Helene Fischer

Biography

Helene Fischer (born 5 August 1984) is a German schlager singer. Since her debut in 2005, she has won numerous awards, including 17 Echo awards, four "Die Krone der Volksmusik" awards, and three Bambi awards. She has sold at least 18 million records. In June 2014, her multi-platinum 2013 album Farbenspiel×Farbenspiel4 October 2013 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 16 tracks1Fehlerfrei3:392Mit keinem andern3:443So kann das Leben sein4:044Marathon3:495Atemlos durch die Nacht3:416Der Augenblick4:167Te quiero3:408Captain meiner Seele3:399In diesen Nächten4:2210Feuerwerk3:4311Ehrlich und klar4:0512Wunder dich nicht3:5313Auf der Suche nach mir4:1114Alice im Wunderland4:0115Unser Tag3:3816Ein kleines Glück3:40 became the most downloaded album ever by a German artist and is the sixth-best-selling album of all time in Germany. Her signature song "Atemlos durch die Nacht×Atemlos durch die Nacht29 November 2013 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 8 tracks1Atemlos durch die Nacht (Bassflow main radio/video mix)3:382Atemlos durch die Nacht ("The Pope" remix)3:413Atemlos durch die Nacht (Bassflow alternative remake edit)3:374Atemlos durch die Nacht (Sean Finn radio edit)3:545Atemlos durch die Nacht (A Class kuduro edit)3:366Atemlos durch die Nacht (A Class dance edit)3:367Atemlos durch die Nacht (A Class spheric edit)3:388Atemlos durch die Nacht3:39" was the best-selling song in Germany in 2014. She has had the best-selling album of the year in Germany five times: in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, and 2018. She ranked No. 8 on Forbes' list of "The World's Highest-Paid Women in Music 2018," earning US$ 32 million. Fischer has been referred to as the "Queen of Schlager".

Early life and career

Helene Fischer was born in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, former Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, to Pyotr and Marina Fischer. Her father worked as a physical education teacher, and her mother was an engineer. Her paternal grandparents were Black Sea Germans who were among those sent to forced settlements in Kazakhstan and Siberia. In 1988, at the age of three-and-a-half, she immigrated with her parents and her six-year-old sister to Wöllstein, West Germany.
After graduating from high school, Fischer attended the Frankfurt Stage & Musical School for three years, where she studied singing and acting. During this time, she performed on stage at the Staatstheater Darmstadt, as well as at the Volkstheater Frankfurt.
Fischer's debut on stage occurred on 14 May 2005, in a program by the TV channel ARD. It was a duet with schlager singer Florian Silbereisen. The two later became a couple.
She has won 17 Echo awards, the "Goldene Henne" award seven times, and the "Krone der Volksmusik" prize four times. All her albums and DVDs have achieved multiple gold and double platinum certifications. Her songs, with their stories of the everyday worries and woes of home-loving folks, are lyrically close to what could be called "country music," although musically quite different.
Her fanbase extends beyond Germany, Austria, and Switzerland to Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, the United Kingdom, Finland, and New Zealand.
She released her first English album, The English Ones×The English Ones16 July 2010 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1You're My Destination3:442You Let Me Shine4:133From Here Til Forever3:484Sweet Surrender3:215Everything I Need3:306My Heart Belongs to You3:317Don't Ask3:548Leave Me3:579Goodbye My Love3:2010Wake Me Up3:4811I'll Walk With You3:5112Sometimes Love3:1813Only Dreamers3:3114Heaven Is Here4:35, on 7 June 2010. The album was produced by Jean Frankfurter (Erich Ließmann), a German producer, composer, and arranger. On singing in English, Fischer commented: "I have always dreamed of singing my songs in another language. English is the language of country, the music that we call Schlager. Language is a tool, but it is important that what you sing comes from the heart – and that is what this album is about."

In January 2013, she made her acting debut in an episode of the German TV series Das Traumschiff.
On 4 October 2013, she released her album Farbenspiel×Farbenspiel4 October 2013 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 16 tracks1Fehlerfrei3:392Mit keinem andern3:443So kann das Leben sein4:044Marathon3:495Atemlos durch die Nacht3:416Der Augenblick4:167Te quiero3:408Captain meiner Seele3:399In diesen Nächten4:2210Feuerwerk3:4311Ehrlich und klar4:0512Wunder dich nicht3:5313Auf der Suche nach mir4:1114Alice im Wunderland4:0115Unser Tag3:3816Ein kleines Glück3:40 in Germany. She went on tour in 2014 and embarked on a major stadium tour in 2015. She performed at the Olympia Stadium in Berlin in front of 120,000 people. The album received platinum certification after just five days in Germany, Denmark, and Austria. Farbenspiel became the most successful release by a German female artist in the first week of release in the past decade. To date, over 2.4 million copies of the album have been sold.
On 13 November 2015, Fischer released a Christmas album entitled Weihnachten×Weihnachten13 November 2015 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 35 tracks · 2 discsDisc 11Stille Nacht4:232O Du fröhliche3:333Ihr Kinderlein kommet3:144Fröhliche Weihnacht überall2:295Alle Jahre wieder3:066Süßer die Glocken nie klingen3:237Vom Himmel hoch, da komm’ ich her3:228Lasst uns froh und munter sein3:049Leise rieselt der Schnee3:1910Maria durch ein’ Dornwald ging3:0711Adeste fideles3:5512Tochter Zion3:0513Am Weihnachtsbaum die Lichter brennen3:3214In der Weihnachtsbäckerei3:0115O Tannenbaum2:3816Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen2:4117Heilige Nacht4:0318Ave Maria5:16Disc 21White Christmas3:112Winter Wonderland2:513Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer2:574Let It Snow2:275Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas4:006Little Drummer Boy3:057We Wish You a Merry Christmas2:138What Child Is This3:529The Power of Love4:0310Driving Home for Christmas4:1311Last Christmas4:2512Santa Claus Is Coming to Town2:2813Jingle Bells2:2614Feliz Navidad3:3315The Christmas Song3:5216Hallelujah4:3317I’ll Be Home for Christmas3:42. It consists of two CDs, the first featuring Christmas songs sung in German and German dialects, and the second featuring songs sung in English. The album reached number 1 on the year-end charts in both Germany and Austria and received a total of 14 platinum certifications in both countries. It sold over 1.3 million copies.
In 2016, she sang the German version of "How Far I'll Go" ("Ich bin bereit"), the title song from Disney's Moana.
On 12 May 2017, she released her eighth studio album, titled Helene×Helene2005 · EP · DemoSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 6 tracks1Falling Into You2Mädchen der Nacht (Musical "Jekyll & Hyde")3The Power of Love4Gefährliches Spiel (Musical "Jekyll & Hyde")5Easy as Life (Musical "Aida")6Angel Fischer. It was released by Polydor. The album debuted at number one on the Austrian, German, and Swiss Albums Charts and reached the top ten in the Netherlands and the Flemish region of Belgium. In Germany, Helene Fischer sold more than 300,000 copies in its first week of release, making it the highest-selling debut since Herbert Grönemeyer's 2002 album Mensch. The album won nine platinum certifications in Germany and Austria and has sold over 1 million copies in both countries to date. She performed all her new songs, along with several hits from previous albums, at the Kesselhaus in Munich, and released the album Helene Fischer – Das Konzert aus dem Kesselhaus×Das Konzert aus dem Kesselhaus8 September 2017 · Album · LiveSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 28 tracks · 2 discsDisc 11Nur mit Dir4:272Sonne auf der Haut5:563Das volle Programm3:364Schon lang nicht mehr getanzt5:405Schmetterling3:576Genau mein Ding5:017Gib mir deine Hand3:168Achterbahn4:209Viva La Vida4:0310Sowieso5:1411Weil Liebe nie zerbricht6:0212Die schönste Reise4:0613Wir zwei3:4114Mit jedem Herzschlag6:02Disc 21Dein Blick6:312Lieb mich dann3:483Mit dem Wind4:484Wir brechen das Schweigen5:335Du hast mich stark gemacht3:276Ich wollte mich nie mehr verlieben3:447Herzbeben4:418Flieger5:039Wenn Du lachst6:3810Adieu5:0211Phänomen5:2012Marathon4:5413Unser Tag4:1914Atemlos durch die Nacht5:58, showcasing this performance.
In June 2018, she began her second stadium tour, performing in Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Austria. In several locations on this tour, she performed up to five times in a row. Her show was developed in collaboration with 45 Degrees of Cirque du Soleil. In October 2018, The New York Times ranked Fischer seventh in terms of the world's biggest touring musical acts of the year. In the 2018 Forbes list of top-earning female artists worldwide, she ranked 8th. This also makes her the most successful non-English singer currently.
Fischer performed at the SnowpenAir 2022 Music Festival in Grindelwald Terminal in the Switzerland Alps. There, she sang the Marius Müller-Westernhagen song Freiheit as her response to the most recent Russian invasion of Ukraine and another instance of forced resettlement by Russia. Fischer wore a blue and yellow ribbon in solidarity with Ukraine, tearfully introducing the song by describing the sorrow experienced by Ukrainian families being resettled and torn apart by the war. She performed the song with blue and yellow highlights on the stage.

Guest appearances and duets

Eros Ramazzotti: album Vita ce n'è – "Per il resto tutto bene" (2018)
Andrea Bocelli: album Passione – "When I Fall in Love" (2013)
Michael Bolton: Various duets, e.g. "Make You Feel My Love", "Vivo Per Lei"
Robbie Williams: album The Christmas Present – "Santa Baby" (2019)
"Just Pretend" by Elvis Presley and Helene Fischer, featuring Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
"Voilà" with young Emma Kok (2023)

Bambi

2013: for Musik national
2014: for Entertainment
2017: for Musik national

Echo

2009: for Deutschsprachiger Schlager
2009: for DVD Produktion des Jahres (Mut zum Gefühl Live)
2010: for DVD Produktion national (Zaubermond Live)
2012: for Deutschsprachiger Schlager
2013: for DVD Produktion national (Für einen Tag – Live 2012)
2013: for Deutschsprachiger Schlager
2014: for Album des Jahres
2014: for Deutschsprachiger Schlager
2015: for Schlager
2015: for Album des Jahres
2015: for Hit des Jahres
2015: for Musik-DVD/Blu-Ray national
2016: for Musik-DVD/Blu-Ray national (Weihnachten), (Farbenspiel Live)
2016: for Album des Jahres
2016: for Live-Act national
2016: for Crossover
2018: for Schlager

Goldene Henne

2007: for Aufsteigerin des Jahres
2008: for Musik
2010: for Leserpreis Musik
2012: for Publikumspreis Musik
2014: for Musik
2014: Superhenne (Special 20th Anniversary Award)
2016: for Musik
2020: for Entertainment with Die Helene Fischer Show 2019

Goldene Kamera

2012: for Beste Musik national
2016: for Beliebtester deutscher Musik-Act

Krone der Volksmusik

2008: for the Erfolg des Jahres 2007
2009: for the Erfolg des Jahres 2008
2010: as Erfolgreichste Sängerin 2009
2012: as Erfolgreichste Sängerin 2011

Personal life

From May 2008, Fischer was in a relationship with Florian Silbereisen. The two were regarded as the "dream couple of German pop music" and frequently became the subject of speculative tabloid headlines. In December 2018, they announced that they had been separated for some time and had remained friends. Fischer later revealed that her new partner was aerial acrobat Thomas Seitel, with whom she collaborates in her stage shows. In December 2021, the couple married and welcomed a daughter. Later that same year, they moved into a house in Inning am Ammersee, where the family has lived ever since. In August 2025, she gave birth to a second daughter.

Social engagement and political statements

Fischer has generally refrained from making political statements in the past. However, she expressed clear opposition to discrimination, racism, hatred, and violence in an interview with the magazine "Stern". She described these as poisonous to society and called for the defense of democratic values, urging people to stand against extremism by participating in elections and resisting intimidation from antidemocratic forces.
Her remarks sparked controversy among her fans, particularly among suspected supporters of the far-right party AfD in Germany, who subsequently spread hateful messages under her Instagram posts and criticized her. On the other hand, she also received support for her outspoken stance against racism and antidemocratic propaganda. Some users praised her for publicly taking a stand and positioning herself against the far-right, with some declaring themselves new fans because of her opposition to hatred and intolerance. Fischer is not the only celebrity to have spoken out in the "Stern" magazine.