Deep Purple

Hertford, GB
Rock, Metal
3.8bn all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

Argent

GB
Rock
19.5m all-time streams (9 Apr '26)

The Hollies

Manchester, GB
Pop, Country, Rock, Folk
1.1bn all-time streams (8 Apr '26)

Mott the Hoople

London, GB
Pop, Rock, Folk, Punk
317.5m all-time streams (9 Apr '26)

Pink Floyd

London, GB
Rock
17.6bn all-time streams (11 Apr '26)

Olivia Newton-John

GB
Pop, R&B, Rock, Electro, European
346.7m all-time streams (11 Apr '26)

Al Stewart

Greenock, GB
Pop, Country, Rock, Folk
308.4m all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

Ambrosia

Los Angeles, US
Pop, Country, Rock, Folk
532.1m all-time streams (10 Apr '26)

Henry Mancini

Cleveland, US
Pop, Jazz, Soundtrack
2.9bn all-time streams (9 Apr '26)

Eddie & The Hot Rods

Canvey Island, GB
Pop, Rock, Punk
13.8m all-time streams (11 Apr '26)

Magazine

Manchester, GB
Pop, Rock, European, Others, Punk
48.5m all-time streams (8 Apr '26)

Cliff Richard

Lucknow, IN
Pop, Rock, Holiday
5.2bn all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

Wings

London, GB
Rock, Folk
3.7bn all-time streams (4 Apr '26)

The Alan Parsons Project

GB
Rock
1.1bn all-time streams (15 Apr '26)

Tony Bennett

New York, US
Pop, Jazz
1.7bn all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

Elton John

Pinner, GB
Pop, Rock
78.6bn all-time streams (8 Apr '26)

Camel

Surrey, GB
Jazz, Rock
153.9m all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

Boney M.

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

Kate Bush

Bexleyheath, GB
Pop, Rock, Folk
11.5bn all-time streams (10 Apr '26)

Siouxsie and The Banshees

London, GB
Pop, Rock, Alternative, Punk
987.1m all-time streams (10 Apr '26)

Steve Reich

New York, US
Classical, Electro, Others, Religious
111.7m all-time streams (9 Apr '26)

Sir Neville Marriner

Lincoln, GB
Classical, Instrumental
2.3bn all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

ABC

Sheffield, GB
Pop, Rock, Hip Hop, Kids, Electro
464.1m all-time streams (9 Apr '26)

America

London, GB
Country, Rock, Folk
5.1bn all-time streams (10 Apr '26)

Tina Turner

Brownsville, US
Pop, R&B, Rock
10.6bn all-time streams (15 Apr '26)

Meat Loaf

Dallas, US
Rock
1.7bn all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

Queensryche

Bellevue, US
Rock, Metal
612.5m all-time streams (15 Apr '26)

José Carreras

Barcelona, ES
Pop, Classical
1.1bn all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

Rush

Toronto, CA
Rock, Metal
3.5bn all-time streams (6 Apr '26)

Pat Metheny Group

Lee's Summit, US
Jazz
218.0m all-time streams (9 Apr '26)

Queen

London, GB
Rock, Hip Hop
78.1bn all-time streams (5 Apr '26)

Kansas

Topeka, US
Pop, Rock
3.7bn all-time streams (15 Apr '26)

Everything But the Girl

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

Paul Simon

Newark, US
Pop, Rock, Folk
38.5bn all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

Pete Townshend

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

Killing Joke

GB
Pop, Rock, Electro, Punk
361.7m all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

Peter Murphy

Northampton, GB
Pop, Rock, Alternative, Electro
1.2bn all-time streams (9 Apr '26)

The Fall

Manchester, GB
Rock, Alternative, European, Folk, Punk
261.5m all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

Syd Barrett

Cambridge, GB
Rock, Others, Folk
1.1bn all-time streams (13 Apr '26)

Tanita Tikaram

Münster, DE
Pop
209.9m all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

Neneh Cherry

Stockholm, SE
Pop, R&B, Electro
5.7bn all-time streams (6 Apr '26)

Dr. John

New Orleans, US
R&B, Jazz, Country, Rock, Blues, Folk
5.5bn all-time streams (6 Apr '26)

The House of Love

London, GB
Pop, Rock, Alternative, European
36.8m all-time streams (15 Apr '26)

Propaganda

Düsseldorf, DE
Pop, Rock, Electro
90.9m all-time streams (6 Apr '26)

The Beloved

Cambridge, GB
Pop, Rock, Hip Hop, Electro
153.7m all-time streams (8 Apr '26)

Pretenders

GB
Pop, Rock, American, Folk
2.0bn all-time streams (11 Apr '26)

A House

Dublin, IE
Rock, Alternative
3.5m all-time streams (15 Apr '26)

Massive Attack

Bristol, GB
Hip Hop, Electro
6.9bn all-time streams (8 Apr '26)

Neil Diamond

New York, US
Pop, Rock, Folk
4.2bn all-time streams (10 Apr '26)

Pat Metheny

Lee's Summit, US
R&B, Jazz, Classical, American
1.1bn all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

National Philharmonic Orchestra

PL
Classical, Instrumental
708.1m all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

Claude Debussy

Saint-Germain-en-Laye, FR
Classical
29.9bn all-time streams (13 Apr '26)

Lush

London, GB
Pop, Rock, Alternative, Electro, European
159.7m all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

Ride

Oxford, GB
Pop, Rock, Alternative, European
174.1m all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

Radiohead

Oxford, GB
Pop, Rock, Alternative, Others
23.2bn all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

Adam Ant

London, GB
Pop, Rock
2.3bn all-time streams (8 Apr '26)

Joan Armatrading

Basseterre, KN
Pop, Rock, American, Folk
510.2m all-time streams (9 Apr '26)

The Auteurs

London, GB
Rock, European
9.8m all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

Mark Owen

Oldham, GB
Pop
1.2bn all-time streams (8 Apr '26)

The Divine Comedy

IE
Pop, European, Others
145.8m all-time streams (11 Apr '26)

The Aloof

GB
Hip Hop, Electro
605.0k all-time streams (8 Apr '26)

Laura Pausini

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

Bush

London, GB
Rock, Alternative, Metal
3.9bn all-time streams (6 Apr '26)

Oasis

Manchester, GB
Rock, Hip Hop, Electro, European
16.7bn all-time streams (5 Apr '26)

Echo and the Bunnymen

Liverpool, GB
Pop, Rock, Alternative, Punk
477.0m all-time streams (9 Apr '26)

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

AU
Rock, Alternative
2.5bn all-time streams (10 Apr '26)

Paul McCartney

GB
Rock, Folk
63.6bn all-time streams (4 Apr '26)

Depeche Mode

Basildon, GB
Pop, Rock, Electro
9.1bn all-time streams (15 Apr '26)

Michael Bolton

New Haven, US
Pop, Rock
8.3bn all-time streams (15 Apr '26)

Sarah Brightman

Berkhamsted, GB
Pop
706.2m all-time streams (11 Apr '26)

Cowboy Junkies

Toronto, CA
Pop, Country, Rock, Alternative, American, Others, Folk
67.3m all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

Robbie Williams

Stoke-on-Trent, GB
Pop, Rock, European
9.2bn all-time streams (7 Apr '26)

Ringo Starr

GB
Pop, Country, Rock, Folk
30.5bn all-time streams (10 Apr '26)

Heather Nova

BM
Pop, Rock, American
198.0m all-time streams (8 Apr '26)

Shellac

Evanston, US
Pop, Rock, Alternative, Others, Punk
22.2m all-time streams (9 Apr '26)

Helen Shapiro

Bethnal Green, GB
Pop, Rock
267.8m all-time streams (10 Apr '26)

Mike Oldfield

Reading, GB
Rock, Instrumental, Blues
1.9bn all-time streams (10 Apr '26)

Jacques Higelin

Brou-sur-Chantereine, FR
Pop, Rock
154.9m all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

Archive

South London, GB
Alternative, Hip Hop, Electro
378.1m all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

The Chieftains

Dublin, IE
European, Others, Folk
249.1m all-time streams (6 Apr '26)

Danny Elfman

Amarillo, US
Soundtrack
6.7bn all-time streams (8 Apr '26)

Elliott Smith

Omaha, US
Pop, Alternative, Others, Folk
2.4bn all-time streams (9 Apr '26)

Paul Weller

Woking, GB
Pop, Rock, Alternative, Electro, European
17.7bn all-time streams (6 Apr '26)

Gomez

Southport, GB
European
161.7m all-time streams (11 Apr '26)

Andrea Bocelli

Lajatico, IT
Pop, Classical, European
5.4bn all-time streams (13 Apr '26)

Muse

Teignmouth, GB
Pop, Rock, Alternative, Hip Hop
16.2bn all-time streams (4 Apr '26)

Diana Krall

Nanaimo, CA
Pop, Jazz
5.4bn all-time streams (13 Apr '26)

Lamb

Manchester, GB
Hip Hop, Electro
225.1m all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

Manic Street Preachers

Blackwood, GB
Rock, Alternative, European
415.1m all-time streams (8 Apr '26)

Camille Saint-Saëns

FR
Classical, European
11.9bn all-time streams (9 Apr '26)

Maria Bethânia

santo amaro da purificação, BR
Jazz, Latin
1.2bn all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

Strangelove

GB
Pop, European
111.4k all-time streams (7 Apr '26)

Jimmy Cliff

St. James, US
Reggae
937.7m all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

Gareth Gates

Bradford, GB
Pop, European
157.6m all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

LeAnn Rimes

Jackson, US
Pop, Country, Rock
825.9m all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

Electric Six

Detroit, US
Rock, Alternative
248.3m all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

Stereophonics

Cwmaman, GB
Rock, European
1.8bn all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

Itzhak Perlman

Tel Aviv, IL
Classical, Instrumental
10.7bn all-time streams (13 Apr '26)

Eros Ramazzotti

Rome, IT
Pop, Electro
4.0bn all-time streams (9 Apr '26)

Joshua Bell

Bloomington, US
Pop, Classical, Instrumental
620.4m all-time streams (7 Apr '26)

Chaka Khan

Great Lakes, US
Pop, R&B
4.8bn all-time streams (4 Apr '26)

Mike + The Mechanics

Dover, GB
Rock
1.2bn all-time streams (8 Apr '26)

Fiona Apple

New York, US
Pop, Rock, American, Folk
5.9bn all-time streams (9 Apr '26)

Athlete

Deptford, US
Rock, European
136.3m all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

Ozzy Osbourne

Birmingham, GB
Rock, Metal
31.0bn all-time streams (4 Apr '26)

Billy Joel

New York, US
Rock, Folk
64.1bn all-time streams (5 Apr '26)

Take That

Manchester, GB
Pop, Rock, European
1.4bn all-time streams (10 Apr '26)

Daryl Hall and John Oates

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

Herbert

Nuremberg, DE
Hip Hop, Electro
22.6m all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

Chris de Burgh

GB
Pop, Rock
3.2bn all-time streams (6 Apr '26)

The Killers

Las Vegas, US
Rock, Alternative
21.3bn all-time streams (8 Apr '26)

Secret Garden

NO
Pop, Classical, Instrumental
737.7m all-time streams (7 Apr '26)

Avril Lavigne

Belleville, CA
Pop, Others
22.6bn all-time streams (15 Apr '26)

Il Divo

London, GB
Pop
1.0bn all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

Goldfrapp

London, GB
Pop, Rock, Alternative, Hip Hop, Electro
594.0m all-time streams (8 Apr '26)

Sigur Ros

Reykjavík, IS
Pop, Rock, Alternative, Electro, Others
1.7bn all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

Kiki Dee

Bradford, GB
Pop
9.1bn all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

Alesha Dixon

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

Pet Shop Boys

London, GB
Pop, European
4.5bn all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

Westlife

Dublin, IE
Pop, European
4.9bn all-time streams (10 Apr '26)

Susan Boyle

Blackburn, GB
Pop
260.5m all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

Florence + the Machine

London, GB
Pop, Rock, Alternative
6.9bn all-time streams (5 Apr '26)

Rod Stewart

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

The Cribs

Wakefield, GB
Rock, Alternative, European
143.0m all-time streams (11 Apr '26)

Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel

GB
Pop, Rock
422.3m all-time streams (13 Apr '26)

Bastille

London, GB
Pop, Rock, Alternative, Electro
5.1bn all-time streams (5 Apr '26)

Sting

Wallsend, GB
Pop, Rock
31.9bn all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

John Fogerty

Berkeley, US
Country, Rock, Folk
32.5bn all-time streams (4 Apr '26)

Jamie Cullum

Rochford, GB
Pop, Jazz
1.6bn all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

Daniel Caesar

CA
Pop, R&B
11.8bn all-time streams (7 Apr '26)

Alt-J

Leeds, GB
Rock, Alternative, Electro
4.4bn all-time streams (13 Apr '26)

James Morrison

Rugby, GB
Pop, R&B, Rock
4.6bn all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

Europe

Stockholm, SE
Rock, Electro, Metal
1.5bn all-time streams (8 Apr '26)

Levellers

Brighton, GB
Pop, Rock, Alternative, Folk
40.9m all-time streams (7 Apr '26)

The Beach Boys

Hawthorne, US
Pop, Rock, Folk
10.4bn all-time streams (11 Apr '26)

Josh Groban

Los Angeles, US
Pop
1.5bn all-time streams (7 Apr '26)

Chic

New York, US
Pop, R&B
1.1bn all-time streams (11 Apr '26)

The 1975

Manchester, GB
Pop, Rock, Alternative
15.1bn all-time streams (11 Apr '26)

Ian Brown

Ancoats, GB
Pop, Alternative, Classical, Reggae, Electro, European
2.6bn all-time streams (4 Apr '26)

Juan Luis Guerra 4.40

DO
Pop, Latin
5.9bn all-time streams (5 Apr '26)

Sheryl Crow

Kennett, US
Pop, Rock, American
11.7bn all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

Alexis Ffrench

Surrey, GB
Classical
748.0m all-time streams (7 Apr '26)

Katherine Jenkins

Neath, GB
Pop, Classical
371.6m all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

Weezer

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

Nat King Cole

Montgomery, US
Pop, R&B, Jazz
56.4bn all-time streams (9 Apr '26)

Richard Ashcroft

Billinge, GB
Rock, Electro, European
3.6bn all-time streams (4 Apr '26)

George Ezra

Hertford, GB
Pop, Rock, Folk
16.1bn all-time streams (7 Apr '26)

Little Simz

London, GB
R&B, Alternative, Hip Hop, Electro
2.1bn all-time streams (15 Apr '26)

The Zutons

Liverpool, GB
Rock, Alternative
96.2m all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

beabadoobee

GB
Pop, Alternative
2.9bn all-time streams (4 Apr '26)

Eric Clapton

Ripley, US
Rock, Blues
50.7bn all-time streams (15 Apr '26)

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Studio: Abbey Road Studios, London, United Kingdom

Abbey Road Studios

Recording and mastering studios, originally established by [l253617] in 1931, located in London, England, UK.
Operating as EMI Recording Studios until 1984, when it legally changed its name to Abbey Road Studios.
For pre-1985 recordings that include "EMI" in the studio name, in whatever variation, please use EMI Studios.

Also appearing as:
· Abbey Road
· Abbey Road, London
· Abbey Road Studio, St. John's Wood, London
· Abbey Road Studios, London
· Abbey Road (Studio 2)
· Abbey Road Studio 2
· No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
· No.2 Studio, Abbey Road, London
· Studio 2, Abbey Road Studios

The studio complex consists of three main studios (Studios One, Two, Three) plus The Penthouse (since 1980) and the Gatehouse and Frontroom studios (since 2017) with respective control rooms.
There also are four vinyl mastering, half-speed mastering and lacquer cutting rooms ("Room 5", "Room 6", "Room 7" and "Room 30"), each equipped with modified Neumann VMS 80 lathes.
Additionally, there are two mastering / remastering rooms, a.o. for Dolby Atmos Music ("Room 35") and for enhancement/restoration ("Room 13"), plus many more rooms for production, mixing, and post-production.

Until the early 1990s, the studio also had high-speed cassette duplication facilities.

In June 1984, Abbey Road was the first UK studio to offer DMM technology by installing a Neumann VMS 82 lathe in "Room 5" (at that time lacquers were also cut on a VMS 70 with SX-74 cutter head). Copper cuts are marked with a stamped D.
All lathes were later replaced by VMS 80.

Current and former engineers employed by Abbey Road include: [a339601], Greg Baggott, Dee Batten, Chris Blair, Peter Bown, Kathy Bryan, Sally Drew, Brian Fifield, Simon Gibson, Darrin Godwin, Alex Gordon (9), Caroline Haigh, Jared Hawkes, Jennifer Howells, Peter James, Ian Jones (4), Simon Kiln, Chris Ludwinski, Sean Magee, Lee Mansfield, Peter Mew, Richard Middleton (2), Harry Moss, Adam Nunn, Jørn Pedersen (2), [a357287] (aka [a2494613]), Tony Platt, Simon Poole (5), Michael Sheady, Miles Showell, Pat Stapley, Eric Tomlinson, Peter Cobbin, Alan Parsons, Allan Ramsay, Steve Rooke, Neil Sutcliffe, Tracey Jackson, Mark Vigars, Andrew Walter, Nick Webb, Alex Wharton, Christian Wright and Hazel Yarwood.

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