German Chart Comments - Issue Date 10.04

As all positions between one and seven remain unchanged compared to the previous week, Lost Frequencies spends a second week on the top of the German singles chart with "Are You With Me". The dance anthem is followed by Omi's "Cheerleader" (eight weeks at #2) and Ellie Goulding's "Love Me Like You Do". 
Video - Lost Frequencies  
Video - Omi
Video - Ellie Goulding

Up eight to #8 and entering the top ten for the first time in their careers we can find Major Lazer and DJ Snake and "Leon On". They are followed by the highest new entry of the week at #9. It comes from French dance project Klingande and their third single "Riva (Restart The Game)". The track comes year and a half after Klingande topped the charts all over Europe with modern evergreen "Jubel".
Video - Major Lazer  
Video - Klingande 

Rihanna is still in the top five with "Fourfiveseconds" but that doesn't stop her to bring yet another new song inside the top 100 as "Bitch Better Have My Money" debuts at #17.
Live 

Just outside the top 20, Pitbull and Ne-Yo are up one to #22 with "Time Of Our Lives".
Video - Pitbull and Ne-Yo

Kygo's European smash "Firestone" is still a top-ten presence, but the Norwegian DJ is ready with his second smash as "Stole The Show" rises to #36 from #55 in its second week in the countdown. 
Video 
 
"See You Again" from the soundtrack of behemoth movie hit Fast & Furious 7 moves up fifteen to #39 to give Wiz Khalifa his fifth top 40 single in Germany.
Video 

It has taken some time until Sam Smith's "Like I Can" gained momentum in Germany but the song has finally made it inside the top 50 by going up to #45 from #69.
Video 

The Album Chart

German rapper Farid Bang brings a third consecutive album straight at #1 as "Asphalt Massaka 3" debuts directly atop the German Album Chart. At #2 we can find the latest from Nightwish called "Endless Forms Most Beautiful", which comes four years after "Imaginaerum" peaked at #6. Udo Jürgens, the legend of German music, who passed away surprisingly at the end of last year, appears at #3 with his last ever concert in Zurich. Also arriving inside the top ten are rapper Olexesh at #5 with "Masta", The Prodigy's "The Day Is My Enemy" at #6 and Soehne Mannheims's "Best of" at #8.

German Chart Comments - Issue Date 3.04

Finally, after a six-week stay on the top, Ellie Goulding's "Love Me Like You Do" has to give up the reign this week to Belgian DJ act Lost Frequencies and his debut track "Are You With Me". The hit is based on a song by country singer Easton Corbin and is already in the top five of most of the countries in continental western Europe. So Ellie and Lost Frequencies switch the #1 and #3 positions with Omi's "Cheerleader" remaining for a seventh consecutive week at #2.
Video - Lost Frequencies  
Video - Omi
Video - Ellie Goulding
   
"Hold Back The River" of James Bay is up two to #4, while the highest new entry, yet another example of the current dance trends, belongs to the curiously named Gestört aber GeiL & Koby Funk feat. Wincent Weiss. The song, under the title of "Unter meiner Haut", comes in at #12. It is based on a single of relatively unknown local singer Elif, who had brought the song to #80 in the spring of 2013.
Video - James Bay
Video - Gestoert aber geil 
 
Major Lazer scores his first ever top 20 single in Germany as "Leon On", his collaboration with DJ Snake and MØ soars to #16 from #37. Johannes Oerding is also having his first ever top 20 success with the great "Alles brennt", which rises five to #20. 
Video - Major Lazer
Video - Johannes Oerding

"Up" of Olly Murs and Demi Lovato, up seven to #21, continues its steady ascent already beating the #28 peak of Demi's best performing offering in Germany - "Wouldn’t Change a Thing".
Video - Olly Murs and Demi Lovato
 
In its third week on the chart, "I Really Like You" of Carly Rae Jepsen advances by six notches to #33, while Zedd and Selena Gomez move up one to #39.
Video - Carly Rae Jepsen
Video - Zedd

Inbetween Martin Garrix returns in the top 100 at #37 on a better form with his collaboration with Usher called "Don't Look Down". Garrix' previous offering "Virus (How About Now)" flopped at #94.
Video - Martin Garrix 

Maroon 5's "Sugar" gains two to #41, while in its second week on the countdown "Five More Hours" of Deorro and Chris Brown soars from #76 to #49. It is the second entry of the US house DJ and producer in the German chart after "Yee" spent three weeks at the low end of the Top 100 in 2013. Also new inside the top 50 is "My House", the title track of the just released new EP of Flo Rida. It debuts at #50.
Video - Maroon 5
Lyric Video - Deorro
Audio - Flo Rida 
  
The Other New Entries :
 
55. Kygo feat. Parson James - Stole The Show 
Video 
81. Calvin Harris feat. Haim - Pray To God 
Video 
85. Martin Solveig & GTA - Intoxicated 
Video 
88. Revolverheld - Deine Nähe tut mir weh 
Video 
100. Fifth Harmony feat. Kid Ink - Worth It 
Video 

The Album Chart

In the LP chart Mark Knopfler somehow manages to keep the number one slot with "Tracker" for a second week in a row - a feat which has been unseen for more than half a year. New arrivals fill in the positions between two to six and at #2 we have "What's Goes?", the first album of hip hop group Die Orsons to enter the top ten; at #3 comes the debut album of James Bay under the name of "Chaos and the Calm"; the latest from Toto called "Toto XIV" is at #4; Joe Bonamassa's "Muddy Wolf At Red Rocks" arrives at #5, while Eskimo Callboy's "Crystals" is new at #6.

German Chart Comments - Issue Date 27.03

As Ellie Goulding's "Love Me Like You Do" and Omi's "Cheerleader" are locked, respectively, at #1 and #2 in Germany for the sixth consecutive week, Lost Frequencies' "Are You With Me" joins the elite top three club by moving up two.
Video - Ellie Goulding Video - Omi
Video - Lost Frequencies  

"Hold Back The River" has steadily turned into one of the hits of 2015 and the song of James Bay enters the top ten this week by rising eight to #6.
Video - James Bay
The British invasion continues at #10 with the first single of London-based trio Years & Years to ever enter the German charts. "King" already topped the UK countdown a few weeks ago. 
Video 

We should also spare some thought on the latest offering of Frei.wild. Yes, "Wie ein schützender Engel" debuts at #11 to become the band's fifth top 20 single and, yes, it will be out of the top 100 next week.
Video 

At #16 David Guetta and Emeli Sande are up three with "What I did for Love". Pitbull and Ne-Yo are also on their way towards the better part of the chart with "Time of Our Lives" rising nine to #23. Olly Murs scores his sixth top 30 single with "Up". The latter advances eleven positions to #28. 
Video - David Guetta
Video - Pitbull and Ne-Yo
Video - Olly Murs and Demi Lovato   

"Elastic Heart" of Sia is this week up six to #29, while in its second week on the countdown "Lean On" of Major Lazer & DJ Snake moves up five to #37.
Video - Sia
Video - Majer Lazer

Newcomer Joris offers the third new song of the week as his "Herz über Kopf" debuts at #38. A position below we can find Carly Rae Jepsen with "I Really Like You", which rises eleven to #39 in its second week in the chart.
Video - Carly Rae Jepsen
Video - Joris 

"I Want You To Know", the collaboration between Zedd and Selena Gomes gains slightly in power by climbing four to #40, while Maroon 5's "Sugar" is this week at #43, up two.
Video - Zedd
Video - Maroon 5

With the coming of Fast & Furious 7 in the cinemas, the interest in its soundtrack is this week displayed by "See You Again" - a track of Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth, which soars to #46 from #89.
Lyric Video 



The Other New Entries :

75. Lafee - Was Bleibt
Audio
76. Deorro X Chris Brown - Five More Hours
Lyric Video 
91. Nena - Magie
92. Guy Sebastian ft. 2 Chainz - Mama Ain't Proud
Video 
95. Big Sean ft. E-40 - I Don't **** With You
Video
96. Muse - Psycho
Lyric Video

The Album Chart

Three years after his previous album reached #1, Mark Knopfler is back at the summit of the German LP chart with "Tracker". It thus becomes the third solo album of the legendary musician to be #1 in Germany. Last night Oonagh won two Echo music awards for her debut album and now the German singer who sings in Elvish returns with a new offering called "Aeria" debuting at #2. Kendrick Lamar's "To Pimp A Butterfly", which currently comfortably leads the US and UK charts, debuts in Germany at #7.

German Chart Comments - Issue Date 20.03

This week's German top three remains unchanged with "Love Me Like You Do" of Ellie Goulding spending its fifth week atop the countdown. Omi's "Cheerleader" comes second, while Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney are once again at #3 with "Fourfiveseconds".
Video - Ellie Goulding
Video - Omi
Video - Rihanna

Belgian act Lost Frequencies and "Are You With Me" joins the top ten by rising ten to #5, while "Wolke 4" of Philipp Dittberner & Marv advances two to a new peak at #7.
Audio - Wolke 4
Video - Lost Frequencies

Benefiting from the support of one Ed Sheeran, US rapper Hoodie Allen registers his first chart entry and his first hit in Germany in the shape of "All About It". The catchy track debuts at #9.
Video

Over the last few weeks Germany's music scene was shaken by the decision of Andreas Kümmert, the former winner of The Voice of Germany, to decline to represent the country at the Eurovision contest this May in Vienna despite participating in the competition for Germany's entry at the music show and winning the vote of Germans with a clear majority. Kümmert, who, let's face it, would have fallen into oblivion if he hadn't appeared in the contest, decided that he could not stand on the stage in Austria and thus cleared the way for runner-up Ann Sophie to go instead. Germans, however, seem still to like his winning song as "Heart of Stone" soars from #84 to #12 in its second week in the countdown. "Simple Man", Kümmert's finale song from The Voice of Germany, peaked at #2.
Video 


British newcomer James Bay makes it inside the top twenty this week with his "Hold Back The River" going up eight to #14. "Heartbreak Song" of Kelly Clarkson advances two to #16, while David Guetta scores his 22 top 20 single in Germany with "What I Did For Love". The song, which features the vocals of Emeli Sande, climbs two to #19. It is thus the second appearance of Emeli inside the top 20.
Video - James Bay
Video - Kelly Clarkson
Video - David Guetta  

German hip hop band Die Orsons have had two singles inside the German top 100 so far, with the bigger of them being the #34 peak of "Horst & Monika" from 2012. Now they are definitely on a better form with "Schwung In Die Kiste" entering at #23 just a couple of weeks after "What's Goes?" made a brief chart appearance at the lower end of the countdown.
Video

Swiss singer Stefanie Heinzmann was last in the German chart in 2012 with "Diggin’ in the Dirt", which peaked at #12. She is now back with new material as "In The End" debuts this week at #25 to be her sixth top 30 hit in the country.
Video

I've mentioned Ann Sophie earlier due to her unexpected triumph at the selection of Germany's song for this year's Eurovision. The track in question, called "Black Smoke", arrives this week at #29. Hopefully it will gain in recognition as the contest approaches.
Live 

Pitbull and Ne-Yo's "Time Of Our Lives" advances further, this week to #32 from #43, while "Elastic Heart" of Sia continues its slow ascent by two notches to #35. "Up" of Olly Murs and Demi Lovato gains eleven, justifying its title, and is at #39 in its third week on the chart.
Video - Pitbull and Ne-Yo
Video - Sia
Video - Olly Murs and Demi Lovato 

Also new inside the top 50 we can find "Lean On" at #42, the latest of Major Lazer with the help of DJ Snake and MO. So far Major Lazer has been in the top 40 with "Watch Out for This (Bumaye)", peak #27, in 2013. 
Lyric Video 

At #45, up twelve, Maroon 5 improved on their #49 peak two weeks ago with "Sugar". 
Video

And finally, this week sees the comeback of Carly Rae Jepsen to the charts as her new single "I Really Like You" debuts at #50. Carly has had two hits on her account - the modern evergreen "Call Me Maybe" (peak #3) and the duet with Owl City "Good Time" (peak #11).
Video

The remaining new entries in the Top 100:    
 
51. Andreas Kuemmert - Home Is In My Hands  
Video 
65. Mark Forster - Bauch Und Kopf 
Unplugged 
67. Conchita Wurst - You Are Unstoppable  
Lyrics Video 
70. Liont - Montag 
Video 
85. Mumford & Sons - Believe  
Audio 
89. Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth - See You Again
Audio 
92. Sam Smith - Like I Can  
Video 
99. Victoria Conrady & Mark Forster - Maniac 
Audio 

The Album Chart  

Though her single career nowadays is more miss than hit, Madonna has managed with ease to top the German charts with her 13th studio album "Rebel Heart". It thus raises the number of number one LPs of Madonna in Germany to 12. This all comes to the expense of Howard Carpendale, with the veteran schlager singer failing once again to score its first number one album in Germany with "Das ist unsere Zeit" debuting at #2. Also new in the top ten we have rapper Sudden and "Superkraefte" at #4.

German Chart Comments - Issue Date 13.03

Ellie Goulding clocks up a full month on top of the German singles chart with "Love Me Like You Do", followed for yet another time by "Cheerleader" of Omi. "FourFiveSeconds" moves up two to #3 this week to become the first ever top-three single of Kanye West in Germany. As for Rihanna the song is her 13th appearance in the top three, while the hit manages to register the same peak as Sir Paul McCartney's previous top-three single "Hope of Deliverance" from the early 90s.
Video - Ellie Goulding
Video - Omi
Video - Rihanna
 
In its third week on the chart, Philip George returns to the top ten with his club anthem "Wish You Were Mine" rising six to #6 to beat its #7 debut three weeks ago.
Video

Entering the top ten this week we have Philipp Dittberner & Marv and their "Wolke 4", which advances seven positions to #9, while "Are You With Me" - another huge dance hit of the moment joins the top 20 at #15, up 12. The latter belongs to Belgian Felix De Laet, performing under the name of Lost Frequencies, who has already topped the charts in his home country.
Audio - Wolke 4
Video - Lost Frequencies

Kelly Clarkson scores her eight top-20 single in the country as her latest "Heartbeat Song" rises five to match the #18 peak of Kelly's last top-20 success "Mr. Know It All".
Video 


James Bay is slowly but steadily moving towards the top 20 with "Hold Back The River", this time at #22, up from #33. Up one, to a new peak at #37 is Sia and her "Elastic Heart".
Video - James Bay
Video - Sia 

Though she undoubtedly is a music force everyone should acknowledge and despite the fact that her forthcoming tour will be more than successful, the feeling that Madonna has once again failed to score a big chart hit remains. Her new offering "Living For Love" may be soaring 41 places to #40 but the chances that it is going to be forgotten in a week or two are more than great. Madonna was last in the chart with "Give Me All Your Luvin’" which peaked at #8. Unfortunately her previous LP produced no other charting singles in Germany.
Video

Veteran German musician Herbert Grönemeyer is back with the second single from his "Dauernd jetzt" album. "Fang mich an" arrives in at #41, while the pilot track from the LP called "Morgen" debuted at #5.
Video

The latest collaboration between Pitbull and Ne-Yo called "Time Of Our Lives" enters the top 50 in its second week in the chart, by going up to #43 from #72. Pitbull's previous single "Fireball" reached #22, while Ne-Yo was last in the top 100 with "Forever Now", peak #64. The two singers have collaborated before on "Give me Everything", which was a number-two smash in 2011.
Video 

It has taken some time until "Up", the second single from the current album of Olly Murs to be released in Germany. Now the duet with Demi Lovato moves up eighteen in its second week inside the top 100 and ranks at #50. "Wrapped Up", the previous single of Olly, peaked at #11. Demi's best performing single in Germany is "Wouldn’t Change a Thing", peaking at #28 in 2010.
Video

The remaining new entries in the Top 100:  

53. Oliver Heldens ft. Kstewart - Last All Night (Koala)  
Video 
65. Kanye West - All Day 
Audio 
81. Dotan - Home  
Video 
84. Andreas Kuemmert - Heart Of Stone
Video 
87. Alexa Feser - Glueck  
Video 
88. Galantis - Runaway (U And I) 
Video 
96. Ariana Grande - One Last Time 
Video

The Album Chart    

In the LP chart "Brandneu", the brand new album of German veteran star Wolfgang Petry, becomes his third studio recording to top the charts. Steven Wilson returns to the album charts with "Hand.Cannot.Erase" - his second album to peak at #3 next to his 2013 offering "The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories)". Nena, another veteran on the German music scene, comes back with "Oldschool" at #4. Her last studio album "Du bist gut" peaked at #2. Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds registers this week their first ever top ten album in Germany as "Chasing Yesterday" debuts at #5. And yes, Helene Fischer returns in the top ten...

German Chart Comments - Issue Date 6.03

Ellie Goulding spends a third week as Germany's number one with "Love Me Like You Do", followed once again by "Cheerleader", the song of Omi, which Ellie replaced at the summit. "Firestone" of Kygo and the vocals of Conrad, which entered the top 100 together with Omi in the first week of 2015, joins the latter in the top three this week by advancing from #6 to #3.
Video - Ellie Goulding
Video - Omi
Lyric Video - Kygo  
   
Up seven and entering the top ten for the first time (at #10) is "Lips are Moving", the second single in the career of Meghan Trainor.
Video - Meghan Trainor  
 
"Wolke 4", the dance anthem of Philipp Dittberner & Marv, joins the top 20 this week by improving on its #21 peak from the past two weeks and rising to #16.
Audio 

Also having his first ever top 20 hit, both as a lead artist and as a guest, is The Weeknd as his "Earned It" moves up seven to #17.
Video - The Weeknd  

David Guetta continues scoring hits in Germany and this time it is his collaboration with Emeli Sande called "What I Did For Love" which advances eleven positions to peak just outside the top 20 at #21. It is doubtful that it would reach the top three as the previous two singles of Guetta did but at least the top 20 is now within reach. 
Video 

Last Kelly Clarkson was in the German countdown with the 2012 flop "Catch My Breath" (peak #89). Now the singer is back on a better form as her "Heartbreak Song" rises to #23 from #41. The pilot single from Kelly's new album becomes her eleventh top 30 track in Germany. 
Video 

Belgian DJ project Lost Frequencies enters the top 30 this week at #37, an increase from #40, with "Are You With Me". The song, which fits perfectly with the current dance trends, is actually a remix of a track of US country singer Easton Corbin. 
Video 

Kid Ink goes on with his surprising success in Germany as his track from the soundtrack of the latest Fast and Furious movie debuts inside the top 40. "Ride Out", at #34, is a collaboration with Tyga, YG, Wale and Rich Homie Quan.
Video 

Up eight to #38 we can find Sia and her second single in Germany as a lead artist - "Elastic Heart".  
Video 

German producer Zedd is back with a new starry collaboration after the one with Ariana Grande. This time it's Selena Gomez who lends her vocals to the track called "I Want You To Know" at #43. Selena Gomez has been recently in the chart with the rather lackluster performance of "The Heart Wants What It Wants" peaking at #53 and staying in the chart for just three weeks. 
Audio 

"Sugar", the third official single from Maroon 5's "V" album, makes it this week inside the top 50 by rising eleven to #49. The previous two ones both reached the top 20. 
Video 

And finally, up 15 to #50 is "Bitches N Marijuana", a track of Chris Brown and Tyga.
Audio 

The remaining new entries in the Top 100:    

60. Wiz Khalifa ft. Iggy Azalea - Go Hard Or Go Home 
Audio 
68. Olly Murs ft. Demi Lovato - Up
Video
72. Pitbull ft. Ne-Yo - Time Of Our Lives 
Video 
77. Imagine Dragons - Shots
Video
86. Xatar - Original 
Video 
97. Joy Denalane - Keine Religion 
Video 
99. Taylor Swift - Style 
Video 

The Album Chart  

In the LP chart, the soundtrack of Fifty Shades Of Grey moves up one to claim the throne with last week's winner Bushido plummeting to #12. The compilation is followed by the latest LP of legendary German rock band Scorpions called "Return To Forever". The album becomes the second consecutive studio one of the group to peak at #2 after their 2010 effort "Sting in the Tail". The third LP of rock/punk band Krawallbrueder titled "Venganza" makes a career best for the Saarland guys at #3. The re-release of Led Zeppelin's 1975 album "Physical Graffiti" sees the LP appearing at #4, while "Karacho", the new offering of local alternative band Donots, can be found at #5. The second album of rapper Mosh36 called "Unikat" is this week at #7. This week also marks the first time "Farbenspiel", the multi-platinum album of Helene Fischer, leaves the top ten since its release way back in the autumn of 2013.

German Chart Comments - Issue Date 20.02

The craziness around Fifty Shades Of Grey was more than certain to have its mark on the music charts as well and this week we see the full impact of the movie/book phenomenon as the main track from the soundtrack "Love Me Like You Do" of Ellie Goulding debuts straight at number one. Of course it doesn't hurt that the song is actually rather good by itself and deserves to be at #1 regardless of the film it features in. Solo Ellie Goulding has come the closest to number one with the #4 peak of "Burn", but of course a month ago she spent a brief week at #1 by providing the vocals for Calvin (the Armani model) Harris and his "Outside".
Video 

The arrival of Ellie at #1 means that Omi has to retreat to #2 with "Cheerleader" after spending a week as Germany's most beloved song. Also down one, to #3, is "The Hanging Tree" of James Newton Howard feat. Jennifer Lawrence, rounding up quite a movie-themed top three.
Video - Omi
Audio - The Hanging Tree

Within the top 20 on their now regular ascent are "FourFiveSeconds" of Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney, up one to #5, "Firestone" of Kygo feat. Conrad, up two #6, and Meghan Trainor's "Lips Are Movin", up one to #16.
Video - Rihanna
Video - Meghan Trainor  
Lyric Video - Kygo 

Up nine to #21 and improving on its #24 position from a month ago is "Wolke 4" of Philipp Dittberner & Marv. The song is, if you ask me, now in an urgent need of a video.
Audio 

The second highest new entry comes from US alternative rock newcomers SomeKindaWonderful, whose "Reverse" was first released in the summer of last year but finally arrives at #30 in the German countdown after spending a hefty number of weeks in the country's airplay charts.
Video 

James Bay continues with his steady climb with debut single "Hold Back The River" now at #33, up from #41. Also thanks to the inclusion of the song on the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack, The Weeknd's is having his first ever solo top 50 single with "Earned It" moving from #54 to #35.  
Video - James Bay
Video - The Weeknd  

After two number one hits, David Guetta is ready with his next track to conquer the upper reaches of the German chart. This time it is a collaboration with Emeli Sande and "What I Did For Love" comes inside the top 50 by rising from #58 to #37.
Lyric Video 

"Vandaag" (peak #4) was one of the dance anthems of 2014 and now Dutch producer Bakermat is ready with the follow-up in the face of "Teach Me". The song debuts at #42.
Video 

And finally "Elastic Heart", what is actually the second ever single of Sia in the German chart as a lead artist, makes it this week inside the top 50 by advancing nine positions to #47. Previous single "Chandelier" reached #10.
Video 

The remaining new entries in the Top 100:    
 
52. Chris Brown & Tyga ft. Schoolboy Q - Bitches N Marijuana
Audio 
54. Kontra K - Erfolg ist kein Glück 
Video 
73. Kasalla - Alle Jlaeser huh
Video
74. Brings - Polka, Polka, Polka
Live 
97. Madonna - Living For Love
Video 

The Album Chart  

The influx of German rappers topping the LP chart goes on with Fler, this time under a new name - Frank White, making his first ever number one with "Keiner kommt klar mit mir". He is followed at #2 by Kontra K and his best performing album "Aus dem Schatten ins Licht". The soundtrack of Fifty Shades of Grey arrives this week new at #5.

German Chart Comments - Issue Date 13.02

It has been expected for some time but finally Omi's "Cheerleader", remixed by Felix Jaehn, makes it to the number one in its sixth week on the chart by leaping seven positions. It thus replaces the soundtrack anthem of James Newton Howard and actress Jennifer Lawrence, "The Hanging Tree", which slips to #2 after staying two weeks at #1. This also means that Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars will have to be content with the #3 position, where their "Uptown Funk" smash stays for a second week in a row.
Video - Omi
Audio - The Hanging Tree
Video - Mark Ronson   
   
At #6, up from #21 in its second week, is "Fourfiveseconds", the track belonging to Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney. The song now has the honour to be Rihanna's 18th top ten single in Germany as a lead artist (or the 22th one when her guest appearances are counted). As for the notorious Kanye, the song is his second to reach the top ten, beating the #8 peak of "Love Lockdown" from 2008. As for Paul we have to go back to 1993 to find evergreen "Hope of Deliverance" as his last single in the Germany's top ten.
Video
 
Entering together with "Cheerleader" six weeks ago, "Firestone" of Kygo, another hit from northern Europe, makes it inside the first ten this time by flying five to #8.
Audio - Kygo 

DSDS star Marcelo Araujo Alves, to the delight of Dieter Bohlen, enters the top 20 this week at #16, up from #28 where it debuted a week ago.
Live 
 
Also going inside the top 20 is "Lips Are Movin'", the second single of US newcomer Meghan Trainor. It is up six to #17.
Video - Meghan Trainor 
 
This week sees also the entry of German singer Johannes Oerding in the top 30 as his fourth chart single "Alles brennt" fires up from #56 to #22. This is the first top 40 single of the Münster-born singer, who has had a small success with "Nichts geht mehr" peaking at #43 in 2013.
Video

The highest new entry belongs to UK electronic duo Blonde and their first ever hit "I Loved You". The collaboration with Melissa Steel lands at #25. 
Video 

In its third week on the countdown, Deichkind's "Denken Sie gross" rises from #53 to #36, coinciding with the release of the group's new album, which enters at #1 in the LP chart. 
Video 
 
And at #41, James Bay moves up six with "Hold Back The River". 
Video

The remaining new entries in the Top 100:    

70. Maroon 5 - Sugar 
Video 
72. Die Orsons - Whats Goes 
87. Vigiland - Ufo (Original Mix) 
Video 
92. Fall Out Boy - Centuries
Video 
98. Kid Ink ft. R. Kelly - Dolo 
Audio 

The Album Chart  
 
With only Helene Fischer and Unheilig (who else?) remaining in the top ten, we have eight new entries inside the top ten. They are all led by Deichkind's "Niveau Weshalb Warum" - the first ever number one of the hip hip/electro group after their previous one peaked at #2. Compilation 187 Strassenbande - Der Sampler 3 is new at #2, followed by Johannes Oerding's first top ten album - "Alles brennt" at #3, Blind Guardian's fifth consecutive top ten album - "Beyond The Red Mirror" at #4, Bob Dylan's "Shadows In The Night" at #6, rock group Kärbholz' "Karma" at #7, Diana Krall's "Wallflower" at #9 and Kid Ink's "Full Speed" at #10.

German Chart Comments - Issue Date 6.02

James Newton Howard and Jennifer Lawrence spend a comfortable second week as Germany's number one with "The Hanging Tree", while Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding's "Outside" is still at #2. Rising up one, and entering the top three for the first time is "Uptown Funk" of Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars. The single thus manages to achieve the same peak as Ronson's modern classic "Valerie", while it is also the third top three single of Mr. Mars. Still, I have the feeling that the song is slowly losing momentum and it would be hard for it to top the German charts as it did elsewhere. 
Audio - The Hanging Tree
Video - Outside
Video - Mark Ronson   
   
In its second week on the chart, Charli XCX's "Break The Rules" moves up three to peak at #4.
Video
 
The highest new entry comes from local rock group Frei.Wild who score their best charting hit with "Unvergessen, unvergänglich, lebenslänglich" at #6. It is the second single from the still to be released "Opposition" LP, with the first one debuting at #8 some time ago. However, as the former offering of the boys remained in the top 100 for just a week, expect them next week to break their own record for the biggest fall from the top ten.
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Just behind Frei.Wild we can find probably the biggest hit of this year's ski season for Germans - Tobee's "Jetzt ist der Teufel los". The schlager anthem is the first ever top 50 entry of the singer.
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As it was to be expected Omi's "Cheerleader" and especially its remix by German DJ Felix Jaehn enters this week the top ten by going up eight to #8.
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Kygo and Conrad are also up with "Firestone", this time at #13, up from #15. Also up two to #19 is "The Nights" by Avicii. It becomes the sixth top 20 single of the dance superstar.
Audio - Kygo 
Video - Avicii   

The next new entry comes from the awesome combination between Rihanna, Kanye West and Sir Paul McCartney. The much hyped "FourFiveSeconds" arrives at #21. The last song in which Rihanna was credited as a lead singer in Germany was "What Now", which peaked at #49 in 2013. Three weeks ago Kanye West and Paul McCartney brought "The Only One" at #32 but the song disappeared from the Top 100 in just a week.
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"Lips Are Moving" continues its ascent as the Meghan Trainor track advances two to #23. 
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Following a curious (to be polite) performance in the casting stage for the new season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar (DSDS), "Verliebt in der falsches Mädchen" a song penned and sung by Marcelo Araujo Alves was allowed for downloads and thus enters the chart at #28.
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The next YouTube star from Germany arrives at #33 in the face of Liont and "Doppelkinn", while Ariana Grande and The Weeknd enter the top 40 at #35, up nine, with "Love Me Harder".
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And finally, after entering the countdown at #70 last week, James Bay, one of the most promising newcomers for 2015, brings his first single "Hold Back The River" at #47.
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The remaining new entries in the Top 100:  

65. Lost Frequencies - Are You With Me
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67. Fritz Kalkbrenner - Void
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77. Kid Ink ft. Dej Loaf - Be Real
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The Album Chart  

As previous week's chart topper Vega plummets to #45 (it must be a new record), we have another rapper replacing him at the summit of the German album countdown. This time his name is Favorite as his third LP "Neues von Gott" arrives straight at #1 to become his first album to reach #1. Local rock band Eisbrecher also have a career best with "Schock" at #2, while rapper Kurdo is new with "Almaz" at #3. Also debuting inside the top ten is "F.E.A.R.", the latest offering of Papa Roach at #6.

German Chart Comments - Issue Date 30.01

A new week and a brand new number one in Germany as "The Hanging Tree", the unbelievably popular track from the soundtrack of the latest "Hunger Games" movies, rises two to claim the top spot. Needless to say it is the first foray of composer James Newton Howard and actress Jennifer Lawrence on top of the charts. As I mentioned last week, the sales of the single were boosted by a new trendy pop remix.
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Thus Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding have to retreat one to #2, while former number one "Walk" of Kwabs moves down also one, to #3.
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Slowly, but certainly going towards the #1 slot are Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars with their global smash "Uptown Funk". It is up three to #4.
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The highest new entry of the week can be found at #7 courtesy of Charli XCX. "Break The Rules" makes a surprisingly successful new entry perhaps thanks to its use as the soundtrack of a local reality show. Though being one of the global hits last year, "Boom Clap" of Charli XCX never reached higher than #36 in Germany. 
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Between #11 and #20 we have new peaks of "Flash mich" of Mark Forster at #11, up one; of "Firestone" of Kygo and Conrad, up four to #15; and of Omi's "Cheerleader", up eleven to #16.
Video - Mark Forster   
Video - Omi
Audio - Kygo 
   
The next new entry at #23 belongs to Berlin-based newcomer Philipp Dittberner and electronic music specialist Marv and their "Wolke 4". The song follows the currently well-established road in the genre by Robin Schulz, The Avener...
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Meghan Trainor's "Lips are Moving" advances four to #25, while the third release from Rea Garvey's "Pride" LP follows the previous two by also making it inside the top 50. "It's A Good Life" debuts at #43.
Video - Meghan Trainor   
Lyric Video - Rea Garvey 
 
And finally, local YouTube sensation DieLochis score a third consecutive top 50 hit with "Mein letzter Tag", which arrives fresh at #46.
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The remaining new entries in the Top 100: 

60. Hardwell feat. Harrison - Sally
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70. James Bay - Hold Back The River
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80. The Weeknd - Earned It
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88. Disclosure feat. Eliza Doolittle - You & Me
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100. Kelly Clarkson - Heartbeat Song
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The Album Chart  

As last week's number one of Prinz Porno collapses to #20 as all albums of rappers in Germany tend to do, his colleague Vega enters at the top with his third LP "Kaos". A big fall can be expected next week. Marilyn Manson's new album called "The Pale Emperor" debuts at #4, while Norway's folk-rock band Katzenjammer are new at #5 with "Rockland".

German Chart Comments - Issue Date 23.01

Despite its slow start in the autumn and the fact that it is the third official single from the "Motion" album of Calvin Harris, "Outside", his second collaboration with Ellie Goulding, manages to outrun this week's competition and to become the first number one single of the British star in Germany. Of course, Calvin Harris has already been at #1 but only as the man behind Rihanna's smash "We Found Love". Thus "Outside" rises five to replace "Walk" of Kwabs at the summit. The latter moves down one to #2 after only a week at the top. Up one, and returning to the top three is James Howard Newton's "The Hanging Tree" with the vocals of Jennifer Lawrence. The song has now a new trendy pop remix, so don't expect it to fade away soon.  
Video - Outside
Video - Kwabs 
Audio - James Newton   

The highest new entry belongs to local newcomer Ado Kojo and his debut single "Du liebst mich nicht" at #6. The R&B singer from Cologne got support from famous YouTube star Shirin David for this cover of the #1 hit of Sabrina Setlur (remember her?) from 1997.
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Mark Ronson expectedly scores his second top ten single in Germany as "Uptown Funk" rises seven to #7. It is thus also the fifth top ten single of Bruno Mars.
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Up three to #9 we have "Blank Space" of Taylor Swift, which turns into the third single of the US superstar to enter the top ten in Germany. Previous one "Shake That" peaked at #5.
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Mark Forster is up one to #12 with "Flash Mich", while joining the list of 2015's first hits is Kygo's "Firestone", which enters the top 20 in its third week at #19, up from #33.
Video - Mark Forster   
Audio - Kygo

Also on the rise is "The Nights" by Avicii, this time at #22, up from #29. After debuting last week at #71, "Ayo", Chris Brown and Tyga's first release from their collaborative album, skyrockets to #23. Chris Brown was that high in the German chart way back in 2011 when "Don't Wake Me Up" reached #11. The US star is also part of the new entry at #30, in which he provides support to Kid Ink's next single "Hotel". Prior to that "Body Language" peaked at #54. Kid Ink's only time in the top 40 as a lead singer was in 2013 with "Show Me", also a collaboration with Chris Brown. 
Video - Avicii  
Audio - Chris Brown & Tyga
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Inbetween, at #27 we have Omi's "Cheerleader" advancing 15 places, while Meghan Trainor's follow-up to "All About That Bass" enters the top 50 at #29, up from #53. Expect "Lips Are Movin'" to enter the top 20 soon.
Video - Omi
Video - Meghan Trainor 

At #39 Sam Smith's "I'm Not The Only One" rebounds eleven, while Ariana Grande and The Weeknd continue their rise with "Love Me Harder", up four to #41. 
Video - Sam Smith 
Video - Ariana Grande 

Also new inside the top 50 we have Deichkind's latest offering. "Denken Sie Gross" debuts at #47. Not so long "So’ne Musik" peaked at #27.
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The remaining new entries in the Top 100:

60. Ardian Bujupi & DJ Mase - Boom Raka Tak 
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67. Roland Kaiser - Warum Hast Du Nicht Nein Gesagt (Duett Mit Maite Kelly)
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79. Sia ft. The Weeknd & Diplo - Elastic Heart 
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The Album Chart

In the LP chart the new album of German rapper Prinz Porno debuts straight at #1 as his previous effort did back in 2013. Also new inside the top ten we can find Olli Schulz' "Feelings Aus Der Asche" at #4 - the first top ten album of the Joko and Klaas' sidekick; Callejon's "Wir Sind Angst" at #5 - the third consecutive top ten album of the metalcore band; and B-Tight's "Retro" at #8 - the second top ten album of the German rapper.