Artists from United Kingdom

2,282 published artists from United Kingdom, led by The Beatles, Queen and Adele. The list below shows the 120 most famous.

At a glance

2,282 published artists from United Kingdom; 11,570 studio albums have verified cover art.

Published artists82 tier 1 · 238 tier 2 · 1,962 tier 3: 2,282
Release groups: 59,030
Studio albums: 13,137
Albums with cover artverified Cover Art Archive: 11,570
Timeline events: 22,617
Monthly listenerssum across artists: 3.7B
Claimed salessum of stored claims; implausible values excluded: 3,695M
Average career spanfirst to last dated release: 32.6 years
Full biographies: 1,820
Biography words: 4,390,930

When they started

Debut decade from each artist's earliest dated release. Most debuts fell in the 1970s (310 artists).

Artists by debut decade
Decade	Artists
1900s	1
1910s	1
1930s	3
1940s	6
1950s	24
1960s	150
1970s	310
1980s	271
1990s	255
2000s	275
2010s	184
2020s	28

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

Genres in United Kingdom

Top 8 genres by artist count. pop music is the most common, with 252 artists.

Covers from United Kingdom

11,570 studio albums have verified cover art. The 12 shown come from the most famous artists.

The Beatles Celebration
The Beatles · 1999
The World’s First Beatles Shaped CD
The Beatles · 1996
The Beatles Tapes From The David Wigg Interviews
The Beatles · 1990
The Compleat Beatles
The Beatles · 1982
Let It Be
The Beatles · 1970
Abbey Road
The Beatles · 1969
The Beatles
The Beatles · 1968
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles · 1967
Revolver
The Beatles · 1966
Yesterday and Today
The Beatles · 1966
Beatles VI
The Beatles · 1965
Rubber Soul
The Beatles · 1965

Leaders

Queen has the most release groups (400); Victor Herbert the longest career (117 years); Peter Gabriel the most awards (78).

Most prolific

Most prolific, by number of release groups
Artist	release groups
Queen	400
Radiohead	400
Genesis	400
Depeche Mode	400
The Cure	400

Longest careers

first to last dated release

Longest careers, by number of years
Artist	years
Victor Herbert	117
Henry Bishop	90
Noël Coward	86
Vera Lynn	86
William Walton	78

Most decorated

Most decorated, by number of awards
Artist	awards
Peter Gabriel	78
Elton John	52
Paul McCartney	52
Olivia Newton-John	42
Julie Andrews	42

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Most famous artists from United Kingdom

The Beatles

United Kingdom · Group · 1960–1970

rock music, pop music, hard rock, rock and roll, blues rock, beat music, folk rock, psychedelic rock, traditional folk music, experimental rock, classic rock

35.2M listeners · 245 wikis

Queen

United Kingdom · Group · 1970–present

rock music, hard rock, pop rock, glam rock, progressive rock, art rock, traditional heavy metal, heavy metal music

51.6M listeners · 190 wikis

Adele

United Kingdom · Person · born 1988

rock music, pop music, soul, rhythm and blues, jazz, blue-eyed soul

59.5M listeners · 136 wikis

Elton John

United Kingdom · Person · born 1947

rock music, rhythm and blues, pop rock, glam rock, soft rock

52.3M listeners · 117 wikis

The Rolling Stones

United Kingdom · Group · 1962–present

rock music, rock and roll, blues rock, psychedelic rock, classic rock, rhythm and blues, blues

28.8M listeners · 139 wikis

Pink Floyd

United Kingdom · Group · 1964–2014

blues rock, psychedelic rock, experimental rock, progressive rock, art rock, space rock, acid rock, proto-prog

27.5M listeners · 126 wikis

Paul McCartney

United Kingdom · Person · born 1942

rock music, rock and roll, beat music, psychedelic rock, pop rock, art rock, classical music

13.4M listeners · 149 wikis

John Lennon

United Kingdom · Person · born 1940

rock music, pop music, hard rock, rock and roll, blues rock, beat music, psychedelic rock, experimental rock, pop rock, art rock, experimental music

14.1M listeners · 185 wikis

Coldplay

United Kingdom · Group · 1999–present

pop music, alternative rock

94.9M listeners · 103 wikis

David Bowie

United Kingdom · Person · born 1947

rock music, pop music, hard rock, psychedelic rock, experimental rock, soul, pop rock, electronic music, glam rock, art rock, alternative rock, art pop, new wave, blue-eyed soul, psychedelic pop, ambient music, avant-garde jazz, rapping

20.3M listeners · 136 wikis