Kraut Sweep: March 4, 2014...

It's time to cross the border to Germany to check out the songs making the official chart this week, as Dutch hip-hop artist Mr. Probz scores his first #1 hit in this country with "Waves"...

The top entry of the week at #15 is from rapper Kollegah from the central city of Friedberg with "Alpha". Grrr...

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Dutch electro-house producer Martin Garrix follows up his top-5 hit "Animals" with "Wizard" featuring fellow countryman Jay Hardway at #31...

The next entry at #40 is from comedian Christoph Maria Herbst with "Lass Das Mal Den Papa Machen" ("Let the Papa do the Time") from the TV show Stromberg, which is that country's version of The Office...

"Gangsta" rapper Bushido, from Bonn, has the best-selling album in Germany this week with Sonny Black, and six of its tracks sell/stream enough on their own to make the singles chart. First off at #45 is "Gangsta Rap Kings" with Kollegah and Farid Bang..

American lite-rock singer/songwriter Colbie Caillat arrives at #55 with "Hold On". Her breakthrough single "Bubbly" went to #10 in this country back in 2007..

The second Bushido song to enter is "Fotzen" ("Pussy") at #56...

He's also in at #58 with "Jeder Meiner Freunde" ("Each Of My Friends")...

...as well as at #64 with "Mitten In Der Nacht" ("In The Middle Of The Night")...

Meanwhile, Jamaican reggaeton singer Sean Paul returns at #70 with "Want Dem All" featuring dancehall artist Konshens. It's the third single from his Full Frequency album. The First, "The Other Side Of Love", went to #3 in this country last year...

Back to Bushido at #81 with "Nie Ein Rapper II" ("Never A Rapper II")...

He's also here with rapper Shindy at #83 with "Amg"...


Newcomer Oonagh lands at #85 with "Gaea", my "German Pick of the Week"...

Rapper Farid Bang comes in at #86 with "Dein Weg" ("Your Path")...

The final debut of the week at #96 is the fifth single from American pop/rock band OneRepublic's Native album, "Burning Bridges". Three of those made the top-ten in this country...

That's all for tonight...I'll return tomorrow with another Song of the Day, my 60s flashback, and what's going down Down Under. Cheers!