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Yan's German Chart Comments - Issue Date May 30 Another week has gone and my predictions for Madonna having the strength to return to the #1 have proven wrong as the lady slips one place to the third position. Thus Mark Medlock remains for a third consecutive time king of the German top 100, making "Summer Love" the first official summer anthem for 2008. I will not comment his lacklustre performance at the VIVA Comet Awards as I'm still fascinated by the collaboration of Ich + Ich (oh how I love them :wub: ) and Sido during the show. Speaking of Sido, this week's honour for highest new entry goes to the German rapper and "Augen Auf" becomes quite easily his biggest hit in the country, proving the German hip hop is still alive and kicking. So far Sido's highest peak has been the somewhat genre classic "Mein Block" which reached #13 in 2004. "Augen Auf" is the debut single from his latest album "Ich und meine Maske " Three places below the man in the mask we find Belgian cover queen Kate Ryan. Her latest "Ella Elle L'a" is a cover of the France Gall smash hit, which reached number one in Germany in 1988. Unlike Gall, Kate has never been atop the German charts, despite that her debut single in the country "Desenchantee" peaked at #2 back in 2003. So what about the rest of the chart: #12 - Sara Bareilles - "Love Song" - After being a major hit all over the world, it's time for the American singer to score big in Germany, boosting the female power once again the chart... #30 - Ashlee Simpson - "Outta My Head" - Ashlee has never been a huge star in Germany, with "Pieces of Me" (peak #26) being her biggest hit so far. "Outta My Head" is the first single taken from her latest album "Bittersweet World". In comparison, sister's Jessica most successful song in the country has been "These Boots Are Made For Walking" with a peak at #17 in 2005. #33 - Snow Patrol - "Chasing Cars" - I think it is the n-time this song re-enters the German chart. #34 (up from #66) - Jennifer Kae - "Little White Lies" - With that jump, it seems that the performance of the debut single of the German singer should be observed over the following weeks. #43 - Chakuza ft Bushido - "Unter der Sonne" - The most successful song of the Austrian rapper has been "Eure Kinder" with a peak at #25 last year. #49 - Markus Becker - "Das rote Pferd" - Oooh, the horse is back.... Info on the other new entries upon request ;) See ya! :P

Yan's German chart comments (issue date May 23, 2008) Sorry for the late and short comments this week but the Black Sea coast and the bars in the city of Varna are too tempting and I don’t have much time.... :yahoo: As the German chart is concerned nothing has changed at the top and Mark Medlock manages to score a second week as the German number one. The highest new entry comes from US megastar Usher, with his wonderful “Love in This Club”, which comes in at #5. Thus the new single becomes Usher’s third biggest hit in Germany after the number one smash “Yeah” and the duet with Alicia Keys “My Boo” (peak #4). Two places behind Usher we find the guys from US5, the band cast in the Big in America TV show and produced by Lou Pearlman, who quite easily score their ninth consecutive top 10 hit in Germany. Despite the fact that the boys are more or less famous only in Germany and the nearby countries, their fanbase seems to continue to be strong. “Round & Round” (no relation to the Sugababes song) is the first single taken from US5’s third album. Their only number one hit, despite several top 3 singles, is the guys’ debut “Maria”. The next big news comes from the lads from Coldplay as the magnificent “Violet Hill” enters the top 100 at number ten and thus becomes their biggest success in Germany. Since I’m loving the song, the fact that it beats the #19 peak of “Speed of Sound” makes me extremely happy... Well done boys! #13 Oliver Pocher – “Bringt ihm heim” – Oliver, the man who started his career at VIVA to become one of the most famous German TV show hosts, is no stranger to the German charts. His smash “Schwarz und weiss” was one of the anthems of the world soccer cup two years ago and peaked at #3. This time around, Pocher once again relies on the sports subject as “Bringt ihm heim” is one of the first songs (more are coming) related to the EURO 2008 in Austria and Switzerland to enter the German chart. So that is for this week. I hope that I will have time to add some more statistics soon... See ya next weekend

Physical Singles out 26th May #49 Alanis Morissette – Underneath #9 Alphabeat - 10,000 Nights #3 Duffy - Warwick Avenue #23 Flo Rida ft Timbaland – Elevator #10 Fratellis – Mistress Mabel #27 Guillemots – Falling Out Of Reach #18 Paul Weller – Have You Made Up Your Mind / Echoes Round The Sun #8 Taio Cruz – I Can Be #11 Zutons – Always Right Behind You (Downloads) #12 Coldplay - Violet Hill #24 Fall Out Boy ft. John Mayer - Beat It #33 Lil' Wayne - Lollipop #13 Ne-Yo - Closer #15 Sara Bareilles - Love Song Bonus #1: Will Will.I.Am ft. Cheryl Cole – Heartbreaker still be in the Top 5? Yes Bonus #2: Will Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me still be in the Top 20? No Bonus #3: Will the Winning track of the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest (Dima Bilan - Believe) be in the Top 75? Yes

All other new entries this week (Wilson Gonzalez; Vincent; M Pokora) are new to the German chart :)

Led Zeppelin's German chart history 1970 Peak position - 1 Whole Lotta Love 1971 - 6 Immigrant Song 1972 - 22 Black Dog 1972 - 13 Rock And Roll 1973 - 8 The Ocean 2008 - 71 Stairway to heaven (download track)

Ashley Tisdale's German chart history 2007 Peak position - 17 He Said She Said 2008 - 20 Not Like That 2008 - 45 Suddenly

Britney Spears's German chart history 1999 Peak Position - 1 Baby One More Time 1999 - 6 Sometimes 1999 - 4 (You Drive Me) Crazy 1999 - 3 Born To Make You 2000 - 2 Oops!... I Did It Again 2000 - 1 Lucky 2000 - 4 Stronger 2001 - 12 Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know 2001 - 3 I'm A Slave 4 U 2002 - 10 I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman 2002 - 7 I Love Rock'n'Roll 2002 - 19 Boys 2003 - 5 Me Against The Music - Britney Spears feat. Madonna 2004 - 4 Toxic 2004 - 4 Everytime 2004 - 3 My Prerogative 2005 - 18 Do Somethin' 2005 - 22 Someday (I Will Understand) 2007 - 7 Gimme More 2008 - 7 Piece Of Me 2008 - 25 Break The Ice

Mark Medlock's German chart history 2007 Peak Position - 1 Now Or Never 2007 - 1 You Can Get It - Mark Medlock feat. Dieter Bohlen 2007 - 4 Unbelievable - Mark Medlock feat. Dieter Bohlen 2008 - 1 Summer Love

Physical Singles out 19th May #48 Andy Abraham – Even If #10 Ashlee Simpson - Outta My Head (Ay Ya Ya) #38 Futureheads - Radio Heart #23 Gusto – Disco’s Revenge 2008 #6 Nelly feat Fergie – Party People #1 Rihanna - Take A Bow #22 Royworld – Dust #39 Sandi Thom - The Devils Beat #69 Spiritualized – Soul On Fire (Downloads) #11 Coldplay – Violet Hill #12 Duffy – Warwick Avenue #20 NeYo - Closer #19 Sara Bareilles – Love Song #36 Zutons – Always Right Behind You Bonus #1: Will The Ting Tings - That’s Not My Name still be in the Top 3? Yes Bonus #2: Will Usher - Love In This Club still be in the Top 10? Yes Bonus #3: Will Alphabeat - Fascination still be in the Top 20? No

Yan's German Chart Comments (issue date 16.05.08) So to the shock of all Madonna fans out there, she failed to make a full month at the top of the German charts and the big news is that Mark Medlock is back. "Summer Love", taken from his third album in less than two years, is the fourth single of Mark so far and follows the footsteps of the number ones "Now Or Never" and "You Can Get It", and the top five hit "Unbelievable". As a whole it seems that Mark, backed by DSDS producer Dieter Bohlen (of Modern Talking fame), will have the most consistent career at the top of the charts among all winners of the German Music Idol (DSDS). For example Alexander Klaws, the most famous of all winners so far, has peaked with his singles at respectively 1, 9, 1, 2, 5, 19, 12, 16, 65. Is Mark going to be the Will Young of the German charts, only time will tell... Nevertheless I still think that Madonna, who is number one in the albums for a second week, has the potential to return to the top spot during the next weeks. And speaking of DSDS, I have the feeling that the contest is responsible for the influx of re-entries of old hits at the bottom of the top 100. As long as the remaining top 10 is concerned, the most considerable stir is made by Scooter, who to my delight caused a huge surprise in the UK and now return in the top 10 with "I'm Lonely". And thoughts on some of the other new entries this week: #25 Britney Spears - "Break the Ice" - After peaking at #7 with both "Gimme More" and "Piece Of Me", Britney's third single from her latest album for now has failed to enter the top 20. The fact is that if "Break The Ice", a great song by the way, does not advance further it would be Britney's worst performance in the Top 100. Her least successful song in Germany so far has been "Someday (I will Understand)" peaking at #22. Check BZ over the next week for more info on Spears' German chart history. #29 Wilson Gonzales - "New York City" - Wilson is the next German actor to enter the music record studio. However, though I find him better than Jimi Blue, Wilson has not managed to repeat the big splash which Jimi's first solo single made by entering the top 5. Born in the family of actors, Wilson Gonzales is most famous for his roles in the German hit "Wilden Kerle" and its sequals. #37 M Pokora - "Dangerous" - Matt Pokora may be a huge star in France, where the singer of Polish ancestry has several chart topping singles, but his attempts to be a hitmaker outside the French speaking region are for now fruitless. However, as long as my humble opinion matters he is one of the few acts in the quite boring French charts who deserves our attention. ;) #42 Vincent - "Miss Blue" - Oh, I've tried to find something interesting about Vincent but only come across the fact that he is Swedish and that the famous local model Anine Bing cameos in the video of "Miss Blue". :w00t: #45 Ashley Tisdale - "Suddenly" - Ashley's former two singles "He Said She Said" and "Not Like That" peaked at #17 and #20, respectively. I think that we should wait for High School Musical 3 to give her music career another boost... That's all for now. I don't think that I would be able to put any comments for the next chart earlier than Monday. Be patient and go watch Indiana Jones instead of lingering in the Internet... :yahoo:

It's written in my profile ;) As music channels are concerned, I'm glad that we have the chance to watch a lot of them here in Bulgaria, from the awful local MTV to VH1 and several Bulgarian channels, but I still most enjoy Viva Germany (cheers to my cable operator) and the original UK MTV Hits (which we have for several months now).

Daisy Dee :wub: :wub: :wub: 'Club Rotation' :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: the good old years, with the old VIVA still not bought by MTV... Perhaps I'm a little bit nostalgic but then the music channels were different. And don't get me wrong I like the new Viva, but the feeling is not the same ...

Oh, I love Heaven too ;) and Love Religion is also among my favourites :wub:

Madsen's German chart history 2005 Peak 67 Die Perfektion 2005 96 Immer mehr 2006 55 Du schreibst Geschichte 2007 95 Der Moment 2008 60 Nachtbaden

Topmodelz's German chart history 2001 Peak 72 L'Esperanza 2007 80 Your Love 2007 75 Summer Of 69

Keyshia Cole's German chart history 2006 Peak 26 (When You Gonna) Give It Up To Me - Sean Paul feat. Keyshia Cole 2007 25 Last Night - P. Diddy feat. Keyshia Cole

Kool Savas' German chart history 2001 Peak 73 That Smut Part 2 - Smut Peddlers feat. Kool Savas 2001 53 Haus + Boot 2002 50 D.U.T. - J-Luv feat. Kool Savas & Cutty 2002 35 Till' ab Joe 2003 48 Optik Anthem - Kool Savas feat. Optik Crew 2003 45 Der beste Tag meines Lebens - Kool Savas feat. Valezka 2003 23 Crashin' A Party - Lumidee feat. Kool Savas 2004 32 Die besten Tage sind gezählt - Lumidee feat. Kool Savas 2004 25 Ok! - Melbeatz feat. Kool Savas & Samy Deluxe 2004 47 Da bin, da bleib 2004 75 Strugglin - Moses Pelham feat. Illmatic & Kool Savas 2005 29 Monster$h!t - Kool Savas & Azad 2005 4 All 4 One - Kool Savas & Azad 2005 27 Guck My Man - Kool Savas & Azad 2006 28 Das ist Or! - Kool Savas & Optik Records 2006 26 Komm mit mir - Kool Savas & Optik Records 2007 67 Tot oder Lebendig

In Extremo's German chart history 2000 91 Vollmond 2003 35 Küss mich 2005 35 Nur ihr allein 2005 85 Horizont 2006 51 Liam

Alex C's German chart history as Alex C 2002 Peak 28 Rhythm Of The Night - Alex C. feat. Yasmin K. 2003 35 Amigos Forever - Alex C. feat. Yasmin K. 2003 21 Angel Of Darkness - Alex C. feat. Yasmin K. 2007 1 Du hast den schönsten Arsch der Welt - Alex C. feat. Y-ass 2008 4 Doktorspiele - Alex C. feat. Y-ass As U96 :wub: 1991 Peak 1 Das Boot 1992 4 I Wanna Be A Kennedy 1992 38 Come 2 Gether / Der Kommandant 1993 6 Love Sees No Colour 1993 9 Night In Motion 1994 12 Inside Your Dreams 1994 5 Love Religion 1995 19 Club Bizarre 1995 91 Movin' 1996 4 Heaven 1996 25 A Night To Remember 1996 75 Venus In Chains 1997 40 Seven Wonders 1998 29 Energie 2000 16 Das Boot 2001 2006 28 Vorbei - U96 & Ben 2006 77 Mr. DJ Put On The Red Light - U96 & Das Bo

Sugababes' German chart history 2000 Peak 3 Overload 2001 28 Run For Cover 2002 27 Freak Like Me 2002 15 Round Round 2002 38 Stronger 2003 39 Shape 2003 9 Hole In The Head 2003 14 Too Lost In You 2004 29 In The Middle 2004 71 Caught In A Moment 2005 2 Push The Button 2005 26 Ugly 2006 27 Red Dress 2006 26 Easy 2007 4 About You Now 2008 32 Change

So two weeks at #1 at this, the pressure is enormous and I hope I will not fail miserably :D Physical Singles out 12th May #16 Cardiff City Fans - Do The Ayatollah #38 Cassie – Is It You #55 Chanelle Hayes – I Want It All #61 Cure – The Only One [Tues 13th] #24 David Jordan - Move On #43 Paramore – That’s What You Get #12 Pigeon Detectives – This Is An Emergency #6 Ting Tings - That's Not My Name (Downloads) #2 Coldplay – Violet Hill #15 Coldplay – Viva La Vida #14 Duffy – Warwick Avenue #25 Gusto – Disco’s Revenge 2008 #20 NeYo - Closer #28 Sara Bareilles – Love Song Bonus #1: Will Wiley – Wearing My Rolex still be the Top 3? YES Bonus #2: Will September – Cry For You still be in the Top 10? YES Bonus #3: Will Nelly ft Fergie – Party People be in the Top 20? YES

Oh, I may be the only one :P , but I'm happy to see Scooter at Number one, it's a surprise nevertheless... but I'm glad the boys are huge in UK once again after being so successful in their home Germany and in Europe

Actually and quite surprisingly it's for a second time in a row :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

Yan's German Chart Comments (issue date 09.05.08) Still no changes at the top of the German charts as Madonna, Duffy and Ich+Ich occupy the three leading spots for a third consecutive week. Nevertheless Madonna makes it a double victory with her album not surprisingly crowning also the LP chart. In an overall quiet singles chart, the highest new entry shots diretly at #5. Estelle has been massive in the UK but I've never expected her to be so strong in Germany. To prove me wrong, she becomes the next big UK female name in 2008 to have a worldwide success. Furthermore she backs my theory that the year so far has been the year of the female power as long as the German charts are concerned. I should also mention the entry of the Norway's band Madcon and their "Beggin'" in the top 10 after several weeks spent in the top 20. However, I'm more glad to see that Die Aerzte and their marvellous "Lasse redn" manage to divert the downward trend and to go back in the top 10 despite my projections for the quick disappearing of the track. #12 Sugababes - "Denial" - Despite the failiure of "Change", the former single of the Babes' new album, to enter the top 30, the third single from the record succeeds in making a deeper impact in the top 100. As it is, according to me, the better song, I'm happy to see that Germans did not ignore it. "About you now", the first single taken from the album, peaked at #4 last year. #21 Alex C - "Du bist so Porno" - Alex Christensen continues his erotic hit series. However, this time not with the same success as "Du has den schoensten Arsch der Welt" (peak #1) and "Doktorspiele" (peak #4). Since "Porno" is the third single from his "Euphorie" album, the 21st place cannot be at all considered a flop and having in mind that is more or less the same song (with different lyrics only) as the previous two hits, I may say that the top 30 entry is quite a feat. #42 In Extremo - "Frei zu sein" - So far the German folk band has failed in their attempts at making a considerable hit and the new single adds nothing to change the situation. Their biggest singles are "Küss mich" and "Nur ihr allein" both reaching #35. "Frei zu sein" is the debut single from their latest album "Sängerkrieg" #69 Kool Savas - "Melodie" is the second single from Savas' "Tot oder lebendig" album and actually ranks only two places below the peak of the debut song from the record. The German rapper of Turkish descent has not managed so far to score a huge hit on his own as his duet with Azad "All 4 One" is his only top 10 hit. So this is for the current week. As always I'll put some statistics over the next days. See ya! P.S. Cheers to Ben for pointing out which of the songs are download only. Excellent job! ;)