German Chart Comments - Issue Date 7.06

It's a second week for Daft Punk and "Get Lucky" on top though their reign can soon be over as Robin Thicke's phenomenal "Blurred Lines" soars eleven positions and lands at #2. And yes, Pharrell Williams takes part in the two hits, go figure... At #3 Capital Cities' "Safe And Sound" is simply refusing to exit the top three.
Audio - Daft Punk 
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Video - Robin Thicke 

Up six to a new peak at #4 Sportfreunde Stiller are having one of their biggest hits to date with "Applaus!! Applaus!!". Now only number one "’54, ’74, ’90, 2006" has charted higher in the Sporties' career. 
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Also advancing fast (and hopefully not furious) is 2 Chainz & Wiz Khalifa's "We Own It" as the Fast & Furious 6 song moves up 23 positions and enters the top ten at #5 in its second week. It's easily the best performing single for the two US rappers (Maroon 5's "Payphone" excluded).  
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Down the countdown, OneRepublic are destined to have a third hit from their current album in Germany as the (great) "Counting Stars" shoots itself from #51 to #26 and becomes the ninth (out of ten) single of Ryan and co in the German top 30. The previous two singles from the "Native" album reached the top 10.
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At #30 we have a re-entry of "Stern des Südens" of Bayern-Fans United, which is of course attributed to the huge success of the German football club over the last few weeks.
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As "Great Gatsby" is occupying the top places in the cinema charts, Fergie's anthem from the movie "A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)" moves in its second week up 9 positions to #32. 
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It's also a new peak for Bastille's "Pompeii", which finally enters the top 40 at #36, up from #50. Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull also return this week to the top 40 as their single "Live It Up" rebounds from #70 to #37. It is however a far cry from the success the two global stars are used to in Germany.
Video - Bastille 
Video - J.Lo. 

The highest and only new entry inside the top 50 is the dance anthem "Bang Bang (Explode)" of newcomers Df&S vs. Ceresia & Ron Carroll at #42. For now the summer is definitely lacking any strong dance tracks but the next weeks will probably amend that. 
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And finally, Duke Dumont's UK number one "Need U (100 %)" makes it this week to the top 50 as it soars from #77 to #46. It's the first single of the British DJ in the German charts.
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And the other new entries this week:

69. Kamaliya - I'm Alive
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90. Ke$ha ft. will.i.am - Crazy Kids
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91. Bruno Mars - Treasure
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The Album Chart

It's a triumph for German acts in the album chart as Tim Bendzko's sophomore album "Am seidenen Faden" debuts directly at #1. His debut peaked at #4 two years ago. Now Bendzko is followed by Sportfreunde Stiller's sixth studio album "New York, Rio, Rosenheim", which becomes the third LP of the band to peak at #2. They of course have two number ones on their account. The top three is completed by Beatrice Egli's "Glücksgefühle", which is down only one in its second week on release. Also new in the top ten is the debut album of Gleis 8, the group which has taken Anna from Rosenstolz after the duo break-up. "Bleibt das immer so" comes in at #7.