German Chart Comments - Issue Date 21.12

The videos are back

As Rihanna spends her eight week on the top with "Diamonds", it's Pink who brings fresh blood to the top three. Her "Try" rises five positions and peaks at #2 becoming the highest charting single of the US star since "So What" hit the number one slot in 2008. Pink has two other #2 on her account - "Just Like A Pill" and "Get The Party Started".
Video - RiRi 
Video - Pinl 

This week Psy retreats to #3 with his "Gangham Style", while the highest new entry comes in at #4. Despite relatively late, The Script's global hit "Hall Of Fame" finally breaks it in the German charts. It easily becomes their most successful single in the country as the US band has failed to score any hit in Germany so far. Only "The Man Who Can't Be Moved" managed to penetrate the top 50 and stalled at #28 in 2008.
Video - Psy 
Video - The Script 

That Rammstein are currently the most famous band worldwide that sings in German is beyond any doubt but the release of their latest single once again shows their popularity at home has not faded. "Mein Herz brennt" is actually a song taken from their 2001 LP "Mutter" but is just now officially released as a single to commemorate the newest Videos compilation of the group. By appearing at #7, it becomes their tenth top ten single. 
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The next as well as several of the other new entries in the Top 100 come thanks to the casting show The Voice Of Germany. Its finale is still to affect the chart but this week inside the top 50 we have Isabell Schmidt's "Heimweh" at #33, Nick Howard's "Unbreakable" at #39 and Michael Lane's "Angel" at #47. It's actually Nick of the Rea Garvey's team who eventually won the show.
Live - Isabelle 
Video - Nick  
Live - Michael 

Also new in the top 50 is US pop duo MS MR, whose debut single "Hurricane" enters at #38. At the same time "Castle Of Glass", Linkin Park's follow-up to radio favourite "Burn It Down" (peak #2) and flop "Lost In The  Echo" (one week at #68), has made it inside the top 50 at #43, up from #58. 
Video - Ms Mr 
Video - Linkin Park 

Swiss DJ Mike Candys, who have been responsible for some of the bigger club tunes in 2011 and 2012, has teamed up with fellow colleague Jack Holiday for his next single. "The Riddle Anthem" can be found at #44. For those young enough not to remember, Italian Gigi D'Agostino had a massive top ten single with "The Riddle" in 2000 (peak #4).
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Last Xavier Naidoo and Kool Savas (or Xavas) bring "Wage es zu glauben", their follow up to #2 hit "Schau nicht mehr zurück", at the rather low #49. 
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And the other new entries this week: 

60. Imagine Dragons - It's Time 
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72. Carly Rae Jepsen - This Kiss  
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74. Rita Ora - How We Do (Party) 
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78. Michael Mind Project - Antiheroes
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86. Mc Fitti - Whatsapper 
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91. Nick Howard & Michael Heinemann - Skinny Love 
Live
92. Rebecca Ferguson - Teach Me How To Be Loved 
Live
93. Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah 
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94. Miriam Bryant - Finders Keeper
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99. Rolf Zuckowski & Seine Freunde - In Der Weihnachtsbaeckerei
100. James Borges - Lonely
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The Album Chart
 
Inside the album chart, Michael Buble stands at #1 for yet another week with his Christmas album, while David Garret rises nine positions to #2 with "Music" and Led Zeppelin retain the bronze. The highest and only new entry in the top ten is Bruno Mars' sophomore album "Unorthodox Jukebox" at #4. His debut hit the top spot two years ago.