Top German-Language Music of 2023: IFPI Releases Annual Charts and Sales Data

2024-01-11 09:47:01

According to a release from the music industry association IFPI, German-language music was very popular in 2023, with two German acts in second place with the duo Udo Lindenberg & Apache 207 with “Komet” and the trio Miksu, Macloud and Makko with “Nachtswach” in third place the podium seats behind Miley Cyrus. There is a special feature at number 4, which Tom Odell occupies with the melancholic love song “Another Love”. The song, which is more than ten years old, first became a peace song for Ukraine on social media and then a sign of protest once morest the oppression of women in Iran, thus celebrating a comeback in the charts. The local top act Raf Camora follows at number 12 with “All Night” (together with Luciano).

The Rolling Stones secured the top position in the album charts with their comeback album “Hackney Diamonds” ahead of Raf Camora, who took second place with his album “XV” and also with his long players “Zukunft” and “Anthrazit “ was able to place two more albums in the top 100, which also makes him the most successful domestic artist in terms of albums. Pop queen Taylor Swift landed at number 3 with “Midnights” from 2022, and her current album “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” from October 2023 landed at number 4.

A total of 17 Austrian album productions made it into the top 100 of the annual charts, meaning that local acts performed better on the albums than on the singles. The spectrum here ranged from rap (Raf Camora) and pop (Pizzera & Jaus, Josh., Seiler and Speer, Chris Steger, etc.) to hits (Seer, Melissa Naschenweng, Andy Borg, Nockis, etc.) to classical music (Vienna’s New Year’s Concert 2023). Philharmonic Orchestra/Welser-Möst). The basis for the sales charts are the sales achieved in Austria via digital platforms and physical retail. Singles in particular are now dominated by streaming services such as Spotify, Amazon Prime or Apple, while the proportion of physical recordings is higher for albums.

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