German chart comments - Issue date - 8.10.2010

As I predicted in the last two weeks, the prospects for Israel Kamakawiwo'ole to take the crown in the German singles chart were more than rosy. And thus, three weeks after entering the chart, the late Hawaiian singer succeeds in removing Eminem and Rihanna from the top, putting his take on the "Over The Rainbow" classic at the summit.

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So Eminem and Rihanna move down to #2 after two weeks at the top, with Taio Cruz's "Dynamite" finally making the top three after several weeks in the top five. This is the first single of the UK star to go as much higher in Germany after his debut "Break Your Heart" peaked at #5.
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Among the biggest news this week is the re-entry of Leona Lewis' "Run" at #9. By doing so, the great cover of the Snow Patrol song, manages to easily achieves its highest position in Germany some two years after initially released. Despite being extremely popular worldwide, "Run" stalled in the lower end of the German top 20 towards the close of 2008. The attention this time around comes after the song was performed by the 14-year old Andrea Renzullo at the country's Das Supertalent show. We may blame the formats of such shows, but when they have the power to undo such chart injustice as the Leona Lewis case, we have to actually thank them.  
Andrea's Version
Leona's Version

The highest new entry comes in at #13, belonging to German band Unheilig. "Unter deiner Flagge" is the third single from Unheilig's latest album, which recently became the most successful German-language LP by standing 17 weeks at the top of the albums chart. With the never-ending presence of pilot single "Geboren um zu Leben" in the top 20, the latest single at least has the honour to chart higher than previous one "Für immer", which reached #17. "Unter deiner Flagge" also won the Bundesvision Song Contest 2010 on October 1, so its chances to go higher in the next week are not to be underestimated.
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The next highest new entry can be found at #22, coming from French rapper Sexion d'Assaut. It is always a pleasure to see a non-English/German song in the upper reaches of the German singles and "Désolé" deserves to be in the top 30.
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Next at #36 we have Romanian megastar Inna, whose "Amazing" has already been a huge smash in eastern Europe one summer ago. Still, not close to the success of fellow Romanian star Edward Maya, whose "Stereo Love" reached #4 in Germany, the new single of Inna at least manages to improve from the poor performance of "Hot", her debut in the country, which peaked at #80.
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And here are the videos of the remaining new entries in the chart:

#51 Ben L'Oncle Soul - Seven Nation Army
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#52 Selena Gomez & The Scene - Round & Round
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#60 Amy Macdonald - This Pretty Face 
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#73  Nick Jonas - Introducing Me
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#83 Tinie Tempah - Written on the Stars
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Info - Wikipedia

Charts compiled by Media Control