German Sweep: April 22, 2014...

I'm ready to cross the border to Germany to check out the songs making their way on to the official singles chart in Germany, as Clean Bandit spend a second week at #1 with "Rather Be"...

The top debut of the week belongs to rappers KC Rebell and Farid Bang who collaborate at #32 with "Kanax In Moskau". Last year the pair took "Kanax In Paris" to #60...

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American singer Anastacia returns at #38 with her latest, "Stupid Little Things". The lady with the big voice has now an even dozen top-40 hits in Germany, with one #1 single in "I Belong To You" with Eros Ramazzotti...

French DJ/producer David Guetta team up with Dutch "house music" act Showtek and Aussie singer Vassy for "Bad" at #49...

Austrian "electro-swing" artist Parov Stelar comes in at #57 with "All Night"...

The official FIFA World Cup theme for this year's games in Brazil, "We Are One (Ole Ola)" from Pitbull with Jennifer Lopez and Claudia Leitte, arrives at #72. The song from the last games in 2010, Shakira's "Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)", topped the charts here and was the second-biggest single of the year in Germany...

The American Authors cross over to this country at #81 with "Best Day Of My Life"...

One notch under that at #82 is German rapper Fler with "Stabiler Deutscher" ("Sturdy German"). Back in 2005 he went to #9 with "NDW 2005"...

Swiss Schlager singer Beatrice Egli, who won the tenth season of Germany's version of the Idol franchise, lands at #87 with "Irgendwan" ("Sometime"), my "German Pick of the Week".  Last year she went to #1 with her "winner's song", "Mein Herz"...

 French producer DJ Snake and crunk rapper Lil' Jon jump in at #93 with their top-ten American hit "Turn Down For What"...

Rufus & P move in at #96 with "Good Morning"...

The final debut of the week is from Pier Luca Abel and DJ Bobo with "Lost Without The Music"...