Kraut Sweep: September 10, 2013...

Hey gang, time to cross the border to Germany to look at the songs reaching their official top-100 sales chart this week, as Avicii reigns for an eighth week with "Wake Me Up!"...

Rocketing in at #4 is the pop-rap combo of Flo Rida and Pitbull with the craptacular ode to big white butts, "Can't Believe It". It's Flo's eighth top-10 hit in Germany as a lead artist; he topped the German chart in 2011 with "Good Feeling"...

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British alt-rock band Placebo get their biggest hit yet with "Too Many Friends" at #14, with the most amazing video I've seen this year.

One rung under that at #15 is Eminem, fresh from his stupefying performace on TV this weekend on the football game, with Kid Rock, Rick Rubin, and Kendrick Lamar in tow for "Berzerk". He's gone to #1 three times with "Stan", "Without Me", and "Love The Way You Lie"...

Swedish electropop duo Icona Pop are back at #19 with "Girlfriend". It follows "I Love It", which this country was one of the first to break the record, sending it to #3. It's my "German (-adjacent) Pick of the Week)"...

American indie-rock group Family of the Year cross over to Germany with their single "Hero" at #36...

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis take their "ally" missive for marriage equality, "Same Love" featuring singer Mary Lambert, to the chart here at #55. They've had a couple of #2 hits with "Thrift Shop" and "Can't Hold Us"...

Meanwhile, Miley Cyrus rides her "Wrecking Ball" in at #57. It follows the #2 hit "We Can't Stop"...

Drake moves in at #83 with "Hold On We're Coming Home" featuring Majid Jordan. This is only his second single as a lead artist to make the top 100 in this country - previously he went to #65 with "Find Your Love"...

The final entry of the week at #91 is American indie-pop duo Capital Cities with "Kangaroo Court"...

That does it for the week....Tomorrow I'll return with another Song of the Day, 6 of the 60s, and my Aussie Sweep...Have a great night!