Schlager singer Helene Fischer is one of the German-speaking world's biggest stars, with numerous awards to her name. Photo: Johannes Eisele/AFP Schlager icon Helene Fischer is a star in German ...
DJ Robin & Schürze's song "Layla" was declared too sexist to be played at a clutch of festivals in Germany, kicking up a social media storm over a hit single that belongs to an infamous genre — the ...
German music channel GoldStar TV will premiere a new original show, Meine GoldStars! präsentiert von Anni Perka, on 1 ...
Often only associated with old-fashioned drinking halls, Germany's longstanding 'hit' music tradition is now filled with both young fans and artists themselves. If someone asked you what kind of music ...
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The Amigos announce end of career

After more than 50 years on stage, the Amigos are actually thinking about retiring. Bernd Ulrich revealed in an interview ...
Town festival authorities refuse to play chart-topping Layla by DJ Robin & Schürze, prompting complaints of censorship They are loud in volume, unsophisticated in tune and often offensively bawdy in ...
The company calls the deal its largest label investment since it acquired Nashville's BBR Music Group in 2017 for around $100M. By Richard Smirke BMG is growing its share of the world’s fourth largest ...
Austrian composer and singer Udo Juergens performs on the German TV show "Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel" in Dortmund, Germany, on November 12, 2011 Austrian composer and singer Udo Juergens performs on ...
The Netherlands’ guttersnipe answer to French chanson and German schlager is as popular as ever – but has it lost its roots as the defiant voice of the working class? Our writer sways along at the Muz ...