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.
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.Artists
- 60 Ft. Dolls
- Ash
- The Auteurs
- Babybird
- Black Grape
- The Bluetones
- Blur
- The Boo Radleys
- Cast
- Catatonia
- The Charlatans
- Cornershop
- Delicatessen
- Denim
- The Divine Comedy
- Dodgy
- Echobelly
- Elastica
- Embrace
- Gay Dad
- Gene
- Geneva
- Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
- Heavy Stereo
- James
- Kenickie
- Kinky Machine
- Kula Shaker
- The Lightning Seeds
- Longpigs
- Lush
- Manic Street Preachers
- Mansun
- Marion
- McAlmont & Butler
- Me Me Me
- Menswear
- My Life Story
- Northern Uproar
- Oasis
- Ocean Colour Scene
- Paul Weller
- Powder
- Pulp
- Radiohead
- Reef
- Rialto
- Ride
- Robbie Williams
- Saint Etienne
- Salad
- The Seahorses
- Shed Seven
- Silver Sun
- Shampoo
- Sleeper
- S*M*A*S*H
- Stereophonics
- Strangelove
- Suede
- Super Furry Animals
- Supergrass
- The Supernaturals
- Teenage Fanclub
- Theaudience
- These Animal Men
- Travis
- The Verve
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