Overview

• GfK Entertainment compiled the official half-year charts for the Bundesverband Musikindustrie using combined streaming and sales data.
• Oimara’s “Wackelkontakt” emerged as the top single, spending seven weeks at number one and surpassing 130 million streams.
• Zartmann’s “Tau mich auf” and the collaboration “APT.” by ROSÉ and Bruno Mars secured the second and third positions among singles.
• Linkin Park’s comeback album From Zero, released in November 2024 with new vocalist Emily Armstrong, led the album rankings by a clear margin.
• Longseller albums by Billie Eilish (Hit Me Hard And Soft) and Roland Kaiser (Marathon) completed the top three on the album chart.