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The UK has birthed many popular music genres such as beat music, psychedelic music, progressive rock/pop, heavy metal, new wave, industrial music, and drum 'n' bass. In the 20th century, influences from the music of the United States, including blues, jazz, and rock and roll, were adopted in the United Kingdom.
UK Music is a British umbrella organisation which represents the collective interests of the production side of UK's commercial music industry: artists, musicians, songwriters, composers, record labels, artist managers, music publishers, studio producers and music collecting societies.
Spice Girls the best-selling female group of all time, one of the best-selling pop groups of all time, [1] [2] and the biggest British pop phenomenon since Beatlemania. [3] [4] [5] Among the highest profile acts in 1990s British popular culture, Time called them "arguably the most recognisable face" of Cool Britannia, the mid-1990s celebration of youth culture in the UK. [6]
This list of songs or music-related items is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. ( October 2021 ) This is a list of notable bands/musicians from England, UK .
The 2023 UK Music Video Awards are held at Magazine London in London, to recognise the best in music videos and music film making from United Kingdom and worldwide. [141] [142] The Scottish Album of the Year Award is presented at Stirling's Albert Halls. [143]
8 October – Welsh rapper Lemfreck wins the 2024 Welsh Music Prize for his album Blood, Sweat and Fears. [111] 11 October – Coldplay's 10th album, Moon Music, enters the UK Albums Chart at number one with sales of 237,000, and having outsold the combined total of albums in the rest of the top 40. [112]
Association football music in the United Kingdom (2 C, 1 P) B. Music based on works by British writers (4 C) BBC music (9 C, 16 P) The Beatles music (5 C, 16 P) C.
British rock describes a wide variety of forms of music made in the United Kingdom. Since around 1964, with the "British Invasion" of the United States spearheaded by the Beatles, British rock music has had a considerable impact on the development of American music and rock music across the world.