Kraut Sweep: June 18, 2013...

It's time to jump over to Germany to check out the latest songs making their official sales chart there, as Robin Thicke claims yet another country's #1 with "Blurred Lines"...

The top debut of the week up at #4 is "V.I.P." from southern German rapper "Prince" Kay One. It features The Product G&B, best known in America for their guest on Santana's "Maria Maria" which topped the US chart for 10 weeks in 2000...(NSFW)

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Another hiphop artist, Yasha, arrives at #19 with "Strand" ("Beach")...

Australian hiphop group Justice Crew, who won Australia's Got Talent in 2010, take their #1 Aussie hit "Boom Boom" to the German market at #66...

Los Angeles rapper Kid Ink arrives at #70 with "Money And The Power"...(NSFW)

Dutch DJ/producer Afrojack debuts at #74 with "As Your Friend" with Chris Brown on vocals...

Marco Angelini, who placed fourth on Germany's version of the Idol franchise, comes in at #84 with "Mein Engel (hier auf Erden)" ("My Angel (Here On Earth)")...


...American alt-rock group AWOLnation debuts at #85 with their former US top-40 pop hit "Sail"...

The last debut of the week is a song that went to #1 in Britain a couple weeks ago. "La La La" by Naughty Boy featuring vocalist Sam Smith is in at #86...

That's it for tonight...tomorrow I'll be back with another Song of the Day, 6 of the 60s, and my musical trip Down Under.. Auf Weidersehen!