What groups are there with good songs?
Great Britain is an island country in northwestern Europe, creative personalities which are known all over the world. Many may not agree with this rating. This list was compiled based on factors such as originality and social or cultural impact, which means that some bands you might expect to see on the list are missing.
1. The Beatles
The Beatles are still the undisputed champion of British music, even three decades after their breakup. Founded in Liverpool in 1960, they remain the most influential band of the rock era, having pioneered more pop music than any other group in the world.
The Beatles remain the best-selling group in both the UK and the US. Over the course of their relatively short career they have scored an incredible number of UK chart toppers.
2. Oasis
Oasis were formed in 1991 and quickly rose to fame, media mass media The similarities between the group and The Beatles have often been commented on. Long-term public interest in the group remained high but not exceptional.
Their sound took inspiration from creativity early rock bands. In many ways, the band belongs to the Alternative Rock genre. Their songs have reached number one in the British charts eight times.
3. The Kinks
Influential English pop rock band with roots in Rhythm & Blues, Music Hall and Country music. Recognized as one of the most significant contributors to British music, The Kinks have continued to captivate audiences for nearly four decades. Hailing from Muswell Hill in London, The Kinks achieved tremendous success in the UK and later in America.
4. The Clash
The Clash - British musical group, formed in 1976 in London under the influence of the music and image of the punk rock group Sex Pistols. The Clash are one of the first and most famous performing groups punk rock. Despite the band's great popularity in the punk scene, they also experimented with other musical styles, from reggae to hip-hop. Such a breadth of musical range, political uncompromisingness, concerts full of energy and provocations brought The Clash uncharacteristic for punk major success at home and abroad.
5.Queen
The English rock band is known for its quasi-operatic signature sound and live concerts. The group "Queen" was created in 1970, and its founders are Roger Taylor and Brian May. Later Freddie Mercury joined the team, who came up with the main name of the group. Before Freddie, the band included bassists Mike Grow, Barry Mitchell, and Doug Bogey. They were replaced by John Deacon, who remained in the musical community for many years.
6. Pink Floyd
The British group has retained fans all over the world for more than thirty years of its existence. Having developed within the framework of the psychedelic underground, the group’s creativity developed further in the mainstream of art rock - not by chance developed by the musicians musical style sometimes called psychedelic art rock. Over time, their work has undergone significant changes, but the best of what has been achieved has always been preserved and the group has never lost its taste for further experiments. The group's innovation manifested itself not only in music, but also in the use of the latest technical achievements in studio work and at concerts. Thus, the group was one of the first to use laser and quadraphonic equipment, demonstrated slides, films, animation, etc.
7. Led Zeppelin
Formed in London in 1968, Led Zeppelin are considered one of the pioneers of the genre of music Hard Rock/ Heavy Metal. At the center of the group were the songwriting talents of guitarist Jimmy Page and the composing abilities of keyboardist John Paul Jones.
8. The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses are a British rock band that was one of the leaders of the “Manchester wave” at the turn of the 1980s and 1990s. Their debut album 1989 The Stone Roses quickly became a classic in the UK.
9. The La's
British rock band from Liverpool, popular from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. Singer, songwriter and guitarist Lee Mavers is the band's most popular member thanks to the hit "There She Goes". The group was formed by Mike Badger in 1984, and Mavers joined the group shortly after the group gained popularity.
10. The Streets
Mike Skinner, better known by his stage name The Streets is a rapper from Birmingham, England who pioneered the introduction of socio-political themes into the British 2-step/grime movement.
11. Slade
In 1974, the English magazine "Pop today" wrote the following about them: "There haven't been many rock bands until now that have brought so many radical innovations and changes to their stage image, would be distinguished by such a characteristic image: clothes, style, manners". Many critics call Slade the most melodic rock band since The Beatles, but also "the most underrated... which was literally destroyed by clever journalists".
12. T. Rex
British rock band formed in 1967 in London under the name Tyrannosaurus Rex as the acoustic folk-rock duo of Marc Bolan and Steve Peregrine Took. Were one of the the brightest representatives"British Underground". In 1969 the name was shortened to T. rex; Having achieved great success on the UK charts in the early 1970s, the band became one of the leading figures in the glam rock movement and lasted until Bolan's death in 1977.
Top 12 best British music groups updated: August 16, 2017 by: Ekaterina Kadurina
Nobody in the world knows Soviet and Russian pop musicians. Especially in the West. However, musicians from Russia in different time entered the Western charts.
All attempts to promote and impose our popular music failed. Russian pop music very secondary and backward - both technologically and stylistically.
But it has already become a good tradition to tell the Russian public lies about the successes of certain performers in the West. It's getting really funny.
Kirkorov traveled to Monte Carlo for The World Music Awards- shows of the best-selling performers in their countries, but it is quite difficult to find a person in Russia who has Kirkorov’s album. Pugacheva, as you know, in 1997 took only 15 place out of 25 at the useless Eurovision.
For some reason, Sergei Lazarev sings in English, something the human brain simply cannot handle. Joseph Prigogine, for whom pushing Valeria to the West became an obsession, once in a paid article in British newspaper stated that his wife sold 100 million albums in Russia.
The rapper Timati had the biggest success when the Swiss DJ Antoine remixed Timati's song Welcome to St. Tropez. The song topped the charts all over the world, except for the UK and the US. In Switzerland, the song took sixth place at the end of the year. This is our peak pop singers behind Lately.
Which of our musicians actually achieved high places in the Western (and this, in a musical sense, primarily the USA and Great Britain) charts and is generally more or less known in the West.
1. Composer Aram Khachaturian - 1972
One of the recordings of the music of his ballet “Spartacus” called Spartacus, which Khachaturian made together with the London symphony orchestra, entered the British albums chart in 1972, reached number 16 and stayed there for 15 weeks.
By the way, his music is so popular in the world that it was even used in such famous films like "2001: Space Odyssey"Stanley Kubrick, "Aliens" by James Cameron and "Caligula" by Tinto Brass.
2. Boris Grebenshchikov - 1989
His album Radio Silence, released in England and the USA, took 198th place on the Billboard200, despite the fact that it was recorded with the then super-popular group Eurythmics. The video shows BG's performance on David Letterman's popular TV show.
3. Gorky Park-1990
The success of Gorky Park in the USA cannot be exaggerated. They did not conquer America. Just look at their achievements on the charts. On the Billboard Hot 100 they only scored with the single Try To Find Me (81st place and 6 weeks on the chart), and on the Billboard 200 with the album Gorky Park (80th place and 21 weeks on the chart).
But Gorky Park generally sold well - 300 thousand copies sold in America alone - this is a very good result. Much more success the group achieved success in Scandinavia. Gorky Park in Norway reached 9th place, and the single Bang - 5th. In Denmark, the album Moscow Calling It even went platinum.
4. Alsou-2000
With the song Before You Love Me "under Britney Spears" got to 27th place for only a week, during the period when they were trying to promote it in Europe after 2nd place at Eurovision.
5. PPK-2001
The Rostov trance project PPK, with the release of a separate single ResuRection (Eduard Artemyev’s melody from the film “Sibiriyada” by Andrei Konchalovsky with the voice of Yuri Gagarin), debuted in the UK immediately in third place!
The song became the first track from Russia to be in hot rotation on BBC Radio One. ResuRection was then released in other countries, where it also charted successfully - number 5 in the Netherlands, number 9 in Belgium, and number 15 in France and number 36 in Australia.
6. Tattoo-2003
In 2002, the English version of their album “200 in the opposite direction” was released and “Tatu” generally became the most popular Russian group in the world. The girls did not become stars of the first magnitude, and their success was not that long, but they sold about 10 million of their records abroad. This is an unattainable result for Russian performers.
The English-language album now has gold status in four countries and platinum in Europe as a whole, the song “All the Things She Said” occupied the first line of the British chart for several weeks, and a cover of The Smiths was performed in the TV series “Gossip Girl” in 2009.
7. Leonid Agutin - 2007
The author of “Barefoot Boy” and husband of Angelica Varum graduated from the Moscow Jazz School and from his youth was fond of not only pop music, but also a variety of acoustic guitar music- from jazz to flamenco. In the early 2000s, Agutin began playing concerts, and then recorded the album “Cosmopolitan Life” together with Al di Meola, an American virtuoso of the genre. In Germany the album had more than good sales.
8. Eduard Khil - 2009
Famous, sad and wonderful story, as a result of which the great pop singer known throughout the world as “Mr. Trololo”. On November 26, 2009, user RealPapaPit posted on YouTube the vocalization “I’m very happy, because I’m finally returning home” - today this video has 19 million 700 thousand views.
They say that the singer was even offered an international tour - but he refused. Both Gawker and The New York Times.
9. Pussy Riot-2012
This is the only group here that has not been on the Western charts, but it cannot be ignored. From a musical point of view, this is a comical story. The group, whose songs no one had ever really heard anywhere, became the most famous musical group from Russia in recent times. Suffice it to say that in the West the Cathedral of Christ the Savior is known as the Pussy Riot Church.
Soon after the arrest of Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alekhina and Ekaterina Samutsevich, musicians around the world began to carry out actions in their support - ranging from Madonna and Paul McCartney to Mike Patton and The Knife and Die Antwoord.
10. Anna Netrebko - 2007 - present
The opera singer was able to achieve real world fame, including the United States. She enjoys particular success in Austria, where she received citizenship. Also lives in New York. Her records are constantly on the charts classical music, but in some countries they also appear on general music charts. Especially in Austria and Germany. Thus, 15 of Netrebko’s albums entered the Austrian chart .
Bonus: The most famous Russian music video in the world
Bloody viral hit "Bad Motherfucker" from Russian group Biting Elbows, shot in first person and therefore more reminiscent of an action video game than music video. The clip was publicly celebrated by Samuel L. Jackson and Darren Aronofsky. 24.6 million views on Youtube.
, .Music accompanies us everywhere, whether we like it or not. Creative people and there are a lot of talented teams, so it will be difficult to cover them all, but it’s worth a try. So what are the popular musical groups after The Beatles and Rolling Stones continue to capture the hearts of people today and where are they from? And how famous are old-school artists now?
Britain is not only the birthplace of many pioneers of the genre. Some modern popular groups formed there. Bullet for my Valentine, for example, won many fans early in its career guitar chords and the charming voice of the frontman.
Bring Me The Horizon and Cradle of Filth may be loved by fewer people due to their rather harsh vocals of growls and screams, but few people don't know about them. And the last group from Britain, Muse, fascinates with falsetto and piano. Another homeland for the cult modern groups- Germany. It is difficult to find a person who has not heard of their eccentric concerts. Team Oomph! is less known to the average person, but their videos and songs rekindled the love for German language with hundreds of fans. The former vocalist of Nightwish from Finland continues to create and amaze with her beautiful soprano, like a siren. The contrast of heavy music and a subtle voice will touch the strings of every person's soul.
Modern bands from America
About Linkin Park and 30 Seconds to Mars has probably been heard by everyone. Although their performance style is different, as is the message in the songs themselves, they are united by the fact that the guys are not afraid to experiment. Don't know which ones to listen to? popular rock bands With female vocals? Check out The Pretty Reckless with the daring and Evanescence with the elegant Amy Lee - you'll definitely like them. If you like rock with rap elements, then listen to the restless Limp Bizkit or the eccentric Korn. Both groups have not lost popularity for many years and still attract stadiums of fans.
And if you are looking for more brutal popular foreign groups, then look no further than the unusual and unpredictable Slipknot, along with their new drummer. By the way, the band’s vocalist also simultaneously participates in a group where the songs and vocals are completely different, which proves their professionalism. Fans of dark doom usually like group Type O Negative, which became famous for its slow and sad compositions.
Amazing musicians from Japan
The influence of the Japanese scene is gradually spreading abroad. The most popular rock bands of the Land of the Rising Sun are unusual The Gazette and rock 'n' roll VAMPS, and what helps them spread is the fact that they perform outside of Japan. Fans of hard rock and gothic Lolitas will fall in love with the group BABYMETAL, and those who prefer an all-male lineup and harsh vocals are fans of Maximum the Hormone. Dir En Gray have changed things up a bit now appearance and the music itself, the members have become more like Western bands, but they are still loved by many listeners. It is worth mentioning some solo performers, for example, GACKT, who never tires of surprising the public with his images and unique Japaneseized sound of songs.
And we can’t help but mention cult popular groups from Japan, such as X Japan. And even though the guys are not as active now as before, they still warm the souls of fans with their creations.
We have popular groups, and there are quite a lot of them. The most famous domestic group of all times can be called "Aria", even now her songs occupy an honorable place in youth playlists. The Kino group does not lose popularity either, even though it broke up long ago. Gothic fans, in turn, adore Otto Dix - this is a great opportunity to listen to melodic vocals in rather dark but bewitching songs. The development of the AKADO team was influenced by Japanese music, which we looked at earlier. The most popular are "Ocean Elzy" and "S.K.A.Y", and all thanks to their melodic compositions. There are also outstanding women among domestic performers, namely Zemfira. Her rock love ballads along with beautiful new arrangements for covers of famous performers attract both boys and girls to concerts.
Classic rock is always in our hearts
We must not forget the roots, because that is where it all began. In the case of rock, it's The Beatles - they still hold the position of famous group of all times.
Together with them they do not lose their popularity and The Rolling Stones, Guns N'Roses, Pink Floyd, Queen and other incredible lineups. Young people are also often inspired by creativity Nirvana, and the tragic death of vocalist Kurt Cobain still causes a lot of controversy. And it doesn’t matter whether you like Metallica, Motley Crue or David Bowie, because rock music itself has the same soul.
Popular bands are often admired, but even more so they are embroiled in scandals and rumors. However, they never leave anyone indifferent. If your soul wants to have a blast, then you can only do this at a rock concert. It is events like these that show the rebellious side of humanity and give a sense of freedom. Don't be afraid to charge your soul with powerful guitar chords!
This collection contains the most popular musical groups and foreign performers, whose performance is best heard and seen live. Nowadays, special technical devices and voice editors can improve the voice of singers to such an extent that it is virtually unrecognizable. Therefore, it is the live performance, the efforts of the performers, dancing, lighting, improvisation and other features that make the musical group truly popular. Keep in mind that the list only includes musicians who are currently performing.
U2
Legendary rock band needs no introduction - with the Edge's guitar, Bono's vocals, Adam Clayton's bass and Larry Mullen Jr.'s drums, U2 is one of the most popular bands in music. They released 12 studio albums and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2009, U2 created a special concert platform called “The Claw”, designed in such a way that fans could surround the stage from all sides. The concert tour lasted until 2012, attracting a record number of visitors. 
Coldplay
When it comes to live performances, few can compare to coldplay. The musical group, formed in 1996 with Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland, was complemented by Guy Berryman and Will Champion and achieved international fame in 2000 when they released their single "Yellow". Now this is one of the best groups in the world, whose concert is definitely worth attending. 
Lady Gaga
This performer impresses millions not only with her voice, but also with her eccentric videos, outfits and behavior. Lady Gaga is definitely one of the most amazing performers worth attending live in concert. She herself says that she is a perfectionist, detail-oriented and that she is quite bossy.” 
Red Hot Chilly Peppers
Frankly, there isn't a person on the planet who hasn't heard a Californication song at least once in their life. One of the most popular music groups in the world, the Red Hot Chilly Peppers are famous for the elements of jamming and improvisation during their live performances. Almost all of their songs are popular hits.
Beyonce
Beyonce began her career as the lead singer of Destiny's Child, and individual work from the album “Dangerously in love” in 2003, after which she was included in the “100 Most Wonderful Women in Music”. Beyonce is incredibly beautiful, she has a wonderful voice and amazing music. Thanks professional musicians and the band, Beyonce's concerts are always distinguished by a special drive. 
Katy Perry
As a child, Katy Perry's parents forbade her to listen to any pop music, and this is what came of it. She is the only artist to have spent 69 consecutive weeks in the Top 10 charts. Beautiful, talented and unique, Katy Perry seems to have all the right qualities. successful singer. Her concerts are always in demand among fans, so don't miss your chance. 
Adele
The list of popular music groups would never be complete without this wonderful singer with a unique voice. Adele entered the Guinness Book of Records by becoming the first artist to sell more than 3 million copies of an album in a year in the UK. Adele can conquer any soul with her music, elegant and mysterious. 
Pink
In 2013, Pink began her tour “ The Truth About Love”, with 100 shows in America, Europe and Australia. The tour kicked off in support of her sixth studio album, appropriately titled. Marvelous talented performer, Pink and her band put on some very impressive shows. 
Muse
This popular music group is best known for its extravagant and energetic live shows, as well as its fusion of numerous genres. Muse was founded in 1994 and has released six studio albums. Live show will leave you breathless even if you're not a fan. Be sure to go to one of their concerts if you ever get the chance! 
Bon Jovi
Many actually grew up listening to Bon Jovi's music. In 2013, the music group announced a tour in support of their new album “What About Now,” which started in March 2013. The musicians visited Europe, Africa, America and Australia. John Bongiovi always gave his best at his concerts, for which he is appreciated by millions of fans around the world.
Music has become an integral part Everyday life millions of people. But several musical groups stand out among the majority for their popularity and skill. We present to your attention the most famous bands , and the most famous singers modernity.
U2
The world-famous rock band should definitely be on the list of the best. 12 albums earned the group a place in the Hall of Fame. The biggest concert the tour lasted from 2009 to 2012 and attracted a record number of fans. The group even has a special platform, designed in such a way that people can completely surround the guys during the concert.
Coldplay
Songs performed by Chris Martin, Johnny Blackland, Guy Berryman and Will Champion are a must-listen. Not many can compete with these guys in live performances. Since 1996, the group has gained fame and finally achieved worldwide recognition.
Lady Gaga
The most shocking singer of the world stage. Lady Gaga memorable not only due to its gorgeous vocals, but also due to its incredible costumes and defiant behavior. The singer herself notes that she is quite picky about details.
Red Hot Chilly Peppers
"Hot Peppers" are famous all over the world for their song Californication, and there is hardly a person who has not heard it at least once in his life. Improvisation, which is not inherent in all groups, is always found at concerts "Chili Peppers".
Biensi
One of the "100 Most Remarkable Women in Music" is not only attractive, but also has a great voice. The incredible amount of drive that is created thanks to the mixture of the fiery character of the singer and musicians is guaranteed.
Katy Perry
The ban on listening to pop music affected the young body, as you can see, very strongly. Katie is the only performer who has held top 10 chats throughout 69 weeks. Beautiful, unusual and with excellent vocals.
Adele
Elegant and mysterious music will captivate anyone and never let go. Adele got into the Guinness Book of Records by selling 3 million album copies per year in England.
Pink
A very charismatic and unusual performer. The songs are full of drive and energy. In 2013, a tour took place with more than a hundred concerts in America, Europe and Australia.
Muse
Alloy numerous genres along with an incredible light show will be remembered by anyone who attends their concert. Since 1994, it has been released 6 albums. We recommend that you go to the band’s concert if the chance arises, because emotions will accompany you for a long time.
Bon Jovi
An entire generation grew up listening to the music of this wonderful group. Millions of fans around the world are waiting for the concert. In 2013, a tour began in Africa, Europe, America and Australia. As is known, John Bongiovi He spares no effort at concerts, for which he has earned the love of millions.
