radioactive climbing to number 4. It is so far the highest position they achieved worldwide.

Highest new entry comes in at number 6 in the face of Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams. Get Lucky is the highest ranking song ever in the German singles’ charts for both acts.



The release of new mixes (in fact it is only one remix by Noonie Bao) propells I Could Be The One to new heights. AVICII VS Nicky Romero reach a new peak at number 37 after 16 weeks inside the survey.

Labrinth re-enters with Express Yourself the list–the digital single finally is properly released in Germany also.

On the way up is Robin Thicke feat. T.I. + Pharrell. Blurred Lines got some speed and jumps 92–56. The release of the single is scheduled for June.


DSDS effects
The show aired on April 20th generated some hits as well. First significant effect is the return of Justin Timberlake’s Mirror back to Top 5 status. Ricardo Bielecki staged with the song.
Second winner is Loreen. Her My Heart Is Refusing Me spent only four weeks in the list when it was first released in past November. Now after Susan Albers sang the song live the track is back in the list at number 60.
Erwin Kintop–loser of the show–helps ten years old Lieber Gott back to the list.
And also Lisa Wohlgemuth can activate some fans for buying Morgens immer müde by LAING which she brought on stage in her own version.


DSDS ain’t the only show on TV which propells sales. Also The Voice Kids achieves high rates and a visible effect on the charts. Aired on April 19th the third Blind Audition Show featured 12 years old Sarah who staged with Move In The Right Direction. The original recording by gossip climbs 19 places afterwards. (Additionally the song was featured same night on the third show of Let’s Dance)

Second teen star was Laurin from Austria. He staged with I Won’t Let You Go originally performed by James Morrison. The song counts as one of the most loved for castings–the last four months saw the track charting three times. Always after it was performed on a TV casting.

Also Hindi Zarah gets her very first chart entry in Germany after her song Beautiful Tango was performed by Dana.


After his reincarnation as Snoop Lion the artist formerly known as Snoop Dog releases his frist raggae album. The single taken from it did not reach the audience that well–but the track Smoke The Weed (featuring Collie Buddz) immediatly enters the charts at number 78.

At the very end the current list brings a small sensation for statistics lovers. So far British Black Sabbath in Germany was counted as a pure One hit wonder according to their singles releases. They reached number 1 at the end of 1970 with single Paranoid. And than–no other song entered the singles list. Now with digital release of teasing single God Is Dead for the next album 13 the band gets a second chart entry in Germany. The song lands at number 99–not much but after 42 years the band technically gets status as a two hit act. Plus it narrowly misses the record for being the longest absent act of the singles charts. Only Paul Kuhn has had a longer break outside: 43 an a half year.

Hot Spot 04-26-13

A slight change at the German top. After Just Give Me A Reason is out on CD the track climbs the last little step reaching number 1 for the first time. It replaces Let Her Go after five weeks which slides to number 2. Just Give Me A Reason is the third number 1 hit for P!NK. It follows the Lady Marmalade anthem from 2001 and the single So What that throned at the top for three weeks in 2008. Statistical trivia at the side: P!NK already is the second artist achieving a third number 1 hit in 2013. Back in January it was Britney Spears doing so by throwing Scream & Shout onto the top. As you remember also that song was a duet.

Current duetting partner Nate Ruess stands for the very first time in his career at number 1.

There are three new entries inside the Top 10:

will.i.am Ft. Justin Bieber rise 4 places into the Top 10 with #ThatPower. Next week also physical CD release will have an effect on the list. So be prepared watching the track rising some places higher. So far will.i.am launches his third Top 10 hit in a row and Mr. Justin Bieber reaches a new peak position at all at number 7.

Also the Imagine Dragons still climb higher and higher. Radioactive holds at number 9 in its 11th chart week. And at number 10 the Vodafon song Save And Sound by Capital Cities stops.

This all gives us nine US productions inside the German Top 10. Oops–something seems completely strange right now in German music business.

Highest German production still is Bilder im Kopf by Sido which slides three places to number 17. Last time the best sold German production ranked as low was in May two years ago, when slowly starting Still by Jupiter Jones reached only number 19.


weekly DSDS effects
Show number five was aired on April 13th. One of the winners is the song performed by Lisa Wohlgemuth: Lights originally recorded by Ellie Goulding returns to Top 20 status after the show. Also I Need Your Love profits of the show and enters the Top 20 at number 20.

DJane HouseKat should thank the show as well. Her second chart hit All The Time just crept at number 52 in February. After it was performed on DSDS by Tim David Weller & Susan Albers it rebounds back to list and lands at a new peak: number 44.


GNTM soundtrack
Finally Spectrum (Say My Name) by Florence + the Machine catches fire. After it was used on Germany’s Next Top Model and released on the compilation of the show as well it motors up the list as a single track too. This current week it lands at a new peak at number 32.

In Contrast Sam And The Womp! are completely new to the German list. Their track Bom Bom was a number 1 hit in Britain past September. Here the proper release of the single is scheduled for May 3rd–two weeks before it can enter the charts as a download track. Watching the forums about the show one should recognize that this track is one of the most wanted of the show at all. Similarities to Jungle Drum–which made Emiliana Torrini a star four years ago–ain’t probably a coincidence.

Further down the list Lindsey Stirling re-enters with Crystallize and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs once again sneak in with Heads Will Roll–a four years old track that became a hit thanks to the model casting on TV.

And also The voice Kids generates demand for some songs again. This time Va Va Voom by Nicki Minaj is the lucky one that re-enters the highest at number 41. Juryman Tim Bendzko also profits from the presence on TV. His Wenn Worte meine Sprache wären re-enters the list and ends a seven months long abstinence from the charts.

Almost at the end of the list also Katy Perry dips in for a single week after her Firework was performed by a young talent on the show.


New albums
Michael Bublé celebrates his new album To Be Loved at number 2 in the album list–the single It’s A Beautiful Day also takes a big jump from 90 to 28. It is the highest place a song of Michael Bublé ever reached.

The title track of Prinz Pi’s album Kompass ohne Norden reaches the list while the full album shots to number 1.


Scheduled for a release in June Blurred Lines enters the list already now. It gives Robin Thicke a second chart entry after 10 years.

Hot Spot 04-19-13

Week number five at the top for Passenger and Let Her Go.

Just Give Me A Reason–the latest single release by P!NK Featuring Nate Ruess climbs three places to number 2 giving her an 8th Top 3 hit in Germany. Also Macklemore X Ryan Lewis are still on the way up. Their Can’t Hold Us rises to number 3.

Climbing to number 7 US rapper WAX now enters the second Top 10 worldwide. Seems that Rosana is a hit only in German speaking countries as Switzerland reports position 19.

With The Lumineers entering the Top 10 Germany has three songs in there that can be counted as folkrock: it is the Nr.1 by Passenger, it is the number 9 coming from Taylor Swift and it is Ho Hey by The Lumineers at number 10. The big demand for Ho Hey probably is supported by the start of Hart of Dixie on TV–a romantic province comedy celebrating the "easy" life. The Lumineers almost two years ago had their breakthrough in the US after being the background sound for that serial.

Have I told you last week that there is a big boredom according to the origin of Top 10 songs? Well-this week it is even worse. Eight of the songs are produced in the US–two in Britain. Highest German production sits at number 14 with Sido and Bilder im Kopf. It is the worst result since November 2011 when Glasperlenspiel was the best sold German act on exactly same place.



Still two weeks ahead of his album release will.i.am’s new single #ThatPower (featuring Justin Bieber) rises 11 places. It is the third track featuring will.i.am as an artist inside the current Top 20.

The Imagine Dragons do an impressive move: Radioactivegoes 39–12 without having an official CD single in shelves neither a good promotion of the track on platforms as amazon and so on. I would call this an independent seller.

Powered by mobile company Vodafone Capital Cities launch their first chart hit with Save And Sound.

The release of the soundtrack for current season of Germany’s Next Top Model causes some single hits too. The return of Marina + The Diamonds with British nr.1 hit Spectrum (Say My Name) is the one most significant. It lands at number 53 which is indeed a new peak for the song after more than eight months since it first appeared in the list. - Second hit is a real newcomer. CHVRCHES debuts with Recover at number 55.


The Voice Kids started on April 5th with impressive rates. Some of the songs performed at the show real profit from the new exposure. Girl On Fire by Alicia Keys as an example rises 22 places.

German luca vasta debuts in the charts after she produced a song for a commercial campaign for Active O2. The TV spot is on air since easter weekend–the single Cut My Hair enters at number 72.

Danish Volbeat for the very first time releases a number 1 album. Simultanously the single Cape Of Our Hero rises 23 places to number 74 in the singles chart.