Artists from Germany

686 published artists from Germany, led by Rammstein, Scorpions and Hans Zimmer. The list below shows the 120 most famous.

At a glance

686 published artists from Germany; 5,784 studio albums have verified cover art.

Published artists9 tier 1 · 46 tier 2 · 631 tier 3: 686
Release groups: 20,719
Studio albums: 6,889
Albums with cover artverified Cover Art Archive: 5,784
Timeline events: 10,598
Monthly listenerssum across artists: 281M
Average career spanfirst to last dated release: 30.5 years
Full biographies: 366
Biography words: 892,017

When they started

Debut decade from each artist's earliest dated release. Most debuts fell in the 1990s (124 artists).

Artists by debut decade
Decade	Artists
1930s	1
1940s	4
1950s	13
1960s	29
1970s	64
1980s	82
1990s	124
2000s	111
2010s	60
2020s	15

183 artists have no dated release or formation year and are not plotted.

Genres in Germany

Top 8 genres by artist count. opera is the most common, with 87 artists.

Covers from Germany

5,784 studio albums have verified cover art. The 12 shown come from the most famous artists.

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Rammstein · 2022
[Rammstein]
Rammstein · 2019
Liebe ist für alle da
Rammstein · 2009
Rosenrot
Rammstein · 2005
Reise, Reise
Rammstein · 2004
Mutter
Rammstein · 2001
Sehnsucht
Rammstein · 1997
Herzeleid
Rammstein · 1995
Rock Believer
Scorpions · 2022
Return to Forever
Scorpions · 2015
Comeblack
Scorpions · 2011
Sting in the Tail
Scorpions · 2010

Leaders

Scorpions has the most release groups (356); Kurt Weill the longest career (83 years); Die Fantastischen Vier the most awards (51).

Most prolific

Most prolific, by number of release groups
Artist	release groups
Scorpions	356
André Previn	292
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach	290
Hans Zimmer	286
Richard Strauss	249

Longest careers

first to last dated release

Longest careers, by number of years
Artist	years
Kurt Weill	83
Engelbert Humperdinck	79
Lale Andersen	79
Bruno Walter	77
Wilhelm Furtwängler	71

Most decorated

Most decorated, by number of awards
Artist	awards
Die Fantastischen Vier	51
André Previn	30
Hans Zimmer	24
Xavier Naidoo	24
Richard Strauss	21

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Most famous artists from Germany

Rammstein

Germany · Group · 1994–present

shock rock, Neue Deutsche Härte, industrial metal

13.5M listeners · 93 wikis

Scorpions

Germany · Group · 1965–present

hard rock, heavy metal music

20.7M listeners · 79 wikis

Hans Zimmer

Germany · Person · born 1957

film score, soundtrack, video game music

12.9M listeners · 89 wikis

Boney M.

Germany · Group · 1975–1986

pop music, soul, disco, reggae, Eurodisco, Italo disco, Hi-NRG

17.9M listeners · 64 wikis

Alphaville

Germany · Group · 1982–present

synth-pop

18.1M listeners · 41 wikis

Robin Schulz

Germany · Person · born 1987

house music

26M listeners · 31 wikis

Cascada

Germany · Group · 2004–present

Eurotrance

9.1M listeners · 47 wikis

Kim Petras

Germany · Person · born 1992

pop music

12.3M listeners · 36 wikis

Nena

Germany · Person · born 1960

pop music, pop rock, Q3071, synth-pop, new wave, Neue Deutsche Welle

6.1M listeners · 49 wikis

Nicole

Germany · Person · born 1964

rock music, pop music, gospel music, jazz, schlager music

6.2M listeners · 47 wikis

Felix Jaehn

Germany · Person · born 1994

electronic dance music, tropical house, deep house

17.1M listeners · 22 wikis

Milky Chance

Germany · Group · 2012–present

pop music, alternative rock, indie pop, folktronica

15.9M listeners · 22 wikis

Artists from Germany

At a glance

When they started

Genres in Germany

Covers from Germany

Leaders

Most prolific

Longest careers

Most decorated

Related

opera in other countries

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Most famous artists from Germany

Rammstein

Scorpions

Hans Zimmer

Boney M.

Alphaville

Robin Schulz

Cascada

Kim Petras

Nena

Nicole

Felix Jaehn

Milky Chance

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Adam Port

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Jacques Offenbach

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Luciano

Richard Strauss

Kraftwerk

Lena Meyer-Landrut

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Tokio Hotel

Dietrich Buxtehude

Karlheinz Stockhausen

Nina Hagen

Johann Pachelbel

Paul Hindemith

Dieter Bohlen

Helloween

André Previn

Heinrich Schütz

Kurt Weill

Helene Fischer

Wilhelm Furtwängler

Enigma

Florian Schneider

Klaus Meine

Max Bruch

Kreator

Blind Guardian

Stefan Raab

Sandra

Accept

Hildegard Knef

Richard Kruspe

Lale Andersen

Ralf Hütter

Sarah Connor

Engelbert Humperdinck

Die Toten Hosen

Scooter

Sodom

Dschinghis Khan

Milli Vanilli

Carlos Kleiber

Doro Pesch

Paul Landers

Bruno Walter