August 18th 2017: Longest Running #1 Since 39 years

Now Despacito by Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber is the longest running #1 song of modern times. It shares the throne with Rivers Of Babylon by Boney M. that had an 17 weeks run at #1 in summer 1978 too. Although that run was disturbed for a single week by You're The One That I Want recorded by John Travolta & Olivia Newton John. So Despacito really is the longest consecutive #1 of the weekly German charts issued since 1971.
To add a 19th week will be hard ... but let's wait that time.

The highest new entry this week lands inside the top 10 as the latest offering by P!NK What About Us starts straight at #9. It brings the artist back to that heigth for the first time since spring 2013 when she topped the list with her duet alongside Nate Ruess Just Give Me A Reason.
What About Us is the 19th top 10 hit for the singer which makes her as successful as the Bee Gees. By spending now a 102nd week inside the top 10 she equals the result of Britney Spears.

June 30th 17: Slowest First Half Year Since 1960

As Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee (feat. Justin Bieber) still occupy #1 spot with Despacito there is some historical story to be told. As the song now achieves its tenth week at the top we now have two consecutive #1 hits spending weeks in double figures there. Last time something happened like this was back in early 1992 when Let's Talk About Sex by Salt'n'Pepa with 10 weeks was followed by U96 with Das Boot which spent another 13 weeks at #1. It was that also the time when the change of #1 hits went as slowly as today: In 28 weeks there were only three different songs seen at #1–right now it is week no.27 with only three #1 songs.

As June 30th is the very last day of the first half of the year it is worth looking at other years. Having the first six months with only three songs at the top is a feat seen last time in 1960. Of course back than the charts were a complete different thing as they were issued monthly. Having three #1 hits in a row that spent two months there is very likely a different thing than the feat right now–so one might take that information not as serious.

As the whole top 10 is kind of lazy also the only new song inside the top 10 ain't that big stormer. It is Attention by Charlie Puth which gains one single place to enter #10. It is this the first top 10 hit for the singer since his #1 debut alongside Wiz Khalifa See You Again back in spring 2015.

April 14th 17: British Record + Echo Awards

What a race! The midweek charts saw Ed Sheeran and his Shape Of You dropping to #3. A few days later it still shines as the #1 song of the week in its 14th consecutive week. It is now the longest running #1 by an British artist at all. Leaving the epic run of Sarah Brightman (+ Andrea Bocelli) with Time To Say Goodbye (Con Te Partiro) in 1996/97 one week behind as it beats the run of Tom Jones' Delilah that ruled the list from 1st of May to 31st of July 1968 which are 92 days or 13 weeks and one day.
Additionally the song is listed as the 10th longest running #1 hit of all times. It shares the honor with Dragostea Din Tea by O-Zone which in fact was the last #1 hit spending 14 weeks at the top spot–13 years ago.

The challenger of Ed Sheeran was and is the new single of Die Toten Hosen. Unter den Wolken was presented at the award ceremony for the ECHOs on 6th of April and immediately stormed the list. At the end of the week sales decreased dramatically–the iTunes list for Monday 17th sees the song ranking only at #40.
Anyway it is the 4th single of the band reaching the top 3–three of them did so in this current decade. Another nine songs reached top10 status and Unter den Wolken stands as the 43rd chart hit of the band at all. Their first song entering the list was Hier kommt Alex back in November 1988.

The "anti ECHO son" Menschen Leben Tanzen Welt by Jim Pandzko Feat. Jan Böhmermann leaps 84–10. It is the second top 10 entry for the comedian.

Jan 13th 17: New Superstar Ed Sheeran

Bam–there he comes! With two new entries directly at the top Ed Sheeran sets himself as one of the most successful acts of these days. Within the past five years he launched six top songs the highes peaking at #2. Now he adds his first #1 song and a runners up and simultaneously adds a chart record. Never before an act charted with two songs at #1 and #2. So far it was Lena who launched three hits in one week at #1, #3 and #4.

Having the same artist at #1 and #2 is a feat seen already a few times. Last appearing in June 2013 when Pharrell Williams was featured on both. Showing exactly the same act on both ranks only once happened before: in July 1970 Simon & Garfunkel had a double with El Condor Pasa (If I Could) and Cecilia.

A third story can be told about the new #1 song. As Steve Mac appears as producer and writer on Shape Of You and Rockabye he is the first musician dethroning itself since Pharrell Williams in 2013.


At #9 a third song enters the top 10. It is I Don't Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker by ZAYN & Taylor Swift that goes up five places. It is the second top 10 hit for ZAYN as he achieved #5 with his debut Pillowtalk a year ago. Taylor Swift reaches the top 10 after a two years break again with her fourth top 10 entry.

Dec 9th 16: Record Breaking Human

As Human spends an 11th week at #1 it is now the longest running #1 hit of 2016. And no other song is able to beat that result. At the beginning of 2016 Adele still occupied the top spot with her Hello. Indeed that song also spent 11 week as the best sold–in 2016 she only had a short two weeks run at the top.
Additionally to the honour mentioned above Rag'n'Bone Man now is the only British solo male who continued as long since the beginning of the weekly charts in 2017. Going back to times when charts where issued twice per month Rory Graham stands in the shadow of Tom Jones whose Delilah had an massive two and a half months run (13 weeks) at the top of the German charts in May to July 1968.

Chöre by Mark Forster rises a further place now ranking at #3. It is the singer's third hit (respectively fourth hit if one counts the EFF collaboration as well) that reaches the top 3. Within three years.

After releasing a Christmas version of their hit Holz the 257ers see the song rising again: past week it had an 18–12 vault, this week the song lands at its peak position at #7 again. I'm afraid this ain't the end for that production …

The only new entry on the top 10 comes from Max Giesinger. His Wenn sie tanzt already peaked at #14 three weeks ago. This week the song again climbs up the list–his appearances on TV as alongside Andreas Gabalier on the MTV unplugged concert and on the Merci Udo show probably propelled his recent song.

Biggest gainers are–of course–Christmas classics. Last Christmas by Wham! started past week at #48, for the very first time one rank behind All I Want For Christmas Is You recorded by Mariah Carey. The song now jumps 34 places to #14. It is the best result since 2009. The Mariah Carey song can gain 25 places sitting pretty at #22 right now.
Also Hallelujah profits of the seasonal mood. The a capella version by the Pentatonix gain 28 places this week reaching a new peak for the composition at all with #24. The original recording by Leonard Cohen stopped at #27 a few weeks before.
And Wonderful Dream (Holidays Are Coming) by Melanie Thornton takes a leap of 39 ranks to #57.

Newly inside the top 20 Bad Ideas by alle farben is. It is the fourth top 20 hit within three years.

Highest new entry comes in at #21. It is Alan Walker's third single Alone that stops by. According to the recent iTunes list the song has some more power without the huge impact Faded had a year ago. That one rises once again 84–68 in its 48th chart week.

Since the new Apple Music commercial is aired on TV background song Ahnma by Beginner Feat. Gzuz & Gentleman turns up again. The track gains 24 places this week landing at #31, the highest position since late September.
Kerstin Ott performs better. Her album Herzbewohner enters #16–the hit single Die immer lacht (remixed by Stereoact can rise again 20 places to #65.

An oddity went on around the release of John Legend's recent album Darkness And Light. It didn't manage to chart but the single Love Me Now did so and now appears at a re-entry at #59. On its first appearance in October it reached #79.

The new version of The Mack by Nevada Feat. Mark Morrison and Fetty Wap goes 86-75 in its third week.

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.

July 8th 16: 30th #1 From France - Third One In A Row!

There is a new #1 in Germany. Again it is one by a French artist–the 30th since the beginning of the German charts in 1954. And the third in 2016 alone. One must add: The third in a row. Did we see such a feat before? No. Never at all three acts from France managed to occupy the top spot each after another. Additionally the full top 3 is presented by French acts. In 2016 it is a given thing that all of them are acompanied by another act–all of them not French.

After all that statistics it is time to be clear: New #1 is Don't Be So Shy by Imany. As she is of Komorian decent Don't Be So Shy also is the second #1 in 2016 presenting a musical connection to Africa.
More visibly the men behind the remix of the track bring back to #1 status a nation that was absent here for more than 13 years: Russia. Filatov & Karas are the suceeder of t.A.T.u. who topped the list in February 2003 with All The Things She Said.


The only new song inside the top10 is Ain't Your Mama by Jennifer Lopez. It is only her ninth top10 song and the first since spring 2014 when she hit #6 alongside Pitbull on We Are One.

With Cheap Thrills dropping off the top 10 the longest running top 10 song now is One Dance by Drake Feat. Wizkid & Kyla. The song has collected so far 12 top10 weeks and now sits pretty at #9.

Inside the top20 we also welcome a new song. Holland is the second top20 by the 257ers. Their first appaerance was back in September 2014 with Baby du riechst.


Gainers of the week are:
Wherever I Go by OneRepublic touching the upper half at #41 for the first time since their hit Love Runs Out in summer 2014.
Kill Em With Kindness by Selena Gomez rising 61–45 in its 3rd chart week.
Lang lebe der Tod by CASPER feat. Blixa Bargeld, Dagobert, Sizarr taking the biggest leap of 24 places to #59 in its second chart week. Dagobert is only the second Swiss act entering the German charts in 2016.
Perfect Strangers by Jonas Blue featuring JP. Cooper rising 11 places to #66 although already had its peak at #55 five weeks ago.
Me Too by Meghan Trainor going 93–77 in its fourth chart week. So far it is the worst performing single by her.


Once again it is a very disappointing week for new releases. The highest new single lands at #79 in the shape of the new Coldplay release Up&Up. This year we already had a lower start for the best new entry of the week in February. Anyway Up&Up belongs to the ten lowest entries of all times carrying the crown as "highest new entry".

All in all there are only two really new songs entering the top 100 plaus three songs returning into the list. It is again a turnover of only 5% – which happens a fifth time this year. In 2015 we only had two weeks doing so

Sept 18th 15: Deepest Fall From No.1 Ever

Uhm–the big run only took about a week. As official politics changed the interest in the hymn for solidarity and refugees drops dramatically which leads to the deepest dive of a #1 hit ever. Last weeks shining star Schrei nach Liebe by Die Ärzte drops to #21 undertaking the so far "record" by Depeche Mode's 2001 single Dream On by six places.

The old #1 is gone–so we have a new one which actually is an old one too. A month ago Astronaut by Sido Feat. Andreas Bourani shot straight to the top, last week Sido's album emerged eight single tracks inside the list, now the lead hit returns and spends a second week at #1. Having a four weeks long absence at the top before grabbing the crown once more is a hardly seen feat. The last #1 returning after a bunch of weeks further down was–uhm Andreas Bourani himself with his 2014 football anthem Auf uns that managed to return to the top after 10 weeks again.

The only new song inside the top 10 comes from R•City feat. Adam Levine and brings US-American acts back to the top end of the German list. Locked Away had its chart success in the US some weeks ago peaking at #8, in the UK it just started chart life, in Germany it now stops at #6 giving both acts their highest performance at all. Of course Adam Levine as a member of Maroon 5 already knows how it feels even higher.

Back to top 10 status Nicky Jam & Enrique Iglesias go. El perdón reaches a new peak at #8.

At #11 LENA lands with her latest release. Wild & Free was produced as music score for Fack ju Göthe which was premiered a week ago and started with the best result of 2015 so far. For the singer it is the highest rank since October 2012 when she hit #2 with Stardust.

With the new single of Felix Jaehn Book Of Love landing at #17 there is the first time since 2011 a Russian act invading the German top 20. It is singer Polina who serves with vocals on the song and probably will rise some further. #3 occupied by Timati is the goal.

July 24th 15: Third Act Achieving Second No.1 in 2015

Deep house beats Raop as Lost Frequencies Feat. Janieck Devy change places with CRO. So the new #1 is Reality–probably the coolest track for summer 2015.

By switching to #1 Lost Frequencies becomes the third act in 2015 with two no.1 hits. First we had Ellie Goulding managing the double in February followed by Felix Jaehn who entered the top in May for a second time. And now the Belgian DJ. He of course is the slowest act as it took him more than three months to return on top. On the other hand featured singer Janieck Devy is the fastest new name in 2015 that rose to #1. Remember it is only the fourth chart week for Reality–Charlie Puth had to wait a week longer before getting the crown alongside Wiz Khalifa.

Back to the historical dimension of the moment and there is one indeed. Three acts with at least two #1 hits in one calendar year–that's a feat only seen twice in whole chart history. Back in 1977 there were ABBA, Smokie and Baccara with two #1s and Boney M serving with three. Nine years before in 1968 we had the same figure as Tom Jones, Heintje and The Beatles had two #1 hits and the Bee Gees three. So in 2015 we are still far away from such a situation although we are as close as never in between. Keep fingers crossed!

With Janieck Devy there is another Dutch singer at the German top. The last one doing so was Mr Probz back in March 2014 thanks to a deep house remix of his recording. Seems that history repeats somehow. Well–Reality is the fourth deep house #1 this current year, in 2014 we only had three...

The question now is: Who will become the biggest deep house star. With Felix Jaehn and Lost Frequencies there are two new and shiny stars on the scene. A year earlier Robin Schulz appeared and propelled the sound to absolute heights. Right now he got his latest offering on sale. Sugar starts right at #3 giving him a third top10 hit in 2015 and a fifth at all. That's so far the best statistic of all three DJs.

Alongside Robin Schulz 19 years old Canadian Francisco Yates is featured. He immediately becomes the best performing Canadian act since ... no–not Justin Bieber, but Carly Rae Jepsen. Back in early summer 2012 she landed her Call Me Maybe at #3.

Also new inside the Top 10 Ed Sheeran is. His latest single is Photograph already available for a year. Due to a remix by Felix Jaehn the original recording now lands at #8 giving the singer his third Top10 entry in 2015 and his sixth at all.


MoTrip is still on the way up. So wie du bist lands at #16 after huge download success during last week. The song still benefits from the commercial with Bastian Schweinsteiger.

Also USAmerican indie rock band Walk The Moon still rises and reaches the Top 20 with Shut Up + Dance in its 7th chart week. At #19 it is the second highest production made only by US acts.


Further down the list we find at #60 a sleeper hit as Runaway (U & I) by Swedish Galantis sets a new peak in its 17th chart week. Follow up single Peanut Butter Jelly slides 83–91 in its fourth week so far.
British-German M22 (consisting of Matt James and Frank Sanders–the latter one known as one half of the Michael Mind Project) slowly gains attention with Good To Be loved. The track steadily rises now reaching #74 in its fourth chart week.

April 17th 15: Record Breaking Jump To No 1

As the German charts appear weekly since 1971 one might assume that everything has been seen. It isn't like that. Times change and so do the charts and movements inside. This week we witness a record breaking jump to number 1. Of course the biggest jump to the top is the one from outside the list. Before the late 90s that feat wasn't seen on the list. Nowadays it is kind of common having songs start their chart life directly at the Top. So far there were 103 songs doing so.
Most of songs of course reach the top from inside the charts. Mostly it happens with a rise from inside the Top 5. This week we see See You Again by Wiz Khalifa Feat. Charlie Puth storming to Top in its fifth week coming from number 39 which breaks the record setting feat of the Pet Shop Boys in July 1987. Back then the duo had its heydays bringing new releases to its peak very fast. It's A Sin started by going 26–1 in 1987 followed by Always On My Mind with a 20–1 jump in January 1988 and Heart in April same year going 17–1. Only YMCA by the Village People and Pump ab das Bier by Werner Wichtig managed to hold tight with that feat. The first one shot 24–1 in December 1978 the latter one 18–1 in February 1990.

The new record comes due to the arrival of Furious 7 in cinemas on April 2nd. See You Again features as the closing song referring to the death of actor Paul Walker. As the movie still leads the box list it is certain seeing the song on Top next week too.

Another trivia can be told: See You Again is the third movie related number 1 in 2015.

Talkin' 'bout the impact of Furious 7 also six other songs taken–four of them originally taken from the Soundtrack–perform well as there are:
Ride Out by Kid Ink, Tyga, Wale, Rich Homie Quan 45–21–all four artists involved reach a new career peak
G.D.F.R. by Flo Rida Featuring Sage The Gemini and Lookas 38–25 in its 18th chart week
Go Hard Or Go Home by Wiz Khalifa & Iggy Azalea 98–47
How Bad Do You Want It (Oh Yeah) by Sevyn Streeter new at number 67–first charting single of the American singer.
Get Low by Dillon Francis / DJ Snake new at number 79
Turn Down For What by DJ SNake and Lil Jon re-entering at number 84 adding a 41st chart week–the song appeared first time in the survey exactly one year ago


Robin Schulz delivers the highest new entry at #7 with Headlights (feat. Ilsey). The singer is known so far as song writer for Pitbull and JLO. Headlights is the second Top10 hit in 2015 for the German superstar DJ and fourth since the beginning of his chart career almost exactly a year ago.

At number 11 second German superstar DJ is launching a follow up to his debut. Felix Jaehn sits still pretty at number 3 with his remix of OMI's Cheerleader while Ain't Nobody (Loves Me Better) (feat. Jasmine Thompson) enters the list. It is this a cover version of a song originally recorded by Rufus & Chaka Khan in 1983. The original never got chart success but since than the song entered in six different versions peaking at number 8 in 1989 in a remix version of the original. The take by Felix Jaehn now is the second most successful.


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The 12th season of Deutschladn sucht den Superstars is on air with recalls and re-recalls. One first hiatus was the performance of Severino Seeger, Antonio Gerardi, Christoph Cronauer and Kevin Spatt who performed Caruso on April 8th 2015. The song was recorded originally by Italian Lucio Dalla in 1986 but became mostly popular in 2012 after the singer died. Than it reached number 2 in Italy and got certain attention by participants on casting show contestants. In Germany popularity rose due to schlager star Helene Fischer who recorded a cover version on her 2014 album Farbenspiel- live.
After it was performed on TV the song enters the charts for the very first time at number 61. It is only the second chart entry for the Italian singer–17 years after his debut appearance–and it is a new career peak.

30th of Jan 15: A Historical Moment in January

There is really something going on. The fifth issue of 2015 and we have the fourth song invading nr.1 position. Never before a year started that busy. The song in question right now is The Hanging Tree coming from the movie soundtrack The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part I by James Newton Howard.

Three times in chart history we came close to such a fast turnover of nr.1s in January. In 2001 it were EMINEM & Dido who dethroned Big Brother star Christian for a week but being pushed from the top a week later by Outkast and Ms. Jackson. That rush took place in late January.
1993 saw the first two weeks More And More by The Captain Hollywood Project at number 1 followed by Charles & Eddie and their Would I Lie To You for a week just before Whitney Houston climbed to the top with her I Will Always Love You that held firm for six weeks.
The most similar turnover of number 1 hits in January took place in 1985. Given that the last week of December 1984 (that actually had no official list) saw Duran Duran and their Wild Boys as best sold single the succeeder at the Top was Band Aid with the first recording of Do They Know It's Christmas? for two weeks followed by Murray Head's One Night In Bangkok for another two weeks just before Tears for Fears started their four weeks run at the top with Shout on the first issue of February. That's a bunch of four different number 1 hits within 6 weeks.

Worth noting the three new number 1s of 2015 each took more than two months to reach its hiatus. So we see the complete second row of the Christmas sale now standing in the first line. It might result due to the lack of infecting new releases on the market. The Hanging Tree definitely cashes in cause of the release of the Rebel Remix which boosted the demand the past days.


Highest new entry comes in at number 7. Charli XCX launches her second top10 hit with Break The Rules. Her first appearance (alongside Swedish Icona Pop) two years ago stopped at number 4.

New comer OMI now arrives inside the Top 20. His Cheerleader lands at number 16 in its fourth chart week.


Almost a full year after its first appearance in the survey Let It Go by Demi Lovato returns for a week and sets a new peak. Number 65 is 18 ranks higher than her so far peak. All this happens in the sixth chart week of the song.

23rd of May 2014: Third Nr.1 new entry / first Eurovision effects / King Kollegah

Chart history is written these days. A third consecutive week a completely new song storms the top of the singles charts in Germany. That is really something that never happened before. By the way these three number 1s are all produced by Germans. Alone that feat–three consecutive number 1 songs coming from Germany–was last seen seven years ago. It is a historic moment this week.
The song in question is Traum the new singly by German rapper CRO. The track announces his upcoming album Melodie that will follow in June. The single so far was scheduled for a release on 30th of May. The huge success on airplay made the record company prepone the release date. Immediately the song goes number 1 having the best digital sales start since three years. It is CRO’s second number 1 and indeed the second song that starts straight at the top position.

The Eurovision Song Contest shows its impact. Calm After The Storm by Dutch The Common Linnets enters the German charts at number 3. It is already now the best performing Eurovision runner’s up since 1969 when Cliff Richard’s Congratulations missed the trophy but performed very well on sale.
Winner Conchita Wurst from Austria and her song Rise Like A Phoenix enter the list at number 5. It matches last year’s winner Like A Teardrop by Emmeli de Forest and indeed is the best performing song coming from Austria since Klangkarussell’s Sonnentanz hit number 4 in November 2012.
All in all there are 12 songs from the contest entering the charts. It matches the result of last year's issue which was far and away the most influencing contest of all times.

Best sold album comes from German rapper Kollegah. As since January also streamings are eligible the new king of rap can set 18 different tracks into the current list. This is a feat only once beaten. In 2009 after the dead of Michael Jackson the star had more than 20 songs inside the list for three weeks. The peak was an unbelievable 24 songs.


Counting Eurovision and Kollegah's album tracks together this current weeks sees 35 completely new tracks entering the list. It is another new record for the German charts set up in this historical week.

17th of July 1987: Pet Shop Boys Shot to No 1

It's A Sin by the Pet Shop Boys goes 26–1 in its third chart week. It is the highest jump top number 1 since the weekly list was enabled in 1971. So far it was YMCA by the Village People that held that record by going 24–1 in December 1978.

The record is broken by the first straight number 1 of the Fugees which launched their version of Killing Me Softly (With His Song) on the charts on July 1st 1996.
The record of highest jump to number one from inside the list was newly set on 17th of April 2015 by Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth and their See You Again by a 39–1 leap.

Highest German song at #5 (LW 3) Guten Morgen liebe Sorgen by Jürgen von der Lippe - it is the only German production inside the Top 10
inside Top 10 there are six European productions. One of them (Spagna) comes from Italy (10–10).

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