Scooter knocks Madge

Das ist gut, nein. German techno babble

It’s open season on Madonna; what with those biceps, imminent 50th birthday, desperate attempts to publically snog girls, an album to promote and running out of shock tactics.

And her Madge-esty can well deal with the press as they try to buckle her iron will. But perhaps what she didn’t bank on was beating a German techno band that have blown her from the top spot in the album charts.

Only one week after her much-hyped Hard Candy hit the shelves, bass-thumping suburban clubsters, Scooter have knocked the old bird off her perch.

Indie label All Around The World released the album with little press fanfare, expensive posters, radio play nor TV campaigns but have grabbed the top spot in the UK charts.

According to the BBC, their album Jumping All Over the World sold 33,500 copies in its first week, 4,000 more than sickly-sweet producer-heavy Hard Candy.

Out in the nether worlds of satellite video channels, The Box and Flaunt have been pushing the upbeat borrow-a-beat sound for some time.

And Scooter have been massive in Europe for ages, selling Madge-happy amounts over the years (14 million records).

They’re best known for hits such as Hyper Hyper, Move Your Ass, Fire, How Much Is the Fish?, Posse (I Need You on the Floor), Ramp!, Nessaja, One (Always Hardcore). Which tends to suggest energy.

Forty-two year old Scooter frontman HP Baxxter is reportedly double-mad for it.

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