German Chart Comments - Issue Date 29.01.2016

It's a second week for Eff and "Stimme" as Germany's most beloved single, with the song once again followed by "Stitches" of Shawn Mendes. At #3, up from #6, Justin Bieber's global smash "Love Yourself" finally makes it inside the top three in Germany, to become his second single to peak at #3 after "Sorry" did it a few months ago. 
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Further down the top 20 we can see all candidates for the biggest hits in early 2016 climbing, with Lukas Graham's "7 Years" up four to #6, Dua Lipa's "Be The One" up nine to #12, G-Eazy ft. Bebe Rexha and "Me, Myself & I" up four to #13,  X Ambassadors' "Renegades" up 13 to #14 and Sigala's "Sweet Lovin'" up one to #15. Apart from Sigala, these are all debut singles for the artists in the German hitparade. Also shooting itself inside the top 20 in its second week is "Fast Car" of Jonas Blue ft. Dakota, which rises from #41 to #16. Another dance smash - "Faded" of Alan Walker also makes it to the top 20, up to #17 from #30 in its third week. And let's not forget "Exs and Ohs" of Elle King, up five to #20, and a debut single for the singer as well. More or less, ten of the top 20 singles are the first songs with which the corresponding artists have succeeded in Germany. 
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"Die Immer Lacht", the catchy dance track of Stereoact ft. Kerstin Ott, moves up to #23 from #45.
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US music duo Twenty One Pilots has finally scored its global breakthrough song in the face of "Stressed Out". In Germany the song skyrockets from #86 to #37 in its second week of official release. Needless to say, the boys have never been in the countdown before. 
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Also on the rise is "Try Me", the collaboration of Jason Derulo and Jennifer Lopez, which moves up ten to #39. 
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Last week was marked by the surprise release of a new song and eventually an album of Rihanna. "Work", the song in question - a team-up with Drake, enters the top 100 at #31 after just two days in the shops. 

The other new entries:

62. Sia - Unstoppable
97. Lina Larissa Strahl - Mädchen gegen Jungs
100. Birdy - Keeping Your Head Up
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The Album Chart

In the LP chart, which as of February 5 will also include streaming, another rapper - this time Summer Cem debuts at #1 with career-best "Cemesis" (last week's #1 plummets to #13 - which just shows how frontloaded the sales of these rap albums are). There are three other new entries inside the top three, with the only one worth mentioning is "4 1/2", a mini album of Steven Wilson at #7.