неделя, 24 април 2016 г.

German Chart Comments - Issue Date 22.04.2016

So finally, after a ten-week reign, Alan Walker's "Faded" slips to #2 to give way to Sia's "Cheap Thrills" to crown Germany's top 100. The track is the first-ever song with a participation of the Australian singer to reach the German summit. Her most successful hit before was of course David Guetta's "She Wolf", to which Sia provided vocals and which peaked at #3 in 2012. The top three is once again completed by Stereoact's "Die immer lacht" at #3.

Three emerging hits bring the so needed freshness to this week's top ten led by Drake's "One Dance", which soars from #24 to #6 after its first full week of availability on download and streaming portals. The song thus easily eclipses the #18 peak of "Hotline Bling", Drake's most successful single as a lead artist in Germany so far. What is more, he is now just a position behind the peak position achieved by "Work" of Rihanna, which currently is the best performing track with a credit from the Canadian star. 

Up five to #9 we have The Chainsmokers and their "Don't Let Me Down". The track is the first ever of the US DJ duo to reach Germany's top ten, with previous singles "#Selfie" peaking at #38 and "Roses" being no higher than #24.

Also new inside the top ten is "Bonbon", the debut single of Albanian Era Istrefi. It's up five to #10. DNCE's "Cake by the Ocean" moves this week two to #16, while at #18 we can witness the return to the chart of Milow. The Belgian artist is back with "Howling At The Moon", the pilot single from its latest album called "Modern Heart". The song debuted last week at #55 and being influenced by the currently extremely trendy dance hits (think Lost Frequencies or Robin Schulz), it is no surprise to see it soaring to the top 20 in such a manner. It is the sixth single of Milow to enter the German top 20. 

"Speeding Cars" of Walking On Cars climbs five to #23, while at #29 we can find the hottest new star from the States. Rapper Desiigner has already reached #2 across the pond with "Panda" and it is now time for the rest of the world to follow suit. The song rises 21 positions to #29. 

The highest new entry belongs to superstar Pink and "Just Like Fire", the song taken from the soundtrack of forthcoming blockbuster "Alice Through the Looking Glass", at #32. It has been three years since Pink was that high in the German charts when "Just Give Me A Reason" hit #1.

And finally, Max Giesinger's "80 Millionen" moves this week two to score a new peak at #37.

The Other New Entries:

47. Vanessa Mai - Ich Sterb Fuer Dich
66. Kungs & Cookin' On 3 Burners - This Girl
94. Alessia Cara - Wild Things
95. Tinie Tempah - Girls Like (Feat. Zara Larsson)

99. Alle Farben - Please Tell Rosie (Feat. Younotus)
100. Sigala - Give Me Your Love (Feat. John Newman & Nile Rodgers) 


The Album Chart

The power of schlager music may be not so obvious in the singles chart, but looking at the album top ten it is more than clear what the favourite genre of Germans is. As Andrea Berg expectedly sticks to #1 with "Seelenbeben", the highest new entry belongs to veteran Matthias Reim and "Phoenix" at #2, his fourth album to reach the top two. Vanessa Mai, not to be confused with Vanessa Mae, who has previously acted under the name of Wolkenfrei, brings "Für Dich" at #4, while Michelle's latest "Ich würd' es wieder tun" somewhat underperforms at #6. The schlager scene is also represented by Beatrice Egli, whose newest album slips to #8. Inbetween at #3 the local hiphop scene is responsible for the new entry of RAF Camora and "Ghost". Santana's latest release is new at #5 - the only non-German act in the top ten.

неделя, 17 април 2016 г.

German Chart Comments - Issue Date 15.04.2016

Although Alan Walker stands at the top for the tenth consecutive week with "Faded", his reign may soon be over as Sia's "Cheap Thrills" moves one step closer to the summit and can be found at #2. It is now officially the best performing single with participation of the Australian singer in Germany. This means that Stereoact and Kerstin Ott have to finally give up the runner-up slot after being there for the amazing seven weeks. 

Further down the top twenty, Fifth Harmony climb one to seven with "Work From Home", while Mark Forster's "Wir sind gross" goes up two to #11 in its second week in the countdown. Also up two to #12 is "No" of Meghan Trainor, while The Chainsmokers and "Don't Let Me Down" register a new peak at #14, an increase from #16.

As it was expected Era Istrefi's "Bonbon" and DNCE's "Cake By The Ocean" penetrate the top 20 this week with aplomb, the former is at #15 (last week #21) and the latter at #18 (last week #24).

The highest new entry belongs to Drake's current UK number one smash "One Dance", which in Germany arrives at #24. Drake's solo efforts have started to gain attention in the country only in the last few months as his previous "proper" release "Hotline Bling" had reached #18 staying for 27 weeks in the top 100. Of course we should not overlook his credit on Rihanna's "Work", which is still huge and this week is located at #16.

Although Nena's current album "Oldschool" came to the market last year, it has so far failed to bring any hits to the singles chart. The situation may be changed as the German icon is back to the top 30 for the first time since 2010 with the great "Genau jetzt" new at #27. 

Irish alternative rock band Walking On Cars are on their way to have their first hit ever in Germany as "Speeding Cars" goes up fourteen to #28, proving that Germans continue to love radio friendly rock tunes.

Max Giesinger, who some of you may remember as the winner of the Voice of Germany in 2011 (I don't), rises this week from #53 to #37 with his new offering called "80 Millionen". The singer already had a top 20 single with "Dach der Welt" in early 2012, which I also have completely forgotten. Maybe this can be attributed to the fact that the song spent only three weeks in the top 100... Nevertheless, his comeback is worthy to be checked out.

The other new entries:

47. Christina Stürmer - Seite an Seite
55. Milow - Howling At The Moon
74. Cheat Codes - Sex (feat. Kriss Kross Amsterdam)
81. Volbeat - The Devil's Bleeding Crown
82. Kontra K - An deiner Seite

88. Feder - Blind (feat. Emmi)

The Album Chart

So no prizes for those who have already guessed who is the new number one in the LP chart. The honour goes of course to schlager legend Andrea Berg who manages to score the ninth number one album in her career as "Seelenbeben" was always destined to be one of the bestsellers of the year. Since 2001 and "Machtlos" all studio albums of Andrea have hit the top spot before spending gazillions of weeks in the chart. Also new in the top five is the latest offering of Berg's schlager colleague Beatrice Egli, who has gained popularity by winning the Deutschland sucht den Superstar contest of Dieter Bohlen, who is also the producer of Berg's new album... "Kick im Augenblick" debuts at #3.



 

сряда, 13 април 2016 г.

German Chart Comments - Issue Date 8.04.2016

Despite that Alan Walker's (now massive) "Faded" spends its ninth week atop the German singles countdown and that Stereoact's "Die immer lacht" is still at #2, we finally have new blood in the top three in the face of Sia's "Cheap Thrills". The song moves up one to #3, to match the peak position of "She Wolf", the hit of David Guetta to which Sia provided vocals way back in 2012 and which has so far been her most successful chart credit in Germany.

Further down the top ten, Mike Posner's "I Took A Pill In Ibiza" inches up one to #5, while Fifth Harmony score their first top ten in the country as "Work From Home" advances three to #8. It has been awhile since we had a female band inside the top ten in Germany.

It has also been several weeks since we witnessed a new entry in the upper reaches of the chart and now we can thank to local star Mark Forster for bringing a fresh track directly into the top 20. The (great) song in question is called "Wir sind Groß" and arrives at #13, to be Mark's four top 20 hit as a lead artist. It is also the first single offering from the singer's third album and comes on the heels of his biggest hits "Au revoir" (#2), "Flash mich" (#11) and "Bauch und Kopf" (#15). We should also not overlook Mark Forster's vocal participation to the EFF project and its huge hit "Stimme", which was #1 at the start of the year.  

No one can say "No" to Meghan Trainor as the single enters the top 20 at #14, an increase from #27, while The Chainsmokers have their most successful single in the country (in terms of chart placement at least) with "Don't Let Me Down". The song, which features the vocals of US singer Daya, soars fourteen to #16.

As expected last week "Bonbon" of Era Istrefi and "Cake By The Ocean" of DNCE are slowly turning into one of the hits of the spring season, with the former rising sixteen to #21 and the latter five to #24.

And finally, let's spare a thought for "Get Ugly" of Jason Derulo, which registers a new peak position by moving up seventeen to #38. 

The other new entries:

67. Desiigner - Panda
69. Kygo - Raging (feat. Kodaline)
89. Jay Sean - Make My Love Go (feat. Sean Paul) 
93. Shawn Mendes - I Know What You Did Last Summer

The album chart:

Contrary to all the controversy which surrounded Xavier Naidoo and his now notorious attempt to present the country at the Eurovision, Germans continue to love one of their best singers as his latest album "Nicht von dieser Welt 2" debuts at #1. Thus, Xavier has an unharmed series of seven #1 albums which can be traced way back to 1998 and the first "Nicht von dieser Welt". And if we add his participation to the Söhne Mannheims project or to the extremely successful TV show "Sing meinen Song", the influence of Xavier on the German music scene is really more than enormous. Legendary duo Pet Shop Boys celebrate their 30th career anniversary with a new album called "Super" arriving at #3. Apart from their debut in 1986, all of their albums have now found a position inside the top ten of the German LP chart.
 

четвъртък, 7 април 2016 г.

German Chart Comments - Issue Date 1.04.2016

So for the fifth consecutive week, Germany's top three remains intact, with Alan Walker's "Faded" leading the parade for eight weeks at #1. "Die immer lacht" of Stereoact and Kerstin Ott is at #2 and Twenty One Pilots are at #3 with "Stressed Out".

Sia's "Cheap Thrills" sits comfortably at #4, being the most successful single of the singer as a lead artist, while also turning into his best performance ever - "I Took A Pill In Ibiza" and its SeeB remix of Mike Posner rises one to #6.

The girls from Fifth Harmony are on their way to have their first ever top ten single as "Work from Home" advances eight to #11.

After a steady climb for 24 weeks Zara Larsson & MNEK finally enter the top 20 with "Never Forget You", up three to #20. The top 30 sees two songs of The Chainsmokers registering new peaks - "Roses" up six to #24 and the latest offering of the dance duo "Don't Let Me Down", up five to #30. 

Meghan Trainor, the US supernova that brought "All About The Bass" to #1 and "Lips Are Movin'" to #10 two years ago, is back with new material. "No" is the first single taken from Meghan's sophomore album and it enters the top 30 this week at #27, up from #45. Meghan last provided vocals to "Marvin Gaye", the hit of Charlie Puth, which in Germany reached #15.

Although Nick Jonas, one of the Jonas Brothers, launched his quite successful solo career two years ago, Germany actually did not notice at all with none of his global hits entering the charts. The situation is a little bit different with his brother Joe Jonas and his band called DNCE. Their smash "Cake By The Ocean" moves this week up 23 positions and lands at #29.

British singer Birdy, who had huge hits with "People Help People" (peak #3) and "Wings" (peak #15) several years ago, returns this week to the top 40 with "Keeping Your Head Up". The track rises to #34 from #48.  

Albanian newcomer Era Istrefi is about to storm the European charts with her cool hit "Bonbon", with Germany one of the first countries to pay attention as the song moves up seventeen to #37.

The new entries:

70. Seyed - MP5 (feat. Kollegah)
82. Julian Perretta - Miracle
88. Max Giesinger - 80 Millionen 

The album chart:

Seven new releases enter the top ten this week, led by Swedish metal band Amon Amarth and their first ever chart topper "Jomsviking". The "Best of" of schlager legend Ronny is new at #2, while "Blues of Desperation" of Joe Bonamassa is at #3. Germany continues to not care so much about One Direction and its former members as Zayn's solo album "Mind of Mine" manages to debut as low as #9. A special note also to jazz singer Roger Cicero, whose sudden death shocked Germany's music world and has triggered interest in his back catalogue. Thus "Cicero Sings Sinatra" re-enters at #11, to be one of five offerings of the musician to appear in the top 100 this week. "Männersachen", which can be considered his most successful album, is back at #96.


събота, 2 април 2016 г.

German Chart Comments - Issue Date 25.03.2016 (In Brief)

The top three:
 
1. Alan Walker - Faded
2. Stereoact Feat. Kerstin Ott - Die Immer Lacht
3. Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out

The new entries:

51. AnnenMayKantereit - Barfuss Am Klavier 
85. DJ Antoine Feat. Jay Sean - Weekend Love
87. Kygo & Labrinth - Fragile
91. Kontra K - Wie Koennt Ich