London, England, United Kingdom

Bands and musicians from London

39 artists are on SongSuey from London, with 377 albums and 4,330 tracks between them, every track credited by hand. On average they wrote 91% of their own tracks, 8 points above the site average of 83%.

Artists
39
Bands
26
Solo acts
13
Albums
377
Tracks
4,330
Average authorship
91% site 83%
London: 27 artists Brixton: 1 artist Chiswick: 1 artist Croydon: 1 artist East Finchley: 1 artist Hammersmith: 1 artist Highgate: 1 artist London Borough of Hackney: 1 artist London Borough of Haringey: 1 artist Pinner: 1 artist Southgate: 1 artist Stanmore: 1 artist Tottenham: 1 artist

Where London sits on the world outline. The full map has every artist on the site.

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What the credits say about London

  • A writers' town: 34 of the 39 artists from London wrote at least 80% of what they recorded.
  • 23 of the 39 artists from London are Pop acts.
  • Acts from London with a start year on file got going between 1962 and 2019.
  • Greg Kurstin turns up in the credits of 7 of the 39 artists from London, 50 tracks in all.
  • 8 of the 39 artists from London wrote every track on file: Coldplay, Gorillaz, Mumford & Sons, Olivia Dean, Pink Floyd, Rudimental, Sleep Token and The Police.

All 39 artists from London, best score first

The score is the share of an act's tracks with a member credited as lyricist or composer. The grid is split by neighbourhood; a heading links through when that place has a page of its own.

Elsewhere in London 27 artists

Coldplay

100%

Alternative Rock, Pop Rock, Post-Britpop, Art Rock

1996-present  ·  London, England, UK

Gorillaz

100%

Alternative Rock, Trip Hop, Electronic, Hip Hop

1998-present  ·  London, England

Mumford & Sons

100%

Folk Rock, Alternative Rock, Indie Folk, Americana, Country, Bluegrass

2007-present  ·  London, England

Pink Floyd

100%

Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Art Rock, Space Rock

1965-1995, 2005, 2012-2014  ·  London, England, UK

Sleep Token

100%

Metal, Alternative metal, Progressive rock, R&B

2016-present  ·  London, United Kingdom

The Police

100%

Rock, New wave, Reggae rock, Post-punk

1977-1986, 2007-2008  ·  London, England

Eurythmics

99%

New Wave, Synth-Pop, Pop Rock

1980-1990, 1999-2005  ·  London, England

Queen

99%

Rock, Hard Rock, Arena Rock, Glam Rock

1970-present  ·  London, England, UK

Bastille

98%

Indie Pop, Alternative Rock, Synth-Pop

2010-present  ·  London, England

Culture Club

98%

New Wave, Blue-Eyed Soul, Pop, Reggae

1981-1986, 1998-2002, 2014-present  ·  London, England

Faithless

98%

Electronic, Trip Hop, House

1995-2011, 2015-present  ·  London, England

Motörhead

98%

Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Speed Metal

1975-2015  ·  London, England

Natasha Bedingfield

98%

Pop, R&B, Dance-Pop

2001-present  ·  London, England

Pet Shop Boys

98%

Synth-Pop, Dance-Pop, Disco

1981-present  ·  London, England

Sade

98%

Sophisti-Pop, Soul, Quiet Storm

1982-present  ·  London, England

Sam Smith

98%

Pop, Soul, R&B

2007-present  ·  London, England

Basement Jaxx

97%

House, Electronic, Big Beat

1994-present  ·  London, England

Florence and the Machine

97%

Indie Rock, Baroque Pop, Art Pop

2007-present  ·  London, England

Dua Lipa

94%

Pop, Dance, Electronic

2015-present  ·  London, England

Led Zeppelin

93%

Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Folk Rock

1968-1980  ·  London, England, UK

The Clash

91%

Punk Rock, New Wave, Post-Punk, Reggae

1976-1986  ·  London, England

Bush

90%

Post-Grunge, Alternative Rock, Hard Rock

1992-2002; 2010-present  ·  London, England

Fleetwood Mac

88%

Soft Rock, Pop Rock, Blues Rock, Hard Rock, Classic Rock

1967-2023  ·  London, England

Spice Girls

81%

Pop, Dance-Pop, R&B

1994-2000, 2007-2008, 2012, 2019  ·  London, England

The Rolling Stones

76%

Rock, Blues Rock, Hard Rock, Classic Rock, Blues

1962-present  ·  London, England, UK

One Direction

57%

Pop, Pop Rock, Teen pop

2010-2016  ·  London, England

New

Leona Lewis

52%

Pop, R&B, Soul

2004-present  ·  London, England, UK

Parts of London

PlaceArtistsAverage
Brixton on this page 1 88%
Chiswick on this page 1 78%
Croydon on this page 1 94%
East Finchley on this page 1 80%
Hammersmith on this page 1 98%
Highgate on this page 1 40%
London Borough of Hackney on this page 1 100%
London Borough of Haringey on this page 1 100%
Pinner on this page 1 97%
Southgate on this page 1 96%
Stanmore on this page 1 81%
Tottenham on this page 1 96%

Nearby scenes

Other cities with a page, by distance from London.