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Every year the German music scene gathers in Bielefeld to look forward to a very specific award in the German music world – the 1 Live Krone. All award winners and highlights at a glance.
A hail of prizes in the engine shed – a special award for the first time to Doku
As has been the case since 2023, the award ceremony on December 4th took place in the locomotive shed in Bielefeld. Some stars of the German music scene came together to celebrate the winners of the award voted for by fans. They voted for their personal favorites more than two million times in eleven categories, as Schiwa Schlei, head of 1 LIVE, said. Nina Chuba received the most important award of the evening as best artist. Ikkimel and Zartmann won twice in 2025. The evening was moderated by journalist Aminata Belli.
For the first time in the history of 1 Live Krone, the special prize was awarded to a documentary. The award was determined by the radio station’s jury and presented by laudator Miriam Davoudvandi. “Babo – the arrest warrant story” received the award “for triggering relevant social debates,” as the broadcaster explained.
Check out the reactions of the award winners here:
All winners at a glance
- Best Artist: Nina Chuba
- Best Artist: Zartmann
- Best Live Act: Finch
- Best Newcomer Act: Ikkimel
- Best Pop Act: Nico Santos
- Best Alternative Song: Province – “Waltz”
- Best Hip-Hop Song: Ski Aggu – “Palermo”
- Best Party Song: Filow, Ikkimel – “Jiggy”
- Best song: Zartmann – “Tau mich auf”
- Best Entertainment: Tahsim Durgun
- Special prize: Juan Moreno, Sinan Sevinç – “Babo – the arrest warrant story”
Watch the musical highlights of the evening here:
Musical accompaniment by WizTheMC, Finch and Tokio Hotel
WizTheMC opened the show with “Show Me Love” and new single “Sensational,” along with a string quartet. Paula Hartmann and Berq performed their joint track “Opposite of Glück”, the EP of the same name was released on December 5th. Finch’s party mash-up perhaps proved why he won Best Live Act.
Together with Faber, Kraftklub presented “All the beautiful words” from their newly released album “Die in Karl-Marx-Stadt”. Marteria went one better with a medley of tracks from the “Fortunately in the Future” trilogy. Tokio Hotel ended the evening with their new song “Changes”.