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Originally Posted by primavera♥

Ones who are German and relevant in Germany lol sorry for the confusion. I appreciate your help!

Haha no problem.

Well, it's quite hard to tell which are relevant German musicians because it depends from which perspective you look at it. But I'll do my best.
I think there are a few names everyone knows and who's music is played quite often on the radio. I try to list just one or two bands per genre, otherwise it would be too much input, I think?

Rock/Punk
The first thing that comes to my mind when I think about German music is die ärzte: Wikipedia. Actually I'm a big fan. xD die ärzte are a punk band from berlin and exist since the 80s. In case die ärzte release a new album you can bet it will get #1 in Germany and they play big (open air) lives with attendants up to 50k. If there are relevant artists die ärzte are sure one of them.
What makes die ärzte special is that they somehow make true punk music. Not genre wise but when it comes to lyrics. die ärzte are well known for their really great lyrics, which often criticise social issues and/or are somehow satirical.
Their best known song would be "Schrei nach Liebe" (Scream/Cry for Love) which is a song against racism.

If you play this song at a party EVERYONE is singing (well it's actually more screaming... lol) to it.
Here are the lyrics with translation if you're interested: http://lyricstranslate.com/de/schrei...-cry-love.html
I don't think the translation is that great but the message comes across I think.

Here is a live video from their last tour:


Things you need to know about die ärzte:

• die ärzte are some kind of a phenomenon, I would say, because they became popular in the 80s but most of their fans today are in their 20s
• die ärzte openly speak up against racism and facism, I think that's what attracts their young audience
• they are a three member group and all three of them do vocals
• the drummer Bela B. always stands when playing
• besides for their lyrics they are also known to be fun guys who make a lot of nonsense just for the sake of making nonsense. xD
• they call themselves (ironically) "Die beste Band der Welt" (the best band in the world) and if someone is reffering to the best band in the world everyone knows they are talking about die ärzte

More well known die ärzte songs:

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Pop
When it comes to pop music Sarah Connor would be somehow popular:
Wikipedia
She was really big in the 2000s but is still well known.
Under My Skin is my favourite song by her:
http://www.myvideo.de/watch/5009356/..._Under_My_Skin
Maybe you know the Tohoshinki version of it. But I like Sarah's version better because it's way more empowering from a female perspective.

Germany's most successfull girl group would be the No Angels: Wikipedia
They are probably the first girl group who was casted through TV in Germany but also the only one which got really popular. They disbanded but I think everyone knows them. One thing especially women like about them is that they were somehow "normal" girls and not to polished.
This would be one of my favourite songs by them:
Feel Good Lies
It's the kind of pop music from the 2000s I'm digging.^^

More No Angels songs:

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Hiphop
I'm not listing hiphop artists which are popular but make sexist and homophobic music. There are some popular acts, but popular is relative here because those acts manly appeal to teenage boys.

Relevant and popular in general (and without sexist and homophobic lyrics) would be Die Fantastischen Vier:


and Fettes Brot:



Also relevant would be Jan Delay, you could say he makes "hiphop", but with a lot of influences from other genres like jazz and funk and so on.

My favourite song by Jan Delay:


And here is a live mashup together with Deichkind

Deichkind are also popular. They began with hiphop music but now are making more electronic music. The medley is a new interpretation of Deichkind's most popular song "Remmidemmi (Yippie Yippie Yeah)":



Last but not least Revolverheld are quite popular atm. They make typical german pop/rock music. There are tons of bands similiar to them. But I like them somehow. This song was VERY popular last year:
(don't wonder, at the beginnig is a lot of talking).


I hope I was able to help you? If you have any questions, just ask! Or if you need a translation for a German song I could also help you.