German Top 100 Singles/Albums Chart

Yan's German chart comments - Issue date July 11

Another slow week for the German charts. The EURO 2008 is finally over and the summer holidays are just behind the doors, so no surprises at the top as Kid Rock scores a third consecutive week at the top of the singles charts with "All Summer Long". A fact, which I've forgotten to mention so far, is that the song samples Warren Zevon's "Werewolves of London" and Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama", which if my sources are right have never charted in Germany :o

A place below and still in the top three, we find Revolverheld and their fan anthem "Helden". Actually, the period of observation of this week charts includes three days of EURO 2008 fever, which may be the explanation why the football hits are still around and up the chart. Even Enrique's "Can You Hear Me" manages to make a big jump and to enter the top 20 with his official EURO 2008 song.

The honour of this week's highest new entry belongs to Busta Rhymes and his collaboration with Linkin Park. The song enters at #11 and I cannot do a commentary without comparing it to "Numb/Encore", the hit of Linkin Park and Jay Z, which peaked at #4 in Germany in 2005. Linkin Park's biggest solo success in the country is with "What I've Done", also reaching #4. Busta Rhymes is as well no stranger to the German top 100. His debut on these shores is with the somewhat rap classic "Woo-Hah!! Got You All In Check" (peak #42); his biggest solo hit is "Turn It Up / Fire It Up" (peak #7) and he was number one as a support artist for both Lumidee's "Never Leave You (Uh Oooh Uh Oooh)" and Pussycat Dolls' "Don't Cha".

The next highest new entry comes from Kat Deluna, whose "Whine It Up" enters some 13 places behind Busta. A curious coincidence is that her current worldwide hit is "Run The Show", a collaboration with Busta himself. Already a huge hit here in Bulgaria, "Whine It Up" is the debut single of the U.S. singer with Dominican origins. Listening to it I just wished I was in Varna right now :w00t: and not in the bloody hot Sofia...

But to return to the topic, the next entry worth mentioning comes from Flo Rida and "Elevator" at #34. Though "Low" was a massive hit all over the world (peak in Germany at #13), I've got the feeling that the man would have a hard time making a new splash soon.

And to wrap up the comments this week, I should say how much disappointed I am from the flop of Nelly Furtado and Zero Assoluto at #64. It's a beutiful love song after all. For those who don't know Zero Assoluto are a very popular Italian pop duo and they deserve much more attention outside their domestic market. :P

So that is for this week. Leaving the chart music aside, I'm going back to the wonderful soundtrack of Prince Caspian. Oh I'm loving it :wub: ...