Kraut Sweep: December 26, 2013...

I'm back with the latest songs to make the official sales chart in Germany this week, as Parisian DJs Faul & Wad Ad score their first #1 hit anywhere with "Changes"...

The top entry of the week is one of two from German electro-rap artist Marteria from the Baltic city of Rostock. His "Kids (2 Finger an Den Kopf)" ("Kids (Two Fingers To The Head)") arrives at #7.

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Pop and soul singer Max Herre, from Stuttgart, comes in at #51 with "A-N-N-A (Immer Wenn es Regnet)" ("A-N-N-A (Only When It Rains)")...

British singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran returns at #53 with his track from the soundtrack from The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug, "I See Fire". He took "The A Team" to #9 in this country...

The second Marteria record to debut is "Bengalische Tiger" at #55...

Irish rock titans U2 are back at #58 with the Mandela tribute "Ordinary Love"....

The tenth and final "Music Mondays" offering from Justin Bieber, "Confident" featuring Chance the Rapper, sneaks in at #61...

Producer/singer/rapper will.i.am enters at #55 with "Feeling Myself" with Miley Cyrus and rappers French Montana and Wiz Khalifa...

Singer Emily Intsiful, who is a finalist on Germany's version of The Voice this season, debuts at #66 with "Walzer Fur Niemand" ("Waltz For No One")....

Dutch dance music brothers Showtek come in at #82 with "Booyah" with We Are Loud! and Sonny Wilson...

British modern rock act Bastille drive in at #86 with their 90s club mashup "Of The Night"...

The final entry of the week at #94 is the original singer of "Walzer Fur Niemand". Sophie Hunger...

That's it for tonight...I'll return tomorrow with another Song of the Day, ten more hits from my 2013 recap, and my top-100 tunes from this week. Cheers!