A million-dollar business -

A million-dollar business

16.06.2024 11:00

The hits by STS and Opus (Herwig Rüdisser in the background) are constantly being covered.(Bild: Sepp Pail)

"Fürstenfeld" by STS, "Live is Life" by Opus, "Cordula Grün" by Josh: big hits are covered again and again. It's a huge business - and there's no end in sight. A look behind the scenes of the music business.

"Because it's all just stolen, it's all not mine", sang Die Prinzen back in 1993 about the flood of cover versions that is still rolling in today. "Can't the artists think of anything new anymore?" some spectators ask. Others celebrate DJ Ötzi or Die Draufgänger in the stadium, whose careers are based purely on covering songs.