German Chart Comments - Issue Date 26.07

A second week for Avicii on top of the German singles chart with "Wake Me Up". He is once again followed by Robin Thick's phenomenal "Blurred Lines" and Cro's "Whatever" at #2 and #3, respectively.
Video - Avicii
Video - Cro
Video - Robin Thicke  

One place up, and already at #4, we can find Naughty Boy and Sam Smith's catchy "La La La", while further down the top 20 Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding advance two to #15 with "I Need Your Love" and Bruno Mars finds his "Treasure" at #18, up from #19.
Video - Naughty Boy
Video  - Calvin Harris
Video - Bruno Mars    

Controversial local rapper Shindy finds himself this week not only at #1 in the LP chart but is also credited with the highest new entry in the singles chart with "Stress ohne Grund" at #19. The collaboration with Bushido is the first song of Shindy as a lead artist to enter the countdown, though he had taken part in another Bushido song as well as in the "Finale wir kommen" single of Kay One (peak #29 in 2012).
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At #22 we have on the rise John Newman's "Love Me Again", up from #36, and at #33 Genetikk's "Lieb's oder lass es", up from #37.
Video - John Newman
Audio - Genetikk  

After debuting at #38 last week, Jay-Z' "Holy Grail" moves up a notch to #37, while the second new entry of the week can be found at #40. German medieval metal group Saltatio Mortis has been active since 2005 but "Wachstum über Alles" is their first single to ever manage to crack in the top 100. 
Audio - JayZ
Video - Saltatio  Mortis

Armin van Buuren's "This is What It Feels Like" is this time at #42, up from #50, while Miley Cyrus' "We Can't Stop" rises four to #44. She is also taking part in Will.I.Am's next single "Fall Down", which is up to #48 from #54.  
 Video  - Armin 
Video - Miley
Audio - Will.I.Am 



The last new entry in the top 50 comes from David Guetta and his Ibiza collaboration with
Glowinthedark and Harrison "Ain't A Party" at #46.
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And the other new entries this week: 


052. Justin Timberlake - Take Back The Night
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059. Olly Murs - Dear Darlin'
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065. Systemfehler - Wenn Inge tanzt
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088. Shindy feat. Bushido - Springfield
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The Album Chart  

Before I finished my comments it had become clear that Shindy's "NWA", the debut album of the aforementioned rapper, is going to chart for only a week as it was banned from the chart due to too offensive lyrics. Why it is banned in its second week is not exactly clear but that is enough for Shindy to spend a week at #1 before disappearing completely from the next chart. Also new at #2 is Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" - the first album of Thicke to enter the top 100, while Pet Shop Boys' latest, called "Electric", enters at #3.