Kraut Sweep: July 24, 2012...

Hey folks, it's time for a sampling of the songs making their entrance on the Official Music Singles Charts in Germany this week. This week Swedish singer Lykke Li spends a second week on top with "I Follow Rivers"...

Like last week, German rapper Cro (pictured above) places multiple songs in the top-100, as his album Raop comes in at #1 on that country's album charts. The highest of his three entries is "Einmal Um Die Welt" ("Around The World") at #35..

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...while down at #95 is album track "Ein Teil" ("A part") ...

...and at #98 is "Nie Mehr" ("Never More")

Besides Cro, the other debut in the top-40 is British singer Jay Sean, with the dance track "I'm All Yours" featuring Pitbull at #40...

Pink finally makes the German list after hitting everywhere else at #45 with "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)"...

Eastern German rock band Silbermond have had seven top-10 hits in there country, and are hoping for an eighth with "Fdsmh (Für dich schlägt mein Herz)" ("My Heart Beats For You") at #53...

Another rock band from East Germany, Kraftklub, come in at #55 with "Kein Liebeslied" ("Love Song")....

Hamburg's Deichkind, a comic rock band, enter at #68 with "Der Mond" ("The Moon")...

Pittsburgh rapper Wiz Khalifa takes her "Work Hard, Play Hard" to #76...

A Swedish singer/songwriter who now resides in London, Jonas Myrin arrives at #86 with "The Day Of The Battle"...

British boyband The Wanted sneak onto the list at #90 with "Chasing The Sun"...

British R&B singer Taio Cruz follows up his German top-10 "There She Goes" at #93 with "World In Our Hands" ...

and finally, German/Ghanian singer Y'Akoto brings up the rear at #100 with "Without You"...

For real, I'm diggin' on the Y'akoto, Taio Cruz, and Deichkind tracks.....

That's it for now...stay tuned tomorrow for my recap of the Australian charts, as well as this week's "6 of the 60s"...