An index listing all musicians born and/or formed in the United Kingdom.
See also The British Invasion.
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- μ-Ziq note
- 10cc
- 65daysofstatic
- The 1975
- A.R. Kane
- ABC
- Acrania
- Adam and the Ants
- 1979 - Dirk Wears White Sox
- 1980 - Kings of the Wild Frontier
- 1981 - Prince Charming
- Adam Ant
- 1982 - Friend or Foe?
- 1983 - Strip
- 1985 - Vive Le Rock
- 1990 - Manners & Physique
- Adele
- 2011 - 21
- The Adicts
- Afro Celt Sound System
- The Alan Parsons Project
- 1977 - I, Robot
- Olly Alexander
- Lily Allen
- alt-J
- Amateur Transplants
- America – formed in London by three American military brats, one of them having been born in England and all having English mothers
- Anaal Nathrakh
- Anathema
- The Animals
- [ANTI]faith
- Aphex Twin
- 1992 - Selected Ambient Works 85-92
- 1994 - Selected Ambient Works Volume II
- 1995 - ...I Care Because You Do
- 1996 - Richard D. James Album
- 2001 - drukQs
- 2014 - Syro
- Apollo 440
- Archive
- Arctic Monkeys
- 2006 - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
- 2007 - Favourite Worst Nightmare
- 2013 - AM
- Area 11
- Art Bears
- Art of Noise
- Ashton, Gardner & Dyke
- James Arthur
- Asia
- Asking Alexandria
- Rick Astley
- Atomic Kitten
- Autechre
- The Axis of Perdition
- Bad Company
- Bad Nerves
- Bill Bailey
- Adrian Baker
- Bal-Sagoth
- Long John Baldry
- Bananarama
- Tony Banks
- Gary Barlow
- Syd Barrett
- 1970 - The Madcap Laughs
- 1970 - Barrett
- Wild Willy Barrett
- John Barry
- Bastille
- Joey Batey
- Bat for Lashes
- 2006 - Fur and Gold
- Bauhaus
- James Bay
- Be-Bop Deluxe
- beabadoobee
- The Beatles
- 1963 - Please Please Me
- 1963 - With the Beatles
- 1964 - A Hard Day's Night
- 1964 - Beatles for Sale
- 1965 - Help!
- 1965 - Rubber Soul
- 1966 - Revolver
- 1967 - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
- 1967 - Magical Mystery Tour
- 1968 - The Beatles
- 1969 - Yellow Submarine
- 1969 - Abbey Road
- 1970 - Let It Be
- 1988 - Past Masters
- 1995-1996 - The Beatles Anthology
- The Beautiful South
- Jeff Beck
- Natasha Bedingfield
- The Bee Gees (born on the Isle of Man; later hailed from Manchester before moving to Australia)
- Benjamin Britten
- Big Audio Dynamite
- Big Big Train
- The Big Three
- Birdeatsbaby
- Birdy
- Bitter Ruin
- Black Country, New Road
- black midi
- Black Sabbath
- 1970 - Black Sabbath
- 1970 - Paranoid
- 1971 - Master of Reality
- 1975 - Sabotage
- 1980 - Heaven and Hell
- 2009 - The Devil You Know
- Black Tongue
- James Blake
- Blancmange
- Bloc Party
- Blood Red Shoes
- Jonas Blue
- The Bluetones
- James Blunt
- Blur
- 1994 - Parklife
- bo en
- Bôa (UK)
- Bolt Thrower
- Bond
- The Bonzo Dog Band
- The Boo Radleys
- Bow Wow Wow
- David Bowie
- 1967 - David Bowie
- 1969 - Space Oddity
- 1970 - The Man Who Sold the World
- 1971 - Hunky Dory
- 1972 - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
- 1973 - Aladdin Sane
- 1973 - Pin Ups
- 1974 - Diamond Dogs
- 1975 - Young Americans
- 1976 - Station to Station
- 1976 - Changesonebowie
- 1977 - Low
- 1977 - "Heroes"
- 1979 - Lodger
- 1980 - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
- 1983 - Let's Dance
- 1984 - Tonight
- 1987 - Never Let Me Down
- 1989 - Tin Machine (with Tin Machine)
- 1993 - Black Tie White Noise
- 1993 - The Buddha of Suburbia
- 1995 - Outside
- 1997 - Earthling
- 1999 - 'hours...' (David Bowie Album)
- 2002 - Heathen
- 2003 - Reality
- 2013 - The Next Day
- 2016 - ★
- Boy George
- 1987 - Sold
- Billy Bragg
- Sarah Brightman
- Bring Me the Horizon
- Broadcast
- Arthur Brown
- Bill Bruford
- Mutya Buena
- Jake Bugg
- The Buggles
- 1979 - "Video Killed the Radio Star"
- Dan Bull
- Burial
- Alexandra Burke
- Bush
- Kate Bush
- 1978 - The Kick Inside
- 1980 - Never for Ever
- 1982 - The Dreaming
- 1985 - Hounds of Love
- 1989 - The Sensual World
- 1993 - The Red Shoes
- 2005 - Aerial
- 2011 - 50 Words for Snow
- Busted
- Buzzcocks
- Melanie C
- Cabaret Voltaire
- Camel
- Cancer
- Caravan
- Carcass
- Cardiacs
- Cathedral
- Catherine Wheel
- Cavetown
- Central Cee
- Chameleon Circuit
- The Chameleons
- Charli XCX
- 2017 - Number 1 Angel
- 2017 - Pop 2
- 2019 - Charli
- Chas & Dave
- The Chemical Brothers
- 1995 - Exit Planet Dust
- 1997 - Dig Your Own Hole
- 1999 - Surrender
- Cherry Ghost
- Cheryl
- Chumbawamba
- Eric Clapton
- 1994 - From the Cradle
- Clarence Clarity
- Petula Clark
- The Clash
- 1977 - The Clash (Album)
- 1979 - London Calling
- 1980 - Sandinista!
- 1985 - Cut the Crap
- Clean Bandit
- Benjamin Clementine
- Jarvis Cocker
- Joe Cocker
- 1969 - With a Little Help from My Friends
- 1970 - Mad Dogs and Englishmen
- Coil
- Coldplay
- 2000 - Parachutes
- 2002 - A Rush of Blood to the Head
- 2005 - X&Y
- 2008 - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
- 2011 - Mylo Xyloto
- 2014 - Ghost Stories (Album)
- 2015 - A Head Full of Dreams
- 2019 - Everyday Life
- 2021 - Music of the Spheres
- Lloyd Cole
- Phil Collins
- 1981 - Face Value
- 1982 - Hello, I Must Be Going!
- 1985 - No Jacket Required
- 1989 - …But Seriously
- Comus
- Cornershop
- The Correspondents
- Elvis Costello
- 1977 - My Aim Is True
- 1978 - This Year's Model
- 1986 - Blood & Chocolate, with The Attractions
- Cradle of Filth
- Crass
- Cream
- 1967 - Disraeli Gears
- The Creatures
- Crydebris
- The Cult
- Culture Club
- 1982 - Kissing to Be Clever
- 1983 - Colour by Numbers
- 1984 - Waking Up with the House on Fire
- 1986 - From Luxury to Heartache
- The Cure
- 1980 - Seventeen Seconds (Album)
- 1989 - Disintegration (Album)
- Current 93
- Curve
- Daisy Dares You
- Jim Dale
- The Damned (Band)
- Dark City
- The Darkness
- Dead or Alive
- Death in June
- Deepform
- Deep Purple
- 1969 - Concerto for Group and Orchestra
- 1970 - Deep Purple in Rock
- 1972 - Machine Head (Album)
- Def Leppard
- Delirious
- Depeche Mode
- 1981 - Speak & Spell
- 1982 - A Broken Frame
- 1983 - Construction Time Again
- 1984 - Some Great Reward
- 1986 - Black Celebration
- 1987 - Music for the Masses
- 1990 - Violator
- 1993 - Songs of Faith and Devotion
- 1997 - Ultra
- 2005 - Playing the Angel
- 2007 - Hourglass (Dave solo)
- Derek and the Dominos
- Dexys Midnight Runners
- Hannah Diamond
- Diamond Head
- Bruce Dickinson
- Dire Straits
- 1978 - Dire Straits (Album)
- 1979 - Communiqué
- 1980 - Making Movies
- 1982 - Love Over Gold
- 1985 - Brothers in Arms
- 1991 - On Every Street
- Discharge!
- Disclosure
- Disco Inferno
- dodie
- Does It Offend You, Yeah?
- Thomas Dolby
- Siobhán Donaghy
- Dr. Carmilla
- DragonForce
- Nick Drake
- Duran Duran
- 1982 - Rio
- 1993 - Duran Duran
- Ian Dury and The Blockheads
- Echo & the Bunnymen
- Editors
- Egg
- Elbow
- Electric Light Orchestra
- 1971 - The Electric Light Orchestra
- 1974 - Eldorado
- 1977 - Out of the Blue
- 1981 - Time
- 1986 - Balance of Power
- Electric Wizard
- Electronic
- Edward Elgar
- Sophie Ellis-Bextor
- Emerson, Lake & Palmer
- 1971 - Pictures at an Exhibition
- 1973 - Brain Salad Surgery
- Brian Eno
- 1974 - Here Come the Warm Jets
- 1978 - Ambient 1: Music for Airports
- 1981 - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (with David Byrne)
- 1983 - Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks
- 2008 - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today (with David Byrne)
- Enter Shikari
- Erasure
- Estelle
- Eurythmics
- Everything but the Girl
- Everything Everything
- Evile
- Ella Eyre
- George Ezra
- Faces
- Fairport Convention
- 1969 - What We Did on Our Holidays
- 1969 - Unhalfbricking
- 1969 - Liege & Lief
- Paloma Faith
- Marianne Faithfull
- The Fall
- Fall of Efrafa
- Fascinating Aïda
- Fast Food Rockers
- Fatboy Slim
- Feed Me
- Felt
- Sam Fender
- 2019 - Hypersonic Missiles
- 2021 - Seventeen Going Under
- Fields of the Nephilim
- Fightstar
- The Fireman
- Fisherman's Friends
- Five
- FKA twigs
- Flanders and Swann
- Fleetwood Mac (partly American too)
- 1975 - Fleetwood Mac (White Album)
- 1977 - Rumours
- 1979 - Tusk
- 1982 - Mirage
- 1987 - Tango in the Night
- A Flock of Seagulls
- Florence + the Machine
- Liana Flores
- Fluke
- Foals
- Foreigner (founded by a mix of British and American musicians)
- George Formby
- Foxes
- John Foxx
- 1980 - Metamatic
- Peter Frampton
- Frankie Goes to Hollywood
- Robert Fripp
- Frou Frou
- The Fun Boy Three
- Futret
- Peter Gabriel
- Gang of Four
- Genesis
- 1969 - From Genesis to Revelation
- 1970 - Trespass
- 1971 - Nursery Cryme
- 1972 - Foxtrot
- 1973 - Selling England by the Pound
- 1974 - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
- 1976 - A Trick of the Tail
- 1976 - Wind & Wuthering
- 1978 - ...And Then There Were Three...
- 1980 - Duke
- 1981 - Abacab
- 1983 - Genesis
- 1986 - Invisible Touch
- 1991 - We Can't Dance
- 1997 - ...Calling All Stations...
- Gentle Giant
- Andy Gibb (Brother of the Bee Gees; born in Manchester, but moved with them to Australia as an infant. Died in England while trying to make a comeback.)
- Girls Aloud
- Girlschool
- Glass Animals
- Jess Glynne
- Gary Glitter
- Godflesh
- Murray Gold
- Goldfrapp
- Goldie
- The Good, the Bad & the Queen
- The Goodies
- Gordian Knot (an American Progressive Rock band that featured members from British bands)
- Gorillaz
- 2001 - Gorillaz
- 2005 - Demon Days (Album)
- 2010 - Plastic Beach
- 2017 - Humanz
- 2018 - The Now Now
- Ellie Goulding
- 2012 - Halcyon
- David Gray
- Gryphon
- Steve Hackett
- Hacktivist
- Hadouken!
- Haken
- Half Man Half Biscuit
- Lewis Hamilton (notably as a featured artist in the 2018 Christina Aguilera song "Pipe" under the pseudonym "XNDA")
- Happy Mondays
- George Harrison
- 1968 - Wonderwall Music
- 1970 - All Things Must Pass
- 1971 - The Concert for Bangladesh
- PJ Harvey
- 1992 - Dry
- 1993 - Rid of Me
- 1995 - To Bring You My Love
- 1998 - Is This Desire?
- 2000 - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
- 2004 - Uh Huh Her
- 2007 - White Chalk
- Imogen Heap
- Heaven 17
- The Heavy
- Henry Cow
- 1975 - Desperate Straights (with Slapp Happy)
- 1975 - In Praise of Learning (with Slapp Happy)
- Herman's Hermits
- M.J. Hibbett and the Validators
- 2011 - Dinosaur Planet
- Allan Holdsworth
- The Hollies
- Gustav Holst
- Natalie Holt
- The Hoosiers
- Trevor Horn
- The Horrors
- Ben Howard
- Glenn Hughes
- The Human League
- 1979 - Reproduction
- 1980 - Travelogue
- 1981 - Dare
- Hurts
- Dev Hynes
- 2018 - Negro Swan
- Hype Williams
- IAMX
- IDLES
- Billy Idol
- Infant Annihilator
- Ingested
- Inkubus Sukkubus
- Iron Maiden
- 1980 - Iron Maiden (Album)
- 1981 - Killers
- 1982 - The Number of the Beast
- Joe Jackson
- Mick Jagger
- The Jam
- Jamiroquai
- Japan
- Cosmo Jarvis
- Jessie J
- Jethro Tull
- 1971 - Aqualung (Jethro Tull Album)
- 1972 - Thick as a Brick
- Jilted John
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- 1967 - Are You Experienced
- 1967 - Axis: Bold As Love
- 1968 - Electric Ladyland
- Elton John
- 1972 - Honky Château
- 1973 - Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player
- 1973 - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
- 1974 - Caribou
- 1975 - Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
- 1983 - Too Low for Zero
- 1985 - Ice on Fire
- 1988 - Reg Strikes Back
- 1989 - Sleeping with the Past
- 1992 - The One
- 1995 - Made in England
- Alex Johnson
- Brian Jones
- Jax Jones
- Joy Division
- 1979 - Unknown Pleasures
- 1980 - Closer
- 1988 - Substance (Joy Division Album)
- Judas Priest
- 1980 - British Steel
- 1982 - Screaming for Vengeance
- 1990 - Painkiller
- David Julyan
- Kaiser Chiefs
- Kasabian
- Katrina and the Waves
- Keane
- Kenickie
- Nik Kershaw
- Killing Joke
- Natalia Kills
- King Charles
- King Crimson
- 1969 - In the Court of the Crimson King
- 1970 - In the Wake of Poseidon
- 1973 - Larks' Tongues in Aspic
- 1974 - Red
- 1981 - Discipline
- 1982 - Beat
- 1984 - Three of a Perfect Pair
- The Kinks
- Leyland Kirby
- Kitchens of Distinction
- The KLF
- Koit
- Kosheen
- KSI
- Kula Shaker
- Kunt and the Gang
- The La's
- Ladytron
- Lahannya
- The Last Shadow Puppets
- Led Zeppelin
- 1969 - Led Zeppelin (1969)
- 1969 - Led Zeppelin II
- 1970 - Led Zeppelin III
- 1971 - Led Zeppelin IV
- 1973 - Houses of the Holy
- 1975 - Physical Graffiti
- 1976 - The Song Remains the Same
- Christopher Lee
- Lemon Jelly
- John Lennon
- 1968 - Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins
- 1969 - Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions
- 1969 - Wedding Album
- 1970 - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
- 1971 - Imagine
- 1973 - Mind Games
- Leona Lewis
- The Libertines
- The Lightning Seeds
- Dua Lipa
- Little Comets
- Little Boots
- Little Mix
- Cher Lloyd
- Andrew Lloyd Webber
- 1970 - Jesus Christ Superstar
- 1976 - Evita
- The Longest Johns
- Loop
- Pixie Lott
- Love and Rockets
- Lovejoy
- Nick Lowe
- Lush
- John Lydon
- Vera Lynn
- Bjorn Arild Lynne
- 1995 - "Wormsong"
- M.I.A. (born in London, lived in Sri Lanka for a long part of her youth)
- Kirsty Mac Coll
- Madness
- 1979 - One Step Beyond Album
- 1980 - Absolutely
- 1982 - The Rise & Fall
- Magazine
- A Man Called Adam
- Malcolm McLaren
- 1983 - Duck Rock
- Manfred Mann
- Mansun
- Marillion
- Laura Marling
- Marmozets
- Johnny Marr
- John Martyn
- Massive Attack
- 1998 - Mezzanine
- Maxïmo Park
- Brian May
- 1983 - Star Fleet Project
- Paul McCartney
- 1970 - McCartney
- 1971 - Ram note
- 1980 - McCartney II
- 1982 - Tug of War
- 1983 - Pipes of Peace
- Mc Fly
- Nellie McKay (born in the UK, American raised)
- Declan McKenna
- John McLaughlin
- 2014 - The Boston Record
- The Mechanisms
- The Men That Will Not Be Blamed for Nothing
- The Men They Couldn't Hang
- Freddie Mercury
- 1988 - Barcelona (with Spanish born opera singer Montserrat Caballé)
- MF Doom (born there before moving to New York)
- George Michael
- 1987 - Faith
- 1990 - Listen Without Prejudice, Volume 1
- 1996 - Older
- 2004 - Patience
- The Midnight Beast
- Mika (born in Lebanon)
- Mike + the Mechanics
- 1985 - Mike + The Mechanics
- Tom Milsom
- Mis-Teeq
- The Mission
- The Moody Blues
- 1967 - Days of Future Passed
- Moonshake
- Morris Minor and the Majors
- Motörhead
- 1980 - Ace Of Spades
- 1991 - 1916
- Mott the Hoople
- The Move
- Mr. B The Gentleman Rhymer
- Mumford & Sons
- Peter Murphy
- Muse
- 1999 - Showbiz
- 2001 - Origin of Symmetry
- 2003 - Absolution
- 2006 - Black Holes and Revelations
- 2009 - The Resistance
- 2012 - The 2nd Law
- 2015 - Drones
- 2018 - Simulation Theory
- 2022 - Will of the People
- Mutya Keisha Siobhan
- My Bloody Valentine (based in Dublin, but with English members)
- 1991 - Loveless
- My Dying Bride
- My Life Story
- My Vitriol
- Mystery Jets
- Naked Eyes
- Napalm Death
- Neonfly
- Nero
- John Newman
- New Order
- 1981 - Movement
- 1983 - Power, Corruption & Lies
- 1985 - Low-Life
- 1986 - Brotherhood
- 1987 - Substance (New Order Album)
- 1989 - Technique
- 1993 - Republic
- 2001 - Get Ready
- 2015 - Music Complete
- Anthony Newley
- Olivia Newton-John (born in England, but raised from childhood in Australia and started her career there)
- Nothing but Thieves
- Gary Numan
- Nurse with Wound
- Oasis
- 1994 - Definitely, Maybe
- 1995 - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
- 1997 - Be Here Now
- Mike Oldfield
- 1973 - Tubular Bells
- 1982 - Five Miles Out
- 1983 - Crises
- 1992 - Tubular Bells II
- 1998 - Tubular Bells III
- One Direction
- Rita Ora
- Orbital
- Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
- Ozzy Osbourne
- 1981 - Blizzard of Ozz
- John Otway
- The Outfield
- Panchiko
- Pale Saints
- Pale Waves
- Paparazzi
- Paradise Lost
- patten
- PC Music
- Peace
- Daniel Pemberton
- Penguin Cafe Orchestra
- Maisie Peters
- Grace Petrie
- Pet Shop Boys
- Pig with the Face of a Boy
- Pink Floyd
- 1967 - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
- 1968 - A Saucerful of Secrets
- 1969 - More
- 1969 - Ummagumma
- 1970 - Atom Heart Mother
- 1971 - Meddle
- 1972 - Obscured by Clouds
- 1973 - The Dark Side of the Moon
- 1975 - Wish You Were Here
- 1977 - Animals
- 1979 - The Wall
- 1983 - The Final Cut
- 1987 - A Momentary Lapse of Reason
- 1994 - The Division Bell
- 2014 - The Endless River
- PinkPantheress
- Billie Piper
- The Pipettes
- Pitch Shifter
- Placebo
- The Pogues
- The Police
- 1978 - Outlandos d'Amour
- 1979 - Reggatta de Blanc
- 1980 - Zenyattà Mondatta
- 1981 - Ghost in the Machine
- 1983 - Synchronicity
- The Pop Group
- 1979 - Y
- Pop Will Eat Itself
- Porcupine Tree
- 1999 - Stupid Dream
- Portishead
- 1994 - Dummy
- John Powell
- Prefab Sprout
- Pretenders
- 1979 - Pretenders
- The Pretty Things
- 1968 - S.F. Sorrow
- Steven Price
- Procol Harum
- The Prodigy
- 1992 - Experience
- 1994 - Music for the Jilted Generation
- 1997 - The Fat of the Land
- Professor Elemental
- Professor Green
- Psapp
- The Psychedelic Furs
- Public Image Ltd.
- Public Service Broadcasting
- Pulp
- The Puppini Sisters
- Push Baby
- Quatermass
- Queen
- 1973 - Queen (1973)
- 1974 - Queen II
- 1974 - Sheer Heart Attack
- 1975 - A Night at the Opera
- 1976 - A Day at the Races
- 1977 - News of the World (Queen)
- 1978 - Jazz
- 1980 - The Game (Queen)
- 1982 - Hot Space
- 1984 - The Works
- 1986 - A Kind of Magic
- 1989 - The Miracle
- 1991 - Innuendo
- 1995 - Made in Heaven
- Queenadreena
- Radiohead
- 1993 - Pablo Honey
- 1995 - The Bends
- 1997 - OK Computer
- 2000 - Kid A
- 2001 - Amnesiac
- 2003 - Hail to the Thief
- 2007 - In Rainbows
- 2011 - The King of Limbs
- 2016 - A Moon Shaped Pool
- Rag'n'Bone Man
- Rainbow
- Raised by Owls
- Renaissance
- Tim Rice (also see Andrew Lloyd Webber for the other albums)
- 1984 - Chess (with Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus)
- Cliff Richard
- Keith Richards
- Ride
- Right Said Fred
- Riz MC
- The Rolling Stones
- 1964 - The Rolling Stones
- 1965 - The Rolling Stones No. 2
- 1965 - Out of Our Heads
- 1966 - Aftermath (Album)
- 1967 - Between the Buttons
- 1967 - Their Satanic Majesties Request
- 1968 - Beggars Banquet
- 1969 - Let It Bleed
- 1971 - Sticky Fingers
- 1972 - Exile on Main St..
- 1973 - Goats Head Soup
- 1974 - It's Only Rock 'n Roll
- 1976 - Black and Blue
- 1978 - Some Girls
- 1980 - Emotional Rescue
- 1981 - Tattoo You
- 1983 - Undercover
- 1986 - Dirty Work
- 1989 - Steel Wheels
- 1994 - Voodoo Lounge
- 1997 - Bridges to Babylon
- 2005 - A Bigger Bang
- Rolo Tomassi
- Harvey Rothman
- La Roux
- Roxy Music
- 1972 - Roxy Music
- 1973 - For Your Pleasure
- 1974 - Country Life
- 1975 - Siren (1975)
- 1982 - Avalon
- Royal Blood
- Kate Rusby
- The Rutles
- Sade
- Saint Etienne
- Sam and the Womp
- Satan
- The Saturdays
- Savlonic
- Rina Sawayama
- S Club 7
- Scritti Politti
- Seal
- The Searchers
- Second Person
- Sea Power
- Seona Dancing
- Sex Pistols
- Ed Sheeran
- 2017 - ÷
- Cosmo Sheldrake
- Sigala
- Sigma
- Sigue Sigue Sputnik
- SikTh
- Siouxsie and the Banshees
- The Sisters of Mercy
- Skeletal Family
- Ed Skrein
- Skunk Anansie
- Skyclad
- Slade
- Slapp Happy (started in Hamburg before moving here)
- 1974 - Casablanca Moon
- 1975 - Desperate Straights (with Henry Cow)
- 1975 - In Praise of Learning (with Henry Cow)
- Slash
- Slick Rick (born in London before migrating to New York as a child)
- The Slits
- Slowdive
- The Small Faces
- 1968 - Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake
- Sam Smith
- The Smiths
- 1986 – The Queen Is Dead
- Sneaker Pimps
- Soft Cell
- Soft Machine
- Solstice
- Sonique
- Wilbur Soot
- Space
- 1996 - Spiders
- 2004 - Suburban Rock 'n' Roll
- Spacemen 3
- Spandau Ballet
- The Specials
- Spice Girls
- Spiritualized
- John Spowage
- Squarepusher
- Squeeze
- Ringo Starr
- 1973 - Ringo
- Status Quo
- Steeleye Span
- 2013 - Wintersmith
- Steps
- Stereolab
- Cat Stevens
- Rod Stewart
- 1988 - Out of Order
- 1991 - Vagabond Heart
- Sting
- Stock Aitken Waterman
- Joss Stone
- The Stone Roses
- 1989 - The Stone Roses
- Stooshe
- Stormzy
- The Stranglers
- The Streets
- Harry Styles
- 2019 - Fine Line
- 2022 - Harry's House
- Sugababes
- Supertramp
- 1974 - Crime of the Century
- 1979 - Breakfast in America
- The Stupendium
- Suede
- The Sundays
- Sunscreem
- Supergrass
- SuRie
- Sweet
- Nathan Sykes
- Sylosis
- David Sylvian
- T. Rex
- 1971 – Electric Warrior
- Take That (Band)
- Connie Talbot
- Talk Talk
- 1988 - Spirit of Eden
- 1991 - Laughing Stock
- 1998 - Mark Hollis
- Mick Taylor
- Sam Taylor-Johnson
- Tears for Fears
- 1983 - The Hurting
- 1985 - Songs from the Big Chair
- 1989 - The Seeds of Love
- 1993 - Elemental
- 1995 - Raoul and the Kings of Spain
- 2004 - Everybody Loves a Happy Ending
- Tesseract
- The The
- These New Puritans
- This Heat
- This Mortal Coil
- 1991 – Blood
- Richard Thompson
- Throbbing Gristle
- The Tiger Lillies
- Tinie Tempah
- Louis Tomlinson
- Tones on Tail
- Tony T
- Toy Dolls
- Traffic
- The Traveling Wilburys – a supergroup of Brits George Harrison and Jeff Lynne, plus Yanks Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty
- 1988 – The Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1
- Tricky
- 1995 - Maxinquaye
- Frank Turner
- UB40
- U.K.
- UFO
- Ultravox
- 1978 - Systems of Romance
- 1980 - Vienna
- 1981 - Rage in Eden
- 1982 - Quartet
- 1984 - Lament
- 1986 - U-Vox
- Underworld
- 1994 – dubnobasswithmyheadman
- Unfathomable Ruination
- UNKLE
- Unknown P (raised in Zimbabwe)
- Uriah Heep
- Utah Saints
- The Vaccines
- The Vamps
- Van der Graaf Generator
- Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Venom
- The Verve
- Sid Vicious
- 1979 – Sid Sings
- Diana Vickers
- Visage
- VNV Nation
- Rick Wakeman
- Alan Walker
- Wang Chung
- The Wanted
- Roger Waters
- 1992 - Amused to Death
- 2017 - Is This the Life We Really Want?
- Jeff Wayne
- Wet Leg
- Wham!
- Laura White
- White Lies
- Whitehouse
- Whitesnake
- The Who
- 1965 - My Generation
- 1966 - A Quick One
- 1967 - The Who Sell Out
- 1969 - Tommy
- 1971 - Who's Next
- 1973 - Quadrophenia
- Wild Beasts
- Jack Wild
- Kim Wilde
- The Wildhearts
- Robbie Williams
- Steven Wilson
- Amy Winehouse
- 2003 - Frank (album)
- 2006 - Back to Black
- Wings
- 1973 - Band on the Run
- Steve Winwood
- Wire
- 1977 - Pink Flag
- 1978 - Chairs Missing
- 1979 - 154
- Patrick Wolf
- Wolf Alice
- The Wombats
- Chris Wood (Musician)
- Roy Wood
- WoodenToaster
- The Wurzels
- XTC
- 1986 - Skylarking
- The xx
- The Yardbirds
- 1964 - Five Live Yardbirds
- 1965 - For Your Love
- 1965 - Having a Rave Up
- 1966 - Roger the Engineer
- 1967 - Little Games
- Yazoo
- Yes
- 1969 - Yes
- 1970 - Time and a Word
- 1971 - The Yes Album
- 1971 - Fragile
- 1972 - Close to the Edge
- 1973 - Tales from Topographic Oceans
- 1974 - Relayer
- 1977 - Going for the One
- 1978 - Tormato
- 1980 - Drama
- 1983 - 90125
- Yungblud
- The Zombies
- 1965 - Begin Here
- 1968 - Odessey and Oracle
- Zombina and the Skeletones
- Zoviet France
- Various artists
- 1985 - "Doctor in Distress"
Northern Ireland
Scotland
- Alestorm
- Angus McSix
- The Associates
- Lorne Balfe
- Belle and Sebastian
- Biffy Clyro
- Big Country
- Blackmill
- The Blue Nile
- Boards of Canada
- 1998 - Music Has the Right to Children
- 2002 - Geogaddi
- 2005 - The Campfire Headphase
- 2013 - Tomorrow's Harvest
- Eric Bogle (born there, later moved to Australia)
- David Byrne (born there, based in the United States)
- 1981 - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (with Brian Eno)
- 1989 - Rei Momo
- 1992 - Uh-Oh (David Byrne Album)
- 1994 - David Byrne (Album)
- 1997 - Feelings
- 2001 - Look into the Eyeball
- 2004 - Grown Backwards
- 2008 - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today (with Brian Eno)
- 2012 - Love This Giant (with St. Vincent)
- 2018 - American Utopia
- Lewis Capaldi
- Capercaille
- CHVRCHES
- Gerry Cinnamon
- Cocteau Twins
- Deacon Blue
- Del Amitri
- Donovan
- Sheena Easton
- Fiction Factory
- Franz Ferdinand
- 2004 - Franz Ferdinand (2004)
- The Fratellis
- Gloryhammer
- Calvin Harris
- The Incredible String Band
- The Jesus and Mary Chain
- 1985 - Psychocandy
- The Kaisers
- Lauren Mayberry
- Brian McNeill
- Mogwai
- Momus
- One Dove
- Karine Polwart
- Primal Scream
- 1991 - Screamadelica
- 1997 - Vanishing Point
- The Proclaimers
- Gerry Rafferty
- Emeli Sande
- Rachel Sermanni
- Simple Minds
- 1982 - New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)
- The Singing Kettle
- SleepResearch_Facility
- Snow Patrol (though most of the band members were born in Northern Ireland)
- SOPHIE
- Al Stewart
- Strawberry Switchblade
- Teenage Fanclub
- Travis
- KT Tunstall
- Midge Ure
Wales
- The Alarm
- Badfinger
- Shirley Bassey
- Bullet for My Valentine
- John Cale
- Catfish And The Bottlemen
- Los Campesinos!
- Charlotte Church
- Marina Diamandis
- 2012 - Electra Heart
- Duffy
- Feeder
- Funeral for a Friend
- Katherine Jenkins
- Jesu
- Tom Jones
- Lostprophets
- Manic Street Preachers
- Neck Deep
- No Devotion
- Skindred
- Stereophonics
- Super Furry Animals
- Bryn Terfel
- Bonnie Tyler
- 1983 - "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
- 1984 - "Holding Out for a Hero"
- Young Marble Giants
Other
- Ken Ashcorp (British Virgin Islands)
- Empty Tenement Spirit (Guernsey)
- NOW That's What I Call Music! began in the UK before it spread worldwide.
- Nerina Pallot (Jersey)
- Studio Killers
