Schlager music is a popular genre in Germany and Austria that features upbeat melodies, catchy choruses, and sentimental lyrics. It often incorporates elements of folk music and is characterized by its danceable rhythms and sing-along quality. The genre has a long history and has evolved over time, but remains a beloved staple of German-speaking culture.
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Instruments used
Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drum Kit, Vocals, Keyboard/Piano, Synthesizer
Releases by year
Here you can see the popularity of Classic Schlager genre over time. This graph shows albums and singles releases count by year and decade.
3119 releases
Popular classic schlager Songs
Top New classic schlager Songs of 2024
Du (Was ich will, bist du)
2023
Sweet Caroline (Party Remix)
2010
Es ist einfach passiert
2024
Best Of Münchener Freiheit
2002
Ich steh dazu (Die Remixe)
2021
classic schlager music by decade
Explore classic schlager history by listening to songs from every decade. Click on the decade to view songs.
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List of classic schlager artists
Here is a list of classic schlager artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the classic schlager genre. You can find out what classic schlager genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.
# name popularity followers
1
52
145272
2
43
10617
3
53
184103
4
51
93899
5
39
50909
6
47
31550
7
49
70117
8
36
28815
9
46
46931
10
50
177416
11
52
100568
12
42
62067
13
42
66899
14
61
516855
15
40
37871
16
56
694923
17
40
28649
18
39
44774
19
38
48701
20
58
375428
21
37
37705
22
37
66408
23
60
395856
24
62
980577
25
36
33641
26
36
24614
27
34
16520
28
59
266067
29
57
758369
30
50
156604
31
56
343901
32
56
258441
33
42
51584
34
37
39033
35
42
24802
36
39
15442
37
51
183575
38
45
54875
39
50
185883
40
37
15861
41
49
154784
42
36
23080
43
37
27045
44
44
125521
45
38
71426
46
43
91854
47
42
131236
48
40
56924
49
39
13220
50
37
26598
51
48
50041
52
49
109107
53
52
127349
54
46
41898
55
55
221905
56
42
105712
57
38
30970
58
41
25448
59
37
15756
60
39
55565
61
43
78527
62
37
30821
63
36
38331
64
57
442598
65
36
10139
66
34
27570
67
36
19023
68
53
198248
69
37
19991
70
51
133868
71
44
32607
72
43
24799
73
49
103086
74
38
20398
75
46
15614
76
44
43672
77
44
64027
78
44
61447
79
43
70751
80
43
84918
81
36
14023
82
36
32059
83
41
8685
84
41
46512
85
39
24884
86
40
47882
87
40
38751
88
37
39796
89
39
13006
90
37
5401
91
38
29850
92
37
5260
93
37
28763
94
37
18817
95
36
15246
96
36
45181
97
36
30583
98
35
6655
99
34
9348
100
34
17860
classic schlager playlist created by Chosic
Enjoy this playlist of popular classic schlager music. We made this playlist using an algorithm created by our team.