Music of Germany

Music of Germany
General topics
German composers
Genres
Church music Classical Electronic Heavy metal Thrash metal Highlife Electronic music Hip hop Jazz Medieval metal Neue Deutsche Welle Opera Punk Rock (Neue Deutsche Härte, Krautrock, Ostrock) Schlager Volkslied Volksmusik Volkstümliche Musik
Specific forms
Guggenmusik Lied Schuhplattler Yodeling
Media and performance
Music awards ECHO Award Eurovision Song Contest MTV Europe Music Awards Music charts GfK Entertainment charts Deutsche Black Charts Music festivals Rock am Ring and Rock im Park Wacken Open Air Fusion Festival Hurricane Festival Mayday Summerbreeze Music media Radio stations in Germany De:Bug Magazine Folker Juice Melodie und Rhythmus Metal Hammer Musik und Gesellschaft Musikmarkt Neue Zeitschrift für Musik Orkus Sonic Seducer Spex Zillo
Nationalistic and patriotic songs
National anthem "Deutschlandlied"
Regional music
Local forms Berlin Related areas Austria Liechtenstein Switzerland
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Germany claims some of the most renowned composers, singers, producers and performers of the world. Germany is the largest music market in Europe, and third largest in the world.^[1]

German classical music is one of the most performed in the world; German composers include some of the most accomplished and popular in history, among them Georg Friedrich Händel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Carl Maria von Weber, Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann, Richard Wagner, Johannes Brahms and Richard Strauss, many of whom were among the composers who created the field of German opera. The most popular living German composer is probably film score composer Hans Zimmer.

German popular music of the 20th and 21st century includes the movements of Neue Deutsche Welle (Nena, Hubert Kah, Alphaville), disco (Boney M., Modern Talking, Dschinghis Khan, Milli Vanilli, Bad Boys Blue), metal/rock (Rammstein, Scorpions, Accept, Helloween), punk (Die Ärzte, Böhse Onkelz, Nina Hagen, Die Toten Hosen), pop rock (Sandra, Enigma, Michael Cretu, Herbert Grönemeyer) and indie (Tocotronic). Famous female singers were Marlene Dietrich and Hildegard Knef. German electronic music gained global influence, with Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream being pioneer groups in this genre.^[2][3] The electro and techno scene is internationally popular, namely due to the DJs Paul van Dyk, Scooter and Cascada.

Germany hosts many large rock music festivals. The Rock am Ring and Rock im Park festival is among the largest in the world. Since around 1990, the new-old German capital Berlin has developed a diverse music and entertainment industry.