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Britpop emerged from the British indie scene of the early 1990s and was characterised by bands influenced by British guitar pop music of the 1960s and 1970s. [1] The movement developed as a reaction against various musical and cultural trends in the late 1980s and early 1990s, particularly the grunge phenomenon from the United States. [1]
The following is a list of Britpop musicians. While definitions may vary, artists labelled as Britpop were typically guitar-based bands that emerged from the British music scene, were popular in the 1990s, and focused more on melody than other contemporary genres such as grunge.
British mixed-gender vocal pop groups (20 P) B. British boy bands (4 C, 6 P) British dream pop musical groups (61 P) D. ... Category: British pop music groups.
The music of most bands was guitar based, [70] [71] often mixing elements of British traditional rock (or British trad rock), [72] particularly the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Small Faces [73] with American influences. Post-Britpop bands also used elements from 1970s British rock and pop music. [71]
Elton John scored his first solo number one in 1990. After more than a decade without a hit, Meat Loaf topped the charts for the first time in 1993. Danish pop band Aqua scored three consecutive number ones with one of the UK's biggest selling singles "Barbie Girl" in 1997, and the follow up's "Doctor Jones" and "Turn Back Time" in 1998 making them one of the most successful bands this decade.
Abingdon. Radiohead; Accrington. Diana Vickers; Andover. The Troggs; Anstey. Molly Smitten-Downes; Ashby-de-la-Zouch. The Young Knives; Ashford. Oliver Sykes; Aylesbury
For the purposes of inclusion in the chart an album is defined by the Official Charts Company (OCC) as being a type of music release that features more than four tracks and lasts longer than 25 minutes. [1] At the beginning of the 1990s, sales of singles and albums in the United Kingdom were compiled on behalf of the British music industry by ...
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