Keine Überraschung, oder?

Kein Wunder, wird ja auch kaum im Radio gespielt .

I'm curious: is there a bigger album charts in Germany than the top 50? and if so, is it available online? I don't understand why "Viktoria" isn't in the top 50 any longer, as Maria does the biggest promotion trips in Germany. "Viktoria" did place better than the other two albums that have been released in Germany, so that's definitely great. I guess I'm just curious, as I'm trying to keep an eye on the charts.

There are official Top 100-Charts, done by Media Control. But with a quick search on google I did´t find any more published than the Top 50 where Viktoria isn´t in at all. But if you have a look to some download-charts, you will find Viktoria often in the Top 20.

Well, I think the reason why Viktoria isn´t a very big chartbreaker is that the songs on there are kind of dark, heavy and not done for everyone. Althoug the radio stations do play Homeless every day, it is kind of overruled by all those other songs cause it is not one of those big ones which you just listen to beside doing your work. To get in touch with it you have to listen to it conciously.

But for me it doens´t matter if Marias albums climb the charts. Maybe it´s better when they don´t. Althoug I think Maria is doing very great music, I prefere it stays the way it is: intimate an familiar. I guess this things would get lost in a way if she would get all her songs on 1 in the charts. Also it might get some presure on SME to do some more Nr. 1-hits with her which would maybe also have the same effect cause SME might prefere thos happy, chartbreaking songs like All this time.

thanks for replying, Migi!
before I didn't use to pay attention to the charts but now I find that it's a nice way to get to know the popularity of her music. as for the singles I personally think that the record company could maybe benefit if they chose a song that isn't so predictable as a single. when "Apparently Unaffected" was released in the Netherlands, "Our Battles" was released as a third single. I think that is an evidence that she can release several kinds of songs as singles. that is only my opinion though. both "Apparently Unaffected" and "Cause and Effect" received gold records in Germany (as well as Norway), so I think "Viktoria" will achieve the same result.

Just hold me ist aber auch der Wahnsinn.

Kein Wunder, dass es aus den Charts einfach nicht verschwinden wollte..

Wo steht sie denn mit Homeless eigentlich mittlerweile?
Gibt es da auch Verkaufszahlen?

american_sky wrote:

Just hold me ist aber auch der Wahnsinn.

Kein Wunder, dass es aus den Charts einfach nicht verschwinden wollte..

Wo steht sie denn mit Homeless eigentlich mittlerweile?
Gibt es da auch Verkaufszahlen?

Homeless hat es lediglich in der Schweiz und Holland in die Charts geschafft.

KW 51

Norway Top 40 Albums
Place 38 with "Weapon in Mind"
Last week re entry

Norway Top 20 Singles
Place 5 with "Home for Christmas"
Last Week: 6

She is just in Norway in the Charts at the Moment.

Today Home for Christmas is on number one, as Maria posted on Instagram

Norway iTunes Charts Aktuell von Heute
26. 12. 2013 7.00

Place 2 with

Home for Christmas

KW 52

Norway Top 40 Albums
Place 39 with "Weapon in Mind"
Last week: 38

Norway Top 20 Singles
Place 3 with "Home for Christmas"
Last Week: 5

iTunes Charts Norway
27. December 2013 time 15.00
Place 10 with "Home for Christmas"

I think the place 3 have to do with iTunes too.

KW 1

Norway Top 40 Albums
Place 39 with "Weapon in Mind"
Last week 39

Norway Top 20 Singles
Place 4 with "Home for Christmas"
Last Week: 3

iTunes Charts Norway
She isn't in the Top Ten

KW 2

Norway Top 40 Albums
Isnt in Top 40 "Weapon in Mind"
Last week 39

Norway Top 20 Singles
"Home for Christmas" isnt in top 20
Last Week: 4

iTunes Charts Norway
She isn't in the Top Ten

How is "Weapon in Mind" doing in the German iTunes charts this week? Given that Maria has five concerts in Germany this week, the album should start moving on iTunes again.

frkeske wrote:

How is "Weapon in Mind" doing in the German iTunes charts this week? Given that Maria has five concerts in Germany this week, the album should start moving on iTunes again.

At the moment is nothing changed in iTunes Germany and Switzerland. I will check it out
on thursday again. Sometimes its need a bit time.

This month "I Always Liked That" was certified 2x platinum by IFPI Norway (link here: ifpi.no/component/rstrophybridge/?searchterm=Maria%20Mena). 2x platinum is 20.000 copies sold. Pretty amazing considered the song has not reached the official Norwegian single charts.

Ohhh woooowww that's cool thanxs frkeske...

Thank you so much for this Info...

I was looking at the English Wikipedia page for Maria - and there's a link to this site: evansabovepr.com/clients/maria_mena/maria_mena.html - where this is information is stated: Cause And Effect – Norway (Platinum), Germany (Platinum), Netherlands (GOLD), Switzerland (GOLD), Austria (GOLD) still on the charts and selling in Austria, Poland, Finland, Italy and Greece.

I do know that in Norway "Cause and Effect" was not certified platinum until 2012 (as stated here: ifpi.no/component/rstrophybridge/?searchterm=Maria%20Mena). And I can't find anything on "Cause and Effect" having earned a platinum record in Germany or a gold record in Austria. So... Does anyone know? I would love to hassle the German IFPI (Musikindustrie.de) by e-mailing them but maybe someone else actually has another way of getting that information?