The Official German Charts are record charts compiled by GfK Entertainment GmbH on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie (Federal Association of Phonographic Industry). They include the "Top 100 Single-Charts" and the "Top 100 Album-Charts". The chart week runs from Friday to Thursday with the official chart being published by various third-party media outlets on the following Friday. The charts are based on sales of physical singles and albums from retail outlets as well as permanent music downloads and streaming.
The first number-one-single of the year was "Rockabye" by Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul & Anne-Marie, which moved into the top spot in the issue dated 30 December 2016 but remained in place for two weeks before being replaced by "Shape of You" by British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran. "Shape of You" ruled the charts for 15 consecutive weeks, before being dethroned by "Despacito" by Puerto Rican artists Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee, which led the charts between April and August for a total of 17 weeks. Axwell Λ Ingrosso's "More Than You Know reached number one on issue date 25 August and stayed there for three weeks. German rappers Kay One, Kollegah and Farid Bang reached the number-one position for the first time with "Señorita" and "Sturmmaske auf (Intro)". Bausa's "Was du Liebe nennst" reached the number-one in mid-October and topped the charts for eight weeks. Ed Sheeran ended the year with "Perfect", his second number-one single of the year. The longest unbroken run at number one in 2017 was 17 weeks, which was achieved by Luis Fonsi's "Despacito". "Shape of You" topped the Year End-Single charts.
Albumwise thirty-three different albums reached the pole-position. The Rolling Stones' Blue & Lonesome became the first album number-one of the year, followed by Klubbb3's Jetzt geht’s richtig los!. Ed Sheeran's ÷ became the first album of the year to top the chart for longer than a week in March. Helene Fischer's eponymous album reached the pole-position in May and later topped the year-end album charts. Other albums to top the charts for multiple weeks were Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert, Vol. 4 by various artists, Sampler 4 by 187 Strassenbande, Zauberland by Die Amigos, 25 Jahre Abenteuer Leben by Andrea Berg and MTV Unplugged by Peter Maffay. Ed Sheeran's ÷ ruled the charts for five weeks.
Number-one hits by week +KeyIndicates best-performing single and album of 2017 Issue date Song Artist Album Artist 6 January "Rockabye" Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul and Anne-Marie Blue & Lonesome The Rolling Stones 13 January "Shape of You" Ed Sheeran Jetzt geht’s richtig los! Klubbb3 20 January I See You The xx 27 January Anarchie und Alltag Antilopen Gang 3 February Gods of Violence Kreator 10 February (sic!) Broilers 17 February Auge des Tigers Majoe 24 February Mein Amerika Philipp Poisel 3 March Karma Mike Singer 10 March ÷ Ed Sheeran 17 March 24 March Spirit Depeche Mode 31 March We Got Love The Kelly Family 7 April Emotionen Joel Brandenstein 14 April Infinite Deep Purple 21 April ÷ Ed Sheeran 28 April "Despacito" Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee So schön anders Adel Tawil 5 May Gute Nacht Kontra K 12 May Laune der Natur Die Toten Hosen 19 May Helene Fischer Helene Fischer 26 May Rammstein: Paris Rammstein 2 June Helene Fischer Helene Fischer 9 June Keine Nacht für Niemand Kraftklub 16 June Black Friday Bushido 23 June Maximum KC Rebell and Summer Cem 30 June Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert, Vol. 4 Various artists 7 July Epic Fler and Jalil 14 July Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert, Vol. 4 Various artists 21 July Sampler 4 187 Strassenbande 28 July 4 August Zauberland Die Amigos 11 August 18 August Regenbogen Vanessa Mai 25 August "More Than You Know" Axwell Λ Ingrosso Sturmfahrt Eisbrecher 1 September Anthrazit RAF Camora 8 September Lang lebe der Tod Casper 15 September "Señorita" Kay One featuring Pietro Lombardi tru. Cro 22 September 25 Jahre Abenteuer Leben Andrea Berg 29 September 6 October "Sturmmaske auf (Intro)" Kollegah and Farid Bang Royal Bunker Savas and Sido 13 October "Was du Liebe nennst" Bausa Heartbreak Century Sunrise Avenue 20 October Im Auge des Sturms Santiano 27 October TP4L Trailerpark 3 November Im Auge des Sturms Santiano 10 November MTV Unplugged Peter Maffay 17 November 24 November 1 December Sing meinen Song – Das Weihnachtskonzert, Vol. 4 Various artists 8 December "Perfect" Ed Sheeran Jung, brutal, gutaussehend 3 Kollegah and Farid Bang 15 December Memento – Gegen die Zeit + Live in Berlin Böhse Onkelz 22 December ÷ Ed Sheeran 29 December
See also List of number-one hits (Germany) List of German airplay number-one songs
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