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 ...

Those who don't want to do without schlager music during the Christmas season are spoiled for choice: From Helene Fischer's chart success "Weihnachten" to Roland Kaiser's gold-certified ...

Siegfried "Siggi" Trzoß, a radio moderator from East Berlin, is working tirelessly leading up to his anniversary and 900th show. The music his heart burns for is East German Schlager, a genre ...

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 ...

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 ...

Some categorically reject it as trivial kitsch, while others can't get enough of it. But one thing seems certain - everyone who's heard it has something to say about Schlager. It all began with Johann ...

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 media company High View is expanding the distribution of its music channel Schlager Deluxe. The free-to-air channel is now available on the cable network of PŸUR. Schlager Deluxe launched last ...

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 German-speaking world was in mourning Monday for Austrian crooner and composer Udo Juergens who died suddenly in his adopted Swiss homeland -- in the middle of a tour -- aged 80. The "schlager" ...