Schlager louts: meet Germany's biggest pop stars

Their albums dominate the charts, bought by fans who make a Songs of Praise audience look youthful. This is schlager, Germany's most embarrassing musical genreAnyone who looked at the German album charts in recent months was probably pretty surprised. Aside from the usual imports from the big pop-producing nations (the US, UK, Sweden), homegrown schlager records dominated the listings.Schlager, a strange genre of music, emerged after the second world war. It was an encapsulation of all things Ge...

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