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- ↑ "Sido – Mein Block" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
- ↑ "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
