Overview
- GfK's year-end lists place Taylor Swift's The Life Of A Showgirl as the top-selling album in Germany, with more than 225,000 sales and nearly 950 million streams credited to her in 2025.
- Oimara's Wackelkontakt finished as the No. 1 single after spending seven weeks at the summit, with a tight Top 3 that also included Zartmann's Tau mich auf.
- Germany ranks charts by revenue, whereas the U.S. Billboard 200 uses album-equivalent units that convert downloads and streams into units under set formulas.
- Since August 2025, the singles chart counts at most the eight most successful tracks from any one album, changing how multi-track releases impact weekly rankings.
- Streaming payouts supplied 81.2% of Germany’s recorded-music revenue in the first half of the year, yet physical formats and merchandise bundles (capped at €40 for chart credit) remain crucial for album performance.