As a German who actually paid attention to pop music in the 00s, I’m rather surprised at how few of these artists I recognize. I’m not surprised at how few of these artists sing in German, though.
TIL Fennesz is Austrian!
Edit: And Soap & Skin, damn, never even considered that she might not be from the US.









Can’t remember ever hearing from Christina Stürmer until like a couple of years ago, and that was probably because I looked up female, German-language rock singers. Though it wouldn’t have stood out much among the likes of Juli and Silbermond, so I might have heard her songs without realizing. I did know Texta and Manuva, though, they appeared on several songs of German HipHop acts I listened to.
DJ Ötzi was also wildly popular in Germany : /