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Volker Lechtenbrink
Volker Lechtenbrink (1944–2021) was a German actor, singer, and songwriter from Hamburg whose biggest hit was "Der Macher" in 1976; he also dubbed Kris Kristofferson.
Volkstümliche Musik
Volkstümliche Musik is a folk-tinged light-music genre of the German-speaking world, kept deliberately close to traditional Alpine Volksmusik but conceived commercially for mass audiences, its career made by television from the early 1980s.
Von Wegen Lisbeth
Von Wegen Lisbeth is a German-language indie-pop band from Berlin, founded in 2006, known for witty lyrics about everyday life and its breakthrough song "Sushi".
Waldbühne (Berlin open-air)
The Waldbühne is an open-air amphitheatre in a wooded hollow near Berlin's Olympiastadion, built for the 1936 Olympics and seating about 22,000. It is Germany's largest natural theater.
Wanda (Austrian band)
Wanda is a German-language pop and rock band from Vienna, founded in 2012, whose 2015 hit "Bologna" made them the most-awarded band in Amadeus Austrian Music Awards history.
Wolfgang Ambros
Wolfgang Ambros, born 1952 in Wolfsgraben, Austria, is a Viennese-dialect singer-songwriter and pioneer of Austropop, known for 'Schifoan', 'Da Hofa', and 'Es lebe der Zentralfriedhof'.
WUK
WUK, short for Werkstätten- und Kulturhaus, is a self-managed cultural center and concert venue in Vienna, housed in a former locomotive factory occupied by activists and opened in 1981.
Zartmann
Zartmann is a German singer-songwriter from Berlin whose single "Tau mich auf" topped the German chart in 2025 and became the country's most-streamed song of the year.
ZDF Fernsehgarten
ZDF Fernsehgarten is a live open-air Sunday entertainment show ZDF has staged in Mainz every summer since 1986, mixing Schlager and rock with games, hosted by Andrea Kiewel.
ZickZack
ZickZack was a Hamburg independent record label founded by music journalist Alfred Hilsberg around 1980, releasing Neue Deutsche Welle acts like Abwärts and Einstürzende Neubauten.
Zillertaler Schürzenjäger
The Zillertaler Schürzenjäger, known since 1995 as Schürzenjäger, are an Austrian folk-pop band from Mayrhofen in the Zillertal, Tyrol, founded in 1973 and pioneers of Alpenrock.
ZK
ZK, short for Zentralkomitee, was a German-language punk band from Düsseldorf, West Germany, active until 1981 and led by Campino, later of Die Toten Hosen.
Züri West
Züri West is a Swiss dialect rock band from Bern, founded in 1984 and fronted by Kuno Lauener, whose 1994 hit "I schänke dr mis Härz" made them mainstream stars.
Zwei kleine Italiener
"Zwei kleine Italiener" is a 1961 German Schlager song recorded by Conny Froboess; it placed sixth at Eurovision 1962 and topped the German charts for six weeks.