# 2013 Echo Awards

The 22nd Annual Echo Awards were held on March 21, 2013, at the Palais am Berliner Funkturm in Berlin. The show was broadcast on Das Erste and was hosted for the first time by Schlager entertainer Helene Fischer. Nominations for all 27 award categories were announced on January 31, 2013.
Die Toten Hosen won the most number of awards during the ceremony, with four, including the Echo for Song of the Year for "Tage wie diese" and Album of the Year for Ballast der Republik. In addition, the band was awarded Best National Rock/Pop Group and Producers of the Year along with Vincent Sorg. Other multiple winners include: Cro, Unheilig, Lana Del Rey and host Helene Fischer with two awards each.

## Performers

The following performed on the main telecast:
* Carla Bruni – "Mon Raymond"
* Cascada "Glorious"
* Cro – "Einmal um die Welt"
* Depeche Mode – "Heaven"
* Frida Gold – "Liebe ist meine Rebellion"
* David Garrett – "Viva la Vida"
* Helene Fischer – "Let Me Entertain You"
* Hurts – "Miracle"
* Lena – "Neon (Lonely People)"
* Peter Plate – "Wir beide sind Musik"
* Emeli Sandé – "Read All About It, Part III"
* Santiano & Andreas Gabalier – "Es gibt nur Wasser"
* Seeed – "Deine Zeit"
* Silly – "Deine Stärken"
* Hannes Wader & Die Toten Hosen – "Heute hier, morgen dort"

## Winners and nominees
### Awards

The winners and nominees per category were (Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface):
General :
| Song of the Year | Album of the Year |
| Die Toten Hosen – "Tage wie diese" Asaf Avidan & the Mojos – "One Day / Reckoning Song" Lykke Li – "I Follow Rivers" Psy – "Gangnam Style" Rihanna – "Diamonds" | Die Toten Hosen – Ballast der Republik Die Ärzte – Auch Cro – Raop Santiano – Bis ans Ende der Welt Unheilig – Lichter der Stadt |
| Best National Newcomer | Best International Newcomer |
| Cro – Raop Mrs. Greenbird – Mrs. Greenbird Daniele Negroni – Crazy Ivy Quainoo – Ivy Santiano – Bis ans Ende der Welt | Lana Del Rey – Born to Die Alex Clare – The Lateness of the Hour Luca Hänni – My Name Is Luca Of Monsters and Men – My Head Is an Animal Emeli Sandé – Our Version of Events |
| Rock/Pop ||
| Best National Rock/Pop Male Artist | Best International Rock/Pop Male Artist |
| David Garrett – Music Rea Garvey – Can't Stand the Silence Heino – Mit freundlichen Grüßen Peter Maffay – Tabaluga und die Zeichen der Zeit Daniele Negroni – Crazy | Robbie Williams – Take the Crown Joe Cocker – Fire It Up Mark Knopfler – Privateering Eros Ramazzotti – Noi Bruce Springsteen – Wrecking Ball |
| Best National Rock/Pop Female Artist | Best International Rock/Pop Female Artist |
| Ivy Quainoo – Ivy Mandy Capristo – Grace Lena – Stardust Nena – Du bist gut Y’akoto – Babyblues | Lana Del Rey – Born to Die Amy Macdonald – Life in a Beautiful Light Katie Melua – Secret Symphony P!nk – The Truth About Love Emeli Sandé – Our Version of Events |
| Best National Rock/Pop Group | Best International Rock/Pop Group |
| Die Toten Hosen – Ballast der Republik The BossHoss – Liberty of Action Mrs. Greenbird – Mrs. Greenbird PUR – Schein & Sein Silbermond – Himmel auf | Mumford & Sons – Babel Florence + the Machine – Ceremonials Gossip – A Joyful Noise Of Monsters and Men – My Head Is an Animal The xx – Coexist |
| Rock/Alternative ||
| Best National Rock/Alternative Group | Best International Rock/Alternative Group |
| Unheilig – Lichter der Stadt Die Ärzte – Auch Frei.Wild – Feinde deiner Feinde Kraftklub – Mit K MIA. – Tacheles | Linkin Park – Living Things Billy Talent – Dead Silence Green Day – ¡Uno! Muse – The 2nd Law The Rolling Stones – GRRR! |
| Schlager/Folk ||
| Best Schlager Artist or Group | Best Folk Artist or Group |
| Helene Fischer – Für einen Tag: Live 2012 Fantasy – Best Of: 10 Jahre Fantasy Olaf – Wenn der Anker fällt Matthias Reim – Unendlich Michael Wendler – Spektakulär | Santiano – Bis ans Ende der Welt Die Amigos – Bis ans Ende der Zeit Andreas Gabalier – Volks-Rock'n'Roller Live Michael Hirte – Liebesgrüße auf der Mundharmonika Kastelruther Spatzen – Leben und leben lassen |
| Others ||
| Best Hip Hop/Urban Artist or Group | Best Club/Dance Artist or Group |
| Cro – Raop Max Herre – Hallo Welt! Kollegah & Farid Bang – Jung, brutal, gutaussehend 2 Seeed – Seeed Xavas – Gespaltene Persönlichkeit | Deichkind – Befehl von ganz unten DJ Antoine – Sky Is the Limit Fritz Kalkbrenner – Sick Travellin' Paul Kalkbrenner – Guten Tag Schiller – Sonne |
| Best Crossover Artist or Group | Best Music DVD |
| Wise Guys – Zwei Welten Adoro – Träume Adya – Classic 2 The Baseballs – Good Ol' Christmas Gregorian – Epic Chants | Helene Fischer – Für einen Tag: Live 2012 Peter Maffay – Tabaluga und die Zeichen der Zeit Rammstein – Videos 1995–2012 Die Toten Hosen – Noches como Estas: Live in Buenos Aires Unheilig – Lichter der Stadt |
| Producer(s) of the Year | Music Video of the Year |
| Die Toten Hosen, Vincent Sorg – Die Toten Hosen Cro – Cro Der Graf, Brötzmann, Masbaum, Spremberg, Verlage – Unheilig Elephant Music – Santiano Seeed – Seeed | Lena – "Stardust" Bushido – "Kleine Bushidos" Cro – "Easy" Die Toten Hosen – "Tage wie diese" Y-Titty – "Der letzte Sommer" |
| Critic's Choice | Radio–Echo |
| Kraftklub – Mit K Deichkind – Befehl von ganz unten Kid Kopphausen – I Sizarr – Psycho Boy Happy Die Türen – ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ | Roman Lob – "Standing Still" Cro – "Du" Die Ärzte – "M&F" Die Toten Hosen – "Tage wie diese" Silbermond – "Himmel auf" |
| Lifetime Achievement Award (National) | Lifetime Achievement Award (International) |
| Hannes Wader | Led Zeppelin |

## Televised ratings

In its original live television broadcast, the ceremony received an 11.4 share/rating among viewers aged 18–49 and was watched by 3.73 million people.