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psychedelic pop artists

18 published psychedelic pop artists, led by David Bowie, Lana Del Rey and Tame Impala.

At a glance

18 published psychedelic pop artists; 166 studio albums have verified cover art.

Published artists5 tier 1 · 4 tier 2 · 9 tier 3
18
Release groups
1,479
Studio albums
174
Albums with cover artverified Cover Art Archive
166
Timeline events
304
Monthly listenerssum across artists
214.3M
Claimed salessum of stored claims; implausible values excluded
116M
Average career spanfirst to last dated release
36.2 years
Full biographies
18
Biography words
84,912

When they started

Debut decade from each artist's earliest dated release. Most debuts fell in the 2000s (4 artists).

Artists by debut decade
DecadeArtists
1950s1
1960s3
1970s2
1980s1
1990s1
2000s4
2010s2
4 artists have no dated release or formation year and are not plotted.

Where they come from

Countries with the most psychedelic pop artists. United Kingdom leads with 7.

Often paired with

Genres that share artists with psychedelic pop. The most shared is psychedelic rock, with 9 artists in both.

Covers from psychedelic pop

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

Leaders

Lana Del Rey has the most release groups (323); Serge Gainsbourg the longest career (66 years); David Bowie the most awards (26).

Most prolific

Most prolific, by number of release groups
Artistrelease groups
Lana Del Rey323
David Bowie298
Serge Gainsbourg191
Donovan168
Étienne Daho93

Longest careers

first to last dated release

Longest careers, by number of years
Artistyears
Serge Gainsbourg66
David Bowie61
Donovan57
Syd Barrett52
Cardiacs46

Most decorated

Most decorated, by number of awards
Artistawards
David Bowie26
Étienne Daho7
Serge Gainsbourg4
Dan Snaith3
Donovan2

Most famous psychedelic pop artists

David Bowie

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

Lana Del Rey

Lana Del Rey

United States · Person · born 1985

rock music, rhythm and blues, psychedelic pop, indie rock, indie pop, dream pop, baroque pop, trip hop, sadcore, slowcore

66.8M listeners · 159 wikis

Tame Impala

Tame Impala

Australia · Group · 2007–present

psychedelic rock, alternative rock, psychedelic pop, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, dream pop

60.9M listeners · 43 wikis

MGMT

MGMT

United States · Group · 2002–present

progressive rock, psychedelic pop, neo-psychedelia, electronica

20.6M listeners · 41 wikis

Mac DeMarco

Mac DeMarco

Canada · Person · born 1990

psychedelic rock, psychedelic pop, jangle pop, indie pop, neo-psychedelia, bedroom pop, singer-songwriter music

22.3M listeners · 35 wikis

Glass Animals

Glass Animals

United Kingdom · Group · 2012–present

psychedelic rock, electronic rock, psychedelic pop, indie rock, alternative pop, indietronica

23.3M listeners · 27 wikis

Syd Barrett

Syd Barrett

United Kingdom · Person · born 1946

rock music, psychedelic rock, experimental rock, progressive rock, space rock, psychedelic folk, psychedelic pop, proto-punk, outsider music

74 wikis

Serge Gainsbourg

Serge Gainsbourg

France · Person · born 1928

rock music, pop music, funk, jazz, progressive rock, chanson, reggae, psychedelic pop, mambo, middle of the road, cha-cha-cha

70 wikis

Donovan

Donovan

United Kingdom · Person · born 1946

folk rock, psychedelic rock, folk-pop, psychedelic folk, psychedelic pop

43 wikis

Ian McLagan

Ian McLagan

United Kingdom · Person · born 1945

hard rock, rock and roll, blues rock, rhythm and blues, psychedelic pop

21 wikis

Kevin Parker

Kevin Parker

Australia · Person · born 1986

psychedelic rock, disco, alternative rock, synth-pop, psychedelic pop

18 wikis

Étienne Daho

Étienne Daho

France · Person · born 1956

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

15 wikis

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