Stefan Stoppok (born February 21, 1956, in Hamburg), or simply Stoppok, is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and rock musician from Germany. Stoppok moved to the Ruhr region with his family at an early age and grew up in Essen. He applied to study at the Folkwang University of the Arts, but was not accepted. At age 18, Stoppok set out and spent three years traveling through Europe as a street musician. Beginning in 1982, he began performing solo concerts. At the same time, he released his debut album Saure Drops und Schokoroll. In his songs, Stoppok combines a colorful mix of folk, blues, and rock. In the early 1990s, he began to see his first successes. His song “Ärger” from the album *Stoppok* became a minor hit in 1990. The single “Dumpfbacke” also garnered significant attention in 1993. The follow-up album Happy End im La-La-Land entered the German charts at number 26. Subsequently, Stoppok regularly made it into the German charts with his releases. In the 2000s, Stoppok scored further hits with “Learning by Burning” (2000), “Tanz (Beweg dein Herz zum Hirn)” (2002), and “Cool durch Zufall” (2008). Stoppok also wrote the soundtracks for the films Das Superweib (1996) and Was nicht passt, wird passend gemacht (2002). His album Popschutz climbed to No. 20 on the German charts in 2014. The follow-up, Operation 17 (2016), even reached number 17 in Germany. Stoppok is now one of Germany’s established singer-songwriters. His album Jubel reached number 4 in 2020, marking his first entry into the German Top 10. Four years later, Teufelsküche followed. The album climbed to number 6 on the German charts. In 2026, Stoppok first released the compilation 26/70 – Die Songs von Stoppok. The studio album Hoppla Hoppla followed that same year. With it, the artist reached number 17 on the German charts.
