Week 368 – March 17th, 2018

Last week Kylie Minogue took over my chart for the first time in her career. “Dancing” (#1) climbed up one spot to outperform “Killing me” (#3) by Luke Sital-Singh. Kylie Minogue defended her title with “Dancing” and is leading the non moving Top 5. So Kate Voegele is still at the runner’s up position with “Bad bad drug” (#2). “Still” (#4) just missed the Top 3 once again and former Kate Voegele #1 “Shoot this arrow” (#5) is completing the Top 5.

The first song which climbed up this week is “Strangers” (#6) by Sigrid. Also up one spot is “The middle” (#7) by Zedd feat. Maren Morris & Grey. The only other moving song within the Top 10 is “Hurt somebody” (#8) by Noah Kahan & Julia Michaels which climbed up two spots. Next in line is the third Kate Voegele song “Crooked road” (#9) which dropped three spots this week. With a nice leap into the Top 10 Hayley Kiyoko can celebrate her first Top 10 smash with “Curious” (#10).

This week sees 11 debuts and more than 50 % of these new entries can be found within my Top 50 and two songs just missed this part of my chart. The highest new entry is by Australian singer Jessica Mauboy. She only had some smaller hits before as “Inescapable” (peaked at #46 in 2011), “Beautiful” (peaked at #43 in 2014), “This ain’t love” (peaked at #90 in 2015) and “The day before I met you” (peaked at #99 in 2015). This week she returns very strong with “We got love” (#37). This is the Australian song for the Eurovision Song Contest. I really have the feeling that Australia is trying to win this contest with their song choices since the first appeared three years ago in Vienna. Jessica Mauboy could do as well as Dami Im with “Sound of silence” (I never charted this song) back in 2016.

The 2nd best debut is by Irish singer and former One Direction member Niall Horan. In the last half year he had a Top 10 hit with “Too much to ask”. This week he returns with his latest single which I hadn’t given a lot of attention over the previous weeks. Now I gave this song a chance and “On the loose” (#39) gave him another Top 40 smash with a positive outlook. The next debut is by Zak Abel. You may ask Zak who? Since 2014 Zak Abel released a bunch of singles which all failed to chart. His only hit in the UK had been “Unmissabel” which peaked at #19. So I would understand if you’ve never heard of him. I discovered his 2017 single “All I ever do (is say goodbye)” (#40) last week and I really like this song. And here he is with a Top 40 debut.

The next debut is by the artist who is topping my chart at the moment. Kylie Minogue’s 2nd single “Stop me from falling” (#42) from her country/electronic pop album “Golden” is starting very solid. But you all remember the “Dancing” performance and so “Stop me from falling” could also do well. The next debut is the comeback single by a British singer who has three UK #1’s in her pocket. Six years ago Alexandra Burke released her 2nd album “Heartbreak on hold” and finally this month she returns with her follow up album “The truth is”. The first single out of this album is “Shadow” (#45) which is a beautiful comeback single. I hope that this song will work for her, but as this single had been released early in February without getting noticed it seems that only a handful people will listen to this track. Caught between all these new songs is the greatest gainer of the week “In and out” (#38) by Leslie Clio.

Other debuts are “Nothing but you” (#50) by Cesár Sampson, “Medicine” (#51) and “Meaning of life” (#52) by Kelly Clarkson, “Together we are weak” (#91) by Shirin, “Just like that” (#92) by The Aces and “Come through” (#93) by The Regrettes.

TW	LW	WI	Peak	Title	Artist	Album
1	1	7	1 (2)	Dancing	Kylie Minogue	Golden		(|)
2	2	10	2	Bad bad drug	Kate Voegele	Canyonlands		(|)
3	3	12	1 (1)	Killing me	Luke Sital-Singh	Time is a riddle		(|)
4	4	12	1 (1)	Still	Luke Sital-Singh	Time is a riddle		(|)
5	5	13	1 (3)	Shoot this arrow	Kate Voegele			(|)
6	7	6	6	Strangers	Sigrid	TBA		(|)
7	8	6	7	The middle	Zedd & Maren Morris & Grey	TBA		(|)
8	10	6	8	Hurt somebody	Noah Kahan & Julia Michaels	Hurt somebody EP		(|)
9	6	10	6	Crooked road	Kate Voegele	Canyonlands		(|)
10	19	6	10	Curious	Hayley Kiyoko	Expectations		(|)
11	9	11	7	Alles sind wir	Tagtraeumer	Ungleich eins		(|)
12	14	6	12	These days	Rudimental feat. Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplan	TBA		(|)
13	13	10	13	L'isola	Emma	TBA		(|)
14	11	17	1 (1)	Dream	Bishop Briggs	Ten add ten		(|)
15	15	9	15	Rose-colored boy	Paramore	After laughter		(|)
16	23	4	16	I don't think about you	Kelly Clarkson	Meaning of life		(|)
17	29	7	17	No more alone	Norma Jean Martine	Only in my mind		(|)
18	30	7	18	Only in my mind	Norma Jean Martine	Only in my mind		(|)
19	31	5	19	Ordinary idols	Cold War Kids	L.A. Devine		(|)
20	20	6	20	For you	Liam Payne & Rita Ora	Soundtrack: Fifty shades freed		(|)
21	12	18	2	Haarspray	Jennifer Rostock	Worst of Jennifer Rostock		(|)
22	22	6	22	Big girls cry	Mimoza	TBA		(|)
23	24	8	23	Listen what I say	Aurea	Restart		(|)
24	25	8	24	Saint and sinners	Aurea	Restart		(|)
25	17	21	1 (4)	Pfeile	Tagtraeumer	Ungleich eins		(|)
26	18	21	1 (4)	Beautiful trauma	Pink	Beautiful trauma		(|)
27	32	7	27	Wild hearts can't be broken	Pink	Beautiful trauma		(|)
28	28	4	28	Wonderful life	Katie Melua			(|)
29	21	9	21	Forgiveness	Paramore	After laughter		(|)
30	33	2	30	Effetto domino	Emma	Essere qui		(|)
31	37	5	31	Luck down	Cold War Kids	L.A. Devine		(|)
32	38	3	32	Want you back	5 Seconds of Summer	TBA		(|)
33	39	3	33	Hold me down	Family of the Year	TBA		(|)
34	40	3	34	Hearts on fire	Gavin James	TBA		(|)
35	41	2	35	Whatever you want	Pink	Beautiful trauma		(|)
36	42	2	36	Lullaby	Sigala & Paloma Faith	TBA		(|)
37	(---)	1	37	We got love	Jessica Mauboy	TBA		(|)
38	57	2	38	In and out	Leslie Clio	Purple		(|)
39	(---)	1	39	On the loose	Niall Horan	Flicker		(|)
40	(---)	1	40	All I ever do (is say goodbye)	Zak Abel	Only when we're naked		(|)
41	16	15	4	Chasing this	MisterWives	Connect the dots		(|)
42	(---)	1	42	Stop me from falling	Kylie Minogue	Golden		(|)
43	26	21	3	Perfect	Selena Gomez	Revival		(|)
44	27	20	4	Never give up on me	MisterWives			(|)
45	(---)	1	45	Shadow	Alexandra Burke	The truth is		(|)
46	46	6	46	Capital letters	Hailee Steinfeld & BloodPop®	Soundtrack: Fifty shades freed		(|)
47	47	6	47	Prémonition	Cœur de Pirate	TBA		(|)
48	34	19	7	Achterbahn	Helene Fischer	Helene Fischer		(|)
49	35	20	5	Columbo	Wanda	Niente		(|)
50	(---)	1	50	Nobody but you	Cesár Sampson	TBA		(|)
51	(---)	1	51	Medicine	Kelly Clarkson	Meaning of life		(|)
52	(---)	1	52	Meaning of life	Kelly Clarkson	Meaning of life		(|)
53	53	3	53	You let me walk alone	Michael Schulte	TBA		(|)
54	54	3	54	House on fire	Ivy Quainoo	TBA		(|)
55	55	2	55	Immer noch fühlen	Revolverheld	Zimmer mit Blick		(|)
56	56	2	56	When we were us	Bon Jovi	This house is for sale (Deluxe)		(|)
57	36	11	24	Fast wieder da	Tagtraeumer	Ungleich eins		(|)
58	51	9	51	Sleep talking	Charlotte Lawrence	TBA		(|)
59	43	15	14	Only human	MisterWives	Connect the dots		(|)
60	44	18	14	Sad games	Leslie Clio	Purple		(|)
61	45	18	9	Out of the blue	Chad Brownlee	Hearts on fire		(|)
62	62	3	62	Best days	Lissie	Castles		(|)
63	63	3	63	Amor amor amor	Jennifer Lopez feat. Wisin	Por Primera Vez		(|)
64	64	6	64	Moonlight	Grace VanderWaal	Just the beginning		(|)
65	65	6	65	Savior	Iggy Azalea feat. Quavo	TBA		(|)
66	66	6	66	Cautious	Tyler Shaw	TBA		(|)
67	52	6	52	Stranger things	Kygo feat. OneRepublic	Kids in love		(|)
68	48	17	17	Can't control	Texas	Jump on board		(|)
69	69	5	69	Don't make me wait	Sting & Shaggy	TBA		(|)
70	49	19	12	Direzione la vita	Annalisa	Bye bye		(|)
71	71	5	71	Then	Anne-Marie	TBA		(|)
72	72	4	72	End game	Taylor Swift feat. Ed Sheeran & Future	Reputation		(|)
73	50	18	13	Where do we go	Xuitcasecity	INXGO		(|)
74	58	10	46	Strangled love	Jannine Weigel	Deep end EP		(|)
75	59	10	48	Du lebst mich kaputt (D.L.M.K.)	Linda Siu feat. Gentleman	TBA		(|)
76	70	7	70	Better than I used to be	Mat Kearney & Afsheen	Mat Kearney EP		(|)
77	60	13	26	Downtown	Anitta & J Balvin	TBA		(|)
78	78	4	78	Futon couch	Missy Higgins	TBA		(|)
79	75	6	75	So much more than this	Grace VanderWaal	Just the beginning		(|)
80	80	3	80	Il mondo prima di te	Annalisa	Bye bye		(|)
81	77	6	77	Casanova	Allie X feat. Vérité	TBA		(|)
82	82	4	82	Think about you	Delta Goodrem	TBA		(|)
83	79	3	79	Make me feel	Janelle Monáe	Dirty computer		(|)
84	81	3	81	Blood and muscle	Lissie	Castles		(|)
85	83	4	83	Not tonight	Jillette Johnson	All I ever see in you is me		(|)
86	86	2	86	No excuses	Meghan Trainor	TBA		(|)
87	84	4	84	In repair	Jillette Johnson	All I ever see in you is me		(|)
88	85	4	85	All I am	Simon Lewis	TBA		(|)
89	87	3	87	Andy Warhol	Robbie Williams	Undar the radar, Vol 2		(|)
90	88	2	88	Tequila	Dan + Shay	TBA		(|)
91	(---)	1	91	Together we are weak	Shirin	TBA		(|)
92	(---)	1	92	Just like that	The Aces	TBA		(|)
93	(---)	1	93	Come through	The Regrettes	TBA		(|)
94	89	3	89	Hands on you	Ashley Monroe	TBA		(|)
95	92	3	92	Eyes wide open	Scavenger Hunt	TBA		(|)
96	90	2	90	Aquarius	Leslie Clio	Purple		(|)
97	91	3	91	Talk to ya	HRVY	Talk to ya		(|)
98	96	2	96	Tetris	Madilyn Bailey	TBA		(|)
99	97	2	97	Himmel voller Geigen	Matthias Reim	Meteor		(|)
100	98	2	98	Tausend und eine Nacht	Lichtblick	TBA		(|)

				Dropout:
	LW	WI	Peak	Title	Artist	Album
	61	12	27	Next to you	Eli Lieb	TBA		(|)
	67	8	67	Havana	Camila Cabello feat. Young Thug	Camila		(|)
	68	8	68	Hearts ain't gonna lie	Arlissa & Jonas Blue	TBA		(|)
	73	5	71	Us	Jennifer Lopez	TBA		(|)
	74	7	72	Swept away	Lennon Stella	The Music of Nashville: Original Soundtrack Season 4, Vol. 2		(|)
	76	5	70	Give it everything you got	Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa	Black coffee		(|)
	93	2	93	When I see you	Mokita	TBA		(|)
	94	2	94	Panic room	Au/Ra	TBA		(|)
	95	2	95	Stuck in the middle	MattyB	TBA		(|)
	99	2	99	Fiebre	Ricky Martin feat. Wisin & Yandel	TBA		(|)
	100	2	98	Like you like that	L Devine	Growing pains		(|)

2018 #1's

1. Pink – Beautiful trauma (4 weeks, 2 in 2017)
2. Tagtraeumer – Pfeile (eng. “Arrows”; 1 week; also 3 in 2017)
3. Bishop Briggs – Dream (1 week)
4. Kate Voegele – Shoot this arrow (3 weeks)
5. Luke Sital-Singh – Still (1 week)
6. Luke Sital-Singh – Killing me (1 week)
7. Kylie Minogue – Dancing (2 weeks)