German Chart Comments - Issue Date 7.12

As Rihanna, Psy and Adele keep the top three unchanged, it's up to Alicia Key's "Girl On Fire" to shake the countdown at its upper end as the song advances seven to #4. This makes the single the third best performing of the US star in Germany next to "Fallin'" (peak #2) and No One (peak #3).

Following the use in a heavily-played TV commercial, Gossip's "Move In The Right Direction" makes a fresh peak at #12, showing once again the longevity the band enjoys in the upper reaches of the German singles chart. Also thanks to the same advert, Laing's "Morgens immer müde" shoots itself from #40 to #16. The song first appeared at #14, before disappearing quickly from the top 100 and re-entering it last week.

There are also new peaks by Icona Pop's "I Like It" at #17 and Lenka's "Everything At Once" at #18, while the biggest new entry can be found at #14. Mrs. Greenbird is a local folk duo, who have won the latest edition of Germany's X Factor and "Shooting Stars And Fairy Tales" is their self-written winning song. Whether Mrs. Greenbird have chart future is hard to tell but having in mind that no-one seems to remember previous X-Factor winners Edita Abdieski and David Pfeffer and the declining ratings of the contest, it seems that their success prospects are not too big.

The next highest new entry comes in the hype of the final instalment of the Twilight saga and belongs to Christina Perri feat. Steve Kazee. "A Thousand Years (Part 2)" is the title song of Breaking Dawn: Part 2 and by entering at #26 becomes the second single of Perri in the German charts after the megahit "Jar of Hearts" (peak #5). The first part of "A Thousand Years" failed to come on the list.

Further down, Max Herre and Cro's "Fühlt sich wie fliegen an" is up two to #27, while Lukas Graham's "Drunk in the Morning" enters the top 30 at #30, up from #39. The Danish band is currently doing heavy promotion in Germany.

At #35 British singer Birdy is enjoying her first ever hit in Germany as "People Help The People" climbs 21 positions. At the same time her first-ever single "Skinny Love" comes in this week at #81.

In their second week wingenfelder:Wingenfelder are up one notch to #36 with "Wenn die Zeit kommt", while Chima's "Ausflug ins Blaue" is up two to #39.

Just in front of Chima enters the latest single of Chris Brown. "Don't Judge Me" is the third single released from his album "Fortune" in Germany after "Turn Up the Music" (peak #34) and "Don't Wake Me Up" (peak #11). It's his eleventh top 50 single in the country.

On the hype of the current edition of The Voice Of Germany, last year's winner Ivy Quainoo is back in the chart with "Who You Are" at #49. This is Ivy's third single so far and comes with the support of local band Stanfour. The guys were last here with "Sail On", peak #52.


And the other new entries this week:  
 
51. Melissa Heiduk - Send Me An Angel
55. Eva Croissant - Du oder ich (oder wir alle)
66. Nicki Minaj - Va Va Voom
67. Gil Ofarim - Iris
81. Birdy - Skinny Love
89. Jenna Hoff - Nothing Else Matters
97. Mrs. Greenbird - Falling Slowly

The Album Chart
 
 Led Zeppelin keep the top in the album chart with "Celebration Day", followed by AC/DC's "Live At River Plate" at #2 and Rihanna's "Unapologetic" at #3. "Girl On Fire", the latest album of Alicia Keys, is new at #6, matching the peak of "As I Am" from 2007, while debut "Songs In A Minor" remains her most successful LP, reaching #2 in 2001.