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.
Video - Mark Ronson
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
Audio - Kid Ink
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.
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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.
Finally some movement atop the German singles chart as David Guetta's
"Dangerous" gives up the number one position after being there for
seven non-consecutive weeks. It's up to British singer and newcomer
Kwabs and his amazing "Walk" to rise up one and claim the throne. Curiously,
the song flopped at #71 in his home country. While David Guetta falls
to #3, we have a new entry straight in at #2 coming from Clean Bandit
and their latest collaboration with Jess Glynne called "Real Love".
Their previous one "Rather Be" reached #1 in the course of the last year but
was followed by a misfire by Clean Bandit and "Come over" (peak #76),
while Jess Glynne had a brief success with "Right here", which peaked at
#25.
Video - David Guetta
Video - Kwabs
Video - Clean Bandit
At #6 Calvin Harris scores his third consecutive top ten single in Germany as
"Outside" rises five. His previous collaboration with Ellie Goulding "I
Need Your Love" reached #12.
Video - Outside
There's also a new peak from Echosmith's "Cool Kids", which manages to improve on its entry at #9 two weeks ago by rising now to #8 from #12.
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It's up four to #12 for "Blank Space" and Taylor Swift and up one to #13 for Mark Forster and "Flash mich".
Video - Taylor Swift
Video - Mark Forster
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#14 Mark Ronson registers his second top 20 hit with "Uptown Funk!", up
seven. The song marks also the tenth time of Bruno Mars having his name
appearing inside the top 20.
Video - Mark Ronson
Avicii's "The Night" continues its ascent and is now at #29, up five, while the second highest new entry belongs to Kanye West and his unusual collaboration with one Paul McCartney. Kanye has been absent from the charts since "Niggas in Paris" peaked at #40 in 2011, while Sir Paul was last in the German singles chart in 2005 with "Fine Line". "Only One" debuts this week at #32.
Video - Avicii
Audio - Kanye West
Following AaronChupa and Martin Tungevaag, Norway's next DJ export is ready to conquer the German chart. He comes under the name of Kygo and "Firestone", which soars to #33 from #84. The song, with added vocals by Conrad, has already topped the Norway's chart and has been a top ten hit in Sweden.
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The last time Sasha, who had a brief success all over continental Europe with "If You Believe" in 1998, was in the top 40 was in 2009. Now his comeback single "Good Days" rises 19 places to peak at #38.
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The next Europe-wide hit to start conquering Germany comes from Jamaican singer Omi, whose "Cheerleader" has been remixed by German DJ Felix Jaehn and has already been a solid hit in Sweden and Denmark. In its second week on the German top 100 the song climbs from #69 to #42.
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Up fifteen to #45 is Ariana Grande's collaboration with The Weeknd called "Love Me Harder". It is the third single of Grande in the top 50 as a lead artist.
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The remaining new entries in the Top 100:
71. Chris Brown & Tyga - Ayo
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The Album Chart
It's all German top three in the LP chart, leaded by "Gipfelstuermer", the farewell studio album of Unheilig, which returns to #1. It switches places at two with "Farbenspiel" of Helene Fischer, while the last album of late local legend Udo Juergens sticks to #3.
With the start of the new year, no one is able to challenge the supremacy of David Guetta's "Dangerous" as the song spends its sixth week at #1. Kwabs' "Walk" sticks to #2, while Jennifer Lawrence-sung "The Hanging Tree" is still at #3, proving to be more than just a brief soundtrack highlight.
Video - David Guetta
Audio - Jennifer Lawrence
Video - Kwabs
Dance track "I'm An Albatraoz" of AronChupa registers a new peak by moving up three to #4, while Calvin Harris' "Outside" is approaching slowly the top ten as it rises four to #11.
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Video - Outside
"Blank Space" of Taylor Swift is also on the rise as it advances four to #16 to hopefully join the top ten in the weeks to come. Also up four is "Back Home" of Fritz Kalkbrenner, this time at #18, while the first real monstrous hit of 2015 - "Uptown Funk" of Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars soars 15 positions to #21.
Video - Taylor Swift
Video - Fritz Kalkbrenner
Video - Mark Ronson
This week sees also the return of Take That in the top 40 with their first single as a trio called "These Days". The song skyrockets from #63 to #31.
Video - Take That
At #35 we can find "The Nights", the follow-up of top-ten hit "The Days" of Avicii, which goes up from #54.
Video - Avicii
The remaining new entries in the Top 100:
69. Omi - Cheerleader
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83. Meghan Trainor - Lips Are Movin'
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84. Kygo ft. Conrad - Firestone
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100. Maria Voskania - Was Weisst Denn Du
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The Album Chart
In the Album Chart Helene Fischer's megasuccess "Farbenspiel" returns to the summit, rising from #2. As many of you already know, the album crowned the year-end LP chart for 2014 after doing so for 2013 when it was actually released. It is also the home of single "Atemlos durch die Nacht", which despite never reaching #1 in the Top 100 ranked at the first position in the year-end Singles chart for 2014. And by the look of it, Helene Fischer starts the new year great as well.
