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".
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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"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.
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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.
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The remaining new entries in the Top 100:
52. Chris Brown & Tyga ft. Schoolboy Q - Bitches N Marijuana
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54. Kontra K - Erfolg ist kein Glück
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73. Kasalla - Alle Jlaeser huh
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74. Brings - Polka, Polka, Polka
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97. Madonna - Living For Love
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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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Also going inside the top 20 is "Lips Are Movin'", the second single of US newcomer Meghan Trainor. It is up six to #17.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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And at #41, James Bay moves up six with "Hold Back The River".
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The remaining new entries in the Top 100:
70. Maroon 5 - Sugar
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72. Die Orsons - Whats Goes
87. Vigiland - Ufo (Original Mix)
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92. Fall Out Boy - Centuries
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98. Kid Ink ft. R. Kelly - Dolo
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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.
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.
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Video - Outside
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In its second week on the chart, Charli XCX's "Break The Rules" moves up three to peak at #4.
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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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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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".
