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Austropop

About Austropop

A distinctly Austrian strain of pop and rock music, sung in dialect or German, that emerged in the 1970s as a counter to both Anglo-American rock and German Schlager. Wolfgang Ambros, Georg Danzer, and later Falco defined a sound that was unmistakably Viennese.

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Key Artists

Wolfgang Ambros

1970s, 1980s, 1990s

Chris Steger

2020s

Christina Stürmer

2000s, 2010s, 2020s

Georg Danzer

1970s, 1980s

Falco

1980s, 1990s

Rainhard Fendrich

1980s, 1990s

Josh.

2010s, 2020s

Mathea

2010s, 2020s

Pizzera & Jaus

2010s, 2020s

RAF Camora

2010s, 2020s

RIAN

2020s

S.T.S.

1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s

Wanda

2010s, 2020s

Zoë

2010s

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Timelines

Moments

March 29, 1986
Vienna · Austria
1986

A Viennese rap about Mozart tops the American charts

In the week of 29 March 1986 Rock Me Amadeus reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. No song sung in German had done it before, and none has since.

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