The Hochstetten football club sings the German folk song "Wir lagen vor Madagaskar" about a doomed group of sailors.

DJ Ötzi is an Austrian schlager singer. Here, he sings about keeping the departed in our hearts.

AnnenMayKantereit is a German rock band from Cologne. This song features a solo performance by singer Henning May, who has the raspy voice of a young Tom Waits.

“Leise rieselt der Schnee” (“Softly falls the snow”) is a popular German carol about winter and the Christ Child’s arrival. The lyrics are from a poem by Eduard Ebel (1839-1905).

Fynn Kliemann is not only a German singer, but also YouTube star and actor. In this music video, he throws belongings into a giant trash compacter as a metaphor for the damage a relationship has done to his sense of self.

EFF is a collaboration between singer Mark Forster and DJ Felix Jaehn. The song "Stimme" has a positive message about trusting yourself.

Cassandra Steen joins Xavier Naidoo for a performance of their duet "Wann" in front of a live audience.

Singer Wincent Weiss has won the prize for best German artist at the MTV Europe Music Awards and an Echo Award. This optimistic song is about not giving up on relationships, even when it seems like it will take a miracle for things to work out.

DJ Ötzi is an Austrian schlager singer. Here, he sings about keeping the departed in our hearts.

German Schlager singer Nicole performs her 1982 hit "Papillon," which addresses the butterfly as a symbol of hope and freedom.

Nicole is a German Schlager singer. With her performance of the song "Ein bisschen Frieden," she won the Eurovision contest of 1982 at age 17.

A fine example of German Schlager music, singer Nicole performs a song inspired by Ernest Hemingway's book of the same name.

Helene Fischer is one of Germany's top schlager stars. Here, she performs her song "Achterbahn" ("Roller Coaster") live in Munich.

Here is the music video for "Er," a song by singer-songwriter Joris.

German singer Wincent Weiss performs his song "Feuerwerk."