Lennie Tristano

Chicago, US
Jazz
15.4m all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

The Drifters

US
Pop, R&B, Rock, American, Folk
4.4bn all-time streams (15 Apr '26)

Modern Jazz Quartet

New York, US
Jazz
145.1m all-time streams (20 Apr '26)

Jimmy Giuffre

Dallas, US
Jazz
61.0m all-time streams (20 Apr '26)

LaVern Baker

Chicago, US
Pop, R&B, Jazz, Rock, American, Blues
1.4bn all-time streams (13 Apr '26)

Milt Jackson

Detroit, US
R&B, Jazz
708.1m all-time streams (13 Apr '26)

Phineas Newborn, Jr.

Whiteville, US
Jazz
17.0m all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

Big Joe Turner

Kansas City, US
Rock, Blues
71.1m all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

Ella Fitzgerald

Newport News, US
Pop, Jazz, Holiday
21.1bn all-time streams (13 Apr '26)

Ray Charles

Albany, US
Pop, R&B, Jazz, Hip Hop, Blues
41.6bn all-time streams (21 Apr '26)

Charles Mingus

Nogales, US
Jazz, Electro
1.3bn all-time streams (21 Apr '26)

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

US
Jazz
152.3m all-time streams (15 Apr '26)

Ornette Coleman

Fort Worth, US
Jazz, American, Others
93.7m all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

T-Bone Walker

Linden, NZ
Jazz, Rock, Blues
188.3m all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

Ruth Brown

Portsmouth, US
R&B, Jazz, Rock, Reggae, Blues
342.0m all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

John Coltrane

Hamlet, US
Jazz
7.2bn all-time streams (13 Apr '26)

Barbara Lewis

South Lyon, US
Pop, R&B, Jazz, Blues
127.6m all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

The Ornette Coleman Quartet

US
Jazz, Others
1.4m all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

The Mar-Keys

Memphis, US
R&B
390.8m all-time streams (21 Apr '26)

Solomon Burke

Philadelphia, US
R&B, Blues
657.1m all-time streams (22 Apr '26)

Nino Tempo & April Stevens

Niagara Falls, US
Pop, Rock
5.2m all-time streams (20 Apr '26)

Booker T. & The M.G.'s

Memphis, US
R&B, Blues
456.4m all-time streams (20 Apr '26)

Elvin Jones

Pontiac, US
R&B, Jazz
1.9bn all-time streams (17 Apr '26)

Dorothy Ashby

Detroit, US
Pop, R&B, Jazz
1.4bn all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

Eddie Harris

Chicago, US
R&B, Jazz
130.3m all-time streams (21 Apr '26)

Wilson Pickett

Prattville, US
Pop, R&B, Rock
1.6bn all-time streams (22 Apr '26)

Sam and Dave

Miami, US
Pop, R&B
635.2m all-time streams (22 Apr '26)

Percy Sledge

Leighton, US
Pop, R&B
3.1bn all-time streams (21 Apr '26)

Max Roach

New Land, US
R&B, Jazz
1.6bn all-time streams (22 Apr '26)

Bobby Darin

The Bronx, US
Pop, R&B, Jazz, Rock, Folk
9.3bn all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

Patti Labelle

Philadelphia, US
Pop, R&B
1.4bn all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

Esther Phillips

Galveston, US
R&B, Jazz, Blues
268.6m all-time streams (20 Apr '26)

The Rascals

New York, US
Pop, Rock, Folk
11.4bn all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

Boz Scaggs

Canton, US
Pop, Country, Rock, Folk
1.2bn all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

Freddie Hubbard

Indianapolis, US
R&B, Jazz, American
10.5bn all-time streams (19 Apr '26)

Aretha Franklin

Memphis, US
R&B, Jazz
21.5bn all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

Ben E. King

Henderson, US
Pop, R&B, Rock
10.1bn all-time streams (15 Apr '26)

The J. Geils Band

Boston, US
Country, Rock, Folk
572.2m all-time streams (17 Apr '26)

Clarence Carter

Montgomery, US
R&B, Blues
742.7m all-time streams (17 Apr '26)

Yes

Birmingham, GB
Jazz, Rock, Hip Hop, Electro
1.9bn all-time streams (22 Apr '26)

Roberta Flack

Asheville, US
Pop, R&B, Jazz, Rock
4.2bn all-time streams (22 Apr '26)

Led Zeppelin

GB
Rock
14.8bn all-time streams (17 Apr '26)

Crosby, Stills & Nash

Laurel Canyon, US
Country, Rock, Folk
1.9bn all-time streams (17 Apr '26)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Jacksonville, US
Country, Rock
5.8bn all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

MC5

Detroit, US
Rock, Punk
74.2m all-time streams (19 Apr '26)

The Corrs

IE
Pop, Rock, European, Folk
1.7bn all-time streams (15 Apr '26)

Gary Burton

Anderson, US
Jazz, American
334.7m all-time streams (17 Apr '26)

Duke Ellington

Washington, US
Pop, Jazz, Classical
4.2bn all-time streams (13 Apr '26)

Bad Company

GB
Country, Rock
4.0bn all-time streams (22 Apr '26)

Stephen Stills

Dallas, US
Country, Rock, Folk
21.2bn all-time streams (11 Apr '26)

Dusty Springfield

Hampstead, US
Pop, R&B, Jazz, Rock, Folk
5.2bn all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

Keith Jarrett

Allentown, US
Jazz, American
794.0m all-time streams (20 Apr '26)

John Prine

Maywood, US
Country, Rock, Alternative, American, Folk
2.2bn all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

David Crosby

Los Angeles (LA), US
Country, Rock, American, Folk
21.8bn all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

Graham Nash

Blackpool, GB
Pop, Country, Rock, Folk
19.8bn all-time streams (10 Apr '26)

Eugene McDaniels

US
R&B, Rock
14.5m all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

Crosby, Stills, Nash (& Young)

US
Rock
426.2m all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

Daryl Hall and John Oates

US
Pop, Rock, Folk
4.8bn all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

Randy Weston

Brooklyn, US
Jazz
10.7m all-time streams (21 Apr '26)

Howard Tate

Macon, US
R&B
16.3m all-time streams (21 Apr '26)

Black Heat

US
R&B
4.9m all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

Professor Longhair

Bogalusa, US
Blues
101.5m all-time streams (17 Apr '26)

Manu Dibango

CM
Pop, Electro, Others, African
92.4m all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

Willie Nelson

Abbott, US
Pop, Country, American, Folk
22.5bn all-time streams (13 Apr '26)

Dave Brubeck

Concord, US
Jazz, Classical
14.6bn all-time streams (15 Apr '26)

Gil Evans

Toronto, CA
Jazz
21.4m all-time streams (20 Apr '26)

The Art Ensemble of Chicago

Chicago, US
Jazz, Others
6.1m all-time streams (13 Apr '26)

The Spinners

Lancashire, GB
R&B, Rock
4.4bn all-time streams (21 Apr '26)

Average White Band

GB
Pop, R&B
386.5m all-time streams (15 Apr '26)

Peggy Lee

Jamestown, US
Pop, R&B, Jazz
15.6bn all-time streams (17 Apr '26)

The Electric Flag

Chicago, US
Rock
6.3m all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

Melvin Van Peebles

Chicago, US
R&B, Others
770.4k all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

AC/DC

Sydney, AU
Rock
21.0bn all-time streams (10 Apr '26)

Jean-Luc Ponty

Avranches, FR
R&B, Jazz, Rock
66.8m all-time streams (19 Apr '26)

The Trammps

Philadelphia, US
Pop, R&B
384.2m all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

Don Cherry

Oklahoma City, US
Pop, R&B, Jazz, Others
85.2m all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

Wishbone Ash

Devon, GB
Pop, Jazz, Rock, Blues
75.7m all-time streams (17 Apr '26)

The Jimmy Castor Bunch

US
R&B, Others
6.9m all-time streams (15 Apr '26)

The Temptations

Detroit, US
R&B
5.0bn all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

Foreigner

New York, US
Pop, Rock
5.7bn all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

Chic

New York, US
Pop, R&B
1.1bn all-time streams (21 Apr '26)

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Bournemouth, GB
Jazz, Rock
281.6m all-time streams (13 Apr '26)

Boney M.

DE
Pop, European
3.3bn all-time streams (15 Apr '26)

Sister Sledge

North Philadelphia, US
Pop, R&B
967.1m all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

Dan Seals

McCamey, US
Pop, Country
170.6m all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

Mink DeVille

New York, US
Rock
66.6m all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

Sarah Vaughan

Newark, US
Pop, R&B, Jazz
13.9bn all-time streams (15 Apr '26)

Genesis

Godalming, GB
Rock, Folk
5.5bn all-time streams (11 Apr '26)

Carole King

New York, US
Pop, Rock, Folk
6.5bn all-time streams (21 Apr '26)

Phil Collins

Chiswick, GB
Pop, Jazz, Rock
46.1bn all-time streams (22 Apr '26)

Laura Branigan

Brewster, US
Pop, Rock
1.6bn all-time streams (20 Apr '26)

Twisted Sister

Long Island City, US
Rock, Metal
960.7m all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

The Hollies

Manchester, GB
Pop, Country, Rock, Folk
1.1bn all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

Dizzy Gillespie

Cheraw, US
Jazz
702.7m all-time streams (19 Apr '26)

Ted Nugent

Detroit, US
Country, Rock, Metal
469.2m all-time streams (17 Apr '26)

Ratt


1.4bn all-time streams (21 Apr '26)

INXS

Sydney, AU
Pop, Rock
3.2bn all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

Savatage

US
Rock, Metal
258.3m all-time streams (17 Apr '26)

Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes

US
Rock
32.9m all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

Amii Stewart

Washington, US
Pop, R&B, Electro
180.2m all-time streams (13 Apr '26)

Peter Frampton

Beckenham, GB
Country, Rock, Blues, Folk
4.0bn all-time streams (19 Apr '26)

Debbie Gibson

New York, US
Pop, Rock
1.2bn all-time streams (17 Apr '26)

Testament

US
Rock, Metal
524.1m all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

Audio Two

Brooklyn, US
Hip Hop, Electro
17.6m all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

Mike + The Mechanics

Dover, GB
Rock
1.2bn all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

Winger

New York, US
Rock, Metal
178.5m all-time streams (17 Apr '26)

Everything But the Girl

GB
Pop, Rock, Hip Hop, Electro
632.1m all-time streams (15 Apr '26)

Keith Jarrett Trio

Allentown, US
Jazz, American
232.5m all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

Rush

Toronto, CA
Rock, Metal
3.5bn all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

Rose Royce

Los Angeles, US
Pop, R&B
214.2m all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

The D.O.C.

Dallas, US
R&B, Hip Hop, Electro
2.6bn all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

Stevie Nicks

Phoenix, US
Rock
45.0bn all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

Pete Townshend

Chiswick, GB
Pop, Country, Rock, Folk
15.4bn all-time streams (11 Apr '26)

Anita Baker

Toledo, US
R&B, Jazz
1.2bn all-time streams (19 Apr '26)

The Lemonheads

Boston, US
Pop, Rock, Alternative, American
225.5m all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

En Vogue

Oakland, US
Pop, R&B, Hip Hop
935.2m all-time streams (13 Apr '26)

Marc Anthony

New York, US
Pop, Holiday, Others, Latin
11.5bn all-time streams (13 Apr '26)

King Missile

New York City, US
Rock
19.4m all-time streams (13 Apr '26)

Alannah Myles

Toronto, CA
Pop, Rock
10.2m all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

Marky Mark and The Funky Bunch

Dorchester, US
Hip Hop
120.3m all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

Tori Amos

Newton, US
Pop, Rock, Alternative, American, Others, Folk
1.5bn all-time streams (22 Apr '26)

Stone Temple Pilots

Los Angeles, US
Rock, Alternative, Metal
2.7bn all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

The Juliana Hatfield Three

US
Rock
5.8m all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

Machines of Loving Grace

Tuscon, US
Pop, Rock, Alternative, Electro, Metal
13.0m all-time streams (19 Apr '26)

My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult

Chicago, US
Rock, Alternative, Electro, Others, Metal
30.4m all-time streams (19 Apr '26)

Liz Phair

New Haven, US
Pop, Rock, Alternative, American, Folk
903.9m all-time streams (17 Apr '26)

Blackstreet

US
Pop, R&B, Hip Hop
1.3bn all-time streams (13 Apr '26)

Brandy

McComb, US
Pop, R&B, Hip Hop
11.8bn all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

Tom Jones

Pontypridd, GB
Pop, Rock, Soundtrack
1.6bn all-time streams (15 Apr '26)

John Michael Montgomery

Danville, US
Country
1.6bn all-time streams (19 Apr '26)

Nine Inch Nails

US
Rock, Alternative, Electro, Metal
2.3bn all-time streams (21 Apr '26)

Hootie & the Blowfish

Columbia, US
Pop, Country, Rock, Folk
841.8m all-time streams (20 Apr '26)

Peter Murphy

Northampton, GB
Pop, Rock, Alternative, Electro
1.2bn all-time streams (19 Apr '26)

Sugar

Newport Beach, US
Pop, Rock, Alternative, Metal
950.2m all-time streams (20 Apr '26)

Jill Sobule

Denver, US
Rock, Alternative, American
13.4m all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

Fountains of Wayne

Northampton, US
Pop, Rock, Alternative
745.0m all-time streams (15 Apr '26)

Lil’ Kim

New York, US
Pop, R&B, Alternative, Hip Hop, Electro
9.5bn all-time streams (20 Apr '26)

Madeleine Peyroux

Athens, US
Pop, R&B, Jazz
1.7bn all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

Robin S.

New York, US
Hip Hop, Electro, European
329.2m all-time streams (21 Apr '26)

Luciano Pavarotti

Modena, IT
Pop, Classical, European
8.6bn all-time streams (13 Apr '26)

Fat Joe

The Bronx, US
Pop, Hip Hop
3.6bn all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

King Sunny Adé

Oshogbo, NG
Pop, Electro, Others, African
50.7m all-time streams (20 Apr '26)

Monica

US
Pop, R&B, Hip Hop, Electro
2.3bn all-time streams (19 Apr '26)

Lobo

US
Pop, Rock, Folk
612.3m all-time streams (17 Apr '26)

John Lee Hooker

Clarksdale, US
R&B, Rock, Blues
2.1bn all-time streams (20 Apr '26)

Nappy Brown

Charlotte, US
R&B, Blues
16.0m all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

Harold Budd

Los Angeles, US
Pop, Rock, Classical, Electro, Others, Religious
702.2m all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

Meat Puppets

Tempe, US
Rock, Alternative, Punk
224.5m all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

Collective Soul

Stockbridge, US
Rock, Alternative, Metal
902.2m all-time streams (21 Apr '26)

Rod Stewart

London, GB
Pop, Rock
13.3bn all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

The Cult

GB
Rock, Alternative, Metal
974.6m all-time streams (22 Apr '26)

Bush

London, GB
Rock, Alternative, Metal
3.9bn all-time streams (19 Apr '26)

Coleman Hawkins

St. Joseph, US
Jazz
837.0m all-time streams (13 Apr '26)

Simple Plan

Montréal, CA
Pop, Rock, Punk
3.1bn all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

Laura Pausini

Solarolo, IT
Pop, European, Latin
3.8bn all-time streams (13 Apr '26)

ABBA

Stockholm, SE
Pop, European
12.3bn all-time streams (21 Apr '26)

Buju Banton

Kingston, JM
Rock, Reggae, Latin
4.2bn all-time streams (11 Apr '26)

Junior Senior

Jutland, DK
Pop, Electro
345.1m all-time streams (15 Apr '26)

The Darkness

GB
Rock, Electro, Metal
546.6m all-time streams (20 Apr '26)

James Blunt

Tidworth, GB
Pop, Rock
9.9bn all-time streams (10 Apr '26)

Crosby & Nash

Los Angeles, US
Rock, Folk
47.0m all-time streams (21 Apr '26)

The Charles Lloyd Quartet

Memphis, US
Jazz
1.9m all-time streams (19 Apr '26)

Hard-Fi

Staines, GB
Rock, Alternative, European
160.1m all-time streams (21 Apr '26)

Trey Songz

Petersburg, US
Pop, R&B, Hip Hop
3.9bn all-time streams (10 Apr '26)

Staind

Springfield, US
Rock, Metal
2.2bn all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

Death Cab for Cutie

Bellingham, US
Pop, Rock, Alternative
2.2bn all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

Jim Noir

Manchester, GB
Pop, Alternative
8.2m all-time streams (15 Apr '26)

Jet

AU
Rock, Hip Hop
4.5bn all-time streams (13 Apr '26)

Toby Lightman

Cherry Hill, US
Pop, American
19.6m all-time streams (13 Apr '26)

Zac Brown Band

US
Country, Folk
5.2bn all-time streams (21 Apr '26)

Lykke Li

Stockholm, SE
Pop, Alternative, Electro
12.2bn all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

Estelle

London, GB
R&B
6.6bn all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

Bing Crosby

Tacoma, US
Pop, Jazz, Holiday
26.7bn all-time streams (21 Apr '26)

Lee Morgan

Philadelphia, US
R&B, Jazz
833.3m all-time streams (22 Apr '26)

Hank Mobley

Eastman, US
R&B, Jazz
504.5m all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

Ed Sheeran

Liverpool, GB
Pop
204.7bn all-time streams (11 Apr '26)

Plan B

Forest Gate, GB
Hip Hop
321.8m all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

Alesha Dixon

Hertfordshire, GB
Pop, European
88.3m all-time streams (13 Apr '26)

The Joy Formidable

Mold, GB
Pop, Rock, Alternative
111.9m all-time streams (13 Apr '26)

Billie Holiday

Philadelphia, US
Pop, R&B, Jazz, Classical
17.2bn all-time streams (15 Apr '26)

Wiz Khalifa

Minot, US
Pop, Hip Hop
17.6bn all-time streams (17 Apr '26)

Portugal. The Man

Wasilla, US
Pop, Rock, Alternative
2.8bn all-time streams (11 Apr '26)

Lenny Kravitz

New York, US
Rock
12.6bn all-time streams (19 Apr '26)

Snoop Dogg

Long Beach, US
R&B, Hip Hop
59.0bn all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

Icona Pop

Stockholm, SE
Pop, Electro
4.1bn all-time streams (11 Apr '26)

Santigold

Philadelphia, US
Alternative, Electro
17.7bn all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

Charli XCX

London, GB
Pop, Alternative, Electro
23.2bn all-time streams (17 Apr '26)

Bruno Mars

Hawaii Islands, US
Pop
123.4bn all-time streams (11 Apr '26)

Jess Glynne

London, GB
Pop, Electro
15.3bn all-time streams (20 Apr '26)

Flux Pavilion

GB
Hip Hop, Electro
11.1bn all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

Joao Gilberto

Salvador, BR
Jazz, Latin
6.5bn all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

Grouplove

Los Angeles, US
Pop, Rock, Alternative, Blues
1.9bn all-time streams (15 Apr '26)

Kodak Black

Pompano Beach, US
Hip Hop
6.5bn all-time streams (19 Apr '26)

Skrillex

Los Angeles (LA), US
Electro
80.3bn all-time streams (20 Apr '26)

Kehlani

Oakland, US
Pop, R&B, Hip Hop
4.5bn all-time streams (19 Apr '26)

Vance Joy

Melbourne, AU
Pop, Rock, Folk
18.2bn all-time streams (19 Apr '26)

Damien Rice

County Kildare, IE
Pop, Rock, Folk
4.5bn all-time streams (22 Apr '26)

Young Thug

US
Hip Hop
52.2bn all-time streams (19 Apr '26)

Galantis

SE
Pop, Electro
11.4bn all-time streams (20 Apr '26)

Jill Scott

Philadelphia, US
Pop, R&B, Hip Hop
4.1bn all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

Lil Uzi Vert

Philadelphia, US
Hip Hop
30.5bn all-time streams (17 Apr '26)

Kaleo

IS
Pop, Rock, Alternative
5.7bn all-time streams (20 Apr '26)

Cash Cash

Roseland, US
Pop, Electro
1.2bn all-time streams (15 Apr '26)

The War on Drugs

Philadelphia, US
Pop, Rock, Alternative
912.4m all-time streams (15 Apr '26)

Weezer

Los Angeles, US
Pop, Rock, Alternative
8.2bn all-time streams (15 Apr '26)

Kelly Clarkson

Fort Worth, US
Pop, Rock
4.7bn all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

Sia

Adelaide, AU
Pop, Hip Hop
40.0bn all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

Nipsey Hussle

Los Angeles, US
Hip Hop
3.6bn all-time streams (13 Apr '26)

Cardi B

New York, US
Pop, Hip Hop
27.2bn all-time streams (13 Apr '26)

Rico Nasty

US
Pop, Alternative, Hip Hop, Electro
561.5m all-time streams (15 Apr '26)

Danny Ocean

Caracas, VE
Pop, Hip Hop, Electro, Latin
6.7bn all-time streams (21 Apr '26)

Sonny and Cher

US
Pop, Rock, Folk
961.5m all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

Don Toliver

US
Pop, Hip Hop
31.5bn all-time streams (19 Apr '26)

Arthur Conley

Atlanta, US
R&B, Blues
210.4m all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

Pooh Shiesty

US
Hip Hop
888.1m all-time streams (15 Apr '26)

Fred Again

GB
Electro
3.7bn all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

Whethan

Chicago, US
Pop, R&B, Electro
2.3bn all-time streams (15 Apr '26)

Surf Curse

US
Pop, Alternative, Punk
265.7m all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

Paramore

Franklin, US
Pop, Rock, Alternative, Electro, Punk
12.4bn all-time streams (9 Apr '26)

Iggy Pop

Muskegon, US
Rock, Alternative, Punk
6.8bn all-time streams (21 Apr '26)

Otis Redding

Dawson, CA
Pop, R&B, Blues
9.4bn all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

Tiësto

Breda, NL
Pop, Electro
15.4bn all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

Megan Thee Stallion

US
Pop, Hip Hop, Electro
11.7bn all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

Foster the People

Los Angeles, US
Pop, Rock, Alternative
4.7bn all-time streams (20 Apr '26)

Julie

IE
Pop, Alternative
56.2m all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

Good Charlotte

Waldorf, US
Alternative, Metal, Punk
2.1bn all-time streams (17 Apr '26)

Bailey Zimmerman

US
Country
2.8bn all-time streams (11 Apr '26)

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Label: Atlantic

Atlantic

American record label.
Label Code: LC 0121/LC 00121.
For counterfeit editions and other unofficial versions of its releases, please see Atlantic (2).

History
In 1947, Ahmet Ertegun, Herb Abramson and his wife Miriam Abramson (née Miriam Kahan) started an independent record label in New York City, which they named Atlantic Records, with financial backing from a Turkish dentist, Dr. Vahdi Sabi. They were later joined by Ahmet's brother Nesuhi Ertegun and Jerry Wexler. Growing from literally a one-room operation into one of the preeminent companies in the rapidly evolving music industry, the Atlantic label soon became recognized and revered around the world — a name synonymous with artistry and quality.

On February 1, 1958, Atlantic entered the stereo tape market, and they released their first stereo LPs late May/early June 1958. Chief engineer Tom Dowd developed special techniques for stereo recording and described it as "sound in the round" because it gave the illusion of being "omni-directional" (the sound coming from a broad center) as opposed to most stereo engineers who were striving for extreme left and right directionality. In 1959, Atlantic Records and Atlantic Studios both moved to 1841 Broadway New York, N.Y.

Atlantic was purchased in 1967 by the Warner Bros-Seven Arts film studio. Atlantic/ATCO Records, along with Warner Bros. Records/Reprise Records, were to be operated as separate record companies under this ownership umbrella. This continued until 1969, when Warner Bros-Seven Arts was purchased by Kinney National Company. Warner Bros. and Atlantic were brought together, Ahmet Ertegün was given considerable power in the new operation and he, along with both the president and chairman of Warner Bros. Records Mo Austin, served on a committee to oversee the record business. They oversaw the purchase of Elektra from its founder Jac Holzman in 1970, leading to the creation of the Warner-Elektra-Atlantic (WEA) alliance and distribution network.

Today, Atlantic remains a part of the Warner Music Group, and forms the Atlantic Music Group along with Elektra, Rhino Records (2) (which Atlantic bought out in 1992) and Lava; EastWest Records America was switched to Elektra when Sylvia Rhone became president of that label in 1995.

Offices moved to 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, in 1973, with the new addressing beginning to appear on labels in November 1973.
The Saul Bass-designed "W" lozenge logo was introduced on the sleeves in January 1975 and on the labels in April 1975.
ZIP code on labels changed to 91510 beginning in early 1976.

Please note that some U.S.-issued cassettes and 8-tracks have an ATL code on the spine or elsewhere near or above the catalogue number. This is not part of the catalogue number and should not be entered as such. Instead, it's a label identification code and may be entered in the Barcode and Other Identifiers fields as "Other."

Early 45s were released on yellow labels until January 1956, and on red labels after that date.
In March 1962, a small swirl logo was added underneath the "A" of "Atlantic."

Please note: disco 12" singles that show "DSKO" in the release number are promos.

Please note that when it comes to promo releases released on Atlantic Records and many of its subsidiaries, such as Big Beat and East West Records America, the outside jacket sticker will contain the commercial catalog number and the inner label will contain the promo catalog number or sometimes both.

45 RPM catalog number, date and label identification:
- 932 through 1083 (1951-1956): Yellow and black label without fan logo.
- 1084 through 2134 (1956-1962): Red and black label without fan logo.
- 2135 and higher (1962 forward): Red and black label with fan logo.
Regarding earlier numbers, below 932, Atlantic 919 was issued on 45 rpm and there's a possibility that 914 was also on 45. Both labels would be as described for Atlantic 932 through 1083. In the early 1970s, Atlantic reissued many of their 932 through 1083 numbers on yellow and black (with fan logo) labels. These used a glossy label stock, whereas the originals were done on a flat paper stock.

Late 60s and 70's Atlantic 45s with a unique red/white, black/white, light blue, red/light blue label color design are to be considered promo even if it is not stated on the labels.

Atlantic Records pressing plant codes (printed in the label matrix number suffixes):
AM: American Record Pressing Co. (ARP runout stamp)
AR: Allied Record Company
BW: Bestway Products Inc.
CLA: Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Los Angeles
CP: Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman
CS / CSM: Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria
CT / CTH: Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
DCE (Decca Custom East): MCA Pressing Plant, Gloversville
DCW (Decca Custom West): MCA Pressing Plant, Pinckneyville
FT: Fidelatone Mfg.
GR: GRT Record Pressing
LY: Shelley Products
ME: Not identified
MG: MGM Records Division
MO: Monarch Record Mfg. Co.
MS: Not identified
PL: Plastic Products
PP: Peter Pan Industries
PR: Presswell
RI: Philips Recording Company, Inc. (between 1970 to April 1972); PRC Recording Company, Richmond, IN (after April 1972)
SO / SRP / VSRP: Sonic Recording Products, Inc.
SP: Specialty Records Corporation
VGRP: Goldisc Recording Products, Inc.
W: Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Carrollton, GA
WM: Midwest Record Pressing, Inc.

For plant codes found in runouts (starting circa January 1967), please see Common runout groove etchings.

French singles:
Catalog number patterns:
- Vocal: 11xxxx until 1964 / 65xxxx after
- Instrumental: 12xxxx
- Jazz/Blues: 13xxxx
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- Squared BIEM (1959-1965)
- Circled BIEM (1965)
- Rectangled BIEM (after)

French EPs:
Catalog number patterns:
- Vocal: 21xxxx until 1964 / 75xxxx after
- Instrumental: 22xxxx
- Jazz/Blues: 23xxxx
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- Squared BIEM (1959-1965)
- Circled BIEM (1965)
- Rectangled BIEM (after)


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