Kraut Sweep: December 25, 2012...

Hey gang, it's time to check out the latest music making its way on the official sales charts in Germany...there's a lot more action here even though its a going-into-holiday week. Rihanna's "Diamonds" remains at #1 for an eighth week..

There are two debuts all the way up in the top-10, and the first is by Irish rock group the Script, with "Hall Of Fame" featuring will.i.am at #4. This is by far their biggest hit - they only had one previous top-40 hit when "The Man Who Can't Be Moved" went to #28 in 2008...

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The other big entry at #7 is "Mein Herz Brennt" ("My Heart Burns") by industrial rock pioneers Rammstein. Since their chart debut in 1997, they have placed ten songs in the German Top-10 including the #1 hit "Pussy" in 2009...(mind you, this may be a little intense for some)...

 The Voice Of Germany continues to send songs to the German singles chart as the season comes to a close, and second-placer Isabell Schmidt is at #33 with "Heimweh" ("Homesickness")...

New York duo Ms Mr come in at #38 with "Hurricane"..

...and The Voice Of Germany's winner, Nick Howard, arrives at #39 with his "winner's song", "Unbreakable"...

The Swiss DJ pair of Jack Holiday and Mike Candys debut at #44 with "The Riddle Anthem"...

 The Voice Of Germany's third-place finisher, Michael Lane, is in at #47 with "Mrs. Lawless"...

The German hip-hop collaboration of Xavas which includes singer Xavier Naidoo and rapper Kool Savas, are at #49 with "Wage Es Zu Glauben" ("Dare To Believe It"). The two went to #2 earlier this year with "Schau Nicht Mehr Zuruck" ("Don't Look Back")...

Las Vegas alt-rockers Imagine Dragons get their first hit in this country as "It's Time" arrives at #60...

Carly Rae Jepsen's viral video hit "Call Me Maybe" went to #3 in Germany, and she's back at #72 with "This Kiss"...

British vocalist Rita Ora hit the top 40 this fall with "R.I.P.", and she returns at #74 with the followup, "How We Do (Party)"...

German dance duo the Michael Mind Project are at #78 with "Antiheroes". Their best so far was a cover of Springsteen/Manfred Mann's "Blinded By The Light" which went to #12 in 2007...

German rapper MC Fitti debuts at #86 with "Whatsapper"...

Back to The Voice Of Germany, two of the finalists, Nick Howard (the winner) and Michael Heinmann who were on Rea Garvey's team do the "battle round" on Bon Iver's "Skinny Love" at #91...

British singer extraordinaire Rebecca Ferguson comes in at #92 with "Teach Me How To Be Loved". It's simply beautiful....

Jeff Buckley's classic version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" finally makes the singles chart in this country at #93...

Swedish newcomer Miriam Bryant debuts at #94 with her first hit, "Finders Keepers"...

Veteran German singer Rolf Zuckowski slips in at #99 with "In Der Weihnachtsbaeckerei" ("In The Christmas Baking"), a holiday kid's record...

The final new song on the top-100 is the fourth place finalist in The Voice Of Germany, James Borges, with "Lonely"...

 That will do it for tonight...have a safe rest of your Christmas (if you are celebrating) and I'll return tomorrow with another Song of the Day, Candletime, part Seven of this week's 2012 music recap, and my Aussie Sweep. Cheers!