German Pop Star Blümchen Announces End of 30-Year Music Career

German singer Jasmin Wagner, who performs under the stage name Blümchen, has announced the end of her music career after roughly 30 years in the business. Her final appearance under the Blümchen name took place at the 10th edition of "Schlagerbooom," Florian Silbereisen's live music show on the German public broadcaster ARD, held at the Westfalenhalle in Dortmund on Saturday, October 17, 2026, and broadcast live from 8:15 p.m.

Wagner, 46, told the newspaper Bild that the appearance marked her farewell. According to a report carried by Tagesspiegel based on the German press agency dpa, she described it as her closing performance and said she felt happy to be able to experience such a major television event once more.

Why she is stepping back

Wagner said her decision is driven by her daughter, who is nearly four years old. According to dpa, she said the time she shares with her daughter is precious and that she wants to experience as much of her upbringing as possible while she grows up quickly. Reports from t-online and dpa indicate she intends to prioritize time with her family over touring.

In a statement to Bild, carried by t-online, Wagner reflected on three decades of music and memories, saying it was time to let her 1996 hit song "Boomerang" make one final flight, a reference to the song's title and her Eurodance-era breakthrough.

A farewell that was delayed once already

According to dpa's report, Wagner had originally planned a farewell concert in Hamburg for November 2025 as the conclusion of a 30th-anniversary tour. She canceled that concert after her mother was diagnosed with cancer, choosing to care for her instead. The same report states Wagner later said her mother's condition had stabilized, though she remained cautious given the diagnosis. The Austrian outlet Der Standard also noted that the October 17 Dortmund appearance follows an earlier performance that had already been described as possibly her last, underlining that Wagner's goodbye has unfolded in stages rather than as a single announcement.

Career background

Wagner began her career in 1995 at age 15 under the name Blümchen and became, according to her English Wikipedia biography, the most successful German female singer of the 1990s. Her breakthrough single was "Herz an Herz," and according to a dpa report carried by Tagesspiegel, citing her booking agency, she sold more than one million records during the Eurodance-driven peak of her career.

She stepped back from the Blümchen persona between roughly 2001 and 2018, working instead as an actress, television moderator, and musician under her own name and other projects. She returned to the Blümchen name in 2019 and continued releasing music, including the 2021 collaboration "Herzalarm" with the artist Finch, which reached number seven on the German singles chart.

What remains unclear

The sources reviewed do not specify whether Wagner's retirement is permanent or whether she might still release recorded music without touring or performing live. None of the reports indicate a planned final studio album or any further scheduled shows beyond the October 17 Dortmund broadcast.