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Sam Smith
British singer-songwriter
Morrissey
Steven Patrick Morrissey (; born 22 May 1959) is an English singer and songwriter. He came to prominence as the frontman and lyricist of the rock band the Smiths, who were active from 1982 to 1987. Since then he has pursued a successful solo career. Morrissey's music is characterised by his baritone voice and distinctive lyrics with anti-establishment stances and recurring themes of emotional isolation, sexual longing, self-deprecation, and dark humour.
Mika
British-Lebanese musician, singer and songwriter
Noël Coward
English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer (1899–1973)
Pete Townshend
British musician
Anne-Marie
Anne-Marie Rose Nicholson (born 7 April 1990) is an English singer and songwriter. She has achieved commercial success with songs "Alarm" (2016), "Ciao Adios" (2017), "Friends" (2018), "2002" (2018), "Rewrite The Stars" (2018), "Don't Play" (2021), "Kiss My (Uh-Oh)" (2021), "Psycho" (2022), "Baby Don't Hurt Me" (2023), and "Unhealthy" (2023). She was featured on Clean Bandit's "Rockabye" (2016), which peaked at number one in twenty-seven terrorities, including the United Kingdom. She has released 3 albums: Speak Your Mind (2018), which peaked at number three on the UK Albums Chart, Therapy (20
Boy George
British musician (born 1961)
Duncan James
English singer
Neil Tennant
English musician
Yungblud
Dominic Richard Harrison (born 5 August 1997), known professionally as Yungblud, is an English musician and actor. In 2018, he released his debut EP Yungblud, followed by his first full-length album 21st Century Liability. In 2019, he released his second EP, The Underrated Youth, and the following year, he released his second studio album, Weird!, which peaked at the top of the UK Albums Chart and reached number 75 on the US Billboard 200. His third album, titled Yungblud like his first EP, was released in 2022 and reached number 1 on the UK Album Charts, as well as number 45 on the Billboard
Lee Ryan
British singer
Calum Scott
English singer
Dave Davies
English musician
Marc Almond
British singer
Joe McElderry
English recording artist; singer, television personality
Genesis P-Orridge
British artist, musician and writer (1950–2020)
Joan Armatrading
British singer and musician
Lady Sovereign
English rapper and grime artist
Brett Anderson
English singer
Patrick Wolf
English singer-songwriter
Daniel Bedingfield
British singer
Joe Jackson
English musician
Andy Bell
British singer-songwriter; member of Erasure
Andy Fraser
British musician (1952–2015)
Alison Goldfrapp
English musician and record producer (born 1966)
MNEK
Uzoechi Osisioma "Uzo" Emenike (; born 9 November 1994), professionally known by his stage name MNEK ( ; a gramogram of Emenike), is a British singer, songwriter and record producer. He has been nominated for two Grammy Awards and a Brit Award, and has received the ASCAP Vanguard Award. His writing and production credits include H.E.R., Jax Jones, Zara Larsson, Little Mix, Dua Lipa, Flo, Sugababes, Clean Bandit, Julia Michaels, Måneskin, Craig David, Christina Aguilera, Becky Hill, Joel Corry, Selena Gomez, Years & Years, Kid Cudi, Kylie Minogue, Beyoncé, Hailee Steinfeld, Madonna, KSI, Mabel
Kele Okereke
English singer/songwriter and guitarist
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Robin Daniel Skinner (born 15 December 1998), known professionally as Cavetown (sometimes stylised in all lowercase), is an English singer-songwriter, record producer, and YouTuber. His style blends elements of indie rock, indie pop and bedroom pop with mellow, gentle ukulele and guitar ballads.
Pete Shelley
British singer-songwriter (1955–2018)
Peter Christopherson
English musician, photographer, director (1955–2010)
Samantha Ronson
British singer, songwriter, guitarist, and DJ (born 1977)
Mica Levi
English singer, songwriter and composer
Anna Calvi
English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Dodie
Dorothy Miranda Clark (born 11 April 1995), known mononymously as Dodie (stylised dodie), is an English singer, songwriter, author and YouTuber. She has released two studio albums: Build a Problem (2021), which peaked at number 3 on the UK Albums Chart, and Not for Lack of Trying (2025). She has also released four independent extended plays (EPs): Intertwined (2016), You (2017), Human (2019), and Hot Mess (2022), the first three of which charted in the top 40 of the UK Albums Chart. In 2023, she co-founded a band, Fizz, with her friends Orla Gartland, Greta Isaac, and Martin Luke Brown.
Arlo Parks
British singer
Matt Terry
British singer
Chlöe Howl
British singer and singer-songwriter
Labi Siffre
British poet, songwriter, musician, and singer
Neon Hitch
British singer, songwriter and musician
Elly Jackson
British singer
John Balance
English musician (1962-2004)
Phil May
British singer (1944-2020)
Lionel Bart
British writer and composer of pop music and musicals
Billie Myers
British rock singer and songwriter
The Japanese House
Indie pop project from Buckinghamshire fronted by multi-instrumentalist Amber Bain
Shura
British musician
Låpsley
Holly Lapsley Fletcher (born 7 August 1996), known professionally as Låpsley, is an English singer, songwriter, musician and producer. She came to prominence in the mid-2010s with a series of self-produced EPs and was long-listed for the BBC Sound of 2015 poll. Her debut album, Long Way Home (2016), was released by XL Recordings to positive reviews and peaked at No. 32 in the UK Albums Chart. She has since released three further studio albums – Through Water (2020), Cautionary Tales of Youth (2023) and ''I'm a Hurricane I'm a Woman in Love (2025) – as well as the 2024 EP A Guilty Heart Can Nev
Douglas P.
British musician
Marcus Collins
singer
Marika Hackman
British singer-songwriter
Norman Newell
English record producer, songwriter and lyricist (1919-2004)
Ian Levine
British musician
Bree Runway
British singer and rapper
Douglas Dare
singer-songwriter
Will Heard
British musician
Alan Blaikley
English songwriter and composer (1940–2022)
Christina Novelli
British musician
L Devine
English singer-songwriter
Alex Parks
English singer-songwriter
Lauren Aquilina
English singer and songwriter (born 1995)