Rolf Zuckowski / discography
Rolf Zuckowski - discography
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Zuckowski (2015)
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Publications | |
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Studio albums | 43 |
Live albums | 2 |
Compilations | 15th |
Christmas albums | 12 |
Singles | 45 |
Video albums | 10 |
Box sets | 1 |
Radio plays | 2 |
This discography is an overview of the musical works of the German musician , composer , music producer and authors of children's songs Rolf Zuckowski . According to the sources, he has sold more than 20 million records in his career. In his home country alone, Zuckowski sold over 14.3 million records, making him one of the performers with the highest number of records sold in Germany . Zuckowski's most successful release is the children's album Winterkinder, which has sold around 1.8 million. In Germany alone, the album was awarded for over 1.5 million units sold, making it one of the best-selling music albums in Germany since 1975. Together with the albums Im Kindergarten (1.25 million units sold), Rolfs Vogelhochzeit and Dezembertäume (each one million units sold), a total of four of his records achieved the status of a million-seller in Germany.
Zuckowski made it into the German album charts with eight Christmas albums , more than any other artist in chart history since 1962. Eight of his Christmas albums received gold and platinum awards for over four million records sold. No other artist has sold more Christmas albums in Germany since 1975.
Albums
Studio albums
year | Title pseudonym |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, pseudonym , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
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DE | |||
Adult albums | |||
1985 | Time for children - time for us Rolf Zuckowski |
DE-
gold
DE
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First published: 1985
Sales: + 250,000 |
1991 | Close-up of Rolf Zuckowski |
- |
First published: April 16, 1991
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1996 | Quiet Nights - Bright Light Rolf Zuckowski & his great friends |
DE28 (12 weeks) DE |
First published: November 4, 1996
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2000 | Children grow up Rolf Zuckowski |
DE90 (1 week) DE |
First published: September 29, 2000
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2005 | Everything has its time Rolf Zuckowski |
- |
First published: September 5, 2005
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2012 | quiet and strong Rolf Zuckowski |
DE80 (1 week) DE |
First published: March 16, 2012
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Children's albums | |||
1977 | Rolf's bird wedding Rolf Zuckowski and his friends |
DE- × 2
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First published: 1977
Sales: + 1,000,000 |
1979 | Rolf's way to school hit parade Rolf Zuckowski |
DE-
gold
DE
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First published: 1979
Sales: + 250,000 |
1981 | Rolfs Radio Lollipop Rolf and his friends |
DE-
platinum
DE
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First published: 1981
Sales: + 500,000 |
1982 | Songs that are like bridges Rolf and his friends |
DE-
gold
DE
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First published: 1982
Sales: + 250,000 |
1984 | Big show for little people Rolf and his friends |
- |
First published: 1984
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1986 | Don't ask me a hole in my stomach Rolf Zuckowski and his friends |
DE-
gold
DE
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First published: 1986
Sales: + 250,000 |
1989 | Strong children Rolf and his friends |
DE-
platinum
DE
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First published: November 8, 1989
Sales: + 500,000 |
1990 | What is fun ... Rolf and his friends |
DE-
gold
DE
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First published: April 5, 1990
Sales: + 250,000 |
I can do that! Rolf and his friends |
DE-
gold
DE
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First published: October 22, 1990
Sales: + 250,000 |
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We want sun Rolf Zuckowski and his friends |
DE-
gold
DE
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First published: December 4, 1990
Sales: + 250,000 |
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1992 | The annual clock Rolf and his friends |
DE32
platinum
(10 weeks)DE |
First published: March 12, 1992
Sales: + 500,000 |
Rolf's new way to school hit parade Rolf Zuckowski |
DE46 × 3
(18 weeks)DE |
First published: July 27, 1992
Sales: + 750,000 |
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1993 | Rolf's song calendar - Sing with us Rolf Zuckowski |
DE62
gold
(9 weeks)DE |
First published: November 19, 1993
Sales: + 250,000 |
1994 | In the kindergarten Rolf and his friends |
DE- × 5
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First published: May 31, 1994
Sales: + 1,250,000 |
You need a song Rolf Zuckowski with his friends big and small |
DE40
gold
(14 weeks)DE |
First published: September 9, 1994
Sales: + 250,000 |
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1996 | Rolf's song book mouse Rolf Zuckowski |
DE71
gold
(8 weeks)DE |
First published: October 4th, 1996
Sales: + 250,000 |
12 colorful song stories Rolf and his friends |
- |
First published: October 4th, 1996
Sales: + 250,000 |
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1998 | Good mood - have a good trip Rolf and his friends |
DE78 (5 weeks) DE |
First published: May 29, 1998
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Animals need friends Rolf Zuckowski |
DE78 (2 weeks) DE |
First published: October 30, 1998
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1999 |
The little day Rolf Zuckowski with Wolfram Eicke & Hans Niehaus |
DE90 (2 weeks) DE |
First published: October 1, 1999
Sales: + 150,000 |
2000 | Elbkinder Rolf Zuckowski with many small and large friends |
- |
First published: July 21, 2000
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2001 | Rolf's rabbit story - I am strong Rolf Zuckowski |
DE30th
platinum
(5 weeks)DE |
First published: March 2nd, 2001
Sales: + 300,000 |
Grandma loves Grandpa Rolf Zuckowski and his friends |
- |
First published: November 5, 2001
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2002 | Children need dreams Rolf Zuckowski |
- |
First published: March 6, 2002
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2003 | Such a Gaudi Rolf Zuckowski meets shooting star |
- |
First published: February 17, 2003
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2004 | Nobbi and the sun children Rolf Zuckowski and his friends |
- |
First published: May 10, 2004
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Heia - Rolf's little night music Rolf Zuckowski |
- |
First published: November 1, 2004
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2005 | How nice that you were born Rolf Zuckowski and his friends |
DE-
gold
DE
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First published: September 5, 2005
Sales: + 100,000 |
Orchestra fun for Rolf Zuckowski |
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First published: October 21, 2005
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2006 | Summer children Rolf Zuckowski and his friends |
- |
First published: June 2, 2006
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2007 | Rolf's family summer party Rolf Zuckowski and his friends |
DE-
gold
DE
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First published: 2007
Sales: + 100,000 |
2008 | My home - our blue planet Rolf Zuckowski and his friends |
- |
First published: September 26, 2008
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2009 | Red + Green - Look, listen, join in! Zuckowski - Beate Lambert - Ferri Feils |
- |
First published: July 31, 2009
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2010 | Rolf's Children's Spring Rolf Zuckowski and his friends |
DE98
gold
(1 week)DE |
First published: February 26, 2010
Sales: + 100,000 |
I can do that! Rolf Zuckowski and his friends |
- |
First published: October 1, 2010
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2011 | Rolf's happy family day Rolf Zuckowski |
- |
First published: March 18, 2011
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Then dare - 7 sounding wedding greetings Rolf Zuckowski |
- |
First published: July 8, 2011
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Live albums
- 2002: 20:00 - Live
- 2003: … and really live!
Compilations
year | Title pseudonym |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, pseudonym , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
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DE | |||
1995 | Friends like us Rolf Zuckowski with his big and small friends |
DE32
gold
(11 weeks)DE |
First published: October 6, 1995
Sales: + 250,000 |
1997 | The minstrel with all his friends - the best of 20 years Rolf Zuckowski |
DE36
gold
(6 weeks)DE |
First published: April 28, 1997
Sales: + 250,000 |
2008 | Your heart for children Maffay - Nena - Zuckowski |
DE82 (1 week) DE |
First published: December 5, 2008
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More compilations
- 1992: You there on the radio (sales: + 250,000 ; DE:gold)
- 1992: My mommy, my daddy and I (sales: + 250,000 ; DE:gold)
- 1994: here we go!
- 1997: Sing with us! Rolfs Vogelhochzeit (Sales: + 250,000 ; DE:gold)
- 2000: This is music for you (sales: + 150,000 ; DE:gold)
- 2004: Rolf's colorful song journey
- 2005: Celebrations around the annual clock
- 2007: Life is more (including biography "5 years of May")
- 2009: Rolf's happy spring Sunday (sales: + 100,000 ; DE:gold)
- 2011: Your little life (with Anuschka Zuckowski )
- 2014: My life song book
- 2015: once life
- 2016: In our daycare center - 22 songs in spring and summer
- 2016: At our daycare center - 22 songs in autumn and winter
- 2016: Good mood - good trip
- 2017: Your sun stays - with songs and gentle classical music from mourning to comfort
- 2018: The tooth gap blues - and the tooth fairy sends its regards
- 2018: Come on, we want to run the lantern
Christmas albums
year | Title pseudonym |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, pseudonym , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
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DE | AT | |||
1987 | Winter children… looking for Christmas Rolf Zuckowski and his friends |
DE49 × 3
(37 weeks)DE |
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First published: October 19, 1987
Sales: + 1,800,000 |
1993 | December Rolf Zuckowski dreams with his friends big and small |
DE8th × 2
(34 weeks)DE |
- |
First published: November 5, 1993
Sales: + 1,000,000 |
1996 | Quiet Nights - Bright Light Rolf Zuckowski & his great friends |
DE28 (10 weeks) DE |
- |
First published: November 4, 1996
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1997 | Christmas time in kindergarten Rolf and his friends |
DE99
platinum
(1 week)DE |
- |
First published: October 31, 1997
Sales: + 500,000 |
2001 | In the Rolf Zuckowski Christmas bakery |
DE25th
gold
(52 weeks)DE |
AT69 (2 weeks) AT |
First published: October 8, 2001
Sales: + 150,000 |
2006 | Rolf's colorful advent calendar Rolf Zuckowski |
DE34
platinum
(27 weeks)DE |
- |
First published: October 20, 2006
Sales: + 200,000 |
2009 | Rolf's big Christmas treasure Rolf Zuckowski and his friends |
DE66 (4 weeks) DE |
- |
First published: November 6, 2009
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2010 | Longing for Christmas Rolf Zuckowski and his Swiss friends |
DE40
gold
(3 weeks)DE |
- |
First published: November 26th, 2010
Sales: + 100,000 |
More Christmas albums
- 1982: We are waiting for Christmas (sales: + 500,000 ; DE:platinum)
- 2009: My most beautiful Christmas dream (sales: + 200,000 ; DE:platinum)
- 2014: It's snowing, it's snowing - most beautiful winter songs
- 2017: Heaven would always be so close to us (Rolf Zuckowski meets Martin Tingvall )
Singles
Chart placements
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
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DE | |||
1982 |
... and very much me (I like) songs that are like bridges |
DE15 (18 weeks) DE |
First published: February 3, 1982
Original: Volker Lechtenbrink |
1987 |
In the Winterkinder Christmas bakery ... looking for Christmas |
DE38 (14 weeks) DE |
First published: October 19, 1987
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2008 | Your heart for children Your heart for children |
DE69 (3 weeks) DE |
More singles
- 1979: Everything is on my bike
- 1981: Papi, wake up
- 1981: You there on the radio
- 1982: songs that are like bridges
- 1982: Dear good Santa Claus
- 1983: Theo (The Banana Bread Song)
- 1983: The dream machines
- 1984: At night we are with our friends
- 1984: when summer comes
- 1985: Green Wall (with Hans Hartz , Heinz Rudolf Kunze , Udo Lindenberg & Hendrik Schaper )
- 1985: To the end of the world
- 1985: life is more
- 1986: Don't ask me a hole in my stomach
- 1988: Breakfast for mom, breakfast for dad
- 1991: ... and then everything turns out very differently
- 1991: very close
- 1991: You're not that important either
- 1994: You need a song
- 1994: Human children
- 1995: hats off!
- 1996: A chance for Christmas
- 1996: who's perfect?
- 1997: Islands of Silence
- 1997: The minstrel
- 1997: We optimists
- 1999: Germany, your children
- 2000: roller coaster
- 2000: children grow up
- 2000: We here on the Elbe
- 2001: Now comes Easter time
- 2001: smiling eyes
- 2002: Just drive past
- 2002: It shines
- 2002: If you have to go, go
- 2003: Birds of Paradise (live) (with Anuschka )
- 2003: Live Once (live)
- 2003: We Optimists (live)
- 2005: And it has to go on again
- 2008: You are not everything - but everything is nothing without you
- 2012: give me more of it
- 2012: bird without wings
- 2012: When the year comes to an end
Video albums
- 1992: Rolf's way to school hit parade
- 1993: Rolf's song calendar (sales: + 50,000 ; DE:platinum)
- 1994: Rolfs Vogelhochzeit (sales: + 75,000 ; DE:× 3Triple gold )
- 1994: December dreams (sales: + 75,000 ; DE:× 3Triple gold )
- 1995: Live means alive
- 2000: 12 colorful song stories (sales: + 25,000 ; DE:gold)
- 2002: Rolf's rabbit story - I am strong (sales: + 25,000 ; DE:gold)
- 2003: Rolf's new way to school hit parade (sales: + 75,000 ; DE:× 3Triple gold )
- 2004: Rolf Zuckowski and his friends - The best from ZDF
- 2015: Oh you my bag - with a musical by Jens Pape and Friederike Linder and 14 elementary school songs
- 2017: Rolf's new bird wedding
Author participations and productions
The following list includes pieces in which Rolf Zuckowski was involved as a writer and / or producer and which reached the charts in Germany, Austria, Switzerland or the United Kingdom.
Zuckowski in the charts as a writer and producer
year | Title artist |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, artist , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | |||
1976 | Djambo Djambo A, P Peter, Sue & Marc |
- | - |
CH6 (13 weeks) CH |
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First published: 1976
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Like a Seagull A, P Peter, Sue & Marc |
- | - |
CH7 (15 weeks) CH |
- |
First published: 1976
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Cindy A, P Peter, Sue & Marc |
DE10 (21 weeks) DE |
- |
CH4 (16 weeks) CH |
- |
First published: 1976
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1977 | Good morning, sunshine A Nana Mouskouri |
DE39 (2 weeks) DE |
- | - | - |
First published: 1977
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Swiss Lady A, P Pepe Lienhard Band |
DE18 (5 weeks) DE |
AT13 (12 weeks) AT |
CH1 (18 weeks) CH |
- |
First published: 1977
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Mountain Man A, P Peter, Sue & Marc |
- | - |
CH14 (4 weeks) CH |
- |
First published: 1977
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The Tifel is gschtorbe A Michel Villa |
- | - |
CH13 (4 weeks) CH |
- |
First published: 1977
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Piccolo Man A Pepe Lienhard Band |
- | - |
CH8 (5 weeks) CH |
- |
First published: 1977
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Memory Melody A, P Peter, Sue & Marc |
- | - |
CH6 (10 weeks) CH |
- |
First published: 1977
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1978 | Tom Dooley A, Peter P , Sue & Marc |
- | - |
CH8 (10 weeks) CH |
- |
First published: 1978
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1979 | Scotty Boy A, Peter P , Sue & Marc |
- | - |
CH10 (9 weeks) CH |
- |
First published: 1979
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Jerusalem A, P Peter, Sue & Marc |
- | - |
CH11 (4 weeks) CH |
- |
First published: 1979
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1980 | Ciao amico A, P Peter, Sue & Marc |
- | - |
CH10 (7 weeks) CH |
- |
First published: 1980
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Birds of Paradise A, P Peter, Sue & Marc |
DE29 (15 weeks) DE |
- |
CH9 (13 weeks) CH |
- |
First published: 1980
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1981 | Io senza te P Peter, Sue & Marc |
DE47 (7 weeks) DE |
- |
CH5 (10 weeks) CH |
- |
First publication: 1981
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Amazonas A, P Peter, Sue & Marc |
- | - |
CH10 (3 weeks) CH |
- |
First publication: 1981
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1982 |
... and very much me (I like) A, P Rolf and his friends |
DE15 (18 weeks) DE |
- | - | - |
First published: February 3, 1982
Original: Volker Lechtenbrink |
1983 |
Nessaja A Peter Maffay |
DE17 (18 weeks) DE |
- | - | - |
First published: 1983
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1987 |
In the Christmas bakery A, P Rolf Zuckowski and his friends |
DE54 (... weeks) DE |
- | - | - |
First published: October 19, 1987
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1994 |
I never wanted to grow up (live) A Peter Maffay |
DE83 (7 weeks) DE |
- | - | - |
First published: August 1, 1994
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1995 |
Well a once again |
DE42 (6 weeks) DE |
- | - | - |
First published: 1995
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2002 |
Well a scooter |
DE1
gold
(14 weeks)DE |
AT2 (21 weeks) AT |
CH7 (14 weeks) CH |
UK4 (9 weeks) UK |
First published: April 8, 2002
Sales: + 255,000 |
2008 | Your heart for children A, P Maffay - Nena - Zuckowski |
DE69 (3 weeks) DE |
- | - | - |
First published: November 21, 2008
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2011 |
Growing up A 23 feat. Peter Maffay |
DE29 (8 weeks) DE |
AT29 (7 weeks) AT |
- | - |
First published: December 9, 2011
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Special publications
Theme songs
- 1985: 1, 2 or 3
- 1991: News from the Süderhof (New text by Michael Reinecke on Zuckowski's song Die Kinder des Rock 'Roll from 1989)
Radio plays
year | Title pseudonym |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, pseudonym , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
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DE | |||
2017 | Rolf's new bird wedding Rolf Zuckowski & Various Artists |
DE92 (1 week) DE |
First published: April 7, 2017
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More radio plays
- 1994: Peter and the Wolf
Box sets
- 2007: Rolfs TOP 100 (sales: + 100,000 ; DE:gold)
statistics
Chart evaluation
The following list contains an overview of Rolf Zuckowski's chart successes in the album and single charts.
Album charts
DE | AT | |
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Number one albums | DE-DE | AT-AT |
Top 10 albums | DE1DE | AT-AT |
Albums in the charts | DE25thDE | AT1AT |
Single charts
Interpretations
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Author participation
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Production holdings
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Awards for music sales
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Norway
- 2003: for the author participation Nessaja (Scooter)
Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
Country / Region | gold | platinum | Sales | swell |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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Germany (BVMI) | 33 × gold33 | 22 × platinum22nd | 14,325,000 | musikindustrie.de |
Norway (IFPI) | gold1 | - | 5,000 | ifpi.no ( Memento from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) |
All in all | 34 × gold34 | 22 × platinum22nd |
swell
- ↑ a b Rolf Zuckowski: “I care about my songs” . In: ZEIT ONLINE . ( zeit.de [accessed on August 30, 2018]).
- ^ List of chart successes as a composer and producer Zuckowski on hitparade.ch