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Birmingham's culture of popular music first developed in the mid-1950s. [1] By the early 1960s the city's music scene had emerged as one of the largest and most vibrant in the country; a "seething cauldron of musical activity", [2] with over 500 bands constantly exchanging members and performing regularly across a well-developed network of venues and promoters. [3]
Rock music groups from Birmingham, West Midlands (1 C, 52 P) Pages in category "Musical groups from Birmingham, West Midlands" The following 93 pages are in this category, out of 93 total.
Pages in category "Rock music groups from Birmingham, West Midlands" The following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
[citation needed] It failed to reach the Top 75 in the UK, marking a first, as all their official albums had previously made the Top 50 on the UK Albums Chart. [22] Their next release, on EMI, was a compilation titled Love Songs , featuring hits mainly from the Labour of Love series, all of which featured Ali Campbell on vocals – it reached ...
The following list of best-selling music artists includes musical artists from the 20th century to the present with claims of 75 million or more record sales worldwide. The sales figures are calculated based on the formula detailed below.
The Move were a British rock band formed in Birmingham in 1965. They scored nine top 20 UK singles in five years, but were among the most popular British bands not to find any real success in the United States. [3] [4] For most of their career The Move were led by guitarist, singer and songwriter Roy Wood. He wrote all the group's UK singles ...
Pages in category "Musicians from Birmingham, West Midlands" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 205 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Bias towards older artists. There is a broader genre spectrum of music to listen to now which limits the number of listeners. Bias towards modern artists. Comparatively fewer successful pre-modern artists will have sold more records, as both global spending power and population have increased.