German Chart Comments - Issue Date 11.01

Benefiting from the New Year's parties and the year-end chart craziness, Psy's enormous "Gangnam Style" manages to remove Rihanna from the top slot in Germany and thus steals a third non-consecutive week at #1. Rihanna's "Diamonds" gives up the throne after 11 weeks there, while "Scream & Shout", the latest from Will.I.Am, with the support of Britney Spears, rises five positions to #3. Apart from his participation at Black Eyed Peas, this is Will.I.Am's biggest ever single in Germany. As far as Britney is concerned, she was last in the top three with "My Prerogative" in 2004.
Video - RiRi 
Video - Psy    
Video - Will.i.am 

At #7, up from #10, Seeed's "Augenbling" is just two positions short of joining "Aufstehn!" and "Ding" to be among the biggest singles of the German band. 
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Further down the top 10, Cro's "Einmal um die Welt" advances two notches to peak at #9. It's the third top ten single of the new German star.
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Swedish House Mafia's "Don't you worry child" is up five this week to #14, while Icona Pop's "I love it" moves up four to #16.
Video - SHM 
Video - Icona Pop 

This leads us to the highest new entry at #17. "Troublemaker" is the lead single of Olly Murs' third album and only the third song of Olly allowed to chart in Germany. It manages to beat the #24 peak of "Oh My Goodness" but whether it would turn into a worthy successor of #1 smash "My Heart Skips A Beat" only time will tell.
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At #21 Sido's "Bilder im Kopf" rises three positions, with the rapper last being solo in the top 20 with the unplugged version of "Der Himmel soll warten" (peak #2).  
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The second and last new entry inside the top 50 is the first single of local pop and jazz singer Schmidt. "Heart Shaped Gun", which was used in local TV series, debuts at #37.
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Between numbers 41 and 50, Otto Knows' dance anthem "Million Voices" finally makes it in the top 50, at #41, up from #53. "Thrift Shop" of Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Wanz is also on the rise, this week to #42 from #46. At #46 UK singer Labrinth registers his first ever top 50 in Germany as his duet with Emeli Sande, "Beneath Your Beautiful", moves up five positions.
Video - Otto Knows
Video - Labrinth 
Video - Macklemore



And the other new entries this week:  

54. Prinz Pi - Unser Platz 
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68. Pet Shop Boys - Memory Of The Future 
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The Album Chart

All is still and quiet in the album chart with the latest live album of schlager-superstar Helene Fischer returning to the top spot, while there are no new entries in the top 10.