In a truly heartfelt performance, Helene Fischer shows her true love for her fans and how German pop music can truly be, in her own words, Schwindelfrei...

Helge strikes again, this time with his mad jazz piano playing and an ode to that culinary magnificence that is the cheese sandwich!

German pop singer Mister Santos performs his World Cup anthem "Das dicke, dicke Ding" [The Big Fat Thing"]. He's firing up the German fan faithful and, above all, die Jungs themselves — their own national team in Brazil. In some places of the world, winning the ultimate prize is described as "bringing home the bacon or the bling," in Germany they "must have stars" and "go get big fat things."Viel Spaß beim Mitfiebern!

Take a peek at this simple but stunning video from German-Hungarian pop singer Anna Depenbusch. Released in 2012, it's from her fourth album and is entitled "Sommer aus Papier" [Paper Summer]. Viel Spaß!

The German band Monsters of Liedermaching sing the song "Nuclear-free Power Plant" — a serious topic performed with perfect charm!

The many talented German TV personality and musician Stefan Raab performs a World Cup fight song. In Germany this is a genre of music all its own. Here he and his band fire it up with "Wir kommen, um ihn zu holen" ["We're Coming to Get it"]. Learn a few new colorful idioms relating to the subject of... what else? - winning, of course! Viel Spaß beim Mitfiebern!

Enjoy the lovely voice of German singer Joy Florence as she performs her song entitled "Mein Ziel" ("My Goal") about her wishes for her life.

Take a look and listen to this charming, romantic song called "Paris" from the German singer Michelle.

Swiss schlager superstar Beatrice Egli sings her golden hit "Irgendwann" ("Sometime").

Berlin rapper Peter Fox, originally in the band Seeed, cuts loose with this solo track "Alles neu." If you've never seen a rapper in a tuxedo playing a toy piano in front of an orchestra with ape masks, now's your chance! Kopfhörer aufsetzen, Musik aufdrehen!

Einmal im Leben [Once in a Lifetime] is the German rock band Luxusalarm's most recent album and hit single (February 2014). Viel Spaß beim Zuhören!

The last minutes of the TV station DFF in East Germany were not, as one might expect, with political speeches of has-been politicians, but a full costume spectacle and Schlager-filled extravaganza worthy of a 1960s Las Vegas TV special. Enjoy!

This is the introduction and end titles to the popular 1980 animated TV series "Lucky Luke" with German country songs by Freddy Quinn.

Singer/songwriter Eva Croissant gives a touching and powerful performance of her song "Dein Herz trägt Felsen.”

The pop band Frida Gold, originally from Bochum, is probably best known for their lead singer Alina Süggeler, who writes most of the band's songs. Enjoy this classic anthem about the trials and tribulations of love.