Melodie (album) explained

Melodie
Type:studio
Artist:Cro
Cover:Cro Melodie Cover Standard Version.jpg
Released:6 July 2014
Genre:Rap, pop
Label:Chimperator
Producer:Cro, Shuko, Freedo, Michael Geldreich, Peet
Prev Title:Raop
Prev Year:2012
Next Title:tru.
Next Year:2017

Melodie ("Melody") is the second studio album by German rapper Cro. It was released on 6 July 2014 by the hip-hop label Chimperator Productions in both a standard and deluxe edition. The album debuted at No. 1 on the German, Austrian, and Swiss album charts.

Reception

Melodie rose to popularity after being released in the 26th week of 2014, rising to 1st place in the German charts. Overall, the album spent eight weeks in the top 10.[1] In Austria and Switzerland, the album immediately placed at the top of the charts.[2]

The first single off the album, entitled Traum (or Dream), was released on and reached No. 1 as well in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.[3] In Germany, the song held the number 1 spot for four weeks.[4] The second single Bad Chick was published on and reached position 9 in the German charts.[5] Hey Girl, the third and last single reached number 35.

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (2014)Position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6] 7
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7] 11
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[8] 19

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chartverfolgung Melodie auf musicline.de . 10 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140702201543/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/Cro/Melodie/longplay . 2 July 2014 . dead .
  2. http://www.chartsurfer.de/artist/cro/melodie-album_uffge.html Melodie AT und CH: #1
  3. http://www.chartsurfer.de/artist/cro/traum-song_nrgpf.html Traum DE, AT, CH: #1
  4. Web site: Chartverfolgung Traum auf Musicline.de . 10 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140915090020/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/Cro/Traum+%282+Track%29/single . 15 September 2014 . dead .
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20141016230620/http://www.officialcharts.de/song.asp?artist=Cro&title=Bad+Chick&cat=s&country=de Bad Chick DE: #9
  6. Web site: Jahreshitparade Alben 2014. austriancharts.at. 8 June 2020.
  7. Web site: Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts. German. GfK Entertainment. 8 June 2020.
  8. Web site: Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2014. hitparade.ch. 8 June 2020.