GermanyPaul Kalkbrenner is a Techno act from Germany, ranked #206 in the world on the DJ INDEX with 3,100,000 monthly Spotify listeners. That also puts them #20 in Germany and #14 in Techno among the acts we track. Their monthly audience has slipped 11% over the 7 weeks we have tracked them, from 3.5M to 3.1M. Their tracked peak was 3,500,000 in Aug 10, 2026. They have 1,431,507 Spotify followers and a Spotify popularity score of 66/100. Their most-streamed track on Spotify is “Sky and Sand”.
Who Paul Kalkbrenner is
Paul Kalkbrenner (born 11 June 1977) is a German musician and producer of electronic music. Because he breaks down his tracks into elements that are reassembled onstage, Kalkbrenner is considered a live act, as opposed to a DJ. He is most known for his single "Sky and Sand", which sold over 200,000 copies, went platinum, and was highly charted in countries such as Belgium and Germany. He is also known for portraying the main character Ickarus in the movie Berlin Calling, written and directed by Hannes Stöhr, which ran for several years at Kino Central in Berlin.
Biography from the Paul Kalkbrenner article on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Most played tracks
The tracks Spotify surfaces first for Paul Kalkbrenner, with its own 0–100 popularity score alongside.
Sky and SandBerlin Calling (The Soundtrack by Paul Kalkbrenner) · 2013732
QUE CE SOIT CLAIRTHE ESSENCE · 2025643
No GoodbyePaul Kalkbrenner · 2019664
Feed Your Head7 · 2015645AaronBerlin Calling (The Soundtrack by Paul Kalkbrenner) · 2013636
ParachutePaul Kalkbrenner · 2020627
Invisible - Paul Kalkbrenner RemixInvisible (Paul Kalkbrenner Remix) · 2021628AzureBerlin Calling (The Soundtrack by Paul Kalkbrenner) · 2013619Time To Dance (feat. Norma Jean Martine)Paul Kalkbrenner · 20266010Cloud Rider7 · 201560Latest releases
20 recent albums and singles. Cover art links through to Spotify.
Time To Dance (feat. Norma Jean Martine)2026 · single
Your Command (Paul Kalkbrenner Remix)2026 · single
VIER: DREI2025 · singleTHE ESSENCE2025 · album
DREAMING ON2025 · single
QUE CE SOIT CLAIR2025 · single
NINETY - TWO2025 · single
Kabelmann2024 · single
Prayer in C (Paul Kalkbrenner Remix)2024 · single
Parts of Life2018 · album72015 · album
X2014 · albumPost this ranking
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How many monthly Spotify listeners does Paul Kalkbrenner have?
Paul Kalkbrenner has 3,100,000 monthly Spotify listeners in the week of Sep 28, 2026, as published on their public Spotify artist page.
What is Paul Kalkbrenner's world ranking?
Paul Kalkbrenner is ranked #206 of 4408 electronic music artists in the DJ INDEX, which ranks purely by monthly Spotify listeners.
Where is Paul Kalkbrenner from?
Paul Kalkbrenner is from Germany, where they rank #20 among the acts we track.
What kind of music does Paul Kalkbrenner make?
Paul Kalkbrenner is categorised as Techno and Melodic Techno in the DJ INDEX. Spotify tags them as minimal techno, electro, techno.
Snapshot from the week of Sep 28, 2026. Listener figures come from Spotify's own public artist page and are rounded.