Claudia Jung

Often referred to as Die Große Dame des Deutschen Schlagers (roughly, the Greatest Woman of the German Schlagers), Claudia Jung enjoyed a long-lasting run of success in her native Germany, where she rose to fame in the late '80s and recorded a steady stream of successful albums in the decades that followed. She garnered a devoted following over the years, so much so that even after she left her longtime label, EMI, and in turn saw her name fall off the German singles chart for years on end, her albums continued to be well received -- rarely did one of her albums not reach the German Top 40. ~ Jason Birchmeier