NME Top 40 Artists

The top forty most popular artists on NME.com with links to videos, photos, pictures, biography, tickets, YouTube videos, audio, lyrics, related news, reviews, gigs and tour dates.

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a
Damon Albarn
Lily Allen
Arcade Fire
Amy Winehouse
Arctic Monkeys
all A artists
b
Babyshambles
The Beatles
Bloc Party
Blur
David Bowie
Ian Brown
all B artists
c
Johnny Cash
The Clash
Coldplay
The Cribs
Crystal Castles
CSS
The Cure
all C artists
d
Death Cab For Cutie
Does It Offend You Yeah?
Pete Doherty
Duffy
Bob Dylan
Dirty Pretty Things
all D artists
e
Editors
Elbow
The Enemy
all E artists
f
Fall Out Boy
Foals
Foo Fighters
Franz Ferdinand
The Fratellis
all F artists
g
Gallows
Glasvegas
Green Day
Guns N Roses
all G artists
h
Hot Chip
all H artists
i
Interpol
all I artists
j
The Jam
Scarlett Johansson
Joy Division
justice
all J artists
k
Kaiser Chiefs
Kasabian
The Killers
Kings Of Leon
Klaxons
The Kooks
all K artists
l
The Last Shadow Puppets
Led Zeppelin
The Libertines
Lightspeed Champion
Linkin Park
all L artists
m
Madonna
Maximo Park
Manic Street Preachers
Metallica
MGMT
MIA
The Mighty Boosh
Morrissey
Muse
My Bloody Valentine
My Chemical Romance
all M artists
n
Oasis
all N artists
o
Oasis
all O artists
p, q
Panic At The Disco
Paramore
Pendulum
The Pigeon Detectives
Pink Floyd
Primal Scream
The Prodigy
Pulp
all P artists
r
Raconteurs
Radiohead
Rage Against The Machine
Red Hot Chili Peppers
REM
Rolling Stones
all R artists
s
Santogold
Sex Pistols
Sigor Ros
Simian Mobile Disco
Smashing Pumpkins
The Smiths
Spiritualized
The Streets
The Strokes
Stone Roses
all S artists
t
U2
all T artists
u
U2
all U artists
v
Vampire Weekend
The Verve
all V artists
w
White Stripes
The Wombats
all W artists
y
Neil Young
all Y artists
z
The Zutons
all Z artists
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