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Druckluft’s ‘Karnevalsmaus’ Wins Germany’s Breakthrough Artist Award

The brass band’s carnival hit shows how a festival surge can push a niche act into the mainstream.

Overview

  • Druckluft received GfK Entertainment’s Offizielle Deutsche Breakthrough Artist award for the single ‘Karnevalsmaus’.
  • The Bonn-based group reached No. 1 on the official German singles chart in the Rosenmontag week, a first for a carnival band in 19 years.
  • The track logged more than 16 million streams in Germany, including about 4 million during carnival week, and it stayed six weeks in the Top 100.
  • The Breakthrough ranking only counts acts without prior Top 20 singles or Top 50 albums, and Druckluft finished ahead of GroßstadtEngel and Breitner.
  • The band says it is working on new music and is planning its largest concert tour in 2026.