Kraut Sweep: October 8, 2013...

I'm ready to cross over the border to see the new songs making the official chart in Germany this week, as Jason Derulo spends a second week at #1 with "Talk Dirty"...

The top entry of the week at #20 is by schlager singer Helene Fischer, who was born to German parents in Siberia, and moved back to this country as a child. She has five top-10 albums to her credit so far, and "Fehlerfrei" ("Faultless") becomes her third top-40 and biggest hit to date, and my "German Pick of the Week"..

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Hiphop artist Max Herre, from Stuttgart, comes in at #53 with "Fremde" ("Strangers") featuring Sophie Hunger...


Swedish singer/songwriter Miss Li debuts at #57 with "Plastic Faces"...

Justin Timberlake arrives at #71 with his latest, "TKO"...

Gentleman, a reggae artist from the northwestern city of Osnabruck, enters at #77 with "Heart Of Rub-A-Dub". In 2005 he made the top-10 here with "Isyankar"...

Singer/songwriter Maxim debuts at #81 with "Ruckspiegel" ("Rearview Mirror")...

Making a rather inauspicious debut at #88 is the worldwide hit "Royals" by New Zealand teen singer/songwriter Lorde...

Soul singer Xavier Naidoo comes in at #89 with "Der Letzte Blick" ("The Last Glance"). It's the follow-up to his #2 hit "Bei Meiner Seele"...

The final debut at #91 belongs to the artist at #1, Jason Derulo, with "Fire", featuring rapper Pitbull..

That's it for tonight...I'll return tomorrow with another Song of the Day, 6 of the 60s is back, and I'll have the newest hits Down under. Good nite, peeps!