петък, 1 април 2011 г.

German chart comments - Issue date - 1.04.2011

Lady Gaga has to retreat from the number one in Germany two weeks after reaching it as Bruno Mars' "Grenade" regains strength and bounces back to the summit. The song, whose sales were boosted by performances on the DSDS show, has now five non-consecutive weeks as the German number one.

The highest and for sure the most surprising new entry comes in at #3. Belgian singer Milow was extremely successful in 2009 with his take on 50 Cent's "Ayo Technology", which reached #2 in Germany. The song was followed by the #15 peak of "You Don't Know" and the #19 of "Out of My Hands". At that time, Milow was destined to be a one-hit wonder but now this all changes as his "You and Me (In My Pocket)", the lead single from his new album, enters directly at #3 in Germany.

Milow even manages to outscore superstar Rihanna, whose "S&M" finally charts in Germany. Strangely, the singles from Rihanna's latest album have a somewhat delayed release schedule in the country, but you'd never know what's going on in the heads of these record companies. So the scandalous song shoots in at #5 this week, and deservingly becomes more successful than her previous "What's My Name" (peak #12). "S&M" is the 13th top 10 single of the singer in Germany. 

Further down the top 10, Jennifer Lopez advances to #6 from #10 and if "On the Floor" doesn't move further up, it would be her third single to peak at #6 in the country. 

In the top 20, new peaks for Usher's "More" at #14 and Die Atzen/Nena's "Strobo Pop" at #15, while Caro Emerald's "A Night Like This" is gaining pace and reaches #24. 

Before Caro, however, we have a third new entry at #18. With only a promo video until yesterday, "E.T." is the fourth single of Katy Perry's latest album and despite for now her least successful, expect it to soar in the upper reaches of the countdown as the song promotion gets a boost. The track is so good that it has to be among her best ones in chart terms. 

New peaks to be observed also at #29 by Beth Ditto's "I Wrote The Book" and at #31 by Bullmeister's "Girls Beautiful". 

And the remaining new entries with videos:

41 Jessie J - Do It Like A Dude - As it is often the case, to be extremely successful in UK doesn't translate directly in a success abroad. Still, follow-up "Price Tag" may have better chances...
43 Medina - Gutter  
46 Guano Apes - Oh What A Night - Despite not so successful, it is always good to see the great German band back in the top 50.
57 Alexis Jordan - Happiness
58 Plastik Funk - Everybody Dance Now! 
82 Andrea Renzullo - Heal - Andrea ranked fourth at the last year Supetalent casting, where his take on "Run" of Leona Lewis triggered the enormous interest in the song observed towards the end of 2010.
94 RLP And Barbara Tucker - R.E.S.P.E.C.T 

The Album Chart

This week's LP chart is flooded by seven new entries in the top 20. The highlights are once again set on Herbert Grönemeyer, whose 13th album "Schiffsverkehr" goes straight at #1. The German legend now has a total of 69! weeks atop of the LP charts and it's certain that this number will go up in the next weeks. Since his fifth album in 1984, Grönemeyer has never missed the number one slot - that's quite a record to be jealous of.
Another German veteran, Udo Jürgens, brings his latest album "Der ganz normale Wahnsinn" at #3, while Green Day's live compilation "Awesome As F**k" is at #5. 
New entries also for Joe Bonamassa's "Dust Bowl" at #10, Die Atzen's "Party Chaos" at #14, The Strokes' "Angles" at #15 and Avantasia's live LP "The Flying Opera - Around The World in 20 Days" at #18.

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