German Sweep: August 24, 2016...

Here's the top ten hits in Germany this week, according to their official singles chart, as Imany remains at #1 for a seventh week...

1. "Don't Be So Shy" - Imany (1)
2. "Cold Water" - Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber & MØ (2)
3. "Bonfire" - Felix Jaehn featuring Alma (3)
4. "Let Me Love You" - DJ Snake featuring Justin Bieber (8)
5. "This Girl" - KUNGS vs Cookin' On 3 Burners (5)
6. "Treat You Better" - Shawn Mendes (4)
7. "The Ocean" - Mike Perry featuring Shy Martin (6)
8. "Ain't Your Mama" - Jennifer Lopez (7)
9. "Perfect Strangers" - Jonas Blue featuring JP Cooper (9)
10. "Sing Me To Sleep" - Alan Walker (RE-ENTRY)

No new songs make their first appearance in the top ten this week. Further down the chart at #23 is Hamburg-based rap group Beginner rockets into the top 100 with their comic new track "Es War Einmal" ("Once Upon A Time"). Their last single, "Ahnma", went to #8 in June...

Beginner - Es war einmal (Official Music Video) from DAViD MOHN on Vimeo.


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Meanwhile, on the albums chart in Germany, the collaboration between two rappers of Kurdish descent (Xatar from Bonn who was born in Iran, and Haftbefehl from Offenbach whose family is Turkish) as The Coup, Der Holland Job, lands at #1...

Medieval metal band Letzte Instanz (Last Time) from the city of Dresden return at #4 with Liebe Im Krieg (Love in War). It's their first to make the top ten...

Equilibrium, a folk metal outfit from Munich, take their fifth studio album Armagedon to #5...