German Sweep: June 10, 2014...

It's time to cross the border into Germany to check out the songs making the official singles charts this week, as rapper Cro racks up a third week at #1 with "Traum"...

The new "it" singing competition show in Europe is the The Best Singers series, where a group of artists cover each others' former hits featuring each of the contestants each week. The version in Germany is called Sing Meinen Song, and features artists like Sarah Connor and Xavier Naidoo. This week singer Gregor Meyle was the featured artist and the other six had to perform songs of his. Five of the new entries are either from Meyle or covers of Meyles songs, and the biggest (and the winner of the night) was Sarah Connor, with her version of "Keiner Ist Wie Du" ("Nobody is Like You") is the top debut of the week at #12, and her biggest hit in five years (when her featured turn on Enrique Iglesias' "Takin' Back My Love" went to #9)...


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Dusseldorf-based punk/pop band Broilers come in at #34 with "Ich Will Hier Nicht Sein" ("I Will Not Be Here"). It's their third straight top-40 hit here...

Gregor Meyle's original version of the song Sarah Connor covered, "Keiner Ist Wie Du", makes its own first appearance on the chart at #40...

Veteran German trance band Scooter return at #43 with "Bigroom Blitz" featuring American rapper Wiz Khalifa..

Xavier Naidoo covered Meyle's "Du Bist Das Licht" ("You Are The Light") on Sing Meinem Song, and his take on the song comes in at #46...(It's not available on the youtubes....)

Gregor performed a new song of his own on the episode, "Hier Spricht Mein Herz" ("Here Speaks My Heart", and it enters at #54....


British house music duo Sigma take their former UK #1 hit "Nobody To Love" to this country at #60...

Gregor Meyle's original of "Du Bist Das Licht" also makes its first appearance on the chart at #70...

Germany's version of Simon Cowell, TV host/comedian/entertainment guru Stefan Raab, is best known outside his country for putting together Germany's entry to Eurovision in multiple years (including their win in 2010), and this time he's on the chart as an artist at #82 with "Wir Kommen Um Ihn Zu Holen" ("We Come To Him To Get")...

And bringing up the rear at #97 is the #1 US hit "Fancy" by Australian rapper Iggy Azalea with Charli XCX...