Kraut Sweep: August 20, 2013...

It's time to cross the border to Germany to check out the singles reaching the official sales charts here, as "Wake Me Up!" racks up a fifth week at #1 for Avicii...

The top entry all the way up at #4 is German rapper Casper, who's back with "Im Ascheregen" ("In The Ashes")....

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German dance-pop act R.I.O. shimmy in at #19 with their "Megamix". They have had five top-40 singles before this one, with "Turn This Club Around" peaking at #3...

Rapper Shindy, who apparently created a stir with the violence-baiting lyrics of "Stress Ohne Grund" (which briefly was on the chart at #19), is back with Bushido with "Stress Mit Grund" ("Stress With Reason", as opposed to the former "without") at #21...

With the rerelease of Shindy's work, four more of his track sell enough on their account to make the top-100. "Springfield 2" arrives at #37 (the first version went to #88)..