Kraut Sweep: December 4, 2012...

Hey gang, welcome back as I cross over the border from this afternoon's French trip with the latest music to make the official music charts in Germany. This week Rihanna spends a fifth week at #1 with "Diamonds"...

P!nk owns the top debut in this country as her single "Try" rockets in at #5. She's been to #1 twice in this country, first for her part in the collaborative effort "Lady Marmalade" from Moulin Rouge in 2001, and then again 2008 with her own "So What"...

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German goth-pop group Unheilig enters at #23 with their latest, "Stark". Led by a singer whose nickname is German for "the Count", they have gone to #1 once here in 2010 with "Geboren Um Zu Leben"...

Singer Max Herre, from the southern city of Stuttgart, comes in at #29 with "Fühlt sich wie fliegen an" ("Feels Like Flying"), featuring German rap star Cro.

Wingenfelder are at #37 with "Wenn die Zeit kommt" ("When The Time Comes")....

French DJ/producer David Guetta jets in at #45 with "Just One Last Time", featuring Swedish dance act Taped Rai...

...while another Guetta production, Rihanna's "Right Now", is in at #49...

Debuting at #66 is Italian singing superstar Eros Ramazzotti, with his latest single, " Un angelo disteso al sole" ("An Angel Lying In The Sun"). Eros topped the German pop chart in 2006 with "I Belong To You" with one of my faves, Anastacia...

 Swedish DJ Otto Jettmann, recording under the moniker Otto Knows, arrives at #73 with his first single, "A Million Voices", which has already gone top-5 in neighboring Holland and Belgium...

Indie-folk duo Mrs. Greenbird, who took the winner's prize on this season's German version of the X Factor, pop in at #80 with "It Will Never Rain Roses", their semi-finalist song...

The final new entry at #100 is American neo-rock hybrid band Linkin Park, with "Castle Of Glass", which is getting exposure on the Medal Of Honor:Warfighter video game. The first single from the album this comes from, "Burn It Down", became the group's biggest hit so far, peaking at #2...

That's it for tonight....thanks for stopping by, and I'll be back tomorrow with another Song of the Day, candletime, 6 of the 60s, and this week's "Aussie Sweep".... Good night!