The Paragons

Brooklyn, JM
rock, reggae
54.6m all-time streams (24 Feb '26)

The Kinks

London, GB
rock, folk, punk
5.5bn all-time streams (22 Feb '26)

Rory Gallagher

Ballyshannon, IE
country, rock, blues
339.6m all-time streams (4 Mar '26)

Patti Smith

Chicago, US
rock, folk, punk
1.5bn all-time streams (28 Feb '26)

The Modern Lovers

US
rock, alternative, folk, punk
229.2m all-time streams (4 Mar '26)

Suicide

New York, US
rock, alternative, hip-hop, american, electronic, others, punk
174.4m all-time streams (24 Feb '26)

Thompson Twins

Sheffield, GB
pop, rock
238.5m all-time streams (2 Mar '26)

Motörhead

London, GB
rock, metal
1.9bn all-time streams (28 Feb '26)

Alabama

Fort Payne, US
country
1.4bn all-time streams (24 Feb '26)

Jean-Michel Jarre

Lyon, FR
pop, electronic, others, instrumental
310.0m all-time streams (24 Feb '26)

Kylie Minogue

Melbourne, AU
pop
14.6bn all-time streams (24 Feb '26)

ZZ Top

Houston, US
country, rock
5.3bn all-time streams (24 Feb '26)

Tito Puente

New York, US
jazz, middle eastern, latin, instrumental
536.5m all-time streams (3 Mar '26)

The Church

Sydney, AU
pop, rock
393.4m all-time streams (2 Mar '26)

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

AU
rock, alternative
2.4bn all-time streams (21 Feb '26)

Dionne Warwick

East Orange, US
pop, r&b, jazz, rock
6.3bn all-time streams (24 Feb '26)

Philadelphia Orchestra

US
classical, instrumental
348.3m all-time streams (2 Mar '26)

Procol Harum

London, GB
rock, folk
246.1m all-time streams (25 Feb '26)

Ludovico Einaudi

Turin, IT
pop, classical, electronic
13.0bn all-time streams (26 Feb '26)

Lorrie Morgan

Nashville, US
country
148.6m all-time streams (2 Mar '26)

Waylon Jennings

Littlefield, US
country
11.3bn all-time streams (25 Feb '26)

Bonnie Tyler

Swansea, US
pop, rock, european
2.1bn all-time streams (23 Feb '26)

Foreigner

New York, US
pop, rock
5.5bn all-time streams (25 Feb '26)

Juan Luis Guerra 4.40

DO
pop, latin
5.8bn all-time streams (26 Feb '26)

Erasure

London, GB
pop, rock, european
1.7bn all-time streams (5 Mar '26)

Level 42

Isle of Wight, GB
pop, r&b, rock
447.2m all-time streams (23 Feb '26)

Annie

Aberdeen, US
pop, rock, folk
4.7bn all-time streams (28 Feb '26)

Elvis Presley

Tupelo, US
rock
65.7bn all-time streams (26 Feb '26)

The Grid

London, GB
hip-hop, electronic
7.7m all-time streams (23 Feb '26)

Freddie Jackson

Harlem, US
pop, r&b
137.6m all-time streams (26 Feb '26)

Moby

New York, US
electronic
17.9bn all-time streams (24 Feb '26)

Supergrass

Oxford, GB
pop, rock, alternative, european
1.3bn all-time streams (1 Mar '26)

Moloko

Sheffield, GB
pop, hip-hop, electronic
201.6m all-time streams (2 Mar '26)

SWV

New York, US
pop, r&b, hip-hop
885.3m all-time streams (23 Feb '26)

Mark Owen

Oldham, GB
Pop
1.2bn all-time streams (23 Feb '26)

Crash Test Dummies

Winnipeg, CA
rock
630.1m all-time streams (24 Feb '26)

Super Furry Animals

Cardiff, GB
alternative
87.4m all-time streams (24 Feb '26)

Eddy Arnold

Hendersonville, US
pop, country, american, folk
174.0m all-time streams (4 Mar '26)

Tool

Los Angeles (LA), US
rock, alternative, metal
5.9bn all-time streams (3 Mar '26)

Dio

US
rock, hip-hop, metal
2.3bn all-time streams (23 Feb '26)

Robert Miles

IT
electronic, european
335.6m all-time streams (26 Feb '26)

David Bowie

Brixton, GB
rock
103.9bn all-time streams (26 Feb '26)

Lit

Orange County, US
pop, rock, alternative, hip-hop, metal, punk
658.6m all-time streams (26 Feb '26)

Gary Barlow

Cheshire, US
pop, european
6.8bn all-time streams (25 Feb '26)

Duran Duran

Birmingham, GB
pop, rock
6.4bn all-time streams (3 Mar '26)

Fatboy Slim

Bromley, GB
electronic
2.0bn all-time streams (1 Mar '26)

Soulfly

Phoenix, US
rock, metal
245.4m all-time streams (28 Feb '26)

Five

GB
pop, electronic, european
535.6m all-time streams (28 Feb '26)

Delinquent Habits

Los Angeles, US
hip-hop
254.0m all-time streams (4 Mar '26)

Santana

San Francisco, US
rock, hip-hop, latin
5.0bn all-time streams (23 Feb '26)

Mötley Crüe

Los Angeles, US
rock, metal
4.1bn all-time streams (4 Mar '26)

Maria Bethânia

santo amaro da purificação, BR
jazz, european, latin
1.2bn all-time streams (28 Feb '26)

Janis Ian

New York, US
pop, rock, folk
343.7m all-time streams (4 Mar '26)

Captain Beefheart

Glendale, US
rock, others, punk
181.2m all-time streams (4 Mar '26)

Perry Como

Canonsburg, US
pop, jazz
5.5bn all-time streams (2 Mar '26)

Eurythmics

London, GB
pop, rock, european
4.1bn all-time streams (24 Feb '26)

Lonestar

US
country, electronic
612.3m all-time streams (23 Feb '26)

Eros Ramazzotti

Rome, IT
pop
3.9bn all-time streams (2 Mar '26)

Garbage

Madison, US
pop, rock, american, electronic
2.6bn all-time streams (24 Feb '26)

Natalie Imbruglia

Sydney, AU
pop, rock, american, european
3.0bn all-time streams (20 Feb '26)

Faithless

London, GB
hip-hop, electronic
251.8m all-time streams (2 Mar '26)

Angie Stone

Columbia, US
pop, r&b
2.6bn all-time streams (1 Mar '26)

PeterLicht

Cologne, DE
pop, rock, european
37.5m all-time streams (25 Feb '26)

Busta Rhymes

New York, US
pop, hip-hop
9.9bn all-time streams (3 Mar '26)

Leo Kottke

Athens, US
country, rock, american, instrumental, folk
74.1m all-time streams (22 Feb '26)

Ian Dury

Harrow, GB
rock, punk
309.8m all-time streams (2 Mar '26)

Gravediggaz

US
hip-hop
80.3m all-time streams (1 Mar '26)

Etta James

Los Angeles, US
pop, r&b, jazz, blues
6.1bn all-time streams (24 Feb '26)

Goldfrapp

London, GB
pop, rock, alternative, hip-hop, electronic
587.4m all-time streams (23 Feb '26)

Blu Cantrell

Providence, US
pop, r&b
1.6bn all-time streams (23 Feb '26)

Gloria Gaynor

Newark, US
pop, r&b
1.2bn all-time streams (1 Mar '26)

Ziggy Marley

Kingston, JM
reggae
741.0m all-time streams (23 Feb '26)

Scorpions

DE
pop, rock, metal
6.0bn all-time streams (3 Mar '26)

The Strokes

New York, US
rock, alternative
7.7bn all-time streams (26 Feb '26)

Jerry Rivera

San Juan, PR
pop, latin
2.0bn all-time streams (4 Mar '26)

Rod Stewart

London, GB
pop, rock
13.2bn all-time streams (23 Feb '26)

De La Soul

Amityville, US
hip-hop, electronic
5.0bn all-time streams (23 Feb '26)

R. Kelly

Chicago, US
r&b
39.9bn all-time streams (3 Mar '26)

Megadeth

Los Angeles, US
rock, metal
3.7bn all-time streams (4 Mar '26)

Nick Cave

Wangaratta, AU
pop, rock, soundtrack, others
7.0bn all-time streams (20 Feb '26)

Tony Iommi

Birmingham, GB
pop
6.3bn all-time streams (4 Mar '26)

The Subways

Welwyn Garden City, GB
Rock, Alternative
168.4m all-time streams (22 Feb '26)

Christina Aguilera

Staten Island, US
pop, hip-hop
5.2bn all-time streams (4 Mar '26)

Chris Young

Murfreesboro, US
country, folk
3.5bn all-time streams (21 Feb '26)

Morcheeba

London, GB
jazz, hip-hop, electronic
1.1bn all-time streams (23 Feb '26)

Foo Fighters

Seattle, US
rock, alternative, metal
13.5bn all-time streams (24 Feb '26)

Spiritualized

Rugby, GB
alternative, blues
235.5m all-time streams (24 Feb '26)

Tony Allen

Lagos, NG
pop, r&b, jazz, electronic, others
1.3bn all-time streams (5 Mar '26)

Groove Armada

London, GB
jazz, alternative, hip-hop, electronic
1.6bn all-time streams (22 Feb '26)

Duke Ellington

Washington, US
pop, jazz, classical
4.1bn all-time streams (22 Feb '26)

Richard Marx

Chicago, US
pop, rock
5.1bn all-time streams (22 Feb '26)

Bryan Ferry

Washington, US
pop, rock, electronic, others
3.1bn all-time streams (21 Feb '26)

Backstreet Boys

Orlando, US
pop
13.2bn all-time streams (3 Mar '26)

The Fratellis

Glasgow, GB
rock, electronic
1.0bn all-time streams (23 Feb '26)

The Smashing Pumpkins

Chicago, US
rock, alternative, metal
6.8bn all-time streams (23 Feb '26)

The Charlatans

Manchester, GB
pop, rock, alternative, european
304.7m all-time streams (3 Mar '26)

James

Manchester, GB
pop, r&b, rock, alternative, hip-hop, reggae, european, others, latin, spirituals, folk
688.7m all-time streams (4 Mar '26)

Estelle

London, GB
r&b
6.4bn all-time streams (21 Feb '26)

Faith Evans

Lakeland, US
pop, r&b, hip-hop
12.3bn all-time streams (20 Feb '26)

Janet Jackson

Gary, US
pop, r&b
37.1bn all-time streams (3 Mar '26)

Band of Skulls

Southampton, GB
pop, rock, alternative, punk
185.6m all-time streams (26 Feb '26)

Rick Astley

Warrington, GB
pop, rock, european
8.2bn all-time streams (24 Feb '26)

blink-182

US
Rock, Punk
9.7bn all-time streams (3 Mar '26)

White Lies

London, GB
rock, alternative, electronic
646.9m all-time streams (26 Feb '26)

Pretenders

GB
pop, rock, american, folk
2.0bn all-time streams (28 Feb '26)

Mike + The Mechanics

Dover, GB
rock
1.2bn all-time streams (23 Feb '26)

The Cranberries

Limerick, IE
rock
6.4bn all-time streams (25 Feb '26)

Blondie

New York, US
pop, rock
2.8bn all-time streams (23 Feb '26)

311

US
rock, alternative, reggae, metal
2.2bn all-time streams (23 Feb '26)

Gary Numan

Hammersmith, GB
pop, rock
1.4bn all-time streams (2 Mar '26)

Fergie

US
pop, r&b
14.8bn all-time streams (4 Mar '26)

David Crosby

Los Angeles (LA), US
country, rock, american, folk
21.4bn all-time streams (24 Feb '26)

Chris Rea

Middlesbrough, GB
Pop, Rock, Alternative
3.7bn all-time streams (26 Feb '26)

Hanson

Tulsa, US
pop, rock
787.8m all-time streams (4 Mar '26)

Simple Minds

Glasgow, GB
pop, rock, european
738.8m all-time streams (4 Mar '26)

Nick Ingman

London, GB
soundtrack, classical
289.9m all-time streams (4 Mar '26)

Don McLean

New Rochelle, US
pop, rock, folk
6.7bn all-time streams (24 Feb '26)

A Perfect Circle

Los Angeles, US
rock, alternative, metal
1.2bn all-time streams (23 Feb '26)

Joan Armatrading

Basseterre, KN
pop, rock, american, folk
503.3m all-time streams (24 Feb '26)

Ash


157.9m all-time streams (1 Mar '26)

Gabrielle

London, GB
pop, r&b, rock, hip-hop, children's, electronic, european, spirituals
411.5m all-time streams (3 Mar '26)

Alice in Chains

Seattle, US
rock, alternative, metal
8.2bn all-time streams (24 Feb '26)

Lenny Kravitz

New York, US
rock
12.2bn all-time streams (28 Feb '26)

Cypress Hill

Los Angeles, US
rock, hip-hop
2.5bn all-time streams (24 Feb '26)

Echo and the Bunnymen

Liverpool, GB
pop, rock, alternative, punk
468.3m all-time streams (25 Feb '26)

Blues Traveler

Princeton, US
rock, alternative
511.4m all-time streams (25 Feb '26)

Richard Ashcroft

Billinge, GB
rock, electronic, european
3.6bn all-time streams (25 Feb '26)

Culture Club

London, GB
pop, r&b, rock, european
2.5bn all-time streams (28 Feb '26)

The Prodigy

Braintree, GB
rock, hip-hop, electronic
1.5bn all-time streams (1 Mar '26)

Marianne Faithfull

Hampstead, US
pop, rock, american, folk
4.9bn all-time streams (25 Feb '26)

Russell Watson

Salford, GB
pop
190.8m all-time streams (4 Mar '26)

Avril Lavigne

Belleville, CA
pop
22.1bn all-time streams (22 Feb '26)

Hank Williams

Georgiana, US
pop, country, rock, folk
2.3bn all-time streams (23 Feb '26)

Sugar

Newport Beach, US
pop, rock, alternative, metal
925.8m all-time streams (26 Feb '26)

Maxi Priest

Lewisham, GB
rock, reggae
225.4m all-time streams (4 Mar '26)

Zac Brown Band

US
country, folk
5.1bn all-time streams (1 Mar '26)

Amy Macdonald

Glasgow, GB
rock, folk
5.3bn all-time streams (24 Feb '26)

Huey Lewis and the News

US
pop, rock, folk
1.6bn all-time streams (23 Feb '26)

Chaka Khan

Great Lakes, US
pop, r&b
4.7bn all-time streams (25 Feb '26)

The Boomtown Rats

Dun Laoghaire, IE
pop, rock, reggae, punk
152.2m all-time streams (2 Mar '26)

Morrissey

Manchester, GB
rock, alternative, european
9.2bn all-time streams (23 Feb '26)

Hugh Masekela

Witbank, ZA
pop, jazz, electronic, others
633.2m all-time streams (4 Mar '26)

Rufus Wainwright

Rhinebeck, US
pop, rock, others, folk
1.1bn all-time streams (1 Mar '26)

John Fogerty

Berkeley, US
country, rock, folk
32.0bn all-time streams (25 Feb '26)

Toots and The Maytals

JM
rock, reggae
951.5m all-time streams (1 Mar '26)

Bush

London, GB
Rock, Alternative, Metal
3.8bn all-time streams (26 Feb '26)

Travis

Glasgow, GB
pop, country, rock, alternative, hip-hop, european
1.5bn all-time streams (23 Feb '26)

Cheap Trick

Rockford, US
pop, rock, metal
1.1bn all-time streams (28 Feb '26)

Toumani Diabaté

Bamako, ML
pop, others, african, blues
406.5m all-time streams (4 Mar '26)

Counting Crows

San Francisco, US
pop, rock, alternative
2.4bn all-time streams (20 Feb '26)

U-Roy

Jones Town, JM
rock, reggae
172.8m all-time streams (24 Feb '26)

Band of Horses

Seattle, US
pop, rock, alternative, blues, folk
1.2bn all-time streams (3 Mar '26)

Johnny Marr

Manchester, GB
alternative, hip-hop, electronic, european
9.5bn all-time streams (3 Mar '26)

Bryan Adams

CA
pop, rock, folk
28.4bn all-time streams (3 Mar '26)

Daryl Hall and John Oates

US
pop, rock, folk
4.6bn all-time streams (25 Feb '26)

Soft Cell

Leeds, GB
pop, rock
1.3bn all-time streams (1 Mar '26)

Chicago

Chicago, US
pop, rock, folk
3.7bn all-time streams (27 Feb '26)

Danger Mouse

White Plains, US
pop, hip-hop
17.3bn all-time streams (4 Mar '26)

Slade

GB
pop, rock
165.1m all-time streams (2 Mar '26)

Blue

London, GB
pop, rock, hip-hop, european
1.7bn all-time streams (28 Feb '26)

Afghan Whigs

Cincinnati, US
pop, rock, alternative
60.7m all-time streams (26 Feb '26)

Suede

London, GB
rock, alternative, european
339.5m all-time streams (25 Feb '26)

Pixies

Boston, US
rock, alternative
3.2bn all-time streams (22 Feb '26)

Lainey Wilson

US
pop, country
1.5bn all-time streams (4 Mar '26)

Madness

GB
pop, rock, reggae, european
2.7bn all-time streams (24 Feb '26)

Adriana Calcanhotto

BR
jazz, latin
371.5m all-time streams (28 Feb '26)

Rickie Lee Jones

Chicago, US
pop, country, rock, american, folk
526.5m all-time streams (24 Feb '26)

Graham Nash

Blackpool, GB
pop, country, rock, folk
19.5bn all-time streams (3 Mar '26)

Pat Metheny

Lee's Summit, US
r&b, jazz, classical, american
1.1bn all-time streams (1 Mar '26)

Sigur Ros

Reykjavík, IS
pop, rock, alternative, electronic, others
1.6bn all-time streams (28 Feb '26)

Cat Stevens

GB
rock, folk
11.0bn all-time streams (28 Feb '26)

Stewart Copeland

Alexandria, US
rock, others
5.4bn all-time streams (5 Mar '26)

Crowded House

Melbourne, AU
rock
2.2bn all-time streams (28 Feb '26)

Soft Play

Maidstone, GB
pop, rock, alternative
1.2bn all-time streams (3 Mar '26)

The Script

Dublin, IE
pop, rock, folk
7.7bn all-time streams (4 Mar '26)

Primal Scream

Glasgow, GB
pop, rock, alternative, electronic, european
861.8m all-time streams (23 Feb '26)

John Lee Hooker

Clarksdale, US
r&b, rock, blues
2.1bn all-time streams (26 Feb '26)

Wiz Khalifa

Minot, US
pop, hip-hop
14.6bn all-time streams (25 Feb '26)

Billy Idol

Stanmore, GB
pop, rock
5.7bn all-time streams (25 Feb '26)

Chevelle

Chicago, US
Rock
2.0bn all-time streams (22 Feb '26)

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Label: BMG

BMG

Global music conglomerate, originally known as Bertelsmann Music Group. The parent is now BMG Rights Management GmbH trading as BMG Rights Management.

How to use this profile:
The BMG brand has been used for different roles throughout its history.

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Background/history:
In 1985, Bertelsmann AG and RCA Corporation started a joint venture for their music divisions, RCA/Ariola Records. In 1986, Bertelsmann purchased all of the remainder of the joint venture's stock from General Electric and became the owner of both the RCA and Arista labels. The company was renamed on 26 March 1987 as Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG). Any reference to BMG is after that date.

On August 5, 2004, BMG merged with Sony Music, and the resulting music company was named Sony BMG Music Entertainment. Bertelsmann sold off its stake in August 2008, leading to the formation of BMG Rights Management in Germany on 1 October 2008.

BMG, as a record label, was reconstituted in the US, UK, and the rest of continental Europe in 2009 as a joint venture with the investment firm KKR. In 2012, Bertelsmann bought out KKR and now fully owns BMG. By 2014, it had a presence in 70% of the world’s music markets, and by 2017, it was global.

Until 2023, worldwide distribution was handled by a network of companies working with BMG offices worldwide, while digital distribution was via Warner Music’s Alternative Distribution Alliance from 2017 to 2023, when BMG moved it in-house. As of 2023, the Universal Music Group distributes all BMG physical catalogue worldwide.

https://www.bmg.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMG_Rights_Management
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