Week 168 – May 17th, 2014

Over the last two years I had at least ten different #1’s from January to the middle of May. This year there only have been five different songs at the top of the chart. So I had just six #1 songs in the last half year and about 2/3 of the time these songs have been by Anouk or Emma. Ten weeks ago Anouk started her chart domination with “You & I” (#4) which topped the chart for four weeks. Last week Anouk’s “I won’t play that game” from her live album “Live at the Symphonica at Rosso” topped the chart for a sixth consecutive week which is a record for her. But this amazing run of ten consecutive weeks at the top ended this week. “I won’t play that game” (#3) dropped down two spots and made the way free for a new #1.

This year new isn’t immediately new. In my chart history this week sees the biggest comeback at #1. Not even for my first chart area I recognize such a big comeback. Austrian band Tagträumer who recently reached #1 on Austrian biggest radio station’s airplay chart had an amazing run at #1 back at the end of February when “Sinn” topped my chart for two weeks. Since February “Sinn” can be found within the Top 5. There are only three songs which spent more weeks within the Top 5 than “Sinn” including last year’s top songs “Torpedo” – which has recently been picked in the USA and reached a Top 50 spot in the HOT AC chart – by Jillette Johnson and “Receive” by Alanis Morissette. After a break of ten weeks “Sinn” climbed up back to #1 this week which has done no other song before. Sure “Love love love” by Avalanche City back in 2011, “Blue Jeans” by Lana Del Rey back in 2012 and “Receive” by Alanis Morissette back in 2013 returned at #1, but none of these songs had a break of ten weeks like “Sinn” by Tagträumer. And there is another record fact for the history books. There is no song including the debut #1’s – Matt Cardle’s “It’s only love” topped the chart for the first time in its 14th week – that a song topped the chart in its 18th week.

Beside this big change at the top of the chart the Top 10 didn’t see a lot of action this week. “Sinn’s” comeback at #1 is the only change in the Top 5 and there is only one new song in the Top 10. Austrian band Nihils had to leave with “Lovers on the run” (#14). They were replaced by Italian star Emma. Her Eurovision Song Contest song “La mia città” (#8) is now her 10th Top 10 hit out of 21 charting songs since her debut back in 2012. If it goes on like the previous months “La mia città” could be her next chart topper.

The greatest gainer of the week comes by another well known chart artist. Jillette Johnson is trying to conquer the USA with her brilliant “Torpedo” while her latest chart hit “Peter Pan” (#23) climbed up 15 spots in its 2nd week. I absolutely enjoy this song so “Peter Pan” could be at least her next Top 10 hit. I shouldn’t forget that two more songs also climbed up 15 spots this week. These songs are “Feels like coming home” (#52) by Jetta and “Million Euro smile” (#62) by The Makemakes.

The highest new entry is a little bit older. Originally this song has been released as a single back in 2010. “When we were young” (#55) by Lucy Schwartz is the international theme song of the TV series “Parenthood”. In Germany this series was first shown in October 2012 on VOX. Unfortunately the series was cancelled due to low ratings during the middle of the first season. Over the last weeks I watched the first two seasons on DVD and I started to like this theme song. So I decided to chart this song. “When we were young” is the first theme song from a TV series I’m charting since “The O.C.” title track “California” by Phantom Planet was a hit for me.

Other new entries are “Explosions in my heart” (#71) by Meltem Acikgöz who finished 2nd in this year’s season of DSDS, “The one” (#72) by Aneta Sablik who won this year’s season of DSDS, “Auf uns” (#73) by Andreas Bourani, “Neu anfangen” (#79, “New start”) by Revolverheld, “Sommer in Schweden” (#80, “Summer in Sweden) by Revolverheld, “In better hands” (#87) by Fefe Dobson, “Durch die Stadt” (#88, “Through the city”) by Metrickz, “Bright side of my heart (#89) by Sam Gray, “Empire” (#91) by Shakira, “Come alive” (#92) by Chromea feat. Toro Y Moi and “Lovers and liars” (#99) by Lauren Aquilina.

TW	LW	WI	Peak	Title	Artist	Album
1	3	18	1 (3)	Sinn	Tagträumer	TBA		(|)
2	2	12	2	When love ...	Chila Lynn	Real woman		(|)
3	1	11	1 (6)	I won't play that game (live)	Anouk	Live at the Symphonica at Rosso		(|)
4	4	11	1 (4)	You & I	Anouk	TBA		(|)
5	5	7	5	Sleeping with a friend	Neon Trees	Pop psychology		(|)
6	6	8	6	Light me up	Birdy	Fire within		(|)
7	8	6	7	Blink	Cascada	TBA		(|)
8	12	5	8	La mia città	Emma	Schiena		(|)
9	7	27	1 (9)	L'amore non mi basta	Emma	Schiena		(|)
10	9	8	9	Heartkill	Tone Damli	Heartkill EP		(|)
11	15	8	11	I almost do	Taylor Swift	Red		(|)
12	14	10	12	Schwerelos	Tagträumer	TBA		(|)
13	17	6	13	W stronę słońca	Ewelina Lisowska	Aero-Plan		(|)
14	10	11	7	Lovers on the run	Nihils	TBA		(|)
15	18	5	15	I will never let you down	Rita Ora	O		(|)
16	19	4	16	Busy doin' nothin'	Ace Wilder	TBA		(|)
17	23	3	17	Hurts	Electric Lady Lab	TBA		(|)
18	20	4	18	Dancing in the dark	TWB feat. Anouck	TBA		(|)
19	11	13	5	La mia felicità	Emma	Schiena		(|)
20	21	8	20	Classic	MKTO	MKTO		(|)
21	13	10	13	Blame it on the shadow	Meja	TBA		(|)
22	26	6	22	Let go for tonight	Foxes	Glorious		(|)
23	38	2	23	Peter Pan	Jillette Johnson	Water in a whale		(|)
24	24	8	24	Le graal	Kyo	L'équilibre		(|)
25	25	8	25	Stay stay stay	Taylor Swift	Red		(|)
26	27	9	26	Where did the beat go?	Pink	The truth about love		(|)
27	16	15	6	Sweet Amelia	Ben Montague	Tales of flying and falling		(|)
28	28	9	28	Already yours	Honor By August	Monuments to progress		(|)
29	39	5	29	Rather be	Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glyne	New eyes		(|)
30	22	16	4	Ich lass das Licht für dich an	Revolverheld	Immer in Bewegung		(|)
31	33	6	31	Heart cry	Pixie Lott	Pixie Lott		(|)
32	32	8	32	Holy ground	Taylor Swift	Red		(|)
33	29	9	29	My signature move	Pink	The truth about love		(|)
34	37	4	34	Calling all hearts	DJ Cassidy feat. Robin Thicke & Jessie J	Paradise Royale		(|)
35	35	7	35	Liar liar	Cris Cab	Where I belong		(|)
36	36	7	36	Blank page	Christina Aguilera	Lotus		(|)
37	42	3	37	Cool kids	Echosmith	Talking dreams		(|)
38	40	7	38	Too far	Anna F.	King in the mirror		(|)
39	30	14	9	Empire	Matt Cardle	The fire		(|)
40	31	11	20	Undone	Haley Reinhart	Listen up!		(|)
41	45	6	41	Amazing	Tanja	TBA		(|)
42	52	4	42	Baby doll	Meet Brothers Anjjian feat. Kanika Kapoor	Soundtrack: Ragini MMS 2		(|)
43	41	5	41	Isso	Mateo	Unperfekt		(|)
44	34	11	19	I don't know nothing	Anouk	Sad singalong songs		(|)
45	47	26	1 (1)	Last bus out	Jillette Johnson	Water in a whale		(|)
46	49	7	46	Stupid little things	Anastacia	Resurrection		(|)
47	58	2	47	I'm not sorry	Celeste Buckingham	Where I belong		(|)
48	48	8	48	Air balloon	Lily Allen	Sheezus		(|)
49	53	7	49	Mein Anker	Julian Le Play	Melodrom		(|)
50	51	7	50	Into the blue	Kylie Minogue	Kiss me once		(|)
51	57	2	51	Marilyn Monroe	Pharrell Williams	G I R L		(|)
52	67	5	52	Feels like coming home	Jetta	TBA		(|)
53	55	3	53	Come back home	2ne1	Crush		(|)
54	56	3	54	Full moon	Sunmi feat. Lena	Full moon EP		(|)
55	(---)	1	55	When we were young	Lucy Schwartz	Soundtrack: Parenthood		(|)
56	61	8	56	Stay awake	Marlene	TBA		(|)
57	66	4	57	Alles wird gut	Luna Simao	Es geht bis zu den Wolken EP		(|)
58	65	11	58	I can't describe (the way I feel)	Jennifer Hudson feat. T.I.	TBA		(|)
59	43	12	16	Edge of evolution	Alanis Morissette	Havoc and bright lights		(|)
60	44	9	44	Pas toi	Tal	À l'infini		(|)
61	75	4	61	Extraordinary	Clean Bandit feat. Sharna Bass	New eyes		(|)
62	77	4	62	Million Euro smile	The Makemakes	TBA		(|)
63	63	5	63	Me and my broken heart	Rixton	TBA		(|)
64	46	13	16	Trattengo il fiato	Emma	Schiena		(|)
65	50	11	26	Pure dynamite	The Beth Edges	The Beth Edges		(|)
66	68	4	66	Einmal im Leben	Luxuslärm	Alles was du willst		(|)
67	71	7	67	Best day in my life	American Authors	Oh, what a life		(|)
68	72	7	68	I really want it	A Great Big World	Is anybody out there?		(|)
69	54	11	29	Love drunk	Max & Bianca	TBA		(|)
70	79	2	70	Afterlife	Ingrid Michaelson	Lights out		(|)
71	(---)	1	71	Explosions in my heart	Meltem Acikgöz	TBA		(|)
72	(---)	1	72	The one	Aneta Sablik	TBA		(|)
73	(---)	1	73	Auf uns	Andreas Bourani	Hey		(|)
74	73	7	73	We still don't talk	Tough Cookies	TBA		(|)
75	76	5	75	Sympathy	Madeline Juno	The Unknown		(|)
76	78	4	76	So viel leichter	Luna Simao feat. SAM	Es geht bis zu den Wolken EP		(|)
77	80	3	77	Indian	77 Bombay Street	Oko Town		(|)
78	81	3	78	Garden	77 Bombay Street	Oko Town		(|)
79	(---)	1	79	Neu anfangen	Revolverheld	Immer in Bewegung		(|)
80	(---)	1	80	Sommer in Schweden	Revolverheld	Immer in Bewegung		(|)
81	59	9	39	Yolo	Ida LaFontaine	TBA		(|)
82	60	9	59	Younger	Julie Bergan	TBA		(|)
83	62	14	5	Bang U up	Kristina Maria	TBA		(|)
84	64	18	9	When the world breaks your heart	Goo Goo Dolls	Magnetic		(|)
85	69	9	54	Here comes the weekend	Pink feat. Eminem	The truth about love		(|)
86	93	2	86	Basset hound	Jillette Johnson	Water in a whale		(|)
87	(---)	1	87	In better hands	Fefe Dobson	Firebird		(|)
88	(---)	1	88	Durch die Stadt	Metrickz	Kamikaze EP		(|)
89	(---)	1	89	Bright side of my heart	Sam Gray	Too much of a good thing		(|)
90	85	5	85	Kryptonite	Danny Fernandes	Breathe again		(|)
91	(---)	1	91	Empire	Shakira	Shakira		(|)
92	(---)	1	92	Come alive	Chromeo feat. Toro Y Moi	White woman		(|)
93	83	4	83	Sailing	Mike Oldfield feat. Luke Spiller	Man on the rocks		(|)
94	86	2	86	Heal	Mo	TBA		(|)
95	87	2	87	Last night	The Vamps	Meet the vamps		(|)
96	94	2	94	A sky full of stars	Coldplay	Ghost stories		(|)
97	70	12	24	To be wanted	Plug In Stereo feat. Megan & Liz	TBA		(|)
98	74	13	20	We are stars	Virginia To Vegas feat. Alyssa Reid	TBA		(|)
99	(---)	2	99	Lovers and liears	Lauren Aquilina	Liars		(|)
100	89	2	89	Dollhouse	Melanie Martinez	Lights out		(|)

				Dropout:
	LW	WI	Peak	Title	Artist	Album
	82	4	82	Breathing	Jonas & The Massive Attraction	TBA		(|)
	84	11	35	Ich kenn dich nicht	Philipp & Julia	TBA		(|)
	88	2	88	Desire	Meg Myers	Make a shadow EP		(|)
	90	6	68	I bin a Weh	Depeche Ambross	Musik für die Massen		(|)
	91	10	40	The black side of my mind	Anouk	Sad singalong songs		(|)
	92	4	77	Don't care	Sandra Lyng	TBA		(|)
	95	3	91	Body say no, heart say yes	Ashley Allen	TBA		(|)
	96	2	92	Best friend's boyfriend	Hilda & Thea Leora	TBA		(|)
	97	2	93	Blame it on the disco	Alcazar	TBA		(|)
	98	2	95	All we are	State Of Drama	TBA		(|)
	99	1	99	Stay with you tonight	Clinton Sparks feat. Riff Raff	TBA		(|)
	100	1	100	Please stay	Rennata	TBA		(|)