Die Prinzen

Die Prinzen are a German pop and A-capella music group from Leipzig, whose history begins with the trio Die Herzbuben, which was founded in 1987 by Sebastian Krumbiegel, Wolfgang Lenk and Dirk Schrot. As a band, they try to gain a foothold in the GDR and finally change their name to Die Prinzen in 1991. The now seven-member music group had its breakthrough in 1991 with the hit "Gabi und Klaus". Their first album Das Leben ist grausam followed in September of the same year, as well as a tour with Udo Lindenberg. In the fall of 1992, the Prinzen release the single "Küssen verboten" and the album of the same name, which reaches number 6 in the German charts. With the singles "Alles nur geklaut" (1993) and "Du musst ein Schwein" (1994), the Prinzen become increasingly rockier musically and more aggressive lyrically. After the following album Alles mit'm Mund, which is co-composed by Stefan Raab, Die Prinzen take a short break. The album D is released on October 1, 2001, and the first single "Deutschland" reaches number 15 in the German singles charts. In 2003, Monarchie In Germany follows as the ninth studio album, and the single " Chronisch Pleite" again lands in the charts just like the album. This time, four years passed between the albums Hardchor (2004) and Die neuen Männer (2008), with both albums achieving lower chart positions than before. It was only with the family album (2015) and its successor Krone der Schöpfung (2021) that the band reached higher chart positions again, at number 9 and 2. The latter album contains 12 new songs as well as 5 old hits, which were re-recorded together with the artists Deine Freunde, Mine, Jennifer Weist, Eko Fresh, MoTrip and die Doofen.