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Genre
britpop
Parent Genre: rock

Britpop is a music genre that emerged in the United Kingdom in the mid-1990s. It is characterized by its catchy melodies, guitar-driven sound, and lyrics that often focus on themes of youth culture and British identity. The genre was heavily influenced by 1960s British rock and pop, and often features elements of punk and indie rock. Key bands associated with Britpop include those known for their distinctive sound and style, and for their impact on popular culture.


Top artists of britpop genre

Oasis
Blur
Placebo
The Verve
Stereophonics
Kasabian
The Stone Roses
Madness
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britpop music timeline

Explore britpop history by listening to songs from every decade. Click on the decade to view songs.

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Similar Genres to britpop

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britpop playlist created by Chosic

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List of britpop artists

Here is a list of britpop artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the britpop genre. You can find out what britpop genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

#namePopularity instrumentalnessdanceabilityenergyacousticnessHappinesstempofollowers
1
Oasis
76 8 34 82 9 30 124 8725544
2
Blur
70 11 50 74 13 55 124 2908565
3
Placebo
66 19 46 76 7 34 134 1771921
4
The Verve
66 10 36 74 12 36 133 2131056
5
Stereophonics
63 1 44 71 18 37 122 1440736
6
Kasabian
62 7 50 80 6 42 122 1722373
7
The Stone Roses
61 19 46 80 6 50 119 1391092
8
Madness
60 2 57 80 11 77 134 697466
9
Pulp
60 3 42 66 11 46 129 835710
10
James
59 8 50 75 8 43 122 503141
11
Travis
59 3 41 65 17 39 127 1027908
12
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
59 12 41 81 8 35 130 837067
13
Supergrass
58 29 41 72 10 41 134 548847
14
Liam Gallagher
57 0 44 80 7 40 127 1019306
15
Razorlight
57 0 51 75 12 54 124 535259
16
The La's
57 25 48 74 18 76 135 200022
17
The Specials
56 10 63 71 9 84 129 582608
18
The Beautiful South
54 0 58 54 40 48 130 378721
19
The Libertines
54 1 41 83 10 54 138 821053
20
Primal Scream
54 27 49 77 6 48 123 468050
21
Elbow
53 2 47 60 32 33 108 501650
22
Courteeners
53 0 42 83 3 55 135 305254
23
The Coral
53 6 49 79 11 74 134 245493
24
Manic Street Preachers
53 7 46 81 4 44 128 641552
25
Paul Weller
52 8 57 53 36 51 116 424629
26
Edwyn Collins
52 4 57 66 15 57 123 43860
27
Suede
51 8 36 85 8 42 118 420983
28
The Housemartins
51 0 53 56 29 74 125 217687
29
Buzzcocks
50 8 33 87 2 54 135 393120
30
Johnny Marr
49 11 42 87 0 48 125 121684
31
Del Amitri
49 1 55 65 19 64 126 91058
32
Feeder
49 9 40 86 2 33 133 218499
33
Ocean Colour Scene
49 0 51 73 10 58 117 388814
34
Cornershop
48 8 68 80 22 75 118 52050
35
Richard Ashcroft
48 0 52 78 5 53 120 406114
36
Maximo Park
47 5 48 84 7 58 137 234879
37
EMF
47 4 53 81 1 70 117 61656
38
Doves
47 25 35 79 4 30 116 255215
39
The Charlatans
46 15 49 78 1 56 119 340018
40
Starsailor
46 1 43 61 23 37 126 207661
41
Happy Mondays
46 20 60 81 1 65 114 379768
42
Ian Brown
46 3 58 71 14 52 118 326096
43
The Lightning Seeds
46 6 56 76 6 67 126 141941
44
Public Image Ltd.
45 23 51 68 4 61 126 272294
45
Jarvis Cocker
45 6 46 59 19 39 122 131528
46
Elastica
45 26 56 75 6 67 127 141234
47
Black Box Recorder
45 3 52 46 29 35 130 51137
48
Sea Power
45 57 32 53 47 25 117 71059
49
Lush
45 23 44 74 9 52 125 188776
50
Hard-FI
44 6 54 80 7 57 119 174884
51
Saint Etienne
44 29 60 70 9 59 121 116308
52
The Pigeon Detectives
44 0 41 88 0 48 133 197499
53
Reverend And The Makers
44 7 52 77 2 51 127 77655
54
Ride
44 49 36 81 2 38 128 204779
55
Badly Drawn Boy
44 10 45 57 43 47 117 124614
56
The View
44 0 43 89 6 58 138 142968
57
Kula Shaker
44 2 44 75 10 46 116 215455
58
Embrace
44 2 40 60 14 27 138 152636
59
Ash
44 13 36 90 1 41 145 163600
60
Cast
43 1 50 72 13 61 124 143219
61
The Divine Comedy
43 5 52 58 45 50 127 136420
62
The Cribs
43 6 39 85 6 56 136 191071
63
Spiritualized
43 31 31 55 33 23 125 231340
64
Gruff Rhys
43 11 50 66 42 53 125 35369
65
Reef
43 4 46 89 1 53 124 55008
66
Shed Seven
42 11 41 82 2 42 124 134545
67
Graham Coxon
42 21 58 56 33 45 130 103696
68
The Shamen
42 25 65 83 1 54 121 61476
69
Republica
42 4 56 92 1 38 131 52410
70
Gomez
42 1 57 64 15 53 119 117303
71
Babyshambles
42 0 45 76 5 51 119 265870
72
Gaz Coombes
42 15 47 72 17 32 127 51814
73
The Enemy
41 1 45 83 2 46 142 138405
74
The Beta Band
41 36 55 62 19 45 126 104054
75
The Primitives
41 15 46 75 9 80 138 35075
76
Dodgy
41 0 40 79 2 49 129 54994
77
The Futureheads
41 0 43 94 3 52 159 96780
78
Dirty Pretty Things
40 0 38 88 7 41 132 140103
79
Jesus Jones
40 13 54 78 3 49 122 46653
80
The Bluetones
40 1 45 71 2 49 113 103320
81
Inspiral Carpets
40 15 42 80 3 54 128 132343
82
Electronic
40 39 59 86 1 64 124 140722
83
Utah Saints
39 48 57 87 1 46 127 39422
84
Turin Brakes
39 3 49 59 25 40 133 77598
85
Babybird
38 5 52 70 20 42 122 14355
86
Athlete
38 4 51 60 22 39 127 128800
87
Catatonia
38 1 47 66 9 45 115 64383
88
Super Furry Animals
38 9 45 72 12 47 125 108954
89
The Wonder Stuff
37 1 54 90 1 65 138 61191
90
Beady Eye
37 7 44 82 1 36 116 180649
91
The Seahorses
37 0 40 67 0 31 130 109024
92
The Boo Radleys
36 22 40 67 13 49 128 40726
93
Space
36 0 61 80 3 61 115 31306
94
Noel Gallagher
36 1 30 74 28 29 107 206870
95
The Soup Dragons
36 24 46 93 2 75 138 35587
96
Sleeper
36 0 43 75 7 59 135 63528
97
Monaco
36 1 52 96 0 74 144 22993
98
The London Suede
35 1 38 74 22 40 120 24264
99
The Twang
35 0 53 83 14 55 117 49498
100
Idlewild
35 7 38 88 2 45 138 60886
101
The House of Love
34 27 45 74 3 55 130 52161
102
Black Grape
34 1 61 90 0 70 108 77816
103
Paul Heaton
34 0 0 0 0 0 0 47727
104
Mansun
34 13 43 80 6 29 123 63876
105
The Music
34 0 47 91 0 44 127 56786
106
Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine
34 7 46 72 4 35 143 40673
107
The Thrills
33 0 44 88 5 62 141 37119
108
Longpigs
33 0 33 62 1 38 135 40932
109
The Rifles
32 3 37 78 13 61 136 69398
110
The Mock Turtles
31 0 43 78 0 64 138 16570
111
Ned's Atomic Dustbin
31 16 44 88 1 59 133 39985
112
The Ordinary Boys
31 0 43 87 8 68 157 25372
113
Gene
31 3 50 51 4 43 92 33516
114
Delays
30 6 48 78 6 47 115 23790
115
Terrorvision
30 4 46 85 1 63 133 28436
116
Cherry Ghost
29 9 41 66 47 48 134 19491
117
Shampoo
29 2 57 92 5 75 141 10320
118
Echobelly
29 4 32 75 1 43 124 45293
119
McAlmont & Butler
28 0 42 78 2 41 110 18397
120
Dubstar
27 11 52 78 9 65 139 13885
121
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
27 27 41 49 59 49 120 22028
122
Puressence
25 1 40 76 4 32 135 9098
123
The Auteurs
25 0 43 52 6 31 129 15699
124
Shack
23 1 43 68 27 56 118 11410
125
Bernard Butler
23 8 23 70 9 34 152 19440
126
James Dean Bradfield
23 0 48 74 0 51 134 13085
127
Drugstore
23 0 39 46 29 21 135 9132
128
Brett Anderson
23 0 47 57 29 40 110 25861
129
Rialto
22 0 54 89 0 48 118 7849
130
Northside
21 23 51 82 1 82 119 15745
131
Steve Cradock
20 0 0 0 0 0 0 1958
132
Tim Burgess
20 8 46 83 8 60 135 12855
133
The Real People
20 25 46 85 1 55 124 9020
134
Kingmaker
20 0 48 85 5 62 106 6843
135
The Supernaturals
20 3 51 82 11 55 122 9746
136
Hurricane #1
20 0 42 73 3 59 127 7070
137
Cud
19 0 58 85 3 77 129 7456
138
Flowered Up
18 4 53 82 2 64 114 9669
139
New Fast Automatic Daffodils
18 28 51 57 0 41 146 9790
140
Menswear
17 13 46 86 3 60 120 12373
141
World Of Twist
17 0 0 0 0 0 0 4400
142
The Electric Soft Parade
17 9 45 70 1 33 122 9641
143
3 Colours Red
16 0 34 64 0 13 129 6833
144
The Tears
16 0 35 92 34 36 115 10994
145
Salad
15 0 39 67 13 33 140 3530
146
Silver Sun
15 0 37 60 0 48 114 4546
147
My Life Story
14 0 55 83 8 38 131 7262
148
Straw
13 0 0 0 0 0 0 791
149
Senseless Things
12 4 39 89 9 66 139 7138
150
Gay Dad
12 1 31 78 0 33 162 2512
151
Kenickie
12 0 25 87 2 51 147 6963
152
Denim
11 2 79 67 2 81 129 3033
153
Geneva
11 0 36 71 1 41 126 5264
154
Thousand Yard Stare
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 4731
155
Strangelove
10 2 37 86 4 42 136 5910
156
Theaudience
9 0 50 77 5 85 151 1803
157
Northern Uproar
9 0 27 78 1 38 153 4327
158
These Animal Men
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2929
159
60 Ft Dolls
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1953
160
Ooberman
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1471
161
David Devant and His Spirit Wife
6 7 39 81 0 47 127 1870
162
Dawn Of The Replicants
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 422
163
HEAVY STEREO
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 123
164
Thur-Man
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29