Pop musik: the sound of the German charts

In a new series, Andrew Khan examines the international language of pop – beginning with GermanyAs it's Europe's largest country, and one of the few that doesn't seem to be teetering on the brink of insolvency, the importance of Germany to boosting international sales will be understood by pop superstars on both sides of the Atlantic. Justin Bieber may have been famously unfamiliar with the concept of "German" but his peers, from Lady Gaga to Cheryl Cole, are regular fixtures on the nation's p...

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