The Official German Charts are record charts compiled by GfK Entertainment GmbH on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie (Federal Association of Phonographic Industry). They include the "Top 100 Single-Charts" and the "Top 100 Album-Charts". The chart week runs from Friday to Thursday with the official chart being published by various third-party media outlets on the following Friday. The charts are based on sales of physical singles and albums from retail outlets as well as permanent music downloads and streaming. [1]
The first number-one-single of the year was "Rockabye" by Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul & Anne-Marie, which moved into the top spot in the issue dated 30 December 2016 but remained in place for two weeks before being replaced by "Shape of You" by British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran. "Shape of You" ruled the charts for 15 consecutive weeks, before being dethroned by "Despacito" by Puerto Rican artists Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee, which led the charts between April and August for a total of 17 weeks. Axwell Λ Ingrosso's "More Than You Know reached number one on issue date 25 August and stayed there for three weeks. German rappers Kay One, Kollegah and Farid Bang reached the number-one position for the first time with "Señorita" and "Sturmmaske auf (Intro)". Bausa's "Was du Liebe nennst" reached the number-one in mid-October and topped the charts for eight weeks. Ed Sheeran ended the year with "Perfect", his second number-one single of the year. The longest unbroken run at number one in 2017 was 17 weeks, which was achieved by Luis Fonsi's "Despacito". "Shape of You" topped the Year End-Single charts.
Albumwise thirty-three different albums reached the pole-position. The Rolling Stones' Blue & Lonesome became the first album number-one of the year, followed by Klubbb3's Jetzt geht’s richtig los!. Ed Sheeran's ÷ became the first album of the year to top the chart for longer than a week in March. Helene Fischer's eponymous album reached the pole-position in May and later topped the year-end album charts. Other albums to top the charts for multiple weeks were Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert, Vol. 4 by various artists, Sampler 4 by 187 Strassenbande, Zauberland by Die Amigos, 25 Jahre Abenteuer Leben by Andrea Berg and MTV Unplugged by Peter Maffay. Ed Sheeran's ÷ ruled the charts for five weeks.
Indicates best-performing single and album of 2017 [2] [3] |
Issue date | Song | Artist | Refs. | Album | Artist | Refs. |
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6 January | "Rockabye" | Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul and Anne-Marie | [4] | Blue & Lonesome | The Rolling Stones | [5] |
13 January | "Shape of You" | Ed Sheeran | [6] | Jetzt geht’s richtig los! | Klubbb3 | [7] |
20 January | [8] | I See You | The xx | [9] | ||
27 January | [10] | Anarchie und Alltag | Antilopen Gang | [11] | ||
3 February | [12] | Gods of Violence | Kreator | [13] | ||
10 February | [14] | (sic!) | Broilers | [15] | ||
17 February | [16] | Auge des Tigers | Majoe | [17] | ||
24 February | [18] | Mein Amerika | Philipp Poisel | [19] | ||
3 March | [20] | Karma | Mike Singer | [21] | ||
10 March | [22] | ÷ | Ed Sheeran | [23] | ||
17 March | [24] | [25] | ||||
24 March | [26] | Spirit | Depeche Mode | [27] | ||
31 March | [28] | We Got Love | The Kelly Family | [29] | ||
7 April | [30] | Emotionen | Joel Brandenstein | [31] | ||
14 April | [32] | Infinite | Deep Purple | [33] | ||
21 April | [34] | ÷ | Ed Sheeran | [35] | ||
28 April | "Despacito" | Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee | [36] | So schön anders | Adel Tawil | [37] |
5 May | [38] | Gute Nacht | Kontra K | [39] | ||
12 May | [40] | Laune der Natur | Die Toten Hosen | [41] | ||
19 May | [42] | Helene Fischer | Helene Fischer | [43] | ||
26 May | [44] | Rammstein: Paris | Rammstein | [45] | ||
2 June | [46] | Helene Fischer | Helene Fischer | [47] | ||
9 June | [48] | Keine Nacht für Niemand | Kraftklub | [49] | ||
16 June | [50] | Black Friday | Bushido | [51] | ||
23 June | [52] | Maximum | KC Rebell and Summer Cem | [53] | ||
30 June | [54] | Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert, Vol. 4 | Various artists | [55] | ||
7 July | [56] | Epic | Fler and Jalil | [57] | ||
14 July | [58] | Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert, Vol. 4 | Various artists | [59] | ||
21 July | [60] | Sampler 4 | 187 Strassenbande | [61] | ||
28 July | [62] | [63] | ||||
4 August | [64] | Zauberland | Die Amigos | [65] | ||
11 August | [66] | [67] | ||||
18 August | [68] | Regenbogen | Vanessa Mai | [69] | ||
25 August | "More Than You Know" | Axwell Λ Ingrosso | [70] | Sturmfahrt | Eisbrecher | [71] |
1 September | [72] | Anthrazit | RAF Camora | [73] | ||
8 September | [74] | Lang lebe der Tod | Casper | [75] | ||
15 September | "Señorita" | Kay One featuring Pietro Lombardi | [76] | tru. | Cro | [77] |
22 September | [78] | 25 Jahre Abenteuer Leben | Andrea Berg | [79] | ||
29 September | [80] | [81] | ||||
6 October | "Sturmmaske auf (Intro)" | Kollegah and Farid Bang | [82] | Royal Bunker | Savas and Sido | [83] |
13 October | "Was du Liebe nennst" | Bausa | [84] | Heartbreak Century | Sunrise Avenue | [85] |
20 October | [86] | Im Auge des Sturms | Santiano | [87] | ||
27 October | [88] | TP4L | Trailerpark | [89] | ||
3 November | [90] | Im Auge des Sturms | Santiano | [91] | ||
10 November | [92] | MTV Unplugged | Peter Maffay | [93] | ||
17 November | [94] | [95] | ||||
24 November | [96] | [97] | ||||
1 December | [98] | Sing meinen Song – Das Weihnachtskonzert, Vol. 4 | Various artists | [99] | ||
8 December | "Perfect" | Ed Sheeran | [100] | Jung, brutal, gutaussehend 3 | Kollegah and Farid Bang | [101] |
15 December | [102] | Memento – Gegen die Zeit + Live in Berlin | Böhse Onkelz | [103] | ||
22 December | [104] | ÷ | Ed Sheeran | [105] | ||
29 December | [106] | [107] |
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