The Nockalm Quintett is a folk music group from Austria founded in 1982. The name of the formation goes back to the Nockberge mountains in Carinthia. Many of their numerous releases have achieved gold and platinum status in Austria. Since 2019, they have referred to themselves and their fans simply as the Nockis. The founding members include Gottfried Würcher, Wilfried Wiederschwinger, Heinz Zwatz, Dietmar Zwischenberger and Rudi Schellander. In 1984, they released their debut album Rund um Bad Kleinkirchheim. It took until the 1990s for their first successes to materialize. The album Aus Tränen wird ein Schmetterling (1990) achieves its first chart entry in Austria at number 14. Four years later, the album Und über Rhodos küss' ich dich climbed to number 2 in the Austrian charts and achieved double platinum status. The Nockalm Quintet is now one of the biggest names in folk music. Their success is also increasing outside Austria. In 2003, the formation achieves its first number 1 success in Austria with Die kleine Insel Zärtlichkeit. Further chart entries followed with 67th place in Germany and 44th place in Switzerland. Further number 1 hits followed in Austria over the next few years, including Prinz Rosenherz (2004), Einsam wie Napoleon (2006), Ich dich auch (2008) and Zieh dich an und geh (2011). The Nockalm Quintet's string of successes continued in the 2010s. With Du warst der geilste Fehler meines Lebens (2014), Wonach sieht's denn aus? (2016), In der Nacht (2017) and Für ewig (2019), further number 1 albums followed in Austria. The band is now also firmly established in the charts in Germany and Switzerland. In 2022, the birthday album 40 is released on the occasion of the 40th stage anniversary, another number 1 in Austria. The album Gefühlsecht follows in June 2024. The longplayer jumps to the top of the charts in Austria and reaches number 9 in Switzerland.
