List of number one albums in Germany

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This article contains various information and statistics from the official German album charts ( GfK Entertainment ) since recording began on July 15, 1962.

Database and information on the interpretation of the statistics listed

From July 15, 1962 to November 15, 1976 the album charts were determined monthly, from December 15, 1976 to August 31, 1978 every six months. Thereafter, the sales figures for the albums within a week are used as a benchmark. The music market determined these figures until 1977, Media Control GmbH & Co.KG from 1977 and GfK Entertainment since 2013.

The evaluations of the German album charts presented here only describe performers who stayed at the top of the German album charts particularly often or for a particularly long time. However, no sales figures or further commercial success can be derived from this. Monthly chart editions are included in the data collection with four weeks and half-monthly chart editions with two weeks.

Artist with the most number one albums

This list contains all artists in descending order of their number one albums who have been at the top of the German album charts with at least five albums, as well as a detailed listing of all albums by artists with at least ten number one successes in chronological order. If the number of albums is the same, the artists are listed alphabetically.

Peter Maffay

Peter Maffay (2011)
  • 1979 - Steppenwolf (9 weeks; July 16 - September 16)
  • 1979 - Be Free (5 weeks; October 29 - December 2)
  • 1980 - Revenge (8 weeks; September 22 - November 2, November 10 - November 23)
  • 1982 - I want to live (3 weeks; February 8th - February 14th, March 1st - March 14th)
  • 1984 - Carambolage (2 weeks; March 12th - March 25th)
  • 1985 - Sun in the Night (7 weeks; September 23 - November 10)
  • 1986 - Tabaluga and the luminous silence (3 weeks; November 24th - November 30th, December 8th - December 21st)
  • 1988 - Long Shadows (3 weeks; February 22 - March 13)
  • 1989 - No way too far (1 week; October 30th - November 5th)
  • 1996 - 96 (3 weeks; March 18 - April 7)
  • 2001 - 30 years ago today (3 weeks; March 5 - March 25)
  • 2005 - Loud and Quiet (3 weeks; February 14th - March 6th)
  • 2008 - Forever (1 week; September 12th - September 18th)
  • 2010 - Tattoos (3 weeks; February 12 - March 4)
  • 2011 - Tabaluga and the signs of the times (1 week; October 21 - October 27)
  • 2014 - If so (2 weeks; January 28th - February 13th)
  • 2015 - Tabaluga - Long live friendship! (1 week; November 6th - November 12th)
  • 2017 - MTV Unplugged (3 weeks; November 10th - November 30th)
  • 2019 - Now! (1 week; September 6th - September 12th)

Herbert Grönemeyer

Herbert Grönemeyer (2004)
  • 1984 - 4630 Bochum (5 weeks; September 17 - October 14, October 22 - October 28)
  • 1986 - jumps (10 weeks; April 7th - June 15th)
  • 1988 - Austria (14 weeks; April 18 - July 24)
  • 1990 - Luxury (6 weeks; October 8 - November 18)
  • 1993 - Chaos (6 weeks; June 7th - July 18th)
  • 1998 - Everything stays different (2 weeks; May 4th - May 17th)
  • 2002 - Human (12 weeks; September 16 - November 17, November 25 - December 1, December 16 - December 22, January 6 - January 12, 2003)
  • 2003 - Mensch live (1 week; November 24th - November 30th)
  • 2007 - 12 (5 weeks; March 16 - April 19)
  • 2008 - What must must - Best of (6 weeks; December 5th - December 18th, December 26th, 2008 - January 22nd, 2009)
  • 2011 - Shipping (3 weeks; April 1 - April 14, April 29 - May 5)
  • 2014 - ongoing now (1 week; December 5th - December 11th)
  • 2018 - tumult (3 weeks; November 16 - November 22, November 30 - December 13)

James Last

James Last (1970)
  • 1969 - Non Stop Dancing 8 (2 months; June 15 - August 14)
  • 1969 - Non Stop Dancing 9 (3 months; December 15, 1969 - January 14, 1970, February 15 - April 14, 1970)
  • 1970 - Non Stop Dancing 10 (1 month; May 15 - June 14)
  • 1971 - Non Stop Dancing 11 (5 months; January 15 - June 14)
  • 1971 - Non Stop Dancing 12 (1 month; August 15 - September 14)
  • 1972 - Non Stop Dancing 72 (3 months; February 15 - May 14)
  • 1972 - Non Stop Dancing 72/2 (3 months; July 15 - October 14)
  • 1973 - Non Stop Dancing 73 (1 month; February 15 - March 14)
  • 1973 - Sing with me (2 months; April 15 - June 14)
  • 1973 - Non Stop Dancing 73/2 (2 months; July 15 - September 14)
  • 1979 - And now everyone (1 week; February 12 - February 18)
  • 1979 - Dream something nice (5 weeks; December 3, 1979 - January 6, 1980)
  • 1980 - James Last plays Robert Stolz (2 weeks; November 24th - December 7th)

The amigos

The Amigos (2018)
  • 2007 - The complete madness (1 week; September 7th - September 13th)
  • 2011 - My Heaven on Earth (1 week; August 5th - August 11th)
  • 2012 - Until the end of time (1 week; August 17 - August 23)
  • 2013 - Young at heart (1 week; June 28th - July 4th)
  • 2014 - summer dreams (1 week; August 8th - August 14th)
  • 2015 - Santiago Blue (1 week; July 3 - July 9)
  • 2016 - Like Fireworks (1 week; July 29th - August 4th)
  • 2017 - Zauberland (2 weeks; August 4th - August 17th)
  • 2018 - 110 carats (1 week; July 20 - July 26)
  • 2019 - Babylon (1 week; August 2nd - August 8th)
  • 2020 - 50 years: Our hits from back then (1 week; February 14 - February 20)
  • 2020 - A Thousand Dreams (1 week; July 17th - July 23rd)

BAP

BAP (2005)

Madonna

Madonna (2008)

Robbie Williams

Robbie Williams (2012)
  • 2000 - Sing When You're Winning (1 week; September 11th - September 17th)
  • 2001 - Swing When You're Winning (9 weeks; December 3, 2001 - February 3, 2002)
  • 2002 - Escapology (6 weeks; December 2 - December 15, December 23, 2002 - January 5, 2003, January 13 - January 26, 2003)
  • 2003 - Live Summer 2003 (7 weeks; December 8, 2003 - January 25, 2004)
  • 2004 - Greatest Hits (9 weeks; November 1 - November 28, December 13, 2004 - January 16, 2005)
  • 2005 - Intensive Care (4 weeks; November 4 - November 10, November 18 - November 24, December 30, 2005 - January 12, 2006)
  • 2006 - Rudebox (3 weeks; November 3rd - November 23rd)
  • 2009 - Reality Killed the Video Star (2 weeks; November 20 - November 26, January 1 - January 7, 2010)
  • 2010 - In & Out of Consciousness: The Greatest Hits 1990-2010 (1 week; October 22nd - October 28th)
  • 2012 - Take the Crown (1 week; November 16 - November 22)
  • 2013 - Swings Both Ways (3 weeks; November 25 - December 5, December 20, 2013 - January 2, 2014)
  • 2019 - The Christmas Present (1 week; December 13th - December 19th)

The Beatles

The Beatles (1967)

Andrea Berg

Andrea Berg (2010)

Böhse Onkelz

Böhse Onkelz (Logo)

Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode (2013)
  • 1993 - Songs of Faith and Devotion (6 weeks; April 5 - May 16)
  • 1997 - Ultra (1 week; April 28 - May 4)
  • 1998 - The Singles 86> 98 (1 week; October 12 - October 18)
  • 2001 - Exciter (2 weeks; May 28 - June 10)
  • 2005 - Playing the Angel (1 week; October 31 - November 3)
  • 2006 - The Best of, Volume 1 (1 week; November 24th - November 30th)
  • 2009 - Sounds of the Universe (4 weeks; May 1st - May 28th)
  • 2010 - Tour of the Universe: Barcelona (1 week; November 19 - November 25)
  • 2013 - Delta Machine (2 weeks; April 5 - April 18)
  • 2017 - Spirit (1 week; March 24th - March 30th)
  • 2020 - Spirits in the Forest (1 week; July 3 - July 9)

The dead pants

The Dead Pants (2013)

Bushido

Bushido (2018)
  • 2007 - 7 (2 weeks; September 14th - September 27th)
  • 2008 - Heavy Metal Payback (1 week; October 24th - October 30th)
  • 2011 - Beyond Good and Evil (1 week; May 27 - June 2)
  • 2012 - AMYF (1 week; October 26th - November 1st)
  • 2014 - Sonny Black (1 week; February 28 - March 6)
  • 2015 - Carlo Cokxxx Hookers 3 (1 week; February 27th - March 5th)
  • 2015 - Cla $$ ic (1 week; November 13th - November 19th; with Shindy )
  • 2017 - Black Friday (1 week; June 16 - June 22)
  • 2018 - Myth (1 week; October 5 - October 11)
  • 2019 - Carlo Cokxxx Hookers 4 (1 week; December 27, 2019 - January 2, 2020; with Animus )

Rammstein

Rammstein (2005)

The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones
  • 1965 - The Rolling Stones No. 2 (1 month; July 15 - August 14)
  • 1966 Bravo Rolling Stones (1 month; Jan 15-Feb 14)
  • 1966 - Aftermath (2 months; July 15 - September 14)
  • 1971 - Sticky Fingers (1 month; June 15 - July 14)
  • 1994 - Voodoo Lounge (6 weeks; July 25th - September 4th)
  • 1997 - Bridges to Babylon (4 weeks; October 13th - November 9th)
  • 2005 - A Bigger Bang (2 weeks; September 19 - October 2)
  • 2007 - The Biggest Bang (1 week; August 10 - August 16)
  • 2012 - Grrr! (1 week; November 23rd - November 29th)
  • 2016 - Blue & Lonesome (2 weeks; December 9 - December 15, January 6 - January 12, 2017)

"Long-running" after albums

This list contains all albums - in chronological order in descending order of their length of stay - that were at the top of the German album charts for at least ten weeks:

96 weeks

  • GermanyGermany Karin Hübner & Paul Hubschmid - My Fair Lady - German original recording (July 15, 1962 - December 14, 1963, December 15, 1964 - February 14, 1965, May 15 - July 14, August 15 - September 14, 1965; 21 months = 96 weeks)SwitzerlandSwitzerland

39 weeks

  • NetherlandsNetherlands Heintje - Heintje (June 15, 1968 - February 14, 1969, May 15 - June 14, 1969; 9 months = 39 weeks and 3 days)

26 weeks

25 weeks

23 weeks

  • GermanyGermany Unholy - Great Freedom (March 5 - March 25, 2010, April 16 - April 22, May 7 - May 20, June 25 - August 26, September 3 - September 9, September 17 - September 23, December 10 - December 23, December 31, 2010 - January 27, 2011)

21 weeks

  • IsraelIsrael Esther & Abi Ofarim - The new Esther & Abi Ofarim album (November 15, 1966 - April 14, 1967; 5 months = 21 weeks and 4 days)
  • GermanyGermany James Last - Non Stop Dancing 11 (January 15 - June 14, 1971; 5 months = 21 weeks and 4 days)

17 weeks

"The Wall" cover

15 weeks

  • GermanyGermany Helene Fischer - Farbenspiel (October 18 - November 7, 2013, January 3 - January 23, 2014, March 14 - March 27, April 4 - April 17, May 2 - May 8, August 22 - August 28, September 5 - September 11, December 19 - December 25, 2014, January 9 - January 15, 2015)

14 weeks

"Ö" cover

1 - 3 weeks

12 weeks

  • GermanyGermany James Last - Non Stop Dancing 9 (December 15, 1969 - January 14, 1970, February 15 - April 14, 1970; 3 months = 12 weeks and 6 days)
  • GermanyGermany James Last - Non Stop Dancing 72 (February 15 - May 14, 1972; 3 months = 12 weeks and 6 days)
  • GermanyGermany Compilation - 20 Power Hits (January 15, 1974 - April 14, 1974; 3 months = 12 weeks and 6 days)
  • United KingdomUnited Kingdom The Beatles - Beatles for Sale (February 15 - May 14, 1965; 3 months = 12 weeks and 5 days)
  • IsraelIsrael Esther & Abi Ofarim - New Songs of the World (November 15, 1965 - January 14, 1966, February 15 - March 14, 1966; 3 months = 12 weeks and 5 days)
  • United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tanita Tikaram - Ancient Heart (January 23 - April 16, 1989)
  • GermanyGermany Westernhagen - Jaja (April 6th - May 24th, June 8th - July 12th 1992)
  • GermanyGermany Herbert Grönemeyer - Mensch (September 16 - November 17, November 25 - December 1, December 16 - December 22, 2002, January 6 - January 12, 2003)
  • United KingdomUnited Kingdom Amy Winehouse - Back to Black (January 11 - February 7, February 15 - March 6, March 14 - April 10, 2008, August 19 - August 25, 2011)

11 weeks

"Gold - Greatest Hits" cover

10 weeks

"Long runner" according to artist

This list contains all artists - in chronological order by weeks, descending - who have stayed at the top of the chart for at least 20 weeks. Monthly and semi-monthly chart data were also converted into weeks, each day outside of whole weeks is included in the calculation with around 0.14.

Performers

Compilations, sampler and soundtrack series

1 Performers who reached the top of the German album charts with just one album.

Artists who replaced themselves at number one

Dirty Dancing (Logo)

Artists who took first and second place at the same time

Artist with most years between first and last number one album

Reinhard Mey (2014)

particularities

  • On July 31, 2020, Fynn Kliemann caused the lowest drop from number one in chart history. His album Pop crashed from position one to position 94 on the album charts. The following performers previously held this negative record:
GermanyGermany Helene Fischer - Christmas (# 1 → # 73, January 6, 2017)
GermanyGermany Weekend - Forever Weekend (# 1 → # 58, May 8, 2015)
GermanyGermany Vega - Kaos (# 1 → # 45, February 6, 2015)
AustriaAustria RAF 3.0 - high 2 (# 1 → # 30, July 26, 2013)

Triple crown

Pure (2009)

This list contains all artists - in chronological order of achievement, descending - who managed to place themselves at the top with both a studio album , a live album and a compilation .

No. Artist Studio album Live album compilation
1 GermanyGermany Pure Adventure Land
(September 4, 1995) 		Live - The Second
(September 2, 1996) 		Hits PUR - 20 Years of a Band
( September 10, 2001 )
2 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Robbie Williams Sing When You're Winning
(September 11, 2000) 		Live Summer 2003
(December 8, 2003) 		Greatest Hits
( November 1, 2004 )
3 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Pink Floyd Animals
(April 15, 1977) 		Pulse
( July 21, 2006 ) 		Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd
(November 26, 2001)
4th GermanyGermany The doctors 13
(June 8 1998) 		After Us The Flood
(November 28, 1988) 		Bäst of
( October 20, 2006 )
5 United KingdomUnited Kingdom The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones No. 2
(July 15, 1965) 		The Biggest Bang
( August 10, 2007 ) 		Bravo Rolling Stones
(January 15, 1966)
6th United KingdomUnited Kingdom genesis Genesis
(November 21, 1983) 		Live Over Europe 2007
( June 6, 2008 ) 		Turn It On Again - The Hits
(November 8, 1999)
7th GermanyGermany Herbert Grönemeyer 4630 Bochum
(September 17, 1984) 		Human live
(November 24, 2003) 		What must must - Best of
( December 5, 2008 )
8th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Depeche Mode Songs of Faith and Devotion
(April 5, 1993) 		Tour of the Universe: Barcelona
( November 19, 2010 ) 		The Singles 86> 98
(October 12, 1998)
9 AustraliaAustralia AC / DC Stiff Upper Lip
(March 13, 2000) 		Live at River Plate
( May 20, 2011 ) 		Iron Man 2 (Soundtrack)
(April 30, 2010)
10 GermanyGermany Rammstein Longing
(September 8, 1997) 		Live from Berlin
(September 13, 1999) 		Made in Germany 1995–2011
( December 16, 2011 )
11 GermanyGermany Xavier Naidoo Out of this world
(January 25, 1999) 		Wettsingen in Schwetzingen -
MTV Unplugged
(October 3, 2008) 		Thanks for Listening - Song Collection 1998–2012
( February 17, 2012 )
12 AustriaAustriaSwitzerlandSwitzerland Udo Juergens Buenos dias, Argentina
(April 15, 1978) 		Udo live
(August 15, 1969) 		In the middle of life - The tribute album
( November 14, 2014 )
13 GermanyGermany Andrea Berg Powerless
(June 2, 2003) 		Atlantis - Andrea Berg Live the home game
(August 1, 2014) 		25 years of adventure life
( September 22, 2017 )
14th GermanyGermany Peter Maffay Steppenwolf
(July 16, 1979) 		MTV Unplugged
( November 10, 2017 ) 		Be Free
(October 29, 1979)

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gideon Gottfried: Charts Germany week 30: Shindy takes first place. ( Memento of July 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) musikmarkt.de, July 23, 2013, accessed on April 27, 2019.
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German music charts
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Singles

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Formerly: Top 20 hit charts

Compilations

Top 30 compilation charts ( number one albums ) • Top 50 daily trend charts • Top 100 midweek charts

Airplay

Current: Top 20 folk music airplaycharts • Top 50 conservative pop airplaycharts ( number one albums ) • Top 100 new entry airplaycharts • Top 300 airplaycharts ( number one albums )
Formerly: Top 50 youth airplaycharts • Top 50 mainstream airplaycharts

Institutions

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Others

Performers who simultaneously took first place in the album and single charts