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electro artists

52 published electro artists, led by Kanye West, Christina Aguilera and Flo Rida.

At a glance

52 published electro artists; 382 studio albums have verified cover art.

Published artists5 tier 1 · 7 tier 2 · 40 tier 3
52
Release groups
2,480
Studio albums
408
Albums with cover artverified Cover Art Archive
382
Timeline events
656
Monthly listenerssum across artists
168.9M
Claimed salessum of stored claims; implausible values excluded
240M
Average career spanfirst to last dated release
26.4 years
Full biographies
44
Biography words
126,976

When they started

Debut decade from each artist's earliest dated release. Most debuts fell in the 2000s (11 artists).

Artists by debut decade
DecadeArtists
1960s2
1970s4
1980s9
1990s7
2000s11
2010s8
11 artists have no dated release or formation year and are not plotted.

Where they come from

Countries with the most electro artists. United States leads with 14.

Often paired with

Genres that share artists with electro. The most shared is hip-hop, with 14 artists in both.

Covers from electro

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

Leaders

Kanye West has the most release groups (306); Herbie Hancock the longest career (62 years); Herbie Hancock the most awards (60).

Most prolific

Most prolific, by number of release groups
Artistrelease groups
Kanye West306
San Holo198
Ferry Corsten196
Herbie Hancock184
Kraftwerk167

Longest careers

first to last dated release

Longest careers, by number of years
Artistyears
Herbie Hancock62
Franco Battiato55
Kraftwerk55
Yellow Magic Orchestra48
Zapp46

Most decorated

Most decorated, by number of awards
Artistawards
Herbie Hancock60
Kanye West28
Christina Aguilera20
Basshunter9
Swedish House Mafia8

Most famous electro artists

Kanye West

Kanye West

United States · Person · born 1977

pop music, contemporary R&B, soul, gospel music, hip-hop, electro, progressive rap, art pop, pop rap, hip-hop soul, chipmunk soul

7.5M listeners · 110 wikis

Christina Aguilera

Christina Aguilera

United States · Person · born 1980

pop music, contemporary R&B, soul, blues, pop rock, dance-pop, adult contemporary music, jazz, electro, synth-pop

32.4M listeners · 130 wikis

Flo Rida

Flo Rida

United States · Person · born 1979

pop music, contemporary R&B, dance music, electronic music, dance-pop, electronic dance music, hip-hop, trap music, electro, pop rap, electropop, Southern hip-hop, dirty south, house music, electro hop, electro house, EDM trap music, bass music, crunk, hip house, Miami bass, techno, trance

44.5M listeners · 53 wikis

Basshunter

Basshunter

Sweden · Person · born 1984

pop music, electronic dance music, electro, techno, trance, Eurodance

221 wikis

Swedish House Mafia

Swedish House Mafia

Sweden · Group · 2007–present

electronic dance music, electro, house music, electro house, progressive house

26.8M listeners · 43 wikis

LMFAO

LMFAO

United States · Group · 2006–2012

pop music, dance music, dance-pop, electronic dance music, hip-hop, electro, synth-pop, electropop, house music, electro hop, electro house, hip house, hardcore

13.8M listeners · 45 wikis

Gesaffelstein

Gesaffelstein

France · Person · born 1985

electro, techno

14.1M listeners · 18 wikis

Becky Hill

Becky Hill

United Kingdom · Person · born 1994

pop music, contemporary R&B, dance-pop, electronic dance music, electro, house music, UK funky, drum and bass, deep house, club/dance music, bassline

10.7M listeners · 21 wikis

A-Trak

A-Trak

Canada · Person · born 1982

electro

8.9M listeners · 14 wikis

Stephen Fasano

Stephen Fasano

Belgium · Person · born 1998

electro, house music, nu-disco

10.2M listeners · 4 wikis

Kraftwerk

Kraftwerk

Germany · Group · 1961–2003

electronic music, electro, synth-pop, techno, electronica, experimental music, Krautrock

64 wikis

Nikolai Noskov

Nikolai Noskov

Russia · Person · born 1956

pop music, hard rock, folk rock, psychedelic rock, traditional folk music, funk, rhythm and blues, glam rock, progressive rock, art rock, alternative rock, dance-rock, electro, synth-pop, new wave, funk rock, blue-eyed soul, glam metal, folk-pop, trip hop, symphonic rock, romance, bard song

78 wikis

More electro artists

Showing 1–40 of 40 artists

Herbie Hancock

Herbie Hancock

United States · Person · born 1940

funk, rhythm and blues, pop rock, jazz, electro, jazz fusion, classical music, jazz-funk, post-bop, bebop, modal jazz, hard bop

60 wikis · Tier 2

Afrika Bambaataa

Afrika Bambaataa

United States · Person · born 1957

funk, electronic music, hip-hop, electro, electro house, breakbeat

41 wikis · Tier 2

Franco Battiato

Franco Battiato

Italy · Person · born 1945

pop rock, progressive rock, electro, new wave, opera, experimental music

41 wikis · Tier 2

Grandmaster Flash

Grandmaster Flash

Barbados · Person · born 1958

funk, hip-hop, electro, old-school hip-hop, breakbeat

27 wikis · Tier 3

Taboo

Taboo

United States · Person · born 1975

hip-hop, electro, alternative hip-hop

34 wikis · Tier 3

Yellow Magic Orchestra

Yellow Magic Orchestra

Japan · Group · 1978–present

electro, synth-pop, electronic rock, J-pop, avant-garde music, exotica

32 wikis · Tier 3

Ferry Corsten

Ferry Corsten

Kingdom of the Netherlands · Person · born 1973

electro

32 wikis · Tier 3

Jain

Jain

France · Person · born 1992

pop music, electro, reggae, world music

26 wikis · Tier 3

Bomfunk MC's

Bomfunk MC's

Finland · Group · 1998–present

hip-hop, electro, electro hop, techno, breakbeat, drum and bass

25 wikis · Tier 3

Arabian Prince

Arabian Prince

United States · Person · born 1965

funk, hip-hop, electro, gangsta rap, West Coast hip-hop, political hip-hop, G-funk, old-school hip-hop

22 wikis · Tier 3

Antonia Iacobescu

Antonia Iacobescu

Romania · Person · born 1989

pop music, soul, rhythm and blues, dance music, electro, house music

21 wikis · Tier 3

Amina Annabi

France · Person · born 1962

pop music, electro, world music

20 wikis · Tier 3

Najoua Belyzel

Najoua Belyzel

France · Person · born 1981

pop music, electro

20 wikis · Tier 3

King Krule

King Krule

United Kingdom · Person · born 1994

electro

18 wikis · Tier 3

Laid Back

Laid Back

Denmark · Group · 1979–present

electro

17 wikis · Tier 3

Mirwais

Mirwais

France · Person · born 1960

alternative rock, post-punk, electro, synth-pop, electronica

16 wikis · Tier 3

Cameo

United States · Group · 1974–present

soul, disco, funk, rhythm and blues, hip-hop, electro

15 wikis · Tier 3

Étienne Daho

Étienne Daho

France · Person · born 1956

pop music, electro, new wave, psychedelic pop, trip hop

15 wikis · Tier 3

The Gap Band

The Gap Band

United States · Group · 1967–present

soul, funk, rhythm and blues, electro, quiet storm, boogie

14 wikis · Tier 3

Chiddy Bang

Chiddy Bang

United States · Group · 2009–2013

pop music, hip-hop, electro, synth-pop, alternative hip-hop, electronica, indietronica

13 wikis · Tier 3

Zapp

United States · Group · 1977–present

funk, electro

13 wikis · Tier 3

San Holo

San Holo

Kingdom of the Netherlands · Person · born 1990

electro

13 wikis · Tier 3

Yseult

Yseult

France · Person · born 1994

trap music, post-punk, electro, French pop, alternative R&B, neo soul, French contemporary R&B

12 wikis · Tier 3

Egyptian Lover

Egyptian Lover

United States · Person · born 1963

hip-hop, electro

11 wikis · Tier 3

John Benitez

United States · Person · born 1957

electro, music of Latin America, house music, freestyle music

11 wikis · Tier 3

The Automatic

The Automatic

United Kingdom · Group · 2002–present

electro

10 wikis · Tier 3

Milet

Japan · Person · born 2018

alternative rock, electro, J-pop

9 wikis · Tier 3

Wegz

Wegz

Egypt · Person · born 1998

electro, rapping, shaabi, mahraganat

8 wikis · Tier 3

Disiz

Disiz

France · Person · born 1978

pop rock, hip-hop, electro, French hip-hop

7 wikis · Tier 3

Novika

Novika

Poland · Person · born 1974

electro

7 wikis · Tier 3

Nadia Oh

United Kingdom · Person · born 1989

hip-hop, electro, synth-pop

6 wikis · Tier 3

Jim Noir

Jim Noir

United Kingdom · Person · born 1982

electro

6 wikis · Tier 3

Electrosexual

Electrosexual

France · Person · born 1980

electro

6 wikis · Tier 3

Zion Train

United Kingdom · Group · 1990–present

electro, reggae, dub music

5 wikis · Tier 3

Saori@destiny

Japan · Person · born 2007

contemporary R&B, electro, synth-pop, house music, techno, J-pop, electronica, experimental music, Shibuya-kei, vocal trance

5 wikis · Tier 3

Bedük

Bedük

Turkey · Person · born 1980

electro

5 wikis · Tier 3

Deepcentral

Romania · Group · 2009–present

electro

4 wikis · Tier 3

Suzane

Suzane

France · Person · born 1990

electro, chanson à texte

4 wikis · Tier 3

Patrice Wilson

Nigeria · Person · born 1983

dance-pop, electro, synth-pop

3 wikis · Tier 3

Monte Booker

Person · born 1995

hip-hop, electro, jazz fusion

2 wikis · Tier 3

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