trip hop artists

52 published trip hop artists, led by Lana Del Rey, Gorillaz and Moby.

At a glance

52 published trip hop artists; 423 studio albums have verified cover art.

Published artists6 tier 1 · 5 tier 2 · 41 tier 3: 52
Release groups: 3,305
Studio albums: 446
Albums with cover artverified Cover Art Archive: 423
Timeline events: 633
Monthly listenerssum across artists: 256.7M
Average career spanfirst to last dated release: 28.1 years
Full biographies: 43
Biography words: 133,239

When they started

Debut decade from each artist's earliest dated release. Most debuts fell in the 1990s (22 artists).

Artists by debut decade
Decade	Artists
1960s	1
1980s	5
1990s	22
2000s	13
2010s	3

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

Where they come from

Countries with the most trip hop artists. United Kingdom leads with 14.

Often paired with

Genres that share artists with trip hop. The most shared is pop music, with 13 artists in both.

Covers from trip hop

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

Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd Demos
Lana Del Rey · 2023
Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd
Lana Del Rey · 2023
Non-Album Demos
Lana Del Rey · 2023
Blue Banisters
Lana Del Rey · 2021
Blue Banisters Demos
Lana Del Rey · 2021
Chemtrails Over the Country Club
Lana Del Rey · 2021
Studio 365 Sessions
Lana Del Rey · 2021
Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
Lana Del Rey · 2020
Norman Fucking Rockwell!
Lana Del Rey · 2019
Lust for Life
Lana Del Rey · 2017
Lust for Life Demos
Lana Del Rey · 2017
Honeymoon
Lana Del Rey · 2015

Leaders

Lana Del Rey has the most release groups (323); Christophe the longest career (60 years); Common the most awards (18).

Most prolific

Most prolific, by number of release groups
Artist	release groups
Lana Del Rey	323
Moby	299
Mylène Farmer	209
Gorillaz	167
DJ Shadow	135

Longest careers

first to last dated release

Longest careers, by number of years
Artist	years
Christophe	60
Étienne Daho	45
Mylène Farmer	42
Faye Wong	41
Massive Attack	38

Most decorated

Most decorated, by number of awards
Artist	awards
Common	18
Loreen	8
Nikolai Noskov	8
Étienne Daho	7
Émilie Simon	6

Most famous trip hop artists

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

Gorillaz

United Kingdom · Group · 1998–present

pop rock, electronic music, hip-hop, alternative rock, art pop, electropop, indie rock, trip hop

37.6M listeners · 59 wikis

Moby

United States · Person · born 1965

electronic music, alternative rock, Q3071, electronic rock, house music, ambient music, techno, electronica, trip hop, downtempo, chill-out music

9.9M listeners · 68 wikis

Loreen

Sweden · Person · born 1983

pop music, dance-pop, electropop, music of Sweden, trance, indie rock, indie pop, trip hop, Eurodance

8.7M listeners · 77 wikis

Kid Cudi

United States · Person · born 1984

contemporary R&B, Midwest hip-hop, alternative rock, Q3071, pop rap, grunge, alternative hip-hop, neo-psychedelia, emo rap, trip hop, psychedelic rap, psychedelic hip-hop

26.9M listeners · 46 wikis

Joji

Japan · Person · born 1992

contemporary R&B, comedy hip-hop, alternative rock, alternative R&B, lo-fi music, trip hop, surreal humour, black comedy, satire, comedy music, satirical music

26.5M listeners · 37 wikis

Imogen Heap

United Kingdom · Person · born 1977

alternative rock, synth-pop, ambient music, indie rock, electronica, dream pop, trip hop, folktronica

20.6M listeners · 31 wikis

Massive Attack

United Kingdom · Group · 1988–present

electronica, trip hop

9.3M listeners · 47 wikis

Portishead

United Kingdom · Group · 1991–present

experimental rock, alternative rock, electronica, trip hop, downtempo

7.4M listeners · 47 wikis

Faithless

United Kingdom · Group · 1995–present

house music, techno, trip hop

11.3M listeners · 33 wikis

Flume

Australia · Person · born 1991

electronica, trip hop, future bass

12.3M listeners · 24 wikis

DJ Shadow

United States · Person · born 1972

hip-hop, trip hop

6.8M listeners · 35 wikis

More trip hop artists

Showing 1–40 of 40 artists

Phantogram

United States · Group · 2007–present

indie rock, dream pop, trip hop, shoegaze

12.7M listeners · 11 wikis · Tier 1

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 · Tier 2

Mylène Farmer

Canada · Person · born 1961

pop music, pop rock, dance music, synth-pop, Europop, French pop, trip hop, dark wave, dark pop, Gothic pop, ethereal wave

61 wikis · Tier 2

Common

United States · Person · born 1972

pop music, contemporary R&B, hip-hop, pop rap, rapping, alternative hip-hop, alternative R&B, conscious hip-hop, jazz rap, neo soul, trip hop

38 wikis · Tier 3

Faye Wong

People's Republic of China · Person · born 1969

trip hop

44 wikis · Tier 3

FKA twigs

United Kingdom · Person · born 1988

pop music, electronic music, electronic dance music, alternative rock, trip hop, alternative music, popular music

39 wikis · Tier 3

Emilíana Torrini

Iceland · Person · born 1977

pop music, indie pop, trip hop

37 wikis · Tier 3

Neneh Cherry

Sweden · Person · born 1964

pop music, jazz, hip-hop, alternative hip-hop, trip hop, free jazz

36 wikis · Tier 3

Tricky

United Kingdom · Person · born 1968

rock music, electronic music, trip hop, experimental hip-hop

33 wikis · Tier 3

Émilie Simon

France · Person · born 1978

electronic music, trip hop, experimental music

27 wikis · Tier 3

Flying Lotus

United States · Person · born 1983

electronic music, jazz, hip-hop, trip hop, psychedelic music, experimental music, intelligent dance music

25 wikis · Tier 3

Christophe

France · Person · born 1945

pop music, chanson, electronic rock, trip hop, experimental music, downtempo

25 wikis · Tier 3

Amon Tobin

Brazil · Person · born 1972

electronic music, trip hop, intelligent dance music

25 wikis · Tier 3

Thievery Corporation

United States · Group · 1995–present

trip hop, lounge music, downtempo, dub music, dubtronica, Latin electronic music

24 wikis · Tier 3

Jem

United Kingdom · Person · born 1975

pop music, folk rock, pop rock, new wave, trip hop

23 wikis · Tier 3

Blonde Redhead

United States · Group · 1993–present

experimental rock, alternative rock, indie rock, dream pop, trip hop, noise rock, no wave

23 wikis · Tier 3

Beth Orton

United Kingdom · Person · born 1970

pop music, indie rock, trip hop, folktronica

22 wikis · Tier 3

Little Dragon

Sweden · Group · 1996–present

synth-pop, trip hop, nu jazz

21 wikis · Tier 3

Anja Garbarek

Norway · Person · born 1970

trip hop

18 wikis · Tier 3

Linda

Russia · Person · born 1973

pop music, folk rock, psychedelic rock, art rock, grunge, indie rock, new age music, trip hop, experimental music, gothic rock, trip rock

17 wikis · Tier 3

Elizabeth Fraser

United Kingdom · Person · born 1963

ambient music, dream pop, trip hop, ethereal wave

17 wikis · Tier 3

Kool Keith

United States · Person · born 1963

hip-hop, horrorcore, hardcore hip-hop, East Coast hip-hop, mafioso rap, gangsta rap, alternative hip-hop, conscious hip-hop, trip hop, psychedelic rap, dirty rap, golden age hip-hop, underground hip-hop, abstract hip-hop

16 wikis · Tier 3