You're wrong, there's no airplay involved.

nope, the UK market is the biggest.

I was sure Germany's market is bigger? Perhaps that's just albums though.

You're wrong, there's no airplay involved.

Yeah, I guess that the fact that some songs keep climbing for weeks and stand at a certain position for months has confused me (After all it's not a pattern for a chart involving only sales). But as Wikipedia says

 

Top100 Singles or VIVA Top 100 are the German single charts. It charts only consists of actual CD and download sales. Between 1989 and 2001, airplay was also involved but only for the ranks between 51 and 100. Since September 2004 downloads have also been added to the calculation. Songs that do not climb higher than position 50 within nine weeks are removed from the charts. The system was once again changed in July 2007: Singles no longer need a physical release; they are now allowed to enter the charts based on legal downloads only. The charts are provided by Media-Control.

 

 

Some certifications to show the sales of singles in Germany:

 

Timbaland - Apologize, Platinum (more than 300,000 units)

DJ Ötzi - Ein Stern, 2x Platinum (more than 600,000 units)

Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music, Gold (more than 150,000 units)

Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah, Gold (more than 150,000 units)

James Blunt - 1973, Gold (more than 150,000 units)

Nelly Furtado - Say It Right, Platinum (more than 300,000 units)

Albums certifications:

 

Amy Winehouse - Back To Black, 2x Platinum (more than 400,000 units)

Die Ärzte - Jazz Ist Anders, 2x Platinum (more than 400,000 units)

Timbaland - Shock Value, Platinum (more than 200,000 units)

High School Musical 2, Gold (more than 100,000 units)

James Blunt - All The Lost Souls, Platinum (more than 200,000 units)

Linkin Park - Minutes To Midnight, Platinum + Gold (more than 300,000 units) i guess

Nelly Furtado - Loose, 5x Platinum (more than 1,000,000 units)

Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad, Platinum (more than 200,000 units)

Katie Melua - Pictures, Platinum (more than 200,000 units)

Andrea Berg - Best Of, 5x Platinum + Gold (more than 1,100,000 units) - has the biggest total sales from the albums chart i guess

 

If you want to know some certifications, just let me know, I can find out (if it's on the chart)