Alexander Knappe

After six album releases, including two top ten albums, a total of over 70 million streams and more than 1,000 performances and concerts, Alexander Knappe ends his career and bids farewell to his fans in February 2025 with one last major tour of . ‍ 

"Actually, there was never a plan B. I always just looked ahead, to the next album, the next tour. I was living my dream, even if life as a musician isn't always as dreamy as it seems." It was this restlessness in particular that ultimately led him to decide to end his active career. For Alexander Knappe, singing is more than Talent, more than a craft, more than a profession, but always an expression of a deep inner necessity. "At some point, I had the feeling that I was becoming too demanding for myself at times,"he says with a smile,"Always 150 percent, always as if it were the last day, the last time, as if it were a matter of fucking survival at all times."

In the 20 years of his career, Knappe has impressively demonstrated why he is considered one of the best German ballad singers and what happens when vocal range meets emotional depth. At the of he organized "Musik An. World Off." Tour with a band and a 40-piece symphony orchestra, in sold-out halls and rousing band performances, as support for Norwegian superstars a-ha and in countless Shows concerts in which he has touched the hearts of his fans on a small to very large scale.

His singles placed in the top 100 of the airplay and sales charts, were the soundtrack for countless marriage proposals and weddings and even the German Bundestag used the track "Weil ich wieder zuhause bin" for a permanent multimedia large-screen projection in the government district.

Even away from the stage, Alexander Knappe has rarely allowed himself a break. He used his reach with great commitment for social projects and initiatives, whether as the initiator of the open-air music festival "Liebe kennt keine Liga" (Love knows no league) for the benefit of FC Energie Cottbus's youth section or as the founder of the "Ich zieh mein' Hut" initiative for children with cancer. In total, he collected over a quarter of a million euros in donations.

With songs such as "Sing mich nach Hause", "Sag' dass Du", "Bis meine Welt die Augen schließt", "Du" and "Alles geht vorbei", Knappe has given his fans great moments full of emotion and lasting memories. Now Knappe has arrived where a new chapter must begin and in the end one thing counts for him above all else:

"I am infinitely grateful for all the unforgettable moments I was able to experience with my fans."

Or, to paraphrase a Knappe song: Wonderful years.