For better or worse the German singles chart continues to be quite stable, with positions number one to three remaining the same for a third week in a row. So the parade is once again led by Alan Walker and "Faded" (six weeks @ #1), Stereoact and Kerstin Ott are at #2 with "Die immer lacht", while Twenty One Pilots and "Stressed Out" stick to #3.
The only fresh wind inside the top ten belongs to Sia and "Cheap Thrills". The song moves up six to #6, thus becoming the most successful single of the Australian singer as a lead artist in Germany. In the song remix Sia gets support by Sean Paul, who despite being extremely popular in the country was last inside the top ten in 2013.
At #6 G-Eazy and Bebe Rexha rise one to register a new peak of "Me, Myself & I".
Rising four to #18, Coldplay score their ninth top 20 single in Germany with "Hymn For The Weekend". In their 22nd week in the chart Zara Larsson and Mnek climb four to #24 with "Never Forget You", while Fifth Harmony's "Work from Home" goes up to #29 from #41 where it debuted a week earlier.
The highest new entry comes from Ariana Grande and her latest release "Dangerous Woman". The title track of Ariana's still-to-be-released third album arrives at #30, after "Focus" peaked at #18 and spent 13 weeks in the chart last year.
The other new entries:
62. Meghan Trainor - NO
64. Era Istrefi - Bonbon
79. Zayn - Like I Would
82. DNCE - Cake By The Ocean
86. Ollie Gabriel - Running Man
95. Walking On Cars - Speeding Cars
100. Avicii - Taste The Feeling (feat. Conrad Sewell)
The Album Chart
In the Albums countdown the soundtrack to local teen film "Mädchen gegen Jungs", the third part of the "Bibi & Tina" series, spends a second week atop the top 100. The last soundtrack to have been more than a week on top of the German albums chart was that of "8 Mile" from 2003. Five years after their previous studio offering reached #2, 3 Doors Down are back with new material. "Us and the Night" debuts at #5. Also new inside the top ten we have German band Luxuslärm and "Fallen und fliegen" at #9.
For a second week in a row we have a completely unchanged top three in Germany with Alan Walker spending his fifth week as the number single in Germany with "Faded". It is followed by Stereoact's "Die immer lacht" at #2 and Twenty One Pilots' "Stressed Out" at #3.
"Cheap Thrills", the latest offering of Sia, is fast on its way to become the Australian singer's biggest solo singer in Germany as it soars sixteen positions and arrives this week at #12.
Also on its way up is dance project Topic ft. Nico Santos and "Home", up five to #14. As expected by many, including me, Mike Posner scores his biggest hit in Germany with the SeeB remix of "I Took A Pill In Ibiza". The dance anthem moves up fifteen to enter the top 20 at #19, beating the #22 peak of Posner's 2012 debut "Cooler Than Me".
Up seven to #22 are Coldplay with "Hymn for the Weekend". The Chinsmokers bring a new track inside the top 100 this week with "Don't Let Me Down" at #62, while at the same time their current hit "Roses" inches up one to a new peak at #30.
The highest new entry can be located as low as #41 belonging to US girl group Fifth Harmony. "Work From Home" is the second track of the girls to enter the German top 100 after "Worth It" peaked at #16 in 2015, spending a total of 32 weeks in the chart.
The other new entries:
57. Shakira - Try Everything
59. Ali As x Namika - Lass sie tanzen (Square Dance)
62. Sarah Connor - Kommst du mit ihr
69. The Chainsmokers - Don't Let Me Down (feat. Daya)
86. Flume - Never Be Like You (feat. Kai)
91. Daya - Hide Away
96. Massive Attack - Ritual Spirit
The Album Chart
In the Albums countdown the soundtrack to local teen film "Mädchen gegen Jungs", the third part of the "Bibi & Tina" series has managed to take the crown after debuting in the top ten eight weeks ago. It thus becomes the most successful soundtrack of the series. Berlin rapper Megaloh has to be content with the #2 slot where he debuts with his second album "Regenmacher". The schlager scene is represented this week by Wolfgang Petry and his best-of compilation "40 Jahre – 40 Hits" at #7, followed by Swedish metal band Sabaton with "Heroes on Tour" at #8.
No changes in the top three this week in what is more or less a stable countdown as a whole. Thus, Alan Walker makes a full month as Germany's #1 with "Faded", followed by "Die immer lacht" of Stereoact and the vocals of Kerstin Ott. US duo Twenty One Pilots are once again at #3 with "Stressed Out".
Rihanna and Drake are working their way towards the top, by moving up one to #5 with "Work", while Jamie-Lee Kriewitz, the winner of The Voice of Germany from the end of 2015, soars to #12 from #65 with "Ghost". As this has been the winning song of the pop contest, it first reached #11 a week or so after the show, before fading quickly away. Its current resurrection is related to the decision of Germans to select the single as their presentation at this year's Eurovision in Sweden. I may be the only one but for me the track resembles last year's German entry of (the long forgotten) Ann Sophie, which let's face it, did not fare that well (it ranked last).
"My House" of Flo Rida rises five to #16, to become his 12th top 20 single as a lead artist in Germany.
Topic ft. Nico Santos make a new peak at #19 with "Home", while we can find the highest new entry of the week at #26. "Durch die schweren Zeiten" marks the return of legendary German musician Udo Lindenberg to the chart, as the veteran rocker is ready with his next studio album "Stärker als die Zeit" and this is the first offering from it. Udo's previous singles to rank that high were those taken out of his MTV Unplugged album from 2011.
I've written it before but Australian singer Sia's solo singles have never been a huge thing in Germany (excluding "Chandelier" (peak #10)) as she has brought only four of them inside the top 100. The fourth in question is called "Cheap Thrills" and manages to rise this week by 18 positions to #28. It eclipses the #29 peak of "Elastic Heart" from 2013.
Further down the top 40, there are new peaks registered by Coldplay's "Hymn For The Weekend", up two to #29, The Chainsmokers' "Roses", up one to #31, Mike Posner's "I Took A Pill In Ibiza", up three to #34, and The BossHoss' "Jolene", up three to #35.
The other new entries:
47. Smith & Burrows - Wonderful Life
64. Xavier Naidoo - Frei
96. Gestört aber GeiL - Geh nicht weg
100. Nico & Vinz feat. Kid Ink & Bebe Rexha - That's How You Know
The album chart
A shocking number of 27 new titles enter the German album chart this week, led by Schiller and his latest LP called "Future". It is the fifth number one of the music producer. Macklemore & Ryan
Lewis return with their sophomore album "This Unruly Mess I've Made", new at #4. Trash metal group Anthrax make a career best with "For All Kings" arriving at #5.
