Week 408 – Dezember 22nd, 2018

Hello folks! Welcome to the last edition in 2018 which counts for the year-end review of 2018. Last week it had been a very tough decision between LANY and Clara Mae. LANY’s “I don’t love you anymore” (#2) dropped one spot and made the way free for “Sorry about writing all the songs about you” (#1) by Clara Mae. The theme is similar, but the story is different. I definitely love both songs and so I’m not sorry for pushing Clara Mae into the leading position. These songs are followed by the former #1’s “Head above water” (#3) by Avril Lavigne and “Le parole non mentono” (#4, “Words don’t lie”). For the first time in my Top 5 is P!nk with “Where do we go” (#5).

The 2nd part of my Top 10 is led by Shakira with her beautiful Spanish song “Nada” (#6, “Nothing”). It is the first time a song in Spanish reached my Top 10. So it’s nice gone for Shakira. Up two spots is “Baby don’t talk” by LÉON. This is another song which is absolutely worth listening. While “Mondiale” (#9, “World”) by Emma climbed up one spot “Let you love me” (#8) by Rita Ora is on its way out of my Top 10 after dropping four spots this week. Also on its way out is “Lay with me” (#10) by Phantoms feat. Vanessa Hudgens.

Three weeks in is “Nothing breaks like a heart” (#12) by Mark Ronson feat. Miley Cyrus. This country pop/disco song is climbing up very fast, but just missed my Top 10. By next week this song should reach it. Last week I speculated about a Top 10 debut. In the end the song I talked about only debuted in my Top 20. It is the 2nd single “Tell me it’s over” (#13) by Avril Lavigne from her first album during the last five years. This song is nothing I expected to hear from her. Is she now changing her musical style? Finally? Her last self-titled album flopped dramatically so she had do something unexpected and I believe that “Tell me it’s over” could be such a momentum change if she is continuing this way on her album. I’ll keep my fingers crossed.

The Top 50 sees two more debuts beside Avril Lavigne’s “Tell me it’s over”. The higher one is “The less I know” (#41) by German DJ Topic. He had been on my chart before with “Perfect” where Ally Brooks had been featured. Leading vocals on “The less I know” are by Swedish singer Alexander Tidebrink who hadn’t been on my chart before. It’s a decent song and I expect some very good weeks on my chart. Directly behind you can find the latest single by Austrian DJ Parov Stelar. Although he is well known in the scene he’s not represented very well on my chart. Lately he had a smaller hit with the remix of “Zu Asche, zu Staub” (“To ashes, to dust”) from the soundtrack to the TV series “Babylon Berlin”. Now he debuts with his new one “Trouble” (#42). Leading singer is Nikki Williams. She only reached my chart once back in 2012 with “Kill fuck marry” which had been her debut single. “Trouble” is her first single in five years and is now her and Parov Stelar’s best charting song.

Other debuts are “Portami via da te” (#70, “Take me away from you”) and “Luna e l'altra” (#71, “Moon and the other”) by Emma, “Ruin my life” (#77) by Zara Larsson, “2x” (#82) by Mathea, “Right where you want me” (#92) by Sarah Reeves, “Always” (#94) by Gavin James and “Everything is nothing” (#95) by Picture This.

TW	LW	WI	Peak	Title	Artist	Album
1	2	8	1 (1)	Sorry for writing all the songs about you	Clara Mae	Sorry for writing all the songs about you	(|)
2	1	10	1 (1)	I don't wanna love you anymore	LANY	Malibu nights	(|)
3	3	13	1 (4)	Head above water	Avril Lavigne	Head above water	(|)
4	4	16	1 (1)	Le parole non mentono	Annalisa	Bye bye	(|)
5	8	9	5	Where we go	Pink	Beautiful trauma	(|)
6	11	6	6	Nada	Shakira	El dorado	(|)
7	9	8	7	Baby don't talk	Léon	TBA	(|)
8	5	12	3	Let you love me	Rita Ora	TBA	(|)
9	10	7	9	Mondiale	Emma	Essere qui - Boom edition	(|)
10	6	10	5	Lay with me	Phantoms feat. Vanessa Hudgens	TBA	(|)
11	7	10	6	Two punks in love	Bülow	TBA	(|)
12	29	3	12	Nothing breaks like a heart	Mark Ronson feat. Miley Cyrus	TBA	(|)
13	(---)	1	13	Tell me it's over	Avril Lavigne	Head above water	(|)
14	12	11	10	Getaway car	Taylor Swift	Reputation	(|)
15	13	15	1 (1)	Fuh you	Paul McCartney	Egypt station	(|)
16	14	15	1 (2)	Halt nicht fest	Ohrenpost	TBA	(|)
17	18	7	17	Baby	Clean Bandit feat. Marina & Luis Fonsi	TBA	(|)
18	15	19	1 (4)	You	Matilda	Odyssey	(|)
19	16	22	1 (2)	Mi parli piano	Emma	Essere qui	(|)
20	17	22	1 (4)	Thru these tears	LANY	Malibu nights	(|)
21	35	3	21	Thank you	Lena	TBA	(|)
22	24	8	22	Wo sind denn all die Helden	Wolfgang Petry	Genau jetzt!	(|)
23	25	6	23	Thank U, next	Ariana Grande	Thank U, next	(|)
24	19	10	14	1999	Charli XCX feat. Troye Sivan	TBA	(|)
25	20	10	19	Another night	Alex Christensen & The Berlin Orchestra feat. Anastacia	Classical 90's dance 2	(|)
26	21	13	11	Liebe auf Distanz	Revolverheld feat. Antje Schomaker	Zimmer mit Blick	(|)
27	22	10	17	80's baby	New Kids On The Block feat. Salt-N-Pepa, Naughty By Nature, Tiffany & Debbie Gibson	TBA	(|)
28	23	10	21	Sweet but psycho	Ava Max	TBA	(|)
29	30	8	29	Nobody	Matt Cardle	Time to be alive	(|)
30	52	6	30	Invisible	Anna Clendening	TBA	(|)
31	31	8	31	What is love	Jaymes Young	TBA	(|)
32	36	7	32	Don't you know	Justin Caruso feat. Jake Miller	TBA	(|)
33	26	21	3	Rough diamond falls	Luke Sital-Singh	Time is a riddle	(|)
34	27	20	6	Wild	Catherine McGrath	Talk of this town	(|)
35	28	19	5	One more red light	Cassadee Pope	TBA	(|)
36	42	2	36	Somnambule	Cœur de Pirate	En cas de tempête, ce jardin sera ferme	(|)
37	32	19	11	Way back home	Shaun	Take	(|)
38	33	10	29	Consequences (orchestra)	Camila Cabello	Camila	(|)
39	40	7	39	Ring them bells	GJan	Soundtrack: Ashes in the snow	(|)
40	41	9	40	Barbies	Pink	Beautiful trauma	(|)
41	(---)	1	41	The less I know	Topic feat. Alexander Tidebrink	TBA	(|)
42	(---)	1	42	Trouble	Parov Stelar feat. Nikki Williams	TBA	(|)
43	47	6	43	In betweenin'	Austin Brown		(|)
44	50	7	44	Never know	Ward Thomas	TBA	(|)
45	51	6	45	Veneno	Anitta	Solo EP	(|)
46	55	7	46	The last day	Luke Sital-Singh	TBA	(|)
47	34	11	31	So it goes...	Taylor Swift	Reputation	(|)
48	37	13	18	Aller guten Dinge	Antje Schomaker	Von Helden und Halunken	(|)
49	38	19	4	In ein paar Jahren	Christina Stürmer	Überall zu Hause	(|)
50	39	18	7	Immer wenn wir uns sehn	LEA feat. Cyril	Soundtrack: Das schönste Mädchen der Welt	(|)
51	43	20	9	Sicherer Hafen	Tagtraeumer	Ungleich eins	(|)
52	44	12	33	Back again	You Me At Six	VI	(|)
53	53	7	52	More than friends	Jason Mraz feat. Meghan Trainor	Know.	(|)
54	54	6	54	Waving through a window	Katy Perry	Dear Evan Hansen	(|)
55	59	2	55	Older	Sasha Sloan	TBA	(|)
56	60	2	56	Just the same	Charlotte Lawrence	TBA	(|)
57	61	2	57	Niemals	Vanessa Mai	Schlager	(|)
58	62	2	58	What I don't know	Rachael Fahim	TBA	(|)
59	66	5	59	Chances	Backstreet Boys	DNA	(|)
60	67	4	60	Cruel	Kelly Clarkson	Meaning of life	(|)
61	72	5	61	Always remember us this way	Lady Gaga	Soundtrack: A star is born	(|)
62	45	13	26	Für einen Funken Euophorie	Antje Schomaker	Von Helden und Halunken	(|)
63	46	20	10	Boots	Leony	TBA	(|)
64	48	17	18	Breathin'	Ariana Grande	Sweetener	(|)
65	49	28	1 (3)	I did something bad	Taylor Swift	Reputation	(|)
66	75	2	66	Someone I used to know	Zac Brown Band	TBA	(|)
67	74	2	67	Monster	Walking On Cars	TBA	(|)
68	73	2	68	Straight to my head	You Me At Six	VI	(|)
69	69	4	69	Didn't I	Kelly Clarkson	Meaning of life	(|)
70	(---)	1	70	Portami via da te	Emma	Essere qui	(|)
71	(---)	1	71	Luna e l'altra	Emma	Essere qui	(|)
72	76	2	72	Tell me how	Paramore	After laughter	(|)
73	77	2	73	Idle worship	Paramore	After laughter	(|)
74	56	19	7	Between you and me	One Bit & Louisa Johnson	TBA	(|)
75	57	32	1 (1)	Angels on my shoulders	Norma Jean Martine	Only in my mind	(|)
76	65	41	1 (6)	Stop me from falling	Kylie Minogue	Golden	(|)
77	(---)	1	77	Ruin my life	Zara Larsson	TBA	(|)
78	58	16	29	Bianco nero e grigio	Annalisa	Bye bye	(|)
79	63	35	1 (3)	Not the only one	Kate Voegele	Canyonlands	(|)
80	83	2	80	Küssen	Chris Avedon	TBA	(|)
81	84	2	81	Closer to you	Carly Pearce	TBA	(|)
82	(---)	1	82	2x	Mathea	TBA	(|)
83	72	6	83	Sea of silence	Betta Lemme	Bambola EP	(|)
84	68	7	60	Breakaway	Lennon Stella	TBA	(|)
85	64	8	51	Ladies in the '90s	Lauren Alaina	TBA	(|)
86	70	21	8	High on life	Martin Garrix feat. Bonn	TBA	(|)
87	91	2	85	Talk to me	Seaforth	TBA	(|)
88	78	18	20	Give a little	Maggie Rogers	TBA	(|)
89	79	19	22	Might not like me	Brynn Elliott	Time of our lives	(|)
90	80	12	48	Shallow	Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper	Soundtrack: A star is born	(|)
91	81	10	65	True colors	XO Cupid feat. Maya Avedis	TBA	(|)
92	(---)	1	92	Right where you want me	Sarah Reeves	Easy never needed you	(|)
93	82	8	66	Free fall	Andreas Moe	Maybe it's all we dreamed of EP	(|)
94	(---)	1	94	Always	Gavin James	TBA	(|)
95	(---)	1	95	Everything is nothing	Picture This	TBA	(|)
96	100	2	96	Cars, girls and the radio	David James	TBA	(|)
97	93	2	93	Herz mit Post	Alexander Knappe	Ohne Chaos keine Lieder	(|)
98	94	2	94	Driving	Donna Missal	This time	(|)
99	98	2	98	Beifahrersitz	Bruckner	TBA	(|)
100	99	2	99	Who would think that love	Now United	TBA	(|)

				Dropout:
	LW	WI	Peak	Title	Artist	Album
	85	4	75	Gimme	Megan Davies	TBA	(|)
	86	4	76	Crush	Cigarettes After Sex	TBA	(|)
	87	7	68	Fragile	Leslie Clio	Purple	(|)
	88	7	69	Bad habit	Leslie Clio	Purple	(|)
	89	6	70	Brake light	Rachael Fahim	TBA	(|)
	91	5	79	Youth	Shawn Mendes feat. Khalid	Shawn Mendes	(|)
	92	5	80	Fading	Alle Farben & Ilira	TBA	(|)
	95	7	71	Survive on love	Matt Gresham	Who am I now	(|)
	96	5	72	All loved up	Amy Shark	Love monster	(|)
	97	7	78	Lost in the middle	Catherine McGrath	Talk of this town	(|)

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 (4 weeks)
8. Die Fantastischen Vier feat. Clueso – Zusammen (4 weeks, eng. Together)
9. Emma – Effetto domino (1 week, eng. Domino effect)
10. Kylie Minogue – Stop me from falling (6 weeks)
11. Kate Voegele – Not the only one (2 weeks)
12. Norma Jean Martine – Angels on my shoulders (1 week)
13. Kate Voegele – Not the only one (1 week)
14. Taylor Swift – I did something bad (3 weeks)
15. LANY – Thru these tears (4 weeks)
16. Emma – Mi parli piano (2 weeks, eng. Talk to me slowly)
17. Matilda – You (4 weeks)
18. Ohrenpost – Halt nicht fest (2 weeks, eng. Don’t hold on)
19. Paul McCartney – Fuh you (1 week)
20. Annalisa – Le parole non mentono (1 week, eng. Words don’t lie)
21. Avril Lavigne – Head above water (4 weeks)
22. LANY – I don’t love you anymore (1 week)
23. Clara Mae – Sorry for writing all the songs about you (1 week)