Artists from Spain

191 published artists from Spain, led by Shakira, Julio Iglesias and Enrique Iglesias. The list below shows the 120 most famous.

At a glance

191 published artists from Spain; 1,885 studio albums have verified cover art.

Published artists14 tier 1 · 15 tier 2 · 162 tier 3: 191
Release groups: 4,881
Studio albums: 2,384
Albums with cover artverified Cover Art Archive: 1,885
Timeline events: 3,175
Monthly listenerssum across artists: 518.3M
Claimed salessum of stored claims; implausible values excluded: 564M
Average career spanfirst to last dated release: 32.1 years
Full biographies: 102
Biography words: 335,188

When they started

Debut decade from each artist's earliest dated release. Most debuts fell in the 1990s (42 artists).

Artists by debut decade
Decade	Artists
1940s	5
1950s	4
1960s	17
1970s	23
1980s	19
1990s	42
2000s	22
2010s	14
2020s	9

36 artists have no dated release or formation year and are not plotted.

Genres in Spain

Top 8 genres by artist count. opera is the most common, with 37 artists.

Covers from Spain

1,885 studio albums have verified cover art. The 12 shown come from the most famous artists.

Las mujeres ya no lloran
Shakira · 2024
El Dorado
Shakira · 2017
Shakira.
Shakira · 2014
Sale el sol
Shakira · 2010
She Wolf
Shakira · 2009
Fijación oral, vol. 1
Shakira · 2005
Oral Fixation, Vol. 2
Shakira · 2005
Laundry Service
Shakira · 2001
Dónde están los ladrones?
Shakira · 1998
Pies descalzos
Shakira · 1995
Peligro
Shakira · 1993
Magia
Shakira · 1991

Leaders

Plácido Domingo has the most release groups (298); Ernesto Lecuona the longest career (81 years); Plácido Domingo the most awards (108).

Most prolific

Most prolific, by number of release groups
Artist	release groups
Plácido Domingo	298
Manuel de Falla	162
Julio Iglesias	160
Shakira	153
Isaac Albéniz	151

Longest careers

first to last dated release

Longest careers, by number of years
Artist	years
Ernesto Lecuona	81
Luis Mariano	78
Manuel de Falla	78
Isaac Albéniz	77
Andrés Segovia	76

Most decorated

Most decorated, by number of awards
Artist	awards
Plácido Domingo	108
Shakira	87
Alejandro Sanz	66
Joan Manuel Serrat	56
Andrés Segovia	32

Other countries with opera artists, and the browse view for Spain.

opera in other countries

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Most famous artists from Spain

Shakira

Spain · Person · born 1977

rock music, pop music, contemporary R&B, pop rock, dance music, folk music, Latin pop, Latin rock, world music

90.8M listeners · 236 wikis

Julio Iglesias

Spain · Person · born 1943

pop music, country music, adult contemporary music, soft rock, traditional pop, Latin pop, Latin ballad, French pop, Italo disco

6.3M listeners · 87 wikis

Enrique Iglesias

Spain · Person · born 1975

pop music, rhythm and blues, pop rock, Latin pop

35.8M listeners · 95 wikis

Rosalía

Spain · Person · born 1992

folk music, alternative rock, art pop, reggaeton, Latin pop, Latin R&B, urbano music, flamenco, new flamenco, avant-garde

25.1M listeners · 57 wikis

Ana Mena

Spain · Person · born 1997

6.7M listeners · 79 wikis

Alejandro Sanz

Spain · Person · born 1968

Latin pop

19.6M listeners · 43 wikis

Judeline

Spain · Person · born 2003

indie pop

34.7M listeners · 12 wikis

Aitana

Spain · Person · born 1999

pop music

20.5M listeners · 22 wikis

La Oreja de Van Gogh

Spain · Group · 1996–present

pop music, folk rock, pop rock, power pop, Electropop, Emo subculture

14.9M listeners · 29 wikis

Miguel Bosé

Spain · Person · born 1956

rock music, pop music

11.1M listeners · 35 wikis

Pablo Alborán

Spain · Person · born 1989

pop music, Latin pop, flamenco

13.6M listeners · 30 wikis

Quevedo

Spain · Person · born 2001

reggaeton, Latin pop, Latin trap

31.3M listeners · 10 wikis

Artists from Spain

At a glance

When they started

Genres in Spain

Covers from Spain

Leaders

Most prolific

Longest careers

Most decorated

Related

opera in other countries

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Most famous artists from Spain

Shakira

Julio Iglesias

Enrique Iglesias

Rosalía

Ana Mena

Alejandro Sanz

Judeline

Aitana

La Oreja de Van Gogh

Miguel Bosé

Pablo Alborán

Quevedo

More from Spain

David Bisbal

Bad Gyal

Rocío Dúrcal

Yung Beef

Rels B

Mecano

Pol Granch

Álex Ubago

Juan Magán

Hombres G

Jarabe de Palo

Melendi

C. Tangana

José Luis Perales

Rvfv

Saiko

Lola Índigo

La La Love You

Plácido Domingo

Pau Casals

Tomás Luis de Victoria

Isaac Albéniz

Andrés Segovia

Manuel de Falla

Joaquín Rodrigo

Pablo de Sarasate

Francisco Tárrega

Enrique Granados

Joan Manuel Serrat

Barbara of Portugal, Queen of Spain

Fernando Sor

Lluís Llach

Baccara

Joaquín Sabina

Ska-P

Los del Río

Raphael

Narciso Yepes

Maria del Mar Bonet

Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga

Juan del Encina

Antonio Soler

Joaquin Turina

Felip Pedrell

Gaspar Sanz Celma

Isabel Pantoja

Abraham Mateo

Rocío Jurado

Ernesto Lecuona

Camilo Sesto

Federico Mompou

Luis Eduardo Aute

Paloma San Basilio

Antonio de Cabezahueca