German Top 100 Singles/Albums Chart

Yan's late German chart comments - Issue date Nov 14

The new week brings no changes at the top of the German singles chart, with Polarkreis 18 staying there for three weeks now. The song and its great shot in Norway video has grown a lot on me over the last weeks, so well done to the guys. The next weeks will show whether the influx of big new entries, led by Britney Spears, Beyonce and Bushido, would be able to trouble the reign of Polarkreis 18.

The honour for the biggest new entry quite surprisingly goes to US rock band Nickelback at #6. Apart from their debut "How You Remind Me", which peaked at #3, the guys are not famous for being able to reach the upper parts of the German singles chart. Songs like "Photograph" and "Rockstar" might have stayed in the Top 100 for months but peaked at #18 and #23, respectively. Perhaps the band has managed to establish itself as a popular name, which may explain the debut of "Gotta Be Somebody" in the top 10. The song marks the release of Nickelback's new album.

And let's pay a little more attention to the other new entries worth mentioning this week:

#8 Kanye West - "Love Lockdown" - The latest single of the US rapper easily becomes his biggest single in Germany beating the #17 peak of both "Stronger" and "Homecoming". Apart from his collaboration with Estelle on "American Boy" which reached #5, Kanye has never been able to penetrate the top 10 before. Perhaps the fact that he actually sings now has helped him? Nevertheless it's a great song and deserves to be in the top 10.

#10 Stefanie Heinzmann - "Unforgiven" - Some months ago I said that Stefanie might quickly become a one-hit wonder, with her "My Man Is A Mean Man" being the only song to enter the top 10. Of course, I did not expect that Stefanie would release a cover of Metallica's "Unforgiven", which quickly shoots in at #10. In addition the song is included only in the deluxe edition of her debut album, which also explains the high placing. The strangest thing is that "Unforgiven", being one of Metallica most famous songs, shamefully peaked at the low #47.

#15 Leona Lewis - "Forgive Me" - Following the #1 smash "Bleeding Love" and the #2 hit "Better in Time", the third single of British sensation Leona Lewis fails to reach the top 10. The song is still not included in her debut album, so a higher placing should have been perhaps more appropriate. But we should not forget that "Forgive Me", written by Akon, differs quite from Leona's previous output...

#19 Schiller ft Colbie Caillat - "You" - After the Summer Olympics theme "Time For Dreams", German dance project Schiller return to the charts with another great single, this time teaming up with Colbie Caillat. Still undeservingly Shiller remains with no top 10 hit, but let's hope that the #13 peak of "Dream Of You" will soon be beaten.