Kraut Sweep: August 21, 2012...

Thanks for dropping by, it's time for this week's "Kraut Sweep", where I take a look at the new music selling in Germany from their official charts. This week Asaf Avidan takes over the #1 spot with "One Day/Reckoning Song".

The highest entry belongs to Max Herre, who was part of the German hiphop group Fruendeskreis, who debuts all the way up at #6 with "Wolke 7" ("Cloud 7"), featuring vocalist Philipp Poisel, and accompanied by a very cinematic video clip...

MAX HERRE FEAT. PHILIPP POISEL - WOLKE 7 from Nesola on Vimeo.

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Coming in at #15 is the German comedic trio Y-Titty, who are big with Germany's YouTube audience, racking up over half a million subscribers. Their first top-40 hit here is "Der letzte Sommer" ("The Last Summer")...

Canadian singer Nelly Furtado is in at #23 with the title track from her latest album, Spirit Indestructible. She had her only #1 hit here so far in 2006 with "All Good Things (Come To An End)"...

Jamaican dancehall king Sean Paul had his biggest hit in Germany last year with the #2 "She Doesn't Mind", and the follow-up, "Touch The Sky", featuring American DJ Ammo, debuts at #31...

Leipzig-based electronica artist Paul Kalkbrenner comes in at #34 with "Das Gezabel" ("The Jezebel")...

Rapper Eko Fresh, born in Cologne of Turkish heritage, teams up with peer Bushido, who himself is of Middle Eastern blood (Tunisia in this case), and was born in Bonn. The pair are at #35 with "Diese Zwei" ("These Two"). Eko previous hit #3 here with "Ich bin jung und brauche das Geld" in 2003..

Swiss DJ Antoine pops in at #42 with a megamix feauting hits like "Welcome To St. Tropez" and "Ma Cherie", both former top-10 singles...

No Doubt comes onto the German chart at #44 with "Settle Down". They previously hit #2 back in 1996 with "Don't Speak"...

Black Eyed Pea will.i.am hit the #1 spot four times with his former group, and he's in at #56 with "This Is Love", featuring Dutch singer Eva Simons, which was a #1 hit in Ireland and the United Kingdom...

It was awesome to see the Pet Shop Boys in the closing ceremonies of the Olympics last Sunday, and it was equally awesome to see the video of their new single, "Winner". The duo have scored four #1 singles in Germany, including the iconic remake of the Village People's "Go West"...they come in at #60..

American R&B singer/songwriter Ne-Yo's biggest hit so far as a lead artist has been 2008's "Closer", and he's back at #61 with the epic "Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself)"...

Dusseldorf-born Doro is one of the legends of women in heavy metal music, and she returns at #78 with "Raise Your Fist In The Air" and I think it's deliciously 80s-retro amazing...

German rockers Madsen come in at #81 with "Lass die Musik an" ("Let the Music")...

 American rapper 50 cent has topped the German pop chart twice, with "In Da Club" and "Candy Shop". He's back at #92 with "New Day" featuring Alicia Keys...

German country/hip-hop hybrid BossHoss had a top-10 with a song I raved over, "Don't Gimme That", last year. They also are judges on Germany's version of The Voice. Their latest at #98 is "Live It Up"...they're like a German twangy version of Right Said Fred, no?

That's it for this week, stay tuned tomorrow for 6 of the 60s, and then later on the latest down under on Aussie Sweep...

Danke Schoen!