After all the frenzy from last week has gone away, things are
relatively normal inside the German singles chart with Cro's "Traum"
spending a second week on top, followed once again by "Auf uns" of
Andreas Bourani.
Video - Andreas
New to the top three, up from #11 in its fourth week, is Calvin Harris' "Summer", which slowly but definitely turns into
the biggest hit of the star in Germany.
Video - Calvin Harris
Also doing solid business
is Bakermat's "One Day (Vandaag)", which returns to the top ten by
bouncing back from #16 to #4 to join the long list of electronic hits to
shape the top of the German chart over the last year.
Video - Bakermat
Further down the top ten, in its second week, Mark Forster's "Au Revoir" moves up two #8.Video - Mark Forster
Performing well after the release of a video and the approaching of the Fifa World Cup is Pitbull's "We Are
One (Ole Ola)", a collaboration with Jennifer Lopez and Cludia Leitte. The song is up 20 to #18.
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The
highest new entry is courtesy of Jason Derulo and Snoop Dogg at #22.
"Wiggle" comes after "Trumpets" of Derulo peaked at #30 not so long ago.
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"Money on My Mind" is still running strong but that did not prevent Sam Smith's follow-up "Stay With Me" to move up three to #36.
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Returning to the top 50 this week we have "Marilyn Monroe" of Pharrell "Happy" Williams, which rises to #39 from #62.
Video - Pharrell Williams
It has been three years since Enrique Iglesias has had a top 50 single in Germany ("I'm a Freak" flopped at #54) but now the once big star is on the right path as "Bailando" (no relation to Loona) rises to #44 from #71.
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The remaining new entries:
54. Mickie Krause - Geh Mal Bier Holn (Gmbh)
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63. Sarah Connor - Zuckerpuppen (Cover)
74. Juun ft. Sam Smith - When It's Alright
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79. Tove Lo - Habits (Stay High)
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83. Gregor Meyle - Sunday Lover (Cover)
88. Katy Perry - Birthday
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The Album Chart
Kollegah may have registered record sales last week but as majority of them were fan driven expectedly his album "King" falls to #4 this time around. This also happens in the face of the strong competition coming from the latest LP of Coldplay called "Ghost Stories", which becomes the fifth consecutive number one of the British band. At #2 Xavier Naidoo's "Sing Meinen Song-Das Tauschkonzert", a compilation of songs performed at the "Sing Meinen Song" contest, turns into yet another success for the German singer. Also new at #3, and registering career-best is Swedish power metal band Sabaton and "Heroes".
It's a record-breaking time for the German music charts this week. First, jumping to the LP chart, the success of rapper Kollegah has been hinted for quite some time but no one has expected that his fourth album will shift 160,000 copies in its first week and sets a new record for digital album sales in a week. In addition, "King" comes with the highest first week sales for the last five years.
Back to the singles chart where thanks to Kollegah and the influx of his almost entire album as separate tracks we have a mind-blowing 35 new entries inside the top 100. What is more, the recent Eurovision song contest is responsible for 13 of them.
Though Kollegah may be stealing the headlines, it is actually his colleague Cro who manages to top the singles chart with his new single "Traum". Even more, the song not only debuts directly at the summit to be the rapper's second number one but also does it with the best digital single start for the last three years. And it is the fourth fastest selling digital song in the digital era as a whole...
Thus, Andreas Bourani's former number one "Auf uns" still sticks to #2, while last week's winner - "The One" by Aneta Sablik slips to #4.
Live - Aneta
Video - Andreas
The second highest new entry belongs to Eurovision but for a change it is not the winning song but the runner-up in the shape of the Dutch entry coming from duo The Common Linnets and their "Calm After The Storm", which is new at #3. It thus also surpasses the #4 peak of Germany's own entry - Elaiza's "Is It Right" (this week up two to #8).
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Still, Eurovision's winning song is not far behind as the controversial "Rise Like A Phoenix" comes quite comfortably at #5. In this way Austria's Conchita Wurst marks one of the better new entries for the contest over the past few years and matches the #5 peak of last year's winner "Only Teardrops" by Emmelie de Forest. At the gala in Copenhagen on May 10 Sweden took the bronze medals and their offering "Undo" of Sanna Nielsen can be found at #32.
Video - Conchita
Video - Sanna Nielsen
There are two more great new entries inside the top ten this week. At #7 Ed Sheeran is once again proving that no one could ever call him a one-hit wonder as new single - the wonderful, Pharrell Williams penned, "Sing" enters the top 100. You surely still recall that "I See Fire", Ed Sheeran's song from the Hobbit 2 soundtrack, was impressively successful in Germany, reaching #2 and standing in the top 10 for ages (it is now at #18).
Video - Ed Sheeran
Apart from a memorable appearance on Sido's "Einer dieser Steine" last year, local singer Mark Forster has never had a top 40 single to his name. Deservingly this all changes as "Au revoir", with the little help of Sido himself, enters the countdown at #10.
Video - Mark Forster
On the rise this week we can locate Rita Ora's current UK #1 "I Will Never Let You Down", up twenty to #23 in its third week in the chart, and Michael Jackson's (actually rather good) team up with Justin Timberlake "Love Never Felt So Good", up three to #25 in its second week.
Video - Michael Jackson
Video - Rita Ora
"Sonnentanz", with or without added vocals, was a massive hit for Austrian electro project Klangkarussell (it reached #4 in Germany), which is finally ready with the follow-up. "Netzwerk (Falls Like Rain)" enters at #34.
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And before listing all Kollegah new entries plus all Eurovision-related ones, let's spare a thought for "Stay With Me", the amazing second solo single of Sam Smith, which enters the top 100 at #39. His previous one "Money On My Mind" peaked at #11.
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The Kollegah new entries 14
36. Kollegah - Du bist Boss
45. Kollegah - Lamborghini Kickdown
46. Kollegah ft. Casper - Karate
59. Kollegah - Königsaura
61. Kollegah ft. Farid Bang - Cohibas,blauer Dunst
63. Kollegah - Flightmode
75. Kollegah - R.I.P.
86. Kollegah - Morgengrauen
91. Kollegah ft. Favorite - Sanduhr
92. Kollegah ft. Genetikk - Es ist Rap
95. Kollegah ft. Game - Rolex Daytona
97. Kollegah - Universalgenie
98. Kollegah - Schwarzer Benz
100. Kollegah - Omega
The Eurovision new entries
44. Aram MP3 - Not Alone
47. Carl Espen - Silent Storm
50. Basin - Cliche Love Song
58. Emmelie de Forest - Rainmaker
77. Sebalter - Hunter of Stars
80. Softengine - Something Better
83. Firelight - Coming Home
89. Twin Twin - Moustache
93. Andras Kallay-Saunders - Running
94. Molly - Children of The Universe
The other new entries
53. DJ Antoine - Light It Up
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73. Gisele & Bob Sinclar - Heart Of Glass
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78. Marteria - Welt der Wunder
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The Album Chart
Apart from Kollegah, the album chart top ten sees new entries from Michael Jackson and "Xscape" at #2, Anastacia with "Resurrection" at #5, The Black Keys with "Turn Blue" at #6 and Andreas Bourani with "Hey" at #8.
Traditionally, in this time of the year, the honour to crown the chart
always goes to the winner of Deutschland sucht den Superstar, the
casting show of one Dieter Bohlen. So, there should be no surprised as
Aneta Sablik (only the third female winner in the show's relatively long
history) and her winning song "The One" debut straight at #1 just a year
after Beatrice Egli did the same with schlager anthem "Mein Herz". It
would however be more surprising if Aneta manages to have a long-term
career, which has been a task too tough for the winners of DSDS so far
(with only one or two exceptions). Runner-up Meltem Acikgoez and her
finale song "Explosion In My Heart" come new at #25.
Live - Aneta
Audio - Meltem
Thus, last
week's chart topper - "Auf uns" of Andreas Bourani has to go down a
notch to #2 after only a week at the number one slot. Continuing his
steady rise, George Ezra has finally made it inside the top three with
"Budapest", which moves up one to #3.
Video - Andreas
Video - George Izra
The chart success of Coldplay
continues unharmed as the second official single from their upcoming
album "Ghost Stories" called "A Sky Full of Stars" enters at #6. It
follows the #14 peak of "Magic", which is still going strong this week
at #23.
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Another TV-related chart story can be found at #12 as Xavier
Naidoo brings his make on Andreas Gabalier's song "Amoi Seg Ma Uns
Wieder" directly in the top 20. Naidoo's performance was part of a
current TV show during which famous local artists sing each others
songs. Thus, the episode in which the participants had to perform
Gabalier's songs turned into a huge success, triggering also the
interest of Germans into the Austrian star's back catalogue. On the back
of this, Gabalier's own version of "Amoi Seg Ma Uns Wieder" comes new
at #18, becoming his first ever top 20 single in Germany.
Live - Andreas
Inside the
top 20, Alle Farben's dance anthem "She Moves" moves up eight to #13,
while Kiesza's global smash "Hideaway" debuts in Germany at #16.
Video - Alle Farben
Video - Kiesza
The
interest in rapper's Kollegah singles output continues to surge with the
forthcoming release of his album and three of his releases "King",
"Alpha" and "Aks Im Wandschrank" can be found at #19, #20 and #21,
respectively.
Following his untimely death, two new songs of Michael
Jackson have appeared so far in the German top 100, with "Hold My Hand" peaking
at #7. Now, M J is back with the support of Justin Timberlake as the
pilot track of the "Xscape" LP called "Love Never Felt So Good" enters
at #28.
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This week we are also witnessing "Say Something" of A Great
Big World and Christina Aguilera finally managing to enter the top 40
as it soars to #36 from #93. Also on the right path is "Air Balloon" of
Lily Allen, which rises thirteen to #40.
Video - A Great Big World
Video - Lily Allen
And the other new entries this week:
59. Lindsey Stirling ft. Liz - Shatter Me
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60. Enrique Iglesias ft. Sea - Bailando
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67. Waylon Jennings - Dreaming My Dreams With You
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70. Andreas Gabalier - So Liab Hob I Di
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78. KC Rebell ft. Summer Cem - Hayvan
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82. Andreas Gabalier - Zuckerpuppen
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The Album Chart
Schlager duo Fantasy have their best album so far as new release "Eine Nacht im Paradies" starts directly at #1. It is followed by the new entry of "Die Leichtigkeit Des Seins" of veteran Matthias Reim at #2. Also new inside the top ten are "Shatter Me" of Lindsey Stirling at #4, matching the peak of Lindsey's debut album from last year; Rea Garvey's "Pride" at #5, a place below the #4 peak of his debut solo album "Can't Stand the Silence"; and Mando Diao's "Aelita" at #6.
The sight of a number one sang in German is so rare this days, that it
is very welcoming to see Andreas Bourani topping directly the chart with
the entry of his latest single called "Auf uns". Being a million years
away from his earlier output (Bourani's debut single "Nur in meinem
Kopf", peak #16, has so far been his best performer), the amazing "Auf
uns" reminds, at least for me, of a younger Herbert Groenemeyer, and has
the honour to be the first German number one since Cro's "Whatever" from
July last year.
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Thus after a four-week stay at #1, Clean Bandit's
"Rather Be" is down to #2, while Helene Fischer's "Atemlos durch die
Nacht" moves up one to #3, showing that it does not intend to go away
any time soon.
Video - Clean Bandit
Video - Helene
At #4, it is also up one for "Budapest" and George
Ezra, while the second new entry can be found at #6. "Summer" is the
latest offering of dance superstar Calvin Harris, who however has had no
other top ten single in Germany so far (the Rihanna collaboration not
included). The song improves on the #13 peak of "I Need Your Love" as
well as on the #24 position reached by Harris' previous single "Under
Control".
Video - George Izra
Video - Calvin Harris
After persistent climbing, "One Day (Vandaag)" of Bakermat
has finally made it into the top ten in its seventh week as the dance
track rises three to #9.
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The next new entry is courtesy of Mateo and
his debut solo single called "Isso", which arrives at #12. Those who
know their German acts will of course be familiar with Mateo as a member
of local group Culcha Candela.
Video - Mateo
For a period of 11 chart weeks, John
Legend's worldwide smash "All Of Me" couldn't go higher than the #55
position and for a moment I thought that it is destined to be one of
those hits which will fade away totally unnoticed in Germany. This
however changes as the great ballad soars to #19 from #61 to become
Legend's first ever top 50 single in the country.
Video - John Legend
Also improving on its #23 peak from two weeks ago, "I Got U" of Duke Dumont moves up two to #22.
Video - Duke Dumont
Apart
from Calvin Harris, another established star in the face of Rita Ora
also brings her best performing single in Germany with "I Will Never Let
You Down". The song debuts at #32, beating the #36 peak of "R.I.P.".
Video - Rita Ora
Further down the chart American Authors continue their climb with "Best Day Of My Life", up 12 to #34.
Video - American Authors
As
this is one of the rare weeks where all new entries are directly inside
the top 50, let's deal with the rest of the bunch quickly: At #39 we
have another track of rapper Kollegah, this time called "Wat Is' Denn
Los Mit Dir"; Pharrell Williams follows his number one smash "Happy"
with "Marilyn Monroe" at #43; Coldplay's promotional track "Midnight"
arrives at #44, while Ariana Grande has her first ever chart single with
"Problem", a collaboration with Iggy Azalea, at #45.
Video - Kollegah
Video - Pharrell Williams
Video - Coldplay
Live - Ariana Grande
The Album Chart
For a change, it is not Helene Fischer who has the best selling album this week (she is down to #2) but German veteran Westernhagen bringing his latest LP "Alphatier" directly to the summit. It is the seventh number one in the long career of the local legend. At #6 Toto bring their "35th Anniversary Tour-Live In Poland", while Blur's singer Damon Albarn is new at #7 with "Everyday Robots" (a solo career best). Another German veteran, Joachim Witt, is not so successful as Westernhagen as his new album called "Neumond" debuts at #8, while Pixies' "Indie Cindy" arrives at #10.
The positions one to four are once again unchanged this week as Clean
Bandit's "Rather Be" spends a comfortable fourth week on top of the German
singles chart. It is followed by Mr. Probz' "Waves", Pharrell Williams'
"Happy" and Helene Fischer's "Atemlos durch die Nacht".
Video - Mr Probz
Video - Pharrell
Video - Clean Bandit
Video - Helene
The chart marks also the first ever top ten single of George Ezra as his "Budapest" moves up seven to #5.
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Swedish
band Mando Diao has been absent from the German top 100 since 2010 when
their MTV Unplugged version of "Down in the Past" reached #53. Now,
however, they are back with the pilot single of the "Aelita" LP. "Black
Saturday" arrives at #8 and has the honour to be the second top ten hit
of the group next to modern classic "Dance with Somebody", which reached
#2 in 2009.
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The profile of German rapper Kollegah has been
increasing over the past few months and it is thus not strange that the
third single from his current album becomes also the singer's first ever
top ten hit. "King" debuts this week at #10, beating the #15 peak of
"Alpha" from earlier this year.
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Now with finally an official video,
"One day(Vandaag)" of Bakermat is destined to have even a brighter chart
future and the song moves three to #12 this week.
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The trend of
electro songs becoming huge continues as "She Moves (Far Away)" of Alle
Farben feat. Graham Candy soars to #18 from #70 where it debuted a week
earlier. Alle Farben, born Frans Zimmer, is a German DJ and this is his
first ever chart foray.
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Aloe Blacc is on his way to have a third top
20 single as "The Man" rises to #22 from #43, while "Strong" of London
Grammar re-enters the top 100 at #28. Also on the rise are "All Night"
of Parov Stellar, up nine to #35 and "Best Day Of My Life", the debut
single of American Authors, up 15 to #46.
Video - Aloe Blacc
Video - London Grammar
Parov Stellar - Audio
Video - American Authors
Following the mega success of "Hard Out Here", "Air Baloon", Lily Allen's follow-up comes more or less unnoticed at #50.
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And the other new entries this week:
86. Cash Cash ft. Bebe Rexha - Take Me Home
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88. Austin Mahone ft. Pitbull - Mmm Yeah
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95. Alicia Keys ft. Kendrick Lamar - It's On Again
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100. Passenger - Heart's On Fire
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The Album Chart
Yes,
Helene Fischer is once again number one with "Farbenspiel", despite the
arrival of "Space Police-Defenders Of The Crown" of local power metal
band Edguy at #2 and "Endlich Erwachsen" of rapper Bass Sultan Hengzt at
#3 - both are career bests. Also new inside the top ten are "Konfetti"
of Marcus Wiebusch, the frontman of Kettcar at #9 and "The Cautionary
Tales Of Mark Oliver Everett" of US band Eels at #10.
