Nico
1938 - 1988
HPI 76.9148 languages
Nico is most famous for her contributions to the Velvet Underground, a rock band she was a part of with Lou Reed, John Cale, and Sterling Morrison. She also had a solo career and released five studio albums.
The Most Famous
Singers from Germany
154 notable people
Trending Singers from Germany This Week
The top 10 Singers from Germany trending on Wikipedia in the past 7 days, with a quick note on what drove the spike.
- #1
Annett Louisan
b. 1977
Trending in German (#7) Wikipedia (12,956 views, on Sep 4).
- #2
Marian Gold
b. 1954
Trending in German (#8) Wikipedia (10,942 views, on Sep 4).
- #3
Xavier Naidoo
b. 1971
Trending in German (#42) Wikipedia (3,389 views, on Sep 7).
- #4
Chris Roberts
1944 - 2017
Trending in German (#49) Wikipedia (3,383 views, on Sep 5).
- #5
Yvonne Catterfeld
b. 1979
Trending in German (#57) Wikipedia (2,721 views, on Sep 8).
- #6
Nina Hagen
b. 1955
Trending in German (#78) and Dutch (#206) Wikipedia (2,867 views, on Sep 4).
- #7
Campino
b. 1962
Trending in German (#95) Wikipedia (2,145 views, on Sep 5).
- #8
Mark Forster
b. 1983
Trending in German (#109) Wikipedia (2,050 views, on Sep 4).
- #9
Sido
b. 1980
Trending in German (#122) Wikipedia (1,868 views, on Sep 4).
- #10
Lena Meyer-Landrut
b. 1991
Trending in German (#124) Wikipedia (1,847 views, on Sep 4).
Top 10 German Singers
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary German Singers of all time. This list of famous German Singers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of German Singers.
#1 #2 
Klaus Meine
b. 1948
HPI 74.1543 languagesKlaus Meine is most famous for being the lead singer of the band Scorpions.
#3 
Dieter Bohlen
b. 1954
HPI 72.3151 languagesDieter Bohlen is most famous for being the lead singer of the German pop group Modern Talking.
#4 
Constanze Mozart
1762 - 1842
HPI 71.7534 languagesConstanze Mozart is most famous for being the wife of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
#5 Nina Hagen
b. 1955
HPI 70.3057 languagesNina Hagen is most famous for her work as a singer and actress in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). She was born in 1955 in East Berlin, which was then part of the Soviet Union.
#6 
Sandra
b. 1962
HPI 70.0043 languagesSandra Bullock is most famous for her role in the movie "Speed" and her Academy Award-winning performance in "The Blind Side."
#7 
Thomas Anders
b. 1963
HPI 69.7543 languagesThomas Anders is most famous for being the lead singer of the German pop group Modern Talking.
#8 
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
1925 - 2012
HPI 69.1339 languagesDietrich Fischer-Dieskau is a German baritone who is most famous for his performances of German Lieder.
#9 
Anna Magdalena Bach
1701 - 1760
HPI 68.0230 languagesAnna Magdalena Bach was the second wife of Johann Sebastian Bach. She is most famous for being the copyist of her husband's compositions, and for preserving them for future generations.
#10 Marian Gold
b. 1954
HPI 67.7025 languagesGerman singer-songwriter
People by Birth Decade
Browse notable Germans Singers grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.
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Overlapping Lives
Which Singers were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 25 most globally memorable Singers since 1700.
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