Xavier Naidoo: singer, 12 million euros

Xavier Naidoo is one of Germany’s most successful singers and music producers. His first solo album Out of This World , released in 1998, sold over a million copies. As a result of his increasing popularity, the songs of his band Söhne Mannheims , founded in 1995, also made it into the charts. Thanks to his unique voice and his musical know-how, he was also regularly booked as a juror in talent shows such as The Voice Of Germany  and  Deutschland sucht den Superstar (DSD). In addition, from 2014 and 2016 he was the host of the VOX show Sing mein Song – das Tauschkonzert. Lately, however, he has made headlines less because of his music and more because of xenophobic statements that cost him, among other things, the jury seat on DSDS.