The ultimate chart show

Television broadcast
Original title	The ultimate chart show
Country of production	Germany
Year (s)	since 2003
Production company	i & u TV
length	105-225 minutes
Episodes	152 (+3 specials)
genre	Ranking show
Theme music	Europe  - The Final Countdown
Moderation	Oliver Geissen
First broadcast	May 21, 2003 on RTL

The ultimate chart show is a television show that has been broadcast on RTL since May 21, 2003 . The show is moderated by Oliver Geissen and produced by Günther Jauch's company i & u TV in Nobeo-Studio 8 in Hürth near Cologne . Until mid-2010, music producer Thomas M. Stein was a guest in every program .

The theme song is the intro theme of The Final Countdown of Europe . In spring 2008 the design of the show including the logo was modernized. For the 97th episode, the show got a new set . For the 133rd episode, slight changes were made to the set design.

broadcast

Charisma

After RTL relied on event programming for the first 25 “Chartshow” episodes and showed the program on different days of the week, at different broadcast times and at different intervals, there was a series production for the first time in early 2007. From January to March, a total of eight “Chartshow” issues were broadcast on Fridays at 9:15 pm. Further seasons have followed every six months since autumn 2007, the broadcasting time remained. However, special editions such as the hits of the year will continue to be broadcast at 8.15 p.m. On May 2, 2008, the 50th program was broadcast. On December 9, 2011, the 100th program was broadcast. On June 14, 2013, the program to celebrate the 10th birthday of the show was broadcast from an amphitheater in Palma , taking the theme of the first edition, with the hits that have been released in the meantime being included, making it a new number One gave. For the first time, 100 placements were shown.

evaluation

A ranking list of the most successful songs (or films, albums, artists) on a specific topic is compiled for the individual programs. This is compiled by the expert Frank Ehrlacher - in earlier episodes also by Joachim Pschorr, the former managing director of the magazine " Musikmarkt " - according to a point system . After the weekly chart placements, points ten to one are awarded from places one to ten (place one gets ten points, place two gets nine points, etc.). Then all points of the respective artist are added up. When it comes to the placement of singles or albums, only the most successful work is selected by each artist (except in the editions of the most successful hits of the respective year). The top 50 (or 100, 40, 35, 30, 25 or 24) of this list are presented in the respective program. This takes place in the form of recordings, consisting of up to five placements, which are commented on by prominent people.

In the edition “The most popular Christmas hits of all time”, the evaluation was based on a Forsa survey, in which the respondents were asked to rate the Christmas carols played for them from 1 to 10. The top 24 of the results were presented. The official airplay charts of the market research company Nielsen Media Research were evaluated for the edition “The most successful radio hits” . The ranking of the episode “The best music videos of all time” was based on a viewer vote on the RTL.de website; The editions “Women's Favorite Hits” and “Men's Favorite Hits”, “The Most Popular Christmas Song”, “The Most Popular Après Ski Party Hits” and those for the 100th episode “Germany chooses No. 1". For all other editions of the music show, the German single or album charts were the basis for the placements. According to Frank Ehrlacher, the ranking for the edition “The most successful party hits of all time” arose on the one hand from the chart positions and on the other hand from the ratings of the songs by “party experts”, including musicians and DJs. So it happened that the winning title of the show I Was Made for Lovin 'You by Kiss was only 13th according to the charts, but reached number one in the show by the jury ratings.

In the “The Most Successful Hits 2019” edition, the top 25 singles were evaluated not only according to the single charts, but also according to the MusicTrace airplay charts. The reason for this is that German rappers like Capital Bra would otherwise have entered the countdown more than three times. The inclusion of the airplay charts also included hits in the countdown that did not even reach the top 10 in the single charts, such as Bad Liar from the Imagine Dragons, and thus the hit Señorita by Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello made it to number 1 in the countdown, originally without airplay charts would Old Town Road by Lil Nas X was No. 1 on the singles.

The selection of the titles that are actually published in the show, however, sometimes seems arbitrary. For example, in the March 4, 2011 issue of “The Most Successful Synth Pop Hits”, the title Living on Video by Trans-X was missing , even though this classic of synth pop in 1983 made it to fourth place. Other titles that weren't even in the top 10 were published. For example, the title (You'll Always Find Me in the) Kitchen at Parties was presented by Jona Lewie , although it never got past 23rd place in the weekly placements and therefore according to the above. Evaluation mode reached 0 points.

Appearances

Some of the music stars placed appear live on the show. Bryan Adams , Aura Dione , a-ha , Baccara , BAP , Andrea Bocelli , Boney M. , Bro'Sis , Chris de Burgh , Yvonne Catterfeld , Alex Clare , Alice Cooper and Donovan have already been on the “Chartshow” stage , Sunrise Avenue , Carl Douglas , East 17 , Dr. Alban , Estelle , Europe , Miss Menke , David Garrett , Robin Gibb , the Goombay Dance Band , Nina Hagen , Debbie Harry , Heino , HIM , Hurts , Ich + Ich , Holly Johnson , Juanes , Jona Lewie , Udo Jürgens , Roland Kaiser , Ronan Keating , The Kelly Family , James Last , Vicky Leandros , Lena , Udo Lindenberg , Lordi , Amy Macdonald , Madcon , Peter Maffay , Mando Diao , Maroon 5 , Melanie C , Mireille Mathieu , MIA. , Monrose , Gary Moore , Münchener Freiheit , Olly Murs , Xavier Naidoo , Gianna Nannini , Nena , Nicole , the No Angels , Chris Norman , OneRepublic , OOMPH !, The Original Singers , Wolfgang Petry , Pur , Pussycat , Suzi Quatro , Rednex , Matthias Reim , Revolverheld , Cliff Richard , Marianne Rosenberg , Roxette , Alexander Rybak , Sandra , Sean Paul , Scooter , the Scorpions , Shaggy , Silbermond , Snow Patrol , the Sportfreunde Stiller , Stromae , The Sweet , Tokio Hotel , Unheilig , US5 , Kim Wilde , Laith Al-Deen , Paul Young , Sarah Connor , Peter Schilling , who all had number one hits in Germany.

Previous editions

The column Charts shows the highest position and the number of weeks in the German compilation charts.

No.	First broadcast	output	Number one	Double CD released	Charts
01	May 21, 2003	The most successful hits of the last 30 years	Butterfly by Danyel Gérard		3 (6 weeks)
02	08 Sep 2003	The most successful albums of the last 30 years	1962–1966 from the Beatles		4 (2 weeks)
03	Nov 11, 2003	The most successful one-hit wonder	A Song of Joy by Miguel Ríos
04th	0Feb 9, 2004	The most successful German hits	Damn, I love you from Matthias Reim		3 (8 weeks)
05	01st Mar 2004	The most successful cinema hits	The jungle Book		9 (3 weeks)
06th	Apr 15, 2004	The most successful duos	Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman : Time to Say Goodbye
07th	May 22, 2004	The most successful summer hits	Paloma Blanca from George Baker Selection		5 (18 weeks)
08th	0June 5, 2004	The most successful hits "Made in Germany"	Rivers of Babylon by Boney M.
09	03rd Sep 2004	The most successful pop groups	The Beatles
10	Sep 10 2004	The most successful love songs	Rock Your Baby by George McCrae		6 (8 weeks)
11	Oct 19, 2004	The most successful singers	Madonna	Singers	5 (4 weeks)
12	Oct 21, 2004	The most successful singers	Roy Black
13	Nov 30, 2004	The most successful German albums	4630 Bochum by Herbert Grönemeyer
14th	Jan. 31, 2005	The biggest party hits	YMCA from the Village People		6 (16 weeks)
15th	05th Mar 2005	The most successful stars in music history	James Last
16	Apr 16, 2005	The most successful long-term favorites	The longest single in the world by Wolfgang Petry
17th	0June 4, 2005	The best music videos ever	Lady Marmalade by Christina Aguilera , Lil 'Kim , Mýa and P! Nk
18th	17 Sep 2005	The most successful artists of the 80s	Pet Shop Boys		2 (19 weeks)
19th	Dec 17, 2005	The most popular Christmas hits of all time	Last Christmas from Wham!		7 (17 weeks)
20th	Dec 31, 2005	The most successful New Year's Eve	YMCA from the Village People
	0Jan. 1, 2006	The party goes on
21st	23 Mar 2006	The most successful rock stars of all time	Deep Purple		3 (11 weeks)
22nd	Apr 12, 2006	The most successful commercial hits of all time	Levi's advertising		7 (12 weeks)
23	May 29, 2006	The most successful soccer hits of all time	Love Generation by Bob Sinclar Pres. Goleo VI Feat. Gary "Nesta" Pine		2 (19 weeks)
24	16 Sep 2006	The most successful female singers - Made in Germany	Nena		7 (6 weeks)
25th	17 Sep 2006	The most successful singers - Made in Germany	Peter Maffay		6 (6 weeks)
26th	Jan. 19, 2007	The most successful hits of the new German wave	Scandal in the restricted area of Spider Murphy Gang		1 (21 weeks)
27	Jan. 26, 2007	The most successful kids in the charts	Banjo-Boy from Jan & Kjeld
28	0Feb 2, 2007	From zero to number 1: the most successful chart toppers of all time	The Spirit of the Hawk by Rednex
29	0Feb 9, 2007	The most successful comedians of all time	Jürgen von Manger with the album Impromptu Stories
30th	Feb 16, 2007	The most successful stars of the 1970s	The sweet		2 (16 weeks)
31	Jan. 23, 2007	The greatest scandal songs of all time	Without Me by Eminem
32	02nd Mar 2007	The most successful cover songs	Tears don't lie from Michael Holm
33	09 Mar 2007	The most successful stars of the 90s	SNAP!		4 (9 weeks)
34	0Sep 7 2007	The most successful long-running albums	Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
35	Sep 14 2007	The most successful Italian hits of all time	Marina by Rocco Granata		4 (15 weeks)
36	21 Sep 2007	The most successful girl and boy groups of all time	Backstreet Boys		9 (5 weeks)
37	29 Sep 2007	The most successful rock ballads of all time	(Everything I Do) I Do It for You by Bryan Adams		1 (29 weeks)
38	0Oct 5, 2007	The most successful movie hits of all time	Soundtrack Dirty Dancing
39	Oct 20, 2007	The most successful disco classics of all time	Daddy Cool by Boney M.		4 (15 weeks)
40	Oct 27, 2007	The most successful new wave and pop songs of all time	Maid of Orleans (The Waltz Joan of Arc) by OMD		2 (15 weeks)
41	0Dec. 1, 2007	The most successful hits of 2007	A star (... that bears your name) from DJ Ötzi and Nik P.		2 (17 weeks)
42	0Jan. 5, 2008	The most successful radio hits	Feel by Robbie Williams		1 (18 weeks)
43	Jan. 12, 2008	The most successful pop stars	Vicky Leandros		2 (10 weeks)
44	01st Mar 2008	The most successful German bands of all time	Scooter
45	28 Mar 2008	The most successful oldies of all time	Sugar Baby Love from The Rubettes		1 (26 weeks)
46	0Apr 4, 2008	The most successful TV hits of all time	Time to Say Goodbye (TV boxing match between Henry Maske and Virgil Hill ) by Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman
47	Apr 11, 2008	The most successful debut albums of all time	Heintje from Heintje
48	Apr 18, 2008	The most successful casting stars of all time	Britney Spears
49	Apr 25, 2008	The most successful singer-songwriters of all time	Herbert Grönemeyer		3 (7 weeks)
50	0May 2, 2008	The most successful rock classics of all time	The Rolling Stones		2 (25 weeks)
51	0May 9, 2008	The most successful entertainers of all time	Udo Juergens		18 (1 week)
52	May 16, 2008	The most successful Grand Prix songs of all time	Puppet on a String by Sandie Shaw		4 (2 weeks)
53	0Oct 4, 2008	The most successful albums of the 80s	4630 Bochum by Herbert Grönemeyer
54	Oct 17, 2008	The most successful families in the charts	Bee Gees
55	0Nov 7, 2008	The most successful black music hits of all time	Kung Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas		2 (8 weeks)
56	Nov 21, 2008	The most successful comebacks of all time	We Don't Talk Anymore by Cliff Richard	Single CD: Music interrogator	10 (3 weeks)
57	Nov 28, 2008	The most successful new German pop-rock stars	From the same star of me + me		9 (10 weeks)
58	0Dec 5, 2008	The most successful hits of 2008	Bleeding Love by Leona Lewis		2 (19 weeks)
59	Dec 12, 2008	The most successful heartbreak songs of all time	Time to Say Goodbye by Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman		6 (9 weeks)
60	Dec 31, 2008	The ultimate New Year's Eve party - the biggest après-ski hits	Anton from Tyrol by DJ Ötzi		4 (30 weeks)
61	Jan. 30, 2009	The most successful flower power hits of all time	San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) by Scott McKenzie		1 (23 weeks)
62	0Feb 6, 2009	The most successful Latin hits of all time	The Ketchup Song (Aserejé) by Las Ketchup		2 (23 weeks)
63	Feb 13, 2009	The most successful exports "Made in Germany"	Boney M.
64	Feb 20, 2009	The most successful comedy hits of all time	Frank Zander
65	Feb. 27, 2009	The most successful dance floor hits of all time	It's My Life by Dr. Alban		2 (22 weeks)
66	0May 8, 2009	50 years of the German charts	A star (... that bears your name) from DJ Ötzi and Nik P.
67	May 15, 2009	Women's favorite hits	(I've Had) The Time of My Life by Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes		2 (10 weeks)
68	May 22, 2009	Men's favorite hits	We Will Rock You by Queen		2 (10 weeks)
69	0June 5, 2009	The most successful erotic hits of all time	Rock Your Baby by George McCrae
70	0Oct 9, 2009	The most successful love songs of the 80s	Words by FR David		3 (7 weeks)
71	Oct 30, 2009	The most successful movie hits of all time	Conquest of Paradise by Vangelis		4 (7 weeks)
72	0Nov 6, 2009	The most successful German cover songs of all time	Tears don't lie from Michael Holm
73	Nov 20, 2009	The most successful download songs of all time	Poker Face from Lady Gaga		2 (12 weeks)
74	Nov 27, 2009	The most successful reunions of all time	Modern talking
75	0Dec. 4, 2009	The most successful hits of 2009	Poker Face from Lady Gaga		1 (19 weeks)
76	Dec 11, 2009	The most successful rock-pop Christmas songs of all time	Hijo de la luna from Loona		2 (30 weeks)
77	0Jan. 8, 2010	The most successful pop anthems of all time	A Song of Joy by Miguel Ríos		1 (28 weeks)
78	Jan 15, 2010	The most successful German albums of the 90s - Made in Germany	Over the Hump by The Kelly Family
79	Jan. 22, 2010	The most successful pop piano hits of all time	(Everything I Do) I Do It for You by Bryan Adams		1 (17 weeks)
80	Jan. 29, 2010	The longest careers in chart history	Paul Kuhn
81	19 Mar 2010	The most successful pop duets of all time	City of Cassandra Steen and Adel Tawil		4 (8 weeks)
82	0June 4th 2010	The most successful holiday hits of all time	Mambo No. 5 by Lou Bega		2 (18 weeks)
83	Oct 29, 2010	The most successful hits of the new millennium	A star (... that bears your name) from DJ Ötzi and Nik P.		2 (13 weeks)
84	0Nov 5, 2010	The most successful German love songs	A star (... that bears your name) from DJ Ötzi and Nik P.		2 (8 weeks)
85	Nov 12, 2010	The star's favorite hits	Come Back and Stay by Paul Young (Favorite hit by Xavier Naidoo )		5 (3 weeks)
86	Nov 19, 2010	The most successful cover songs of the 80s	Dance Little Bird from Electronica’s		5 (2 weeks)
87	Nov 26, 2010	The most successful one-hit wonder II	Leg hard from Torfrock		13 (2 weeks)
88	0Dec 3, 2010	The most successful hits of 2010	Born to live by the Unholy		1 (19 weeks)
89	Dec 10, 2010	The most successful musical hits	Daddy Cool by Boney M. from the musical Daddy Cool		13 (3 weeks)
	0Jan. 1, 2011	The party goes on II
90	04th Mar 2011	The most successful synth pop hits	Alone Alone from the Arctic Circle 18		2 (11 weeks)
91	11th Mar 2011	The most successful evergreens	Over the Rainbow by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole		2 (5 weeks)
92	18 Mar 2011	The most successful party hits of the new millennium	Heavy Cross by Gossip		3 (16 weeks)
93	0Apr 1, 2011	The most successful new German rock-pop hits	Born to live by the Unholy		3 (10 weeks)
94	0Apr 8, 2011	The most successful song girls of all time	Marina by Rocco Granata		14 (1 week)
95	Apr 15, 2011	The most productive artists of all time	Peter Alexander and Madonna (together No. 1)
96	July 29, 2011	The most successful pop composers of all time	Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman		4 (6 weeks)
97	0Aug 5, 2011	The most successful solo trips of all time	Michael Jackson		8 (6 weeks)
98	Aug 12, 2011	The most successful singing actors of all time	John Travolta
99	0Dec 2, 2011	The most successful hits of 2011	On the Floor by Jennifer Lopez feat. Pit bull		1 (22 weeks)
100	0Dec 9, 2011	Germany chooses No. 1	Earth Song by Michael Jackson		4 (19 weeks)
101	Dec 16, 2011	The most successful greatest hits albums of all time	1962–1966 from the Beatles
102	Feb 10, 2012	The most successful hits in the world	I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston		3 (10 weeks)
103	Feb 17, 2012	The most successful German singers	Sarah Connor	3-CD singers	9 (5 weeks)
104	Feb 24, 2012	The most successful German singers	Falco
105	09 Mar 2012	The most successful surprise hits of all time	A star (... that bears your name) from DJ Ötzi and Nik P.
106	16. Mar. 2012	The most successful promotional songs of the new millennium	Snuggle song by Schnuffel		11 (3 weeks)
107	0Nov 9, 2012	The most successful single of the 80s	Sun of Jamaica from the Goombay Dance Band		2 (8 weeks)
108	Nov 16, 2012	The most successful internet hits	Apologize from OneRepublic
109	Nov 23, 2012	The most successful rock anthems of all time	Another Brick in the Wall by Pink Floyd		2 (27 weeks)
110	Nov 30, 2012	The most successful hits of 2012	Ai Se Eu Te Pego! by Michel Teló		1 (22 weeks)
111	Dec 28, 2012	50 years of charts - the albums	My Fair Lady - German original recording by Karin Hübner , Paul Hubschmid and others
112	Dec 31, 2012	The most successful party hits of all time	I Was Made for Lovin 'You by KISS		9 (11 weeks)
113	0Feb. 1, 2013	The most successful single of the 90s	Time to Say Goodbye by Sarah Brightman and Andrea Bocelli		1 (15 weeks)
114	0Feb 8, 2013	The most common cover songs	Last Christmas from Wham!
115	14th of June 2013	The most successful single in German chart history	A star (... that bears your name) from DJ Ötzi and Nik P.	, also as a 3-CD	2 (24 weeks)
116	19th July 2013	The most successful Ballermann hits	A bed in the cornfield by Jürgen Drews		2 (15 weeks)
117	0Aug 3, 2013	The most successful German albums of the new millennium	Great freedom from unholy
118	Aug 10, 2013	The sexiest music videos ever	Poker Face from Lady Gaga
119	17th Aug 2013	The most successful singers of the new millennium	Eminem		6 (4 weeks)
120	Aug 24, 2013	The most successful singers of the new millennium	Rihanna		3 (7 weeks)
121	Nov 29, 2013	The most successful hits of 2013	Scream & Shout by will.i.am and Britney Spears		1 (21 weeks)
122	Dec. 27, 2013	50 years of cassette	The three ???
123	07th Mar 2014	The most successful long-time favorites of all time	Sky and Sand by Paul and Fritz Kalkbrenner		2 (7 weeks)
124	May 31, 2014	The most successful ABBA song of all time	Fernando
125	0Aug 1, 2014	The most successful bands of all time	The Beatles		9 (6 weeks)
126	0Aug 8, 2014	The most successful comedians	Mario Barth
127	Aug 15, 2014	The most successful pop stars of the new millennium	Andrea Berg		2 (8 weeks)
128	22 Aug 2014	The most successful TV series hits of all time	Sugar, Sugar from The Archies (series The Archie Show , episode The Archie Comedy Hour )
129	Nov 21, 2014	The most successful Michael Jackson songs of all time	Earth song
130	0Dec 5, 2014	The most successful hits of 2014	Breathless through the night of Helene Fischer		2 (23 weeks)
131	Dec 12, 2014	Germany chooses number 1: the most popular Christmas song	Last Christmas from Wham!		3 (20 weeks)
132	Dec 31, 2014	The most successful albums of 2014	Play of colors by Helene Fischer		18 (4 weeks)
133	Nov 27, 2015	The most successful hits of 2015	Ain't Nobody by Felix Jaehn feat. Jasmine Thompson		2 (24 weeks)
134	Dec 31, 2015	The most popular après-ski party hits	Breathless through the night of Helene Fischer		7 (7 weeks)
135	0Jan. 8, 2016	The most successful female singers of all time	Rihanna	3-CD singers	7 (4 weeks)
136	Feb. 26, 2016	The most successful singers of all time	Michael Jackson
137	Dec 16, 2016	The most successful hits of 2016	Faded by Alan Walker		1 (23 weeks)
138	December 31, 2016	The most successful one-hit wonder of all time	Over the Rainbow by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole		12 (3 weeks)
	0Jan. 1, 2017	The party goes on III
139	0Jan. 6, 2017	The most successful radio hits of all time	Supreme by Robbie Williams		8 (4 weeks)
140	0Dec 8, 2017	The most successful hits of the year - Best of 2017	Despacito by Luis Fonsi feat. Daddy Yankee (Singles) Helene Fischer von Helene Fischer (Albums)		2 (24 weeks)
141	December 31, 2017	The most successful German-speaking singles of the last 40 years	A star (... that bears your name) from DJ Ötzi and Nik P.	3-CD	6 (11 weeks)
142	0Jan. 5, 2018	The most successful rock ballads of all time	(Everything I Do) I Do It for You by Bryan Adams		1 (13 weeks)
143	20th July 2018	The most successful summer hits of the last 40 years	Despacito by Luis Fonsi feat. Daddy Yankee		1 (17 weeks)
144	July 27, 2018	15 Years Chart Show - The most successful hits of the last 40 years	A star (... that bears your name) from DJ Ötzi and Nik P.	3-CD	3 (17 weeks)
145	07th Dec 2018	Best of 2018! The most successful hits of 2018	In My Mind by Dynoro and Gigi D'Agostino (Singles) Helene Fischer by Helene Fischer (Albums)		2 (26 weeks)
146	Dec 14, 2018	The most popular Christmas hits of women and men	Last Christmas from Wham!		3 (13 weeks)
147	0Jan. 4, 2019	The most successful hits of the 90s	Time to Say Goodbye by Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman (Singles) We Can't Dance by Genesis (Albums)		2 (14 weeks)
148	13 Dec 2019	The most successful hits of 2019	Señorita by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello (Singles) Heart Force Works by Sarah Connor (Albums)		2 (... weeks)
149	December 31, 2019	20 years of the new millennium: the most successful hits	A star (... that bears your name) by DJ Ötzi and Nik P. (Singles) Color game by Helene Fischer (albums)
150	0Jan. 3, 2020	The big anniversary show: Germany chooses number 1	Earth Song by Michael Jackson		2 (15 weeks)
151	05th June 2020	The most successful dance hits of all time!	Dance Monkey by Tones and I		1 (... week)
152	June 12, 2020	The most successful live acts	Herbert Grönemeyer

In a few cases, the albums were reissued later or appeared without a previous show or only afterwards.

International adaptations

On June 21, 2009 the program started under the title “Chart Show” on the Greek television station Alpha TV .

Web links

• The ultimate chart show on RTL
• The Ultimate Chart Show in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The ultimate chart show on i & u TV
• The ultimate chart show at fernsehserien.de
• The Ultimate Chart Show at discogs.com

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Issues with the topic were already published in November 2003 and November 2010, in the sequel from 2010 only the charts for the last 30 years at that time, ie from 1980, were evaluated. In the episode of 2016, the entire period was considered again; new one-hit wonders from previous years resulted in other placements.
2. ↑ ^{a b} The CD is called The Most Successful Evergreens . There was no CD for the 2005 show of the same name
3. ↑ ^{a b c} For the extra editions “The party goes on”, a countdown freely compiled from live performances from regular programs was shown. (In issues I and II 15 placements, in issue III 40 placements)
4. ↑ all songs on the CD were also presented in the broadcast.
5. ↑ There was an issue with the same name in October 2007, in which the soundtracks and albums were evaluated. In the episode from 2009, however, only the single hits were considered.
6. ↑ The title must have occupied number 1 in the German , British and US singles charts .
7. ↑ Singles were evaluated whose level of awareness had been increased significantly through the Internet, including those who appeared on the Internet long before they were successful. The positions in the German charts with the rating scheme described above were decisive for the placement in the program.
8. ↑ The show has the same name as the first one, including all singles that have been released in the meantime.
9. ↑ The number one of the edition The most successful long- running hits of 2005 has been displaced to 11th place by newer long-running hits.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.rtl.de/cms/unterhaltung/tv-programm/show/die-ultimative-chartshow/synthie-pop-hits-download.html
2. ^ Trans-X - Living on Video. officialcharts.de
3. ↑ http://www.rtl.de/cms/unterhaltung/tv-programm/show/die-ultimative-chartshow/synthie-pop-hits-download.html?limit=20&start=20
4. ^ Jona Lewie - You'll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties. officialcharts.de
5. ↑ The ultimate New Year's Eve party - The biggest après-ski hits. Retrieved January 14, 2010 . 
6. ↑ The most successful download songs of all time. Retrieved January 14, 2010 . 
7. ↑ The Most Successful Reunions of All Time. Retrieved January 14, 2010 . 
8. ↑ The most successful hits of 2009. Accessed January 14, 2010 . 
9. ↑ The Ultimate Chart Show: Synth Pop Hits. Retrieved March 5, 2011
10. ↑ The Ultimate Chart Show: The Most Successful Evergreens. Retrieved March 12, 2011