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David Garrett
David Garrett, born in Aachen in 1980, was already under exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon at the age of 13 and recorded Mozart violin concertos with Claudio Abbado. At the Juilliard School in New York, he studied with Itzhak Perlman. As a crossover violinist, he made his breakthrough with “Free” (2007) and “Encore” (2008), which…
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Sugababes
The Sugababes are one of the most successful British girl groups. Founded in London in 1998 by Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan and Siobhán Donaghy, the band achieved six number 1 singles in the UK, including “Freak Like Me” and “Round Round” (both 2002), “Push the Button” (2005) and “About You Now” (2007). “Push the Button”…
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Milow
With his acoustic version of “Ayo Technology”, the Belgian singer-songwriter Milow made his European breakthrough in 2009: number 1 in Belgium, the Netherlands and Switzerland, number 2 in Germany and Austria, plus platinum in several countries. “You Don’t Know” (2007) had already reached the top 10 in Belgium, the Netherlands and Switzerland. Further successes followed…
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Simon Webbe
A quarter of Blue – and the only band member who also made it into the British Top Ten several times solo. With Blue, Simon Webbe landed the number one hits “Too Close” and “If You Come Back” from 2001 onwards. The band’s debut album alone sold over 1.8 million copies in the UK. In…
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Peter Bjorn and John
A whistling melody that went around the world. “Young Folks” is one of the signature songs of the 2000s and has been running in commercials, series and films for almost twenty years. The Swedish trio has been releasing albums since 1999 and moves between indie pop, electronic elements and classic songwriting. “Writer’s Block” made the…
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Jack White
One of the most influential musicians of the present day – and a force of nature live. With the White Stripes, he brought rock back to its basic components, and “Seven Nation Army” became one of the few rock songs that really everyone knows: In stadiums all over Europe, the riff has been sung for…
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Clueso
One of the most popular German artists ever – and a live act where the whole square knows every line. Clueso combines hip-hop, pop and songwriting into something of his own. “Chicago”, “Sieger”, “Achterbahn” and the “Cello”, recorded together with Udo Lindenberg, have long been part of the permanent fixtures of German music. His albums…
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DJ Ötzi
When DJ Ötzi enters the stage, the evening is saved. Hardly any other artist gets a place in the mood so quickly and so safely. “Anton aus Tirol” set the benchmark for the party hit in 1999, “Hey Baby” even reached number one in Great Britain the following year – a success that hardly any…
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Dick Brave
Double bass, brass, quiff – and rock’n’roll as it sounded in 1957. Dick Brave is one of the most original stage shows in the German-speaking world. In 2003, “Dick This!” was released, an album that translated current pop songs into the sound of the fifties and immediately reached number one in the German charts. In…
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The BossHoss
Seven musicians, cowboy hats, brass players – and two hours without a quiet minute. The BossHoss are one of the best live bands in the country. What began in Berlin in 2004 as an idea to translate pop songs into country arrangements became a success story: “Hey Ya!” and “Word Up!” made the band famous,…
