German Chart Comments - Issue Date 25.01

Will.I.Am and Britney Spears spend a second week on top of the German singles chart with "Scream and Shout", while The Script are once again the runner-ups with "Hall of Fame". At #3, up from #6, Olly Murs clears all doubts that he may be considered a one-hit wonder as "Troublemaker" enters the top three. As we all know his first proper single in the country "My Heart Skips a Beat" topped the chart last year.
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It took almost two months for Swedish act Icona Pop to finally leave the top 20 zone and "I Love It" moves in the right direction as this week it is at #6, a rise from #16.
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At #8 German rapper Sido has his fourth top ten single with "Bilder im Kopf", an increase from #14. The others three are "Hey du!", "Augen auf / Halt dein Maul" and "Der Himmel soll warten".
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A position behind Sido Swedish House Mafia register their biggest single ever as their farewell track "Don't You Worry Child" advances three positions and enters the top 10 for the first time.
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Further down the countdown, Linkin Park's "Castle Of Glass" has slowly penetrated the first 20 positions as this week it is up seven to #18. It's the band 12th top 20 single in Germany. 
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Otto Knows' dance anthem "Million Voices" also makes it in the top 20, at #20, up from #31, as current US number one "Thrift Shop" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis is already at #23 in Germany, up from #27.
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The highest new entry can be found at #26 and despite with material already two years old, Ellie Goulding has been finally discovered by the mass audience as her "Lights" debuts at #26. Curiously, the newer "Anything Could Happen" has peaked at #66 in the country. 
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Two places behind Ellie, US band Imagine Dragons is up 15 positions with their "It's Time".
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Between numbers 30 and 40, Xavas' "Wage Es Zu Glauben" at #34 (up from #37); Labrinth's "
Beneath Your Beautiful" at #36 (up from #40) and Bon Jovi's "Because We Can" at #37 (up from #39) all make new peaks this week. As the aforementioned Ellie Goulding, it's better late than never as Jay-Z & Kanye West's modern hip-hop classic "Ni**as in Paris" finally enters the top 50 at #40, an increase from #56. 
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Video - Xavas 
Lyric Video - Bon Jovi
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Following the appearance of "Dynamit" (peak #28) and "Drive-by" (peak #41) in the top 100 in the last two months, German rappers Kollegah and Farid Bang are rashly ready with a new song as "Du Kennst Den Westen" enters at #41.
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And finally, "Stay", Rihanna's successor of number one "Diamonds" is gearing up speed as the song soars to #44 from #71.
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And the other new entries this week:  
 
65. James Arthur - Impossible  
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73. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll
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76. Hot Banditoz - Get Down On The Floor 
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77. Max Raabe - Fuer Frauen Ist Das Kein Problem 
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79. One Direction - Kiss You
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82. Johannes Oerding - Nichts Geht Mehr 
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84. Skrillex Feat. Sirah - Bangarang
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91. Feed Me & Crystal Fighters - Love Is All I Got 
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96. Andrea Berg - Du Hast Mich Tausendmal Belogen
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The Album Chart

Two weeks ago Helene Fischer's live album was atop the LP chart and this time around it's fellow schlager singer Andrea Berg whose "Abenteur" shoots itself from  #19 to take the crown. German artists also occupy the positions two to four as rapper Nero ("Vega"), cabaret king Max Raabe ("Für Frauen ist das kein Problem") and pop singer Johannes Oerding ("Für immer ab jetzt") flooded the market with new material. Also new at #5 is US punk rock band Dropkick Murphys with "Signed And Sealed In Blood", while local metalcore group Callejon debuts at #7 with "Man spricht Deutsch".