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Genre
vintage schlager
Parent Genre: easy listening

Vintage schlager music is a genre that emerged in the mid-20th century and is characterized by its catchy melodies, upbeat rhythms, and sentimental lyrics. It often features orchestral arrangements and is sung in a variety of languages, including French, German, and Italian. The genre is known for its romantic themes and has been popularized by iconic singers who have become synonymous with the style.


Top artists of vintage schlager genre

Édith Piaf
Caterina Valente
Hildegard Knef
Marlene Dietrich
Comedian Harmonists
Hans Albers
Lale Andersen
Heinz Rühmann
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List of vintage schlager artists

Here is a list of vintage schlager artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the vintage schlager genre. You can find out what vintage schlager genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

#namePopularity instrumentalnessdanceabilityenergyacousticnessHappinesstempofollowers
1
Édith Piaf
60 1 40 33 89 42 108 998326
2
Caterina Valente
39 0 58 40 76 64 122 33335
3
Hildegard Knef
38 1 63 50 47 61 94 30605
4
Marlene Dietrich
35 6 39 15 89 33 102 53510
5
Comedian Harmonists
35 0 53 18 99 49 107 23386
6
Hans Albers
31 2 50 34 91 62 98 14524
7
Lale Andersen
30 0 46 25 79 56 107 11852
8
Heinz Rühmann
29 17 60 45 88 72 135 7897
9
Trude Herr
28 0 0 0 0 0 0 6820
10
Zarah Leander
27 1 47 30 94 47 124 15222
11
Rudi Schuricke
27 0 38 28 88 41 101 6230
12
Paul Kuhn
26 0 52 41 64 76 135 2006
13
René Carol
25 0 54 37 86 63 116 3865
14
Lys Assia
24 0 40 41 83 48 129 2567
15
Rudolf Schock
24 0 27 34 94 22 92 3646
16
Harald Juhnke
23 0 60 53 46 56 137 4163
17
Herta Talmar
23 0 0 0 0 0 0 185
18
Heinz Ruehmann
22 0 0 0 0 0 0 299
19
Willi Forst
22 0 52 16 98 39 90 1186
20
Max Raabe & Palast Orchester
22 0 50 80 54 83 148 22364
21
Gerd Böttcher
21 0 56 55 64 81 116 1292
22
Margot Eskens
21 0 57 41 65 65 145 4598
23
Willy Schneider
21 0 38 33 96 38 116 1925
24
Hans Moser
21 0 47 15 97 46 91 2552
25
Hazy Osterwald Sextett
21 0 70 76 63 94 118 2495
26
Fred Bertelmann
20 0 59 47 55 70 116 5345
27
Franz Fehringer
20 0 0 0 0 0 0 187
28
Camillo Felgen
19 9 33 21 84 26 92 1414
29
Peter Hinnen
18 0 49 69 84 64 131 1690
30
Jan & Kjeld
18 0 67 68 55 89 121 997
31
Joseph Schmidt
17 1 36 29 96 37 91 2715
32
Jimmy Makulis
17 0 52 37 81 45 137 1197
33
Nilsen Brothers
17 0 56 49 56 53 139 718
34
Curd Jürgens
17 0 0 0 0 0 0 854
35
Lilian Harvey
17 0 36 29 95 37 81 1813
36
Paul Hörbiger
17 0 77 24 95 55 119 2290
37
Ilse Werner
17 0 60 32 92 66 155 3069
38
Friedel Hensch Und Die Cyprys
16 0 51 35 73 59 145 761
39
Peter Beil
15 0 49 64 73 60 101 1093
40
Evelyn Künneke
15 0 0 0 0 0 0 2660
41
Claire Waldoff
15 0 64 28 95 59 101 2257
42
Willy Fritsch
15 0 0 0 0 0 0 2106
43
Peter Igelhoff
15 0 0 0 0 0 0 1194
44
Johannes Heesters
14 0 31 43 91 35 110 3045
45
Peter Kreuder
14 87 64 22 88 78 119 773
46
Jupp Schmitz
14 1 51 49 67 75 148 1146
47
Greta Keller
13 13 48 9 96 31 103 1362
48
Detlev Lais
13 88 70 9 99 69 97 1114
49
Will Glahé
13 39 70 32 48 97 152 873
50
Max Hansen
13 0 0 0 0 0 0 703
51
Bibi Johns
12 0 66 47 75 91 126 1707
52
Rosita Serrano
12 6 41 26 94 39 87 1710
53
Lonny Kellner
12 0 29 27 94 40 118 896
54
Henri Garat
12 6 70 33 99 75 113 1798
55
Will Brandes
12 0 0 0 0 0 0 816
56
Chris Howland
12 0 72 43 64 74 121 1847
57
Die Goldene Sieben
12 0 0 0 0 0 0 603
58
Hermann Leopoldi
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 803
59
Ralf Paulsen
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 792
60
Willy Hagara
11 0 47 75 55 74 120 1450
61
Marika Rökk
11 0 55 44 96 69 124 3066
62
Theo Lingen
11 0 62 62 86 86 140 1203
63
Bully Buhlan
11 0 70 47 64 85 132 2287
64
Friedel Hensch
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1124
65
Brigitte Mira
10 0 76 63 74 94 124 126
66
Margit Schramm
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 289
67
Billy Mo
10 0 71 66 36 92 117 1231
68
Das Medium Terzett
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 556
69
Horst Winter
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 660
70
Otto Reutter
10 0 67 36 99 85 107 909
71
Jörg Maria Berg
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 571
72
Herbert Ernst Groh
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 579
73
Maria Mucke
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 524
74
Erwin Hartung
9 5 79 75 76 97 115 593
75
Willi Kollo
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 87
76
Rita Paul
9 0 64 19 76 82 77 884
77
Die 3 Travellers
8 0 72 40 61 85 107 809
78
Siegfried Arno
8 9 69 41 99 74 114 379
79
Barnabas von Geczy
8 71 70 40 96 80 124 360
80
Wilhelm Strienz
8 7 38 18 99 35 97 583
81
Karl Berbuer
8 0 74 57 69 81 123 776
82
Friedel Hensch & Die Cyprys
8 0 53 45 58 68 154 1037
83
Erhard Bauschke
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 416
84
Wolfgang Sauer
8 0 57 33 86 50 117 1333
85
Die Blauen Jungs
7 0 70 48 58 70 125 806
86
Jan Kiepura
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1002
87
Kurt Widmann
7 1 59 31 94 80 182 371
88
Lizzi Waldmüller
7 0 43 33 98 33 120 624
89
Medium Terzett
7 0 74 53 31 85 110 1288
90
Gitta Lind
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 657
91
Leo Leandros
7 0 77 73 77 97 112 1055
92
Marek Weber
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 383
93
Austin Egen
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 258
94
Heinz Conrads
7 0 36 32 76 46 88 625
95
Hans Söhnker
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 327
96
Leo Monosson
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 427
97
Die Geschwister Fahrnberger
6 0 33 22 98 18 96 580
98
Hans Rehmstedt
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 514
99
Luigi Bernauer
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 315
100
Renée Franke
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 825
101
Erwin Halletz
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 40
102
Illo Schieder
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 496
103
Erni Bieler
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 518
104
Walter Jurmann
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 104
105
Erhard Bauschke Tanz-Orchester
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 102
106
Die Teddies
5 0 69 33 77 52 119 680
107
Adalbert Lutter
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 362
108
Fred Rauch
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 307
109
Eric Helgar
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 310
110
Liselotte Malkowsky
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 668
111
Paul O'Montis
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 252
112
Robert Koppel
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 177
113
Wilfried Sommer
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 183
114
Kirsten Heiberg
4 0 61 32 90 66 101 381
115
Maria von Schmedes
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 358
116
Paul Dorn
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 219
117
Renate Müller
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 610
118
Pola Negri
3 89 37 7 99 16 87 477
119
Die kleine Cornelia
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 434
120
Hilde Hildebrand
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 436
121
Lou Van Burg
3 0 73 47 20 92 96 485
122
Hula Hawaiian Quartett
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 514
123
Kurt Widmann & sein Orchester
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 102
124
Kurt Mühlhardt
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 225
125
Schuricke-Terzett
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 313
126
Max Mensing
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 168
127
Kary Barnet
2 2 62 28 98 90 106 255
128
Heinz Wehner
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 186
129
Corny Ostermann
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 185
130
Kirsten Heidberg
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
131
Magda Hain
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 558
132
Die Monacos
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
133
Heinz Woezel
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 431
134
Die Dominos
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 63
135
Willi Rose
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 104
136
Max Kuttner
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 212
137
Jan Kiepira
1 1 63 23 91 57 69 16
138
Leo Frank
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
139
Käthe Kühl
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 46
140
Hilde Hildebrandt
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 47
141
Orchester Marek Weber
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 33
142
Otto Reuter
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 411
143
Marta Eggerth
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 321
144
Orchester Barnabas von Geczy
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33
145
Margit Symo
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45
146
Fita Benkhoff
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46
147
Die Weintraubs
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55
148
Lizzy Waldmüller
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38
149
Paul Kemp
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36
150
Elena Lauri
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45
151
Marika Roekk
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30
152
Theo Lucas
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39
153
Lillian Harvey
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52