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Great chart ;) I like almost everything, but here are my picks 1) Duffy – Mercy // 10-4-4-1-1-1-1-1 (8 wks) *5th week at Number 1 2 (8) Girls Aloud - Can't Speak French // 19-9-8-2 (4 wks) 3 (13) Sugababes – Denial // 26-15-13-3 (4 wks) 4 (2) One Republic - Stop And Stare // 20-8-2-4 (4 wks) 5 (7) Taio Cruz & Luciana - Come On Girl // 28-21-7-5 (4 wks) 6 (3) Alphabeat – Fascination // 11-10-7-7-6-3-6 (7 wks) 8 (11) Leona Lewis – Better In Time // 13-13-12-12-11-8 (6 wks) 12 (14) Utah Saints - Something Good 08 // 14-14-14-12 (4 wks) 16 (10) MGMT – Time To Pretend // 14-4-4-10-15 (5 wks) 18 (16) Hot Chip – Ready For The Floor // 1-1-5-6-10-16-18 (7 wks) 20 (21) Futureheads – The Beginning Of The Twist // 21-20 (2 wks) 22 (20) Amy MacDonald – Run // 25-25-16-20-22 (5 wks) 25 (-) Kooks - Always Where I Need To Be // 25 (1 wk) 29 (28) Kate Nash – Merry Happy // 28-29 (2 wks) 31 (26) The Feeling – I Thought It Was Over // 12-8-7-5-3-10-22-26-31 (9 wks) 34 (31) Girls Aloud – Call The Shots // 12-6-1-1-2-3-3-4-5-9-9-16-18-19-19-19-24-29-31-34 (20 wks) 35 (34) Mark Brown feat Sarah Cracknell - The Journey Continues // 12-1-1-3-7-10-15-28-34-35 (10 wks) 38 (36) We Are Scientists – After Hours // 16-20-31-31-36-38 (6 wks) 39 (37) Hard-Fi – I Shall Overcome // 30-29-30-32-37-39 (6 wks)

Great chart man! As I like almost everything in it I will have to copy the entire chart below ;)

Physical Singles out 17th March #29 Addictive ft T2 - Gonna Be Mine #37 Boy Kill Boy - Promises #43 The Enemy - This Song Is About You #39 Gabriella Cilmi – Sweet About Me #7 Girls Aloud - Can't Speak French #17 Guillemots – Get Over It #41 James Blunt – Carry You Home #5 Panic At The Disco - Nine In The Afternoon #11 Sugababes – Denial #3 Utah Saints - Something Good 2008 (Downloads) #12 Chris Brown –With You #16 Estelle ft Kanye West – American Boy #6 Flo Rida ft T-Pain – Low #38 Gnarls Barkley – Run Bonus #1: Will Leona Lewis – Better In Time still be in the Top3? YES Bonus #2: Will Nickleback – Rockstar still be in the Top10? YES Bonus #3: Will Take That – Rule The World Dead still be in the Top40? YES

Hi Jon, nice chart ;) Here's what i like 01 Sugababes – Denial [01] *NEW 02 Duffy – Mercy [18-14-15-11-02] *5 wks 05 Taio Cruz Feat. Luciana – Come On Girl [01- 07-06-13-13-03-02-05] *8 wks Alphabeat – Fascination [01-08] *2 wks Timbaland – Scream [10-xx-11] Peak *10 Flo Rida – Low [07-09-17] *3 wks

Hi JamesP, great chart ;) Here's what I like 01 | Leona Lewis – Better In Time (34-11-01) 03 | Timbaland ft. Keri Hilson & Nicole Scherzinger – Scream (20-11-01-03) 05 | The Kooks – Always Where I Need To Be (12-13-05) 06 | One Republic – Stop & Stare (22-06 09 | Duffy – Mercy (01-01-02-04-09) 10 | One Night Only – Just For Tonight 16 | Girls Aloud – Can’t Speak French (16-06-04-05-16) 17 | Roisin Murphy – You Know Me Better (39-10-17) 21 | The Wombats – Lets Dance to Joy Division (06-07-05-05-07-14-21) 22 | Hot Chip – Ready For The Floor (26-06-07-02-09-19-22) 23 | Kylie Minogue - In My Arms (32-17-23) 24 | The Feeling - Join With Us (27-26-24) 26 | The Hives – We Rule The World (T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S) (40-31-26) 27 | Sugababes – Denial (06-03-07-09-10-12-18-23-16-11-20-21-27) 32 | The Ting Tings – Great DJ 33 | Kanye West ft. Chris Martin – Homecoming (21-17-14-16-16-24-33) 34 | The Feeling – I Thought It Was Over (02-02-04-09-15-09-13-23-29-34) 39 | David Jordan – Sun Goes Down (29-05-03-10-19-27-39)

Hi Glen, Good chart :) Here are my favourites 01 (01) Leona Lewis - Better In Time/Footprints In The Sand [02-02-01-01-01] 02 (02) Duffy - Mercy [01-01-02-02-02] 04 (05) OneRepublic - Stop and Stare [04-06-05-04] 06 (06) Girls Aloud - Can't Speak French [18-07-06-06] 08 (10) Jordin Sparks Feat. Chris Brown - No Air [07-03-03-10-08] 09 (04) Chris Brown - With You [04-09] 10 (08) Sugababes - Denial [34-12-08-08-10] 13 (-) Jordin Sparks - Tattoo [13] 32 (30) Timbaland/Hilson/Scherzinger - Scream

Hi Dan, Nice chart ;) Here's what I like Leona - Footprints In The Sand 03 (3) Girls Aloud - Can't Speak French [#3] 04 (5) Jordan Sparks - No Air [#4] 05 (--) Alphabeat - Fascination [#5] 10 (6) Duffy - Mercy [#1] (2 Weeks) 15 (10) Scouting For Girls - Elvis Ain't Dead [#2] 17 (--) OneRepublic - Stop & Stare [#17] 19 (13) Chris Brown - With You [#13] 28 (26) Jordan Sparks - Tattoo [#26] 32 (25) Mark Brown feat. Sarah Cracknall - The Journey Continues [#3] 33 (28) David Jordan - Sun Goes Down [#8] 36 (27) Miley Cyrus - See You Again [#12] 37 (35) Miley Cyrus - Start All Over [#25] 39 (33) Celine Dion - Eyes On Me [#20] 40 (34) Aly & AJ - Like Whoa [#1] (2 Weeks)

Here are my newest comments ... Hope you like them This week marks a full month after Schnuffel entered at the top spot of the German chart and the slow top ten is a sign that he may stay there for quite awhile. The only change in the top five is the 5/4 swap of Fettes Brot and Timbaland, who simply refuses to go away. The week's highest new entry comes from Rihanna with "Shut Up and Drive", which is the fourth single from her "Good Girl Gone Bad" album to chart in Germany, after "Umbrella" and "Please don't Stop the Music" already hit the number one spot in 2007. As a fourth single, the top 10 new entry is quite successful, so well done to her. The second highest new entry belongs to No Angels (#12), with our own Lucy being one of the girls;), and their "Disappear", which will present Germany at this year's Eurovision contest in Serbia. No Angels are one of my favourite pop groups and I'll cross my fingers for their success at the contest. I also have the feeling that as Lucy is currently in the jury of the Bulgarian Music Idol, Bulgaria will support the girls in Belgrade. Among No Angels' most succesful songs rank "Daylight in Your Eyes", "Rivers Of Joy", "There Must Be An Angel". And not to forget to mention that A Fine Frenzy (now at #11) is slowly but surely heading towards the top 10... 18 Bata Illic Und Eike Immel - Both Bata and Eike are participants in the latest season of the German version of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!. As it is a tradition in Germany the two guys decided to record a song. For those who don't know, Bata Illic is somewhat legendary Serbian musician, while Eike is former German soccer player. #19 Flo Rida - "Low" After being number one in the States for several weeks, the time for storming the charts in Europe has finally come... Bravo! #20 Marquess - "La Histeria" - The song was among the contestants to present Germany at Eurovision. I'm glad that No Angels won that. As far as Marquess are concerned, the biggest hit of the Hanover-established but singing in Spanish group is "Vayamos Companeros", which peaked at #2 last year, and even re-enters the chart this week at #78. #44 Cinema Bizarre - "Forever or Never" - As like Marquess, Cinema Bizarre failed to beat No Angels for Eurovision. The biggest hit of the boys, who try their best to copy HIM, is "Love Songs (They Kill Me)", with a peak at #9. Overall "Forever or Never" is their third single so far. #61 Fler - "Warum bist du so" - Following the recently released top 20 single "Deutscha Bad Boy", the Berlin rapper enters the chart at the low #61. This is the second single from his "Fremd im eigenen Land" album. #63 Lisa Bund - "All that I am" - This is the second single of the bronze finalist at the fourth season of DSDS (the German Music Idol). Her first song "Learn To Love You" was a top 20 hit. I think she would have to try harder to have a second album... #68 Adele - Some of you have predicted that as it was only a download last week, the physical sales this week would boost Adele's performance in the chart. Happily they didn't. It is a flop. #71 Fortenbacher - "Hinterm Ozean" - Carolin Fortenbacher is a German singer most famous for playing in the Mamma Mia musical staged in Hamburg. #87 Plain White T's - "Our Time Now" - It's a shame that the #1 hit "Hey There Deliah" should be followed with a flop. But that's the music business after all. That's how one-hit wonders happen...

Guys, I've watched a preview of the movie and it is really awful even for the standards of the director... Here are the things I didn't like: Potential minor spoilers ahead... The good guys in the B.C. world speeak English, and the bad some strange languages Good idea! The tiger so shamelessy advertised as a fierce beast does not eat anyone, maybe it is because of the rating?!?! As a whole there was almost no violence in the movie, or at least no blood, but how could you explain someone falling from a building and looking only asleep afterwards?!?... and so on, so on. I don't wanna reveal any plot details. At least there are some good effects but still I prefer Apocalypto, much superior...

So guys, I've decided to start my own chart here. I hope you like it. As a whole I think that it will be a mix of the UK and German charts, but we'll see what will happen. I plan to post it towards the end of each week and hope that I will have the time for it :) Any comments and recommendations? Pls share them below ;) 10x MY TOP 40 Week 1 1.The Feeling - I Thought It Was Over :cheer: 2. Alphabeat - Fascination 3. Leona Lewis - Better in Time/Footprints in the Sand 4. Duffy - Mercy 5. David Jordan - Sun Goes Down 6. Schiller ft Xavier Naidoo - Sehnsucht 7. No Angels - Disappear 8. Girls Aloud - Can't Speak French 9. Jordin Sparks - Tattoo 10. Sunrise Avenue - Choose To Be Me 11. Chris Brown - With You 12. Sugababes - Denial 13. Yael Naim - New Soul 14. Moby - Disco Lies 15. OneRepublic - Stop And Stare 16. Timbaland - Scream 17. Vampire Weekend - A Punk 18. Clueso - Keinen Zentimeter 19. The Kooks - Always Where I Need To Be 20. Nightwish - Bye Bye Beautiful 21. Utah Saints - Somethin' Good 08 22. Cascada - What Do You Want From Me 23. Room 2012 - Naughty But Nice 24. Stefanie Heinzmann - My Man Is A Mean Man 25. MGMT - Time To Pretend 26. Kylie Minogue - In My Arms 27. Ich + Ich - Stark 28. Flo Rida - Low 29. Taio Cruz - Come On Girl 30. Fettes Brot - Bettina 31. Befour - Live Your Dream 32. Mark Brown - The Journey Continues 33. A Fine Frenzy - Almost Lover 34. Tom Baxter - Tell Her Today 35. Hard-Fi - I Shall Overcome 36. Monrose - What You Don't Know 37. Plain White Ts - Our Time Now 38. Editors - Push Your Head Towards The Air 39. Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor 40. Janet - Feedback Bubbles: Estelle - American Boy Gnarls Barkley - Run Scouting for Girls - Heartbeat - TOP 10 Next Week Perhaps Mariah Carey - Touch My Body Ich + Ich - So soll es sein Jimi Blue - Hey Jimi

Physical Singles out 10th March #42 Elbow – Grounds For Divorce #23 Foals – Cassius #12 Futureheads – The Beginning Of The Twist #67 Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong – Lonely Buoy #1 Leona Lewis - Better In Time / Footprints In The Sand #37 Mystery Jets ft Laura Marling – Young Love #33 T-Pain – Church #7 Timbaland ft Keri Hilson & Nicole Scherzinger – Scream (Downloads) #14 Chris Brown – With You #31 Doug Walker - The Mystery #8 Flo Rida ft T-Pain – Low #11 Girls Aloud - Can't Speak French #29 Sugababes - Denial #13 Utah Saints – Something Good 08 Bonus #1: Will OneRepublic – Stop and Stare still be in the Top5? YES Bonus #2: Will Alphabeat – Fascination still be in the Top10? YES Bonus #3: Will Scouting For Girls – Elvis Ain’t Dead still be in the Top40? NO

Are you sure it's on downloads alone?

Wow, nice ... :cheer:

Yeah, the song was a massive hit in Germany last year and even ranked 14th in the year-end chart ;)

And my new comments ;) So another week has gone. St. Valentine's is far away but the Cutie, aka Schnuffel, is still sitting comfortably on the top of the German charts. I think three weeks are quite enough and hope that someone kicks off the Jamba creature from the top the next week. As for the rest of the top 10, the climb of Kylie in her second week is quite promising. Well deserved. In addition it's good to see DJ Oetzi out of the big ten. However, as he has several times shown, that doesn't mean he won't be back soon... The 22-15 jump of Fine Frenzy is also worth noting. I'm sure many of you will be happy...As for Basshunter it looks that the English version of Boten Ana will be more successful. That will surely make some of you happy too ;))). The honour for the big new entry goes to Yael Naim and her "New Soul" from the famous advertisement. I'm quite surprised of that but at the same time quite glad she managed to score a hit in Germany. The song is ace after all. The biggest shock this week comes at #23 where Amy Winehouse has jumped from #41 with "Rehab". I will not tell you anything about her as I'm sure that here there are experts far more familiar with her troubles. As for the German chart and her performance in it, this week marks "Rehab's" peak position some 16 months after the initial release of the song. So far she has not had a hit in the country but the time has finally come. I like when such odd things happen in the charts. #24 Sunrise Avenue - Happy to see the guys back in the top 30 as after "Fairytale Gone Bad" they have struggled to make a deep impact on the GE top 100 and have been going on the "one-hit wonder" path. So well done boys. #39 Lupe Fiasco - I didn't expect that Lupe would be able to make a huge hit in Germany like in the UK. However the #39 is not bad at all, having in mind who enters the chart at the much lower #69. #69 Adele - Yeah, she flopped. I am one of the few who thinks that Adele is overrated and quite boring, but will not dwell on the fact she didn't even manage to enter top 60 in Germany :D. Actually I sincerely hope that Duffy will perform much better. Fingers crossed. To sum it up - Quite interesting singles chart this week. Though I cannot express my joy from seeing Schiller at the top of the albums. Bravo! Till the next week...

The German chart has always been like that and in the last few years it has become even faster than before :) As for A Fine Frenzy, the 22nd place in a slow chart like the German one, is somewhat considered a success ;)

Physical Singles out 3rd March #11 Alphabeat – Fascination #43 Amy MacDonald – Run #18 Delinquent feat Kcat – My Destiny #60 Hercules & Love Affair – Blind #54 KT Tunstall – If Only #48 Linkin Park – Given Up #37 MGMT – Time To Pretend #3 One Republic – Stop & Stare #4 Taio Cruz – Come On Girl #33 Ting Tings – Great DJ #36 We Are Scientists – After Hours #8 Westlife – Us Against The World (Downloads) #12 Flo Rida feat T-Pain – Low #25 Leona Lewis – Better In Time/Footprints In The Sand Bonus #1: Will Nickleback - Rockstar still be in the Top3? No Bonus #2: Will David Jordan – Sun Goes Down still be in the Top10? No Bonus #3: Will Girls Aloud – Call The Shots still be in the Top40? No

So, another week and Schnuffel, contrary to my expectations, is still eating his carrot at the top of the chart. Just behind him for a second week sits comfortably Leona Lewis and her smash Bleeding Love. The honour for the big new entry goes to Fettes Brot, the German hip hop trio with a long successful chart history and most famous hits "Nordisch by nature", "Schwule Maedchen", "Emanuela" and my favourite "An Tagen wie diesen". Their new single continues the hit lineup of the boys but not without the help of German electronic music duo Modeselektor, who so far have been strangers to the chart. Last week it seemed that the top 10 finally got rid of DJ Oetzi and his neverending Ein Stern. However, this song is unstoppable and once again returns among the top sellers and in addition his new single also climbs and peaks at #7. It seems that the Austrian will rule the chart in 2008 as well. Gemma Bier trinken! Glad to see the new song of Kylie in the top 10. The first single of her X album peaked at #13, but In My Arms is for me definitely the better and more typical Kylie. So cheers to her. #15 Clueso - "Keinen Zentimeter" is the biggest success of the German rapper, whose previous best performance was with "Chicago" peaking at the low #60. A nice song and quite deservingly top 20. #16 Das Bo - A place below Clueso enters another German rapper with far better chart career. Apart from his success with Fuenf Sterne Deluxe, as a solo artist Das Bo had a massive hit with "tuerlich, tuerlich (sicher, Dicker) in 2000. Nice video, check it out on YouTube ;) #26 Basshunter - Last week I was happy that Basshunter didn't manage to score a huge hit with the English version of Boten Ana, but the jump from #39 to #26 in the second week speaks for itself. #28 Panik - Panik are not at all unfamiliar to the top 100, as this is the new name of the German band Nevada Tan. After a disagreement with their management, the boys have decided to rename the group into Panik. As Nevada Tan, their biggest hit was Revolution, which peaked at #15 in March 2007. Though not quite as popular as Tokio Hotel, the guys have managed to cross the German speaking countries and some crazy teenagers know them in Bulgaria as well... #35 Nightwish - "Bye Bye Beautiful" is the followup of the marvellous Amaranth, which even re-enters the chart this week. Nice work lads and gal :) #38 Rapsoul - "Koenig der Welt?" is the third single from the Achterbahn album of the German trio. The 1st single Erste Liebe is so far their most successful song, peaking at #14. #42 Down Below - "Sand in Meiner Hand", Down Below is a German rock band, new to me and new to the chart. #46 Wir3 - "Omi Ist der Hit", That is so far the best performance for the girlie band, which was formed by TV channel Super RTL for singing mainly children songs. As for the other new entries below the top 50 we find some flops from Laith Al-Deen, Smashing Pumpkins and Sportfreunde Stiller. If you wanna know more about them, just leave a note below. So until the next week.

#27 Alicia Keys - Like You'll Never See Me Again #73 BWO – Sunshine In The Rain #1 Duffy – Mercy #22 Marco Demark feat Casey Barnes - Tiny Dancer #43 REM - Supernatural Superserious #52 Young Knives – Up All Night (Downloads only) #32 Chris Brown – With You #33 Girls Aloud – Can’t Speak French #51 Leona Lewis – Better In Time/Footprints In The Sand #7 OneRepublic - Stop And Stare #15 Taio Cruz - Come On Girl #59 Ting Tings – Great DJ #18 Utah Saints - Something Good (Ian Carey 2008 Remix) #30 Yael Naïm - New Soul Bonus #1: Will Basshunter – Now You’re Gone still be in the Top5? YES Bonus #2: Will Hot Chip – Ready For The Floor still be in the Top20? NO Bonus #3: Will Mika - Relax Take It Easy still be in the Top40? YES

O, I've entered the top 10 for the first time! :yahoo:

Yes, the carnivals seem to be finally over and all of the Volksmusik dictating the German Top 100 is dropping like leaves in the autumn. However there is always something to spread its shadow over the German chart and this time it is the sweet Schnuffel. Following the footsteps of "stars" like Crazy, where have I gone, Frog and Sweety, this animal, a rabbit I suppose, has gained into popularity as a ringtone in a blink. Of course its sales were boosted by the St Valentine's Day and that was enough to dethrone miss Lewis from the top after only four weeks there. Having in mind that Feb 14 is long gone, I think that Schnuffel will lose the peak position quite soon. What do you think, does this thing deserves to be #1 and what are its chances for success in UK? So let's look at the rest of the chart. #11 Dj Oetzi - The second highest new entry comes from the man himself. The titan of 2007, DJ Oetzi. He was not in hurry to release a follow-up of his immensely successful Ein Stern, which is still in top 20 for over a year now. Finger crossed that I Will Leb`n will disappear much quickly, like a falling star... :lol: #15 Snoop Dogg - One of the hip hop legends returns to the charts sitting comfortly at # 15. He has been absent from the German shores for quite awhile. I think last he made the top 5 with Pharrel and Justin and their Signs. #22 Culcha Candela - The self-titled Culcha Candela album of the German hip-hop/reggae band has already produced a #1 hit with Hamma and a top 10 one with Ey DJ. So it is a surprise that the third single didn't flop and its 22nd place is actually quite respectful. #29 Soulja Boy - After being a massive hit in US and the rest of Europe, Soulja Boy and his crazy dance finally score in Germany. Not so well as in the other countries, though... #32 Sugababes - As in the UK, the second single from the girls' Change album, did not manage to set the chart on fire. A nice song but especially for Germany it lacks a chart potential. #39 Basshunter - It would have been a great shame if the English version of Boten Ana becomes a hit in Germany since the original was a huge success not quite long ago. I know that desire to cash in is enormous, but have Tokio Hotel released their English songs in Germany? No they haven't... #46 Kevin Michael - Despite not being a fan of such music, I actually like the song of Kevin. The 46th place is however not a surprise #62 REM - Does anyone really expect REM to make a huge hit nowadays? The Valentine's Day not only triggered the sales of Schnufel but made many love-themed songs to re-enter the chart. So that's it for this week. If you have some comments on my comments pls share them. Any feedback is welcome ... :cheer:

#23 Craig David – 6 Of 1 Thing #2 H Two O feat Platnum - What's It Gonna Be #52 Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong – Lonely Buoy #11 Kylie Minogue – Wow #32 Mark Ronson – Just #35 Out Of Office – Break of Dawn 2008 (Downloads only) #1 Duffy – Mercy #31 Flo Rida Ft T Pain – Low #54 Gnarls Barkley - Run #9 OneRepublic - Stop And Stare #42 R.E.M. - Supernatural Superserious #30 Taio Cruz - Come On Girl #24 Timbaland, Keri Hilson & Nicole Scherzinger – Scream #22 Utah Saints - Something Good (2008 Remix) Bonus #1: Will Nickleback - Rockstar still(?) be in the Top2? NO Bonus #2: Will The Feeling - I Thought It Was Over still be in the Top10? NO Bonus #3: Will Girls Aloud - Call The Shots still be in the Top40? YES

Yes, but still Piece of Me may climb higher B)

So here are my comments for this week :) No surprises in the top three. Another week and Leona is once again queen of the German Top 100, for a fourth consecutive time. As I've predicted the horse, the cowboy and the doner are all in the top 10. Fingers crossed this is the last week in which they are climbing, but I fear that we'll see more of that s**t in the months to come... So the honour of the big new entry this week goes to the one and only Britney. As a lot of music journalists have stated, no publicity is a bad publicity for Spears and despite all that is going on around her, she still manages to score hits. The first single of her latest album peaked at #7. #15 Scooter - The third single of the latest "jumping" album of the German band has once again proven the consistency with which HP and co. make hits. They perhaps are the one and only group from the 90s, which has not stopped making music with a huge success in Germany. Scooter have a lot of haters, but I'm not one of them. So well done boys. Jump, jump, jump... #30 Gregor Meyle - Gregor is the runner-up of the SSDSDSSWEMUGABRTLAD casting show of Stefan Raab, which some of you may remember has been won by Stefanie #3 Heinzmann. #55 Hermes House Band - As "Country Roads" and "I Will Survive" covered by Hermes House Band are one of my favourite "beer" songs, it's a pity that their original vocalist has left the band. Now they are quite poor as chart performance. Shame! #68 Morrissey - Despite the low new entry, the fact that he even charts in Germany is astonishing. #96 Subway To Sally - That is the first single from the ninth studio album of the German folk metal band called bast*rd. So far they have not managed to have a massive hit. To summerize - Not many new entries. Britney fans to celebrate once more & the Volksmusik is gaining more and more popularity. So as Scooter put it - Jump until the next week!

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.