Mr Probz may have managed to replace Pharrell Williams at the top of the
German singles chart with "Waves" last week but this time quickly vacates the throne and lead the way to Pharrell's "Happy" to
return to #1 for a seventh non-consecutive time. Thus the Dutch artist
is down one to #2, followed by the highest new entry at #3.
Video - Mr Probz
Video - Pharrell
Nico &
Vinz, a Norwegian duo formerly known as Envy, already had a huge success
in Scandinavia with "Am I Wrong" in 2013. Now it's time for the song to
conquer the rest of Europe, with a debut at #3 in Germany quite a good
start.
Video
The ascent of Clean Bandit and "Rather Be" continues this
week as the song moves six to #6, while at #8 Avicii's "Addicted To
You", up also six, becomes the fourth top ten hit of the Swedish star in
Germany.
Video - Clean BanditVideo - Avicii
Inside the top 20, Cris Cab, with the help of one Pharrell
Williams, rises fifteen to #13, while Lorde has a second top 20 hit to
her name as "Team" inches up one to #20.
Video - Chris Cab
Video - Lorde
Apart from the #5 peak of
"Forever Love" in the 1990s, Gary Barlow was never a huge solo star in
Germany ("Shame", which reached #11 in 2010, was after all a
collaboration with the far more popular Robbie Williams), but that does
not stop his comeback single, the brilliant "Let Me Go", to enter
comfortably at #25.
Video
At #26, Sido's "Liebe" moves up one, as well as
"Wizard" of Martin Garrix and Hardway, which enters the top 30 at #30 in
its second week on the chart.
Audio - Sido
Video - Martin Garrix
"Feel It", actually credited to Three 6 Mafia vs. Tiesto with Sean Kingston & Flo Rida, has been so far the biggest and only top 40 hit of Tiesto in Germany as
it reached #21 in 2010. This week the most famous DJ worldwide returns
to the countdown with a brand new material as "Red Lights" enters at
#29.
Video
Following the flop of his last single ("Jambalaya", peak #100), German rapper Casper is back on better form as the fourth single from his current album, "Alles Endet (Aber Nie Die Musik)", enters fresh at #36.
Video
Boosted by the recent Cologne carnival, "Koelsche Jung" of local "cult" band Brings soars to #41 from #98, while "Trumpets" of Jason Derulo moves up four to #45. Also new inside the top 50 is the latest offering of schlager singer Juergen Drews and "Und wir waren wie Vampire" at #48.
Video - Brings
Video - Juergen Drews
Video - Jason Derulo
And the other new entries this week:
59. Der Tourist ft. Friedrich Liechtenstein - Supergeil
Video
60. George Ezra - Budapest
Video
61. Sean Paul - Hey Baby
Audio
74. Sam - Hallo
Video
The Album Chart
In the album chart, veteran star Wolfgang Petry has his third #1 studio LP with "Einmal Noch!", while even bigger legend Udo Juergens brings "Mitten Im Leben", his 42nd studio album, new at #3. German indie band The Notwist have their best charting album with "Close to the Glass" at #6, while Soehne Mannheims have had better days as their latest "Elyzion" enters at the relatively low #9. The latest album of Gary Barlow, called "Since I Saw You Last", appears at #10.
Only the new entries with videos this week:
1. Mr. Probz - Waves
Video - Mr Probz
2. Pharrell Williams - Happy
Video - Pharrell
3. Helene Fischer - Atemlos durch die Nacht
Video - Helene
***
15. Kollegah - Alpha
Video
31. Martin Garrix & Hardway - Wizard
Video
40. Christoph Maria Herbst - Lass Das Mal Den Papa Machen
Video
45. Bushido ft. Kollegah - Gangsta Rap Kings
Video
55. Colbie Caillat - Hold On
Video
56. Bushido - Fotzen
Audio
58. Bushido - Jeder Meiner Freunde
Video
64. Bushido - Mitten In Der Nacht
Video
70. Sean Paul ft. Konshens - Want Dem All
Video
81. Bushido - Nie Ein Rapper Ii
Audio
83. Bushido ft. Shindy - Amg
Audio
85. Oonagh - Gaea
Video
86. Farid Bang - Dein Weg
Video
96. OneRepublic - Burning Bridges
Lyric Video
Though Dutch Mr Probz makes a phenomenal jump with "Waves" (and
especially the Robin Schulz remix, it's after all the new "One
Day/Stolen Dance") from #27 to #2, Pharrell Williams manages to extend
his run on top of the German singles chart to six
consecutive weeks with "Happy". Helene Fischer's "Atemlos durch die Nacht" spends a
second week stuck to #3.
Video - Pharrell
Video - Mr Probz
Video - Helene
At #9, up from #12, "Dark Horse" of Katy
Perry feat. Juicy J becomes the eight top ten single of the US superstar
in Germany. Further down the chart, "Money on My Mind" of Sam Smith
advances a notch in its second week to #13, while Avicii's "Addicted To
You" is definitely ready for the top ten as it rises 14 places to #14
and is for now the fourth top 20 single of the Swedish DJ.
Audio - Katy Perry
Video - Sam Smith
Video - Avicii
The dance
anthems are definitely fashionable this week as in its second appearance
on the list, Clean Bandit's "Rather Be" moves up from #35 to #22,
followed by the highest new entry courtesy of one David Guetta with the
help of Skylar Grey. The French super DJ was last in the countdown with
"Play Hard", while his latest "She Shot Me Down" now enters at #24. The
original song of Cher, released in 1966, reached #17.
Video - Clean Bandit
Audio - David Guetta
Newcomer Cris
Cab, with the support of Pharrell, continues his rise and is this week at
#25, up from #43, with "Liar Liar", while Sido's "Liebe" moves up four
to #27.
Video - Chris Cab
Audio - Sido
After following to #88 in its second week last time around,
"Heart To Heart", the follow-up to James Blunt's number one "Bonfire
Heart" (it's a heart theme obviously), finds some inner strength and
shoots itself to #40. Thus all Blunt's releases in Germany have entered
the top 50.
Video
At #46 local rapper/dance artist Carlprit has his first
ever top 50 hit after two lesser singles with "Remember To Forget". The
song is up from #65.
Video
Last week U2's "Ordinary Love" reached #39, this
time falling to #55, but the boys are back in the top 50 with another
offering as "Invisible" soars from #97 to #48.
Video
And the other new entries this week:
54. Marco Angelini - Heute Nacht
Video
59. Boyzone - Love Will Save The Day
Video
69. Olly Murs - Right Place Right Time
Video
77. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Push The Sky Away
Audio
81. 3a - Sind Wir Freunde
Video
91. Sj Mcardle - Two Steps From Heaven
Audio
92. Ricky Howard Dean - Tears Will Fall
Audio
The Album Chart
After their debut
album reached #3 in 2011, local rock punk band Broilers succeed in
bringing their sophomore release called "Noir" directly to the top of
the LP chart. Metallica's "Through the Never" soundtrack/DVD is at #8, while
"Ein leichtes Schwert" of Wir sind Helden's vocalist Judith Holofernes
enters at #9.
Pharrell Williams' "Happy" extends its run on top of the German singles
chart to five weeks, while Ed Sheeran's "I See Fire" finally succeeds to
break his #3 spell and to move a position to #2. Also up one, and
celebrating her first ever top three single, is Helene Fischer and her
unstoppable "Atemlos Durch Die Nacht".
Video - Pharrell
Video - Ed Sheeran
Video - Helene
At #7, up from #11, German
band Revolverheld score their fourth top ten single with the ballad "Ich
Lass Fuer Dich Das Licht An". The song manages to improve on the #10
peak of the guys' previous offering - "Das kann uns keiner nehmen".
Video - Revolverheld
The
release of a provocative video sees "Can't Remember To Forget You", the
somewhat boring team-up of Shakira and Rihanna, soaring ten to enter
the top ten at #9. It is thus Shakira's tenth top ten single in Germany
as a lead artist.
Video
Katy Perry's "Dark Horse" is also heading towards the top ten slots as it climbs eight and is at #12.
Audio
The
highest new entry comes surprisingly by Sam Smith and
his first solo single called "Money On My Mind". The song, which comes
after the huge success of Naughty Boy's "La La La" (peak #2), to which
Sam provided vocals, is new at #14.
Video
After a steady climb over the
last six weeks, Zedd's "Stay The Night" makes it this week into the top
20 by moving up nine to #15.
Video - Zedd
Also new, straight in the top 20, is
Tres Jolie and "Bow! (You Gotta Kick It)" at #20. The newcomer is
actually a star of the extremely popular "Berlin - Tag und Nacht" TV
series.
Video
At #27, up from #41, "Waves" of Mr Probz continues its quest
to become one of the early spring hits in Germany, while Avicii is
already gaining in momentum with another track as "Addicted To You"
skyrockets to #28 from #95.
Video - Mr Probz
Video - Avicii
At #31 Sido's "Liebe" continues its ascent, an increase from #32, as well as Lorde's "Team", which can be found at #32, up from #42.
Audio - Sido
Video - Lorde
The next new entry appears at #35 belonging to current UK chart topper Clean Bandit and their rather brilliant "Rather Be". Needless to say, it is the first foray of the group in the German singles chart.
Video
The British invasion continues at #38, where Rudimental have their first top 40 hit with "Free", up from #44. At the same time U2's "Ordinary Love" becomes the first single of the band to enter the top 40 in four years. It moves up thirteen to #39.
Video - Rudimental
Lyric Video - U2
Also moving in the right direction are Fettes Brot's "Fuer immer immer" at #40, up from #48, and Cris Cab ft. Pharrell Williams and "Liar Liar". The latter soars thirty places to #43 in its second week on the countdown.
Video - Fettes Brot
Video - Chris Cab
And last two new entries which are expected to disappear in the next week can be located at #44 by rapper Farid Bang and his "Lutsch" (previous release "Bitte Spitte Toi Lab" reached #32 a month ago) and at #50 by YouTube comedy trio Y-Titty Feat. Mc Fitti and "Hashtag".
Video - Farid Bang
Video - Y-Titty
And the other new entries this week:
65. Carlprit ft. Jaicko - Remember To Forget
Video
73. John Legend - All Of Me
Video
91. Demi Lovato - Let It Go
Video
94. Jason Derulo - Trumpets
Video
97. U2 - Invisible
Video
99. Marteria ft. Campino - Die Nacht Ist Mit Mir
Audio
The Album Chart
Following two top ten singles, it is not strange to see German rapper Marteria debuting at #1 in the LP chart with "Zum Glück in die Zukunft II". Marteria's previous album reached #3 in 2012. Also new inside the top is "Hydra" of Within Temptation at #4, rock band Krawallbrueder and "Schmerzfrei" at #5, rapper PA Sports and "H.A.Z.E" at #7, and German singer Oonagh and "Oonagh" at #8.
It's a four week "Happy" for Pharrell Williams on
top of the German singles chart, with Lily Allen's "Hard Out Here"
sticking to #2 for a second time. At #3 Ed Sheeran continues to hold the
bronze medals with "I See Fire".
Video - Pharrell
Video - Lily Allen
Video - Ed Sheeran
At #4, up from #5, Helene
Fischer's "Atemlos Durch Die Nacht" is once again cementing its status
as the biggest hit single of the schlager queen. And now with the
Cologne carnival coming, are we going to have the first #1 single of
Helene in Germany?
Audio
Local rapper Marteria is currently having a real
blast as his "Kids (2 Finger An Den Kopf)" advances two to #6, while he
has brought a new single in the chart at #8. Thus, "OMG" becomes the
third top ten song of Marteria, while "album" track "Bengalische Tiger"
re-enters this week at #49.
Video - OMG
Video - Kids
Video - Bengalische Tiger
Bastille's "Of The Night" goes on with
its climb for yet another week and is already at #10, up from #12,
closing the gap to the #6 peak of the band's biggest hit "Pompeii".
Video - Bastille
Though
"Unconditionally", the previous single of Katy Perry, stalled at #22,
her latest "Dark Horse" is going to have better future as it moves 13 to
#20. The current US number one is Katy's 11 top 20 single in the
country.
Audio
Also on its way to become a major hit is "Stay The Night" of Zedd feat. Hayley Williams, which soars from #45 to #24.
Video - Zedd
Sido's
"Liebe" continue to go up the list, and is this time at #32, an
increase from #29. It is followed by London Grammar's "Strong", up
eleven to #33, while Mr. Probz and "Waves" enters the top 50 in its
second week at #41, a rise from #69. It is the first major hit of the
Dutch artist.
Audio - Sido
Video - London Grammar
Video - Mr. Probz
After "Royals" reached "only" #8, Lorde is ready with her
second hit single as "Team" is gaining in momentum and shoots itself from #65 to
#42 in its third week in the top 100.
Video
Rudimental may have been
quite successful in their native UK but they have never had a hit in Germany
so far. This week, however, sees "Free", with the help of Emeli Sande,
breaking inside the top 50 by advancing 14 to #44. "Feel the Love", the only other song of Rudimental which charted in Germany, peaked at #59.
Video
Also new to the top 50 is the third single taken from Fettes Brot's latest LP. "Für immer immer" moves up from #80 to #48, while previous singles "Kuss Kuss Kuss" reached #35 and "Echo" peaked at #12.
Audio
And the other new entries this week:
65. James Blunt - Heart To Heart
Video
73. Cris Cab ft. Pharrell Williams - Liar Liar
Video
The Album Chart
Expectedly Peter Maffay's "Wedd das so ist" remains for a second week as #1 in the Album chart, despite the arrival of the new album of medieval folk rock band Schandmaul, called "Unendlich" at #2. The new album of legendary German DJ ATB titled "Contact" curiously comes in at #5, his best charting album so far, while "Kaleidoscope" of supergroup Transatlantic enters at #6. Also new inside the top ten is "Ghost Empire" of local metalcore band Caliban at #7 - a career best.
Pharrell Williams is "Happy" to be number one in Germany for a third
week, while Lily Allen storms the chart as she has never done before.
Despite being a relative flop in her native UK, the use in Germany's
"I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here" show has propelled the sales of
"Hard Out Here" to bring it new at #2. Oh, and let's not forget that
German media is not bothered to play the song despite the somewhat
offensive lyrics. Lily Allen's biggest hits so far have been "The Fear"
and "Not Fair", which both peaked at #12. Allen was last in the
countdown with "22" in 2009.
Video - Pharrell
Video - Lily Allen
The top three is rounded up by "I See
Fire" and Ed Sheeran, with the song from the Hobbit 2 soundtrack
spending another week at #3.
Video - Ed Sheeran
Inside the top 20, the usual suspects
from the last few weeks continue climbing up the chart. Thus,
Revolverheld's "Ich Lass Fuer Dich Das Licht An" moves up three to #11;
Bastille's "Of The Night" rises one to #12 and Macklemore & Ryan
Lewis' "White Walls" beats the peak of their previous single "Same Love"
by appearing at #17, an increase from #28.
Video - RevolverheldVideo - Bastille
Video - Macklemore
& Ryan Lewis
Also up one, but still
failing to set the charts on fire, is the Shakira and Rihanna's
collaboration "Can't Remember To Forget You", which is this week at #19.
Video
It
may be in the chart for quite some time but that does not stop One
Direction's "Story Of My Life" from registering a new peak position at
#21, up from #27, and from steadily turning into the boys' biggest hit
in Germany.
Video - One Direction
Somewhat surprisingly, the 2014 edition of Dr. Alban's
90s hit "It's My Life" moves up three in its second week and is now at
#29.
Audio
Further down the top 50, Sido's "Liebe" advances seven to #39, while
Zedd's "Stay The Night" climbs eleven to #45. Though already quite
famous elsewhere, this is the first single of the German DJ to enter the
top 50 as previous one "Clarity" flopped at #94.
Audio - Sido
Video - Zedd
And the other new entries this week:
55. Michael Wendler - Unser Zelt Auf Westerland
Video
69. Mr Probz - Waves
Video
80. Fettes Brot - Fuer Immer Immer
Audio
90. Wolfgang Petry - Einmal Noch
Audio
97. Hoehner - Das Geht Nie Vorbei
Live
98. Peter Maffay - Halleluja
VideoThe Album Chart
In
the LP chart Peter Maffay's "Wenn das so ist" becomes the 16th! number
one album of the veteran German artist, while rock band Jennifer
Rostock's "Schlaflos" debuts at #2. Their previous studio album, "Mit Haut und Haar" peaked at #4. Also new inside the top ten are "Into The Storm" of Axel Rudi Pell at #5 and "#hangster" of Psaiko.Dino at #7.
A completely unchanged top 5 in Germany this week with Pharrell Williams
spending a second week at #1 with "Happy" followed by "Timber" of
Pitbull and Kesha at #2 and "I See Fire" of Ed Sheeran at #3.
Video - Pharrell
Video - Pitbull
Video - Ed Sheeran
Further
down the countdown, Bastille's "Of The Night" rises thirteen positions
to #13 and improves on the #18 peak of the band's previous single
"Things We Lost In The Fire". Their first single in Germany, "Pompeii",
reached #6.
Video
At #14 "Ich lass für dich das Licht an", the beautiful
ballad of German band Revolverheld, quite deservingly becomes their
eight top 20 single by moving up from #38. It is the second offering of
the guys' "Immer in Bewegung" LP, with the first one "Das kann uns keiner nehmen" reaching #10 last year.
Video
The
highest new entry belongs to local YouTube star ApeCrime and his second
single called "Swing dein Ding". The song enters at #17, beating the
#35 peak of "Ich trau mich nicht" from the autumn of 2013.
Video
Superstar
Shakira was last in the German chart as a leading artist with "Rabiosa"
in 2011 but she is now back with her much hyped Rihanna duet "Can't
Remember To Forget You". The song appears new at #20 and boosts the
number of Shakira's top 20 singles in the country to 13.
Audio
At #28
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis score their fourth top 30 single as "White
Walls" rises from #41 and will perhaps soon improve on the #25 peak of
"Same Love" from several months ago.
Video - Macklemore
& Ryan Lewis
It's been seventeen years since "Mr. DJ" reached #70 and 22 years since "It's My Life", respectively the last charting and the most successful single of Swedish eurodance star Dr. Alban were in the German top 100. Now, as if from nowhere, a new version of "It's My Life" appears at #32 to remind us that the time of easy 90s covers is not over.
Audio
And last at #49, up from #70, Steve Aoki, together with Chris Lake & Tujamo, brings his second top 50 single after "A Light That Never Comes", a team-up with Linkin Park, reached #8. The new song is called "Boneless".
Video
And the other new entries this week:
85. Schandmaul - Euch zum Geleit
Video
86. Lorde - Team
Video
The Album Chart
And finally we have some fresh wind blowing in the Album chart with the latest album of Bruce Springsteen called "High Hopes" removing Helene Fischer from the top spot. It thus becomes the eight LP of The Boss to crown the German charts. Also new at #4 is "Bunte Republik Deutschpunk" of Berlin-duo SDP (by far their most successful release), schlager veterans Amigos are new at #5 with "Unvergessene Schlager", while "Slum Dog Millionaer", the debut of rapper Kurdo, is new at #6. At #8 German metalcore band Eskimo Callboy also make a debut with "We Are The Mess".
