Starting with a love song that topped the country's pop chart for months in 1990, Matthias Reim has seduced Germany for more than a quarter century with his mature, self-assured singer/songwriter style. His throaty rasp and romantic obsessiveness lend themselves to soaring production that only make the emotions seem bigger, and his repertoire has produced several widely covered schlager standards. But the veteran of pop-rock bands adapts to modern arrangements, dance remixes and Falco-like rapping as well, all while translating hits into several languages—no wonder he's lasted so long.