Oct 21st 16

A fifth week at the top for Rag'n'Bone Man and his Human. And for a second week the song is #1 in all three German speaking countries.

In its 20th chart week The Sound Of Silence by Disturbed rises again three places stopping at the runners up position. It is already the eighth top 10 week of this song. In Austria the song already had a seven weeks run at #1 back in June/July this year.

At #3 Sia's The Greatest stops. It climbs one further place in its seventh chart week and is the direct succeeder of #1 hit Cheap Thrills.
Another #1 succeeder stops at #4 with Would I Lie To You. The cover/remix of the 1992 #1 hit by Charles & Eddie gives French DJ David Guetta a second top 5 entry this year after his EURO 2016 anthem This One's For You. Collaborating Cedric Gervais + Chris Willis reach the German top 10 for the very first time.

One of the gainers of the week again are Lil Kleine & Ronnie as their Stoff und Schnaps rise 11 places to #17. The former Dutch #1 hit is the second Dutch production inside the top 20. The other one comes from Martin Garrix sitting pretty at #14 with In The Name Of Love (accompanied by Bebe Rexha).

April 22nd 16: SIA & Sean Paul Are Going #1

What a race! On the midweek survey still Faded by Alan Walker led the list. But ten weeks at the top made the demand shrinking and on the other hand Cheap Thrills by SIA Feat. Sean Paul attract more and more people. So there is a change at the very top of the German charts ending a 50 weeks long presence of European acts at #1.

Cheap Thrills is the first #1 for both SIA and Sean Paul. The Australian singer had her first chart appearance four and a half year ago alongside David Guetta. So this career looks quite usual. In contrast Sean Paul has an already 13 years long chart history under his belt which really is a long way. Of course it ain't unique–remembering Daft Punk reaching the top after 16 years on charts three years ago?

A nice statistical fact at the end: Sean Paul is only the fifth Jamaican artist topping the charts in Germany. Last one was OMI who a year ago had his Cheerleader climbing to the top after remixed by Felix Jaehn.


The change at the top is backed up with three new songs inside the top 10. It seems there is a seasonal change going on bringing us a bunch of new hits for upcoming spring time. First of all DRAKE's new offering jumps to the upper end at the charts. One Dance lands at #6 in its second chart week and falls only one place short of Drake's only top 10 appearance so far Work (alongside Rihanna) that showed up a few weeks ago.
Of course DRAKE is not alone on his new single. Featured artist Wizkid now is the first Nigerian inside the German top 10 since 15 years. Back in 2001 it was Adé Bantu who as a member of Brothers Keepers gained #5 with Adriano (Letzte Warnung).

Arrival number 2 is Don't Let Me Down by The Chainsmokers Ft. Daya. The producers already had their first chart hit two years ago with #Selfie. Now they proof that they're more than a one hit wonder. Singer Daya right in this moment starts grabbing some attention with her special performance.
And also #10 is a complete newcomer. Era Istrefi is the first Albanian singer reaching the German Top10. BonBon lands here in its fifth chart week.

Some places below a further future hit shows up. Howling At The Moon jumps 37 places to #18. For singer Milow this is the first top20 appaerance since five years.


Highest new entry comes from P!NK. Just Like Fire is a song taken from the score to Alice Through The Looking Glass and lands in its first week at #32. It is P!NK's 32nd chart hit in Germany and her 15th in this decade alone. #32 is the highest performance for her since her #1 song Just Give Me A Reason (duetting with Nate Ruess) in spring 2013.


A jump of 32 places–which means it is the second biggest gainer–SEX by Cheat Codes X Kris Kross Amsterdam makes. Probably this will be one of spring dance tunes 2016.
The third biggest gainer lands at #69 in the face of Andrea Berg. Her single Diese Nacht ist jede Sünde wert jumps 29 places meanwhile her album Seelenbeben spends a second week at the top of the album's list. The single already had a peak at #44 two months ago and is the highest charting single of the singer at all.

With Are You With Me by Lost Frequencies leaving the list after 64 weeks now the longest running hit is Lean On by Major Lazer X DJ Snake Feat. Mø. The song sits pretty at #59 in its 59th chart week and now enters the top 20 of longest running hits in the recent decade.

April 8th 16: Mark Forster Launches A New Hit

Week no.9 on top for Alan Walker and his Faded. The song is on the way of becoming a real huge superhit as it approaches the result of Aadele's Hello which had an 11 weeks run at the top at the end of past year. As a DJ/producer Alan Walker already is the most successful one since AVICII who spent 10 weeks at #1 with Wake Me Up! in late summer 2013.

A tiny move but a meanful one takes place at #3. SIA Feat. Sean Paul gains one place with Cheap Thrills. It is already the most successful single with SIA as lead artist–now it also eclipses her highest chart performance at all. In September 2012 she appeared at #3 for the very first time as the singer on David Guetta's She Wolf. Sean Paul of course has a #2 hit under his belt already with She Doesn't Mind released in very early 2012.

There is one song new inside the top 10. It is Work From Home by Fifth Harmony Feat. Ty Dolla $ign. The song already hit #2 in the UK–now it really grows in Germany as well. It is the second chart hit for the five ladies. Worth It stopped at #16 almost a year ago.

Finally we do have a highest new entry worth its name. It is this Wir sind gross the new single by Mark Forster. The song lands directly at #13 and it is his fifth top 20 hit–the #1 hit as part of EFF not included. Only twice this year new entries started higher: On February th 5th it was ZAYN with his solo debut Pillow Talkand thre weeks before it were DJ Ötzi and Nik P. who launched their Geboren um dich zu lieben at #11.

A place below Meghan Trainor sets her new hit single Nø. It now overtakes predecessor Marvin Gaye accompanied by Charlie Puth. It is Meghan Trainor's fourth top20 hit within one and a half year.

At #16 the Chainsmokers can launch their very first top20 single in their career. Two years ago they seemed to be kind of a one hit wonder with #Selfie spending 22 weeks inside the survey. In 2016 they have two simultaneous hits with Don't Let Me Down (feat. Daya) jumping 14 places to #16 and Roses (Feat. Rozes) sitting pretty at #27.

Interesting statistics besides: With only nine tracks featuring a European artist inside the top 20 this is the lowest result sinc June 2013.
As there are three songs new inside the top 20 the picture looks quite usual. In fact that three songs disguises a bit the furthermore unchanging survey. All in all there are only five new songs arriving–it's the fourth time in 2016 that such a feat happens. And even if we watch th top 50: only three songs entered the upper half newly. A fact hardly seen in chart history.

All this doesnt mean, there are no movers at all. Viceversa there are some. Here they are:
Jason Derulo with Get Ugly going 55-38
Irish Walking On Cars with Speeding Cars 56–42
DJ Snake Feat. Bipolar Sunshine with Middle 62–52
Max Giesinger with 80 Millionen as the best gainer going 88–53 in its second chart week
Izzy Bizzu with White Tiger 65–54
Ali As Feat. Namika with Lass sie tanzen 86–65 in its second chart run–still six places to go to match the result of its first appearance
Julian Perretta with Miracles going 82–66 in its second week.

March 18th 16: Frozen Top 5

As the early spring usually ain't showing much musical turbulence it is no surprise having also in 2016 a calm March. It is this the third consecutive week with a very static top. This current week the complete Top 5 is tied meaning Alan Walker spends a sixth week at #1 with Faded. He is now alongside synthetic pop project Aqua the Norwegian act spending most time at #1.

The one and only new song inside the top 10 comes in at #6. It is the new single of SIA from her album This Is Acting. Cheap Thrills is a collaboration with Jamaican Sean Paul. It is the fifth top 10 hit for the Australian singer and songwriter–only her second as lead artist and better than her first solo hit Chandellier from summer 2014 that stopped at #10. Sean Paul already has nine top 10 hits under his belt–last on in summer 2013.

As Stimme by EFF leaves the top 10 there are only four tracks involving Europeans inside. It is the lowest result since May 2013.

A few places lower Coldplay can enter the top 20 with Hymn For The Weekend. Once again a Coldplay song with an longer taking rise.

The highest new entry lands at #30–some places higher than the week before. Ariana Grande launches with Dangerous Woman a seventh chart hit and the third missing the top 20.

At #44 a summer hit re-enters after getting used on Let's Dance a week ago. FEDER Ft. Lyse had their Goodbye rising to #8 and spent 30 weeks inside the charts. Now both sneak in for a further week.


On the lower end of the list at #64 a European country takes its first steps on the mainstream pop market. Era Istrefi comes from Albania/Kosova and launches her very first chart hit with Bon Bon. The song is as international as any other production coming from the big pop nations and probably this first appeaerance can leave some marks on the European pop map.

March 11th 15: Silence

What the hell is going on in Germany? Nothing! At least if you have a look at the song charts. The second consecutive week the complete top 10 stays almost unchanged. Only places 5 and 6 twist as places 9 and 10 doing so also. This means Alan Walker spends a fifth comfortable week at the top with Faded. Still the catchiest tune at all and right now one of the hits of still young 2016.
Five weeks at #1 doubles the result of last Norwegian #1 single coming from Marit Larsen in 2009.

The longest top 10 runner is Love Yourself by Justin Bieber that is one of the movers at #5.
One amazing story con be told from inside the top 10 although. Look at #8 and you will see there a song sitting for a fifth time. Yes Me, Myself & I by G-Eazy & Bebe Rexha spent five weeks inside the top 10–all of them at #8.


The first mover lands again as deep as #12. It is this week SIA feat. Sean Paul who can make their song Cheap Thrills a full 16 places to heights both didnt seen for some time. Leading act SIA had her last appearance inside the top 20 in summer 2014 when Chandellier even hit #10. Sean Paul was absent since late summer 2013–back then it was Other Side Of Love that had a short visit at #3. To add this word: if someone had doubted dancehall would be dead or a product for special interests this last success of the sound shows how vital the genre still is.

Mover #2 stops at 19 in the face of Mike Posner's I Took A Pill In Ibiza tropic housed by Norwegian SeeB. It is the highest position the US American singer ever achieved and SeeB could be the next KYGO.


As new music has some difficulties making instant impacts on the charts there are more songs we earlier called sleeper hits. As an example this week Never Forget You by Zara Larsson & MNEK reaches a new peak at 28. It is already the 21st chart week of the song–so it took both half a year to become a proper medium hit.


The highest new entry comes in at #41. It is Fifth Harmony's recent single Work From Home. Their first hit made it up to #16 during past year.

It is hardly seen that an artist does have simultaneous entries in one week. Mostly that appears alongside a highly recommended album release. This week there is San Francisco based Daya who lands two new songs inside the survey without any album received or other big event going on. It is just an coincidence. At 69 she sings alongside The Chainsmokers on their new single Don't Let Me Down and further down at 91 she enters with her standalone song Hide Away. As also Flume enters the list at 86 there is a bunch of songs representing a slightly new sound mostly produced around the Pacific Ocean.

At #96 an almost exactly 10 years long absence ends as Massive Attack brings its new song Ritual Spirit in the list. It is only the fifth chart entry for the band which sounds quite strange as the duo has had a huge musical impact and still does to the new generation of TripHop artists.


On The Way Up are:
SAX by Fleur East going 56–43 in its fourth chart week
Keeping Your Head Up by Birdy jumping 91–49 in its fifth chart week after some TV promotion for her new album Beautiful Lies scheduled for end of March

Jan 29th 16: New Songs Arriving

No change at the very top of the German single's list. It is EFF that holds firm with Stimme for a second week. Also Shawn Mendes has his Stitches at #2 for a second week.
At #3 the second Canadian star comes in. Justin Bieber sees his Love Yourself rise into the top3 in its 11th chart week. Nine of them the song already spent inside the Top10.
Also #6 reaches a new peak after a while. It is Danish Lukas Graham with 7 Years that had 14 weeks to go there.

Worth mentioning Glasperlenspiel spends with Geiles Leben a 20th week inside the top10–exactly at #10. It is this the first song since Helene Fischer's Atemlos durch die Nacht that can manage doing so.


New sounds arrive from #12 on. Right there British Dua Lipa stops with her first hit Be The One. It is the sixth chart week for the song and the very first time inside the top20.
#13 goes to G-Eazy x Bebe Rexha and their Me Myself & I that rises four places. And a more rock oriented song lands at #14. The X Ambassadors bring the sound back to public attention with Renegade.
The biggest gainer is Fast Car by jonas Blue Featuring Dakota. The cover of the Tracy Chapman song jumps 25 places to #16 in its second chart week.
Very close in sound–a bit more club oriented–Faded by Alan Walker is which stops its rise a place behind. Alan Walker now is the best performing Norwegian on the list and might become the suceeder of KYGO this year.
And finally Elle King completes the Top 20 with her Ex's & Oh's. That's the new sound so far which partly will mix up next week's top 10 for sure. Be prepared.

The #1 spot for sure is reserved for the highest new entry this week. At #31 Rihanna Feat. Drake land. Work is available since Wednesday online which is enough to boost the song to the upper half. On Thursday her album Anti followed as streaming offer. Well–February will start with a beat certainly.

In the shadow of Rihanna also SIA releases her new album This Is Acting. Single Unstoppable sneaks in the song list at #62.


A gainer of 49 places is Stressed Out by the Twentyøne Piløts. The song lands at #37.
At #50 the song of the current Desigual campaign jumps. It is Hundred Miles by Barcelona based Yall Feat. Gabriela Richardson.
Further songs worth watching on the way up are:
Die immer lacht Stereoact feat. Kerstin Ott going 45–23
Try Me Jason Derulo Feat. Jennifer Lopez & Matoma 49–39
Roses Chainsmokers Ft. Rozes 68–56
Jolene The BossHoss Feat. The Common Linnets 73–60
Wasn't Expecting That (Zwette Remix) Jamie Lawson 78–65
Hands To Myself Selena Gomez 93–71

New entry at #97 makes evident that casting shows might generate a career. Three years ago Lisa Larissa Strahl won the Dein Song contest which made her a recognized talent. In summer right after the casting she got the role of Bibi Blocksberg on a new (so far) trilogy. The title song of the third sequel Mädchen gegen Jungs enters the list this current week.
On her side also another teen star acts and sings. It is Phil Laude better known as a third of former youtube-band Y-Titty.

7th of Nov 2014:

It is still Meghan Trainor who occupies the number 1 slot with her extremely well performing All About That Bass. The song is worldwide the most selling in this moment. In the US and in Britain it just passed the hiatus now slightly fading down. But in the German speaking countries the song still is unbeatable.

Spending a fifth week at the Top makes Meghan Trainer the first USAmerican solo female since 2009 who can hold such a strong success over at least five weeks. From March to April 2009 it was Lady Gaga with her Poker Face that was the top selling single for 11 consecutive weeks (adding further two weeks after a 3 weeks breaks).
The male statistic looks less impressive. Pharrell Williams still is the one who overturns the actual success with his Happy. That song collected eight number 1 weeks at the beginning of 2014–six of them in a row.

Sun Goes Down by Robin Schulz feat. Jasmine Thompson rises two further places stopping now at number 2. It is the third big hit for the DJ in 2014 alone. And if it will take the last step to number 1 Robin Schulz will become one of only eight acts that managed having three top hits in one calendar year. But let's wait ...

Finally Andreas Bourani released a predecessor of his number 1 single Auf uns. The song is taken from his album Hey as well and is called Auf anderen Wegen. The week it was released on CD the song can jump 25 places to number 8 giving the singer his second Top 10 hit at all.

In its 22nd chart week Chandelier by SIA takes a 19–10 leap inside the Top10. Is this connected to the Jim Carrey-Iggy Azalea-Kate McKinnon parody on Saturday Night Live which spread around as a video take out?
Anyway it is the fourth Top 10 appearance for the singer but the first as an solo artist.
Having Geronimo by Sheppard still at number 3 there are two Australian acts simultaneously inside the Top 10. Last time we had that situation was back in March 2012 when Gotye still clang on with his number 1 hit Somebody That I Used To Know and SIA accompanied Flo Rida on his Wild Ones.

Also ANIMALS by MAROON 5 takes a 10 place leap landing at number 13 this week. It is the seventh chart week for the song and the first inside the Top 20.



Fritz Kalkbrenner probably is one of the most successful German electro producers which never lost the connection to independent club culture. Now he becomes a bit more a mainstream act as his album Ways Over Water entered the album list at number 6 last week and the single Back Home rises to number 20 this week. It is his first appearance inside the mainstream singles Top 20. So far only Get A Life approached the Top 20 stopping at number 22 in October 2012. Sky And Sand (in collaboration with his brother Paul Kalkbrenner) stopped at number 29 in late 2011.

As these days some tracks reach their peak after a long time on the survey it is no wonder we also witness the longest run to peak. It is Habits also known as Stay High by Swedish Tove Lo that stops at number 23 in its 24th chart week. In May this year already London Grammar peaked with Strong in its 24th chart week at number 28.
To find a track that took longer it is necessary to llok back only til May 2012. Than it was Ma chérie by DJ Antoine peaking at number 6 in its 29th chart week.

22nd of August 2014: A static Top 10

Number 1
Nr.1 is still Lovers On The Run by David Guetta feat. Sam Martin (plus additional production by AVICII)
It is the second week for the song, the third for main artist David Guetta and the 12th for not mentioned artist AVICII (all these weeks within little more than a year)

Top 10 action
Actually there is almost no action at all inside the Top 10. The top 7 holds still.
Wicked Wonderland by Martin Tungevaag rises a single place to number 8 which marks a new peak for that song and Summer by Calvin Harris returns 11–10 due to the second week tumble of Maroon 5's new single MAPS.

Two big gainers this week land inside the Top 20:
Rude by Canadian MAGIC! jumps 16 places to number 12 which gives us two acts from the North American country inside the Top 20 (the other one is KIESZA). A feat last seen in June 2012.


And Chandelier by SIA even jumps 19 places to number 20. It is the first time she reaches the Top 20 as an artist since her appearance on David Guetta's She Wolf which went to number 3 in September 2012.


Highest new entry comes from Ariana Grande Featuring ZEDD.
Break Free is Ariana's second chart hit in Germany after Problems (feat. Iggy Azalea) peaked at number 19 last week. German ZEDD already has three other chart hits under his belt. Number 27 with Break Free is the second best performing right behind Stay The Night which peaked at number 15 this spring.
All in all there are only seven new tracks inside the survey plus two re-entering songs. It is the third time in 2014 that we can witness such a low turnover of songs. Well, there were years when not long ago when it was almost usual that only seven or even six songs left the list for new or re-entering tracks.



Biggest Gainers
The biggest one is CRO and his announced next single Bad Chick which jumps full 25 places to number 41 in its third chart week.



Postcards by James Blunt reaches number 50 in its 4th chart week. The track jumps 15 places.



Norway – the upcoming EuroPop Country
By Anders Nilsen with Salsa Tequila charting there are three Norwegian productions simultaneously invading the German list. The most popular at this time is the above mentioned, very similarly sounding Wicked Wonderland. The third one is Am I Wrong current number 1 hit in Great Britain by Nico & Vinz.
Of course there were a lot of internationally successful pop acts coming from Norway including a-ha/Morten Harket, Madcon, Maria Mena and Eurovision winner Alexander Rybak. Even EuroDisco coming from Norway was highly successful with Barbie Girl by Aqua topping the lists worldwide in 1997. The presence of more than two Norwegian acts at once is a feat hardly found in chart history.
This picture fits well with the result European productions reach these weeks. The current issue counts 82 productions coming from Europe or with participation of European acts. Although European productions are very present within the last months and even years this result is quite unique. It shows on the other hand the low rate of pure US-American productions: Less than a quarter. Ten years ago the picture was completely different–so maybe the life (and cultural tastes) on both continents differ more and more at the moment.

18th of July 2014: Is Robin Schulz the artist of the year?

A fifth week at the top makes Prayer in C the second longest running number 1 of 2014 so far. Only Happy by Pharrell Williams performed better with eight weeks at the top.
If one count the remix of Mr Probz' Waves as a full and regular Robin Schulz entry than he is the most successful artist of the year by now collecting nine weeks at the top so far.

As the number 1 also the rest of the Top 10 is almost frozen. OneRepublic manages to climb a further place to number 3 with its Love Runs Out and Helene Fischer now spends a 29th week inside the Top 10 with her Atemlos durch die Nacht. It now matches the result of Butterfly by Daniel Gerard (1970) and A Song Of Joy by Miguel Rios (1971) which are so far the two songs with the second longest Top 10 appearance. The absolut record still stands at unbelievable 42 weeks for Ein Stern (der deinen Namen trägt) by DJ Ötzi & Nik P. from the year 2007.

The only song new inside the Top 10 comes from British Drum'n'Bass act SIGMA that vaults four places to number 8 with their production Nobody To Love

One of the very rare significantly moving tracks is Chandelier the very first solo single charting in Germany by SIA. The track so far sneaked through the lowest ends of the list for five weeks reaching only position 81. Now with the full released album 1000 Forms Of Fear in the back the single can leap to number 44. In France the song right now reached number 1.

The second significant mover is Zuhause by Adel Tawil Featuring Matisyahu. The track was released on the album Lieder and supported as a single track by special versions performed on SWR radio. Just before every match of the German team at the FIFA WM Adel Tawil changed the lyrics and recorded the track newly. The song now jumps 96–50.

Due to the WM also the inofficial anthem of the Bundesliga (and following EM) of 2012 re-enters the list. Tage wie diese by Die Toten Hosen adds a 83rd chart week at number 81.

French DJs at the very Top

Alexandra Stan now has the honour of being the act occupying the Number 1 spot for the longest time in 2011. This recent chart week Mr. Saxobeat holds a 7th week right at the top. It is the longest running Nr.1 track since we saw Over The Rainbow by Israel IZ Kamakawiwo’ole spending 12 week at the most sold single in Germany back in October to December last year.

Rising up one place Lucenzo now is the second French act with a Number 2 hit this year. The other of course is David Guetta who climbed to the runner’s up position with Sweat (besides Snoop Dogg) in April. David Guetta also is the last French act at the Top of the German charts. It was in early October 2009 when Sexy Bitch occupied the Nr.1 for a single week.

David Guetta also is the artist behind the track entering highest this week. Titanium is the first of three promotional singles from the French DJ’s upcoming album Nothing But The Beat. The track enters on download sales only landing at number 8. It is the ninth Guetta track in 2011 that can enter the list. So he is far and away the most productive artist of now. Only Rihanna can come close with 7 chart hits in 2011. Having five consecutive Top 10 hits (4 alone in 2011) is another impressive feat. Last act doing so was Lady Gaga who collected 8 Top 10 singles in a row interrupted this year by her single Judas that only gained position 23.



The voice of Titanium is Australian SIA (Sia Furler) who earned some European chart experiences in the UK at the beginning of the Millenium. In Germany she now debuts – at least in the single’s survey. Her album We Are Born had a short visit inside the album list in last July. She is the first Australian act entering the German Top 10 since Empire Of The Sun grabed number 1 in December last year.

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