German pop in the '00s was truly a melting pot of cutting-edge genre experiments and international cultures. Often personified by stormy vocals, symphonic harmonies and electronic meanderings, it picked up elements of diverse influences ranging from homegrown schlager to dance-oriented europop. On this carefully curated playlist, expect to find lovelorn pop-rock balladry ("Wieder Hier"), emotive alternative angst ("Warum") and autotune-inflected hip-hop ("Monsta") - disparate genres that all found common ground and mainstream success since the turn of the century.