Electric Light Orchestra

Birmingham, GB
Rock
3.1bn all-time streams (19 Apr '26)

Caravan

Canterbury, GB
Jazz, Rock, Others
36.4m all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

Climax Blues Band

Stafford, GB
Pop, Country, Rock, Blues
74.8m all-time streams (19 Apr '26)

Pink Floyd

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

Stevie Wonder

Saginaw, US
Pop, R&B
59.8bn all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

Ian Hunter

Owestry, GB
Pop, Rock
433.0m all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

Tom Paxton

Chicago, US
Folk
84.7m all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

Al Kooper

Brooklyn, US
Country, Rock, Blues, Folk
14.2bn all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

Thin Lizzy

Dublin, IE
Rock, Metal
1.5bn all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

Mott the Hoople

London, GB
Pop, Rock, Folk, Punk
318.1m all-time streams (19 Apr '26)

Roxy Music

London, GB
Pop, Rock, Others
1.5bn all-time streams (20 Apr '26)

Procol Harum

London, GB
Rock, Folk
250.7m all-time streams (19 Apr '26)

Linda Ronstadt

Tucson, US
Pop, Country, Rock, American, Folk
7.8bn all-time streams (15 Apr '26)

America

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

Badfinger

London, GB
Pop, Country, Rock, Folk
352.7m all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

Queen

London, GB
Rock, Hip Hop
78.2bn all-time streams (17 Apr '26)

Nektar

Hamburg, DE
Jazz, Rock
10.1m all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

Jeff Beck

Wallington, US
Jazz, Country, Rock, Blues
5.5bn all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

Sweet

GB
Pop, Rock
166.9m all-time streams (19 Apr '26)

The Walker Brothers

Los Angeles, US
Pop, Rock, Religious, Folk
87.0m all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

Whitesnake

London, GB
Rock, Blues, Metal
2.0bn all-time streams (17 Apr '26)

Heatwave

Dayton, US
Pop, R&B, Hip Hop
145.1m all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

John Mellencamp

Seymour, US
Country, Rock, Folk
4.2bn all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

Kate Bush

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

Wings

London, GB
Rock, Folk
3.7bn all-time streams (17 Apr '26)

Siouxsie and The Banshees

London, GB
Pop, Rock, Alternative, Punk
991.2m all-time streams (20 Apr '26)

Japan

London, GB
Pop, Rock, Alternative, Hip Hop, Electro, Others
138.6m all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

Camel

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

George Harrison

GB
Rock, Folk
45.6bn all-time streams (21 Apr '26)

Pretenders

GB
Pop, Rock, American, Folk
2.0bn all-time streams (21 Apr '26)

Pete Townshend

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

Cheap Trick

Rockford, US
Pop, Rock, Metal
1.1bn all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

Marvin Gaye

Washington, US
R&B
15.0bn all-time streams (13 Apr '26)

Adam and The Ants

London, GB
Pop, Rock, Reggae, Instrumental, Punk
56.1m all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

Boney M.

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

Lene Lovich

Detroit, US
Pop, Rock, Alternative
71.9m all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

The Jam

Woking, GB
Pop, Rock, Reggae, European, Punk
2.2bn all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

Duran Duran

Birmingham, GB
Pop, Rock
6.4bn all-time streams (21 Apr '26)

Madness

GB
Pop, Rock, Reggae, European
2.7bn all-time streams (15 Apr '26)

Cliff Richard

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

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

GB
Pop, Rock, Folk
334.9m all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

The Human League

Sheffield, GB
Pop, Rock, Electro
1.9bn all-time streams (21 Apr '26)

Heaven 17

London, GB
Pop, Rock
106.9m all-time streams (13 Apr '26)

Phil Collins

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

Bryan Ferry

Washington, US
Pop, Rock, Electro, Others
3.2bn all-time streams (13 Apr '26)

Simply Red

Manchester, GB
Pop, R&B, Rock
2.4bn all-time streams (17 Apr '26)

Berlin

Los Angeles, US
Pop, Rock, Electro, Latin
1.3bn all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

Ultravox

London, GB
Pop, Rock
368.6m all-time streams (19 Apr '26)

Ozzy Osbourne

Birmingham, GB
Rock, Metal
31.1bn all-time streams (17 Apr '26)

Deacon Blue

GB
Pop, Rock
529.9m all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

Fine Young Cannibals

Birmingham, GB
Pop, Rock
1.5bn all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

Scritti Politti

London, GB
Pop, Rock
32.2m all-time streams (20 Apr '26)

Elton John

Pinner, GB
Pop, Rock
78.9bn all-time streams (21 Apr '26)

Elvis Costello

Paddington, GB
Pop, Rock, Folk
3.3bn all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

The Rolling Stones

London, GB
Rock
15.4bn all-time streams (17 Apr '26)

Spandau Ballet

Islington, GB
Pop, Rock, European
2.2bn all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

King Sunny Adé

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

Propaganda

Düsseldorf, DE
Pop, Rock, Electro
91.2m all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

Dire Straits

London, GB
Rock
14.4bn all-time streams (21 Apr '26)

Tori Amos

Newton, US
Pop, Rock, Alternative, American, Others, Folk
1.5bn all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

Portishead

Bristol, GB
Pop, Hip Hop, Electro, Others
2.3bn all-time streams (21 Apr '26)

Catherine Wheel

Great Yarmouth, GB
Pop, Rock, Alternative
35.3m all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

Bernard Butler

Stamford Hill, GB
Rock, Electro, European
1.1bn all-time streams (15 Apr '26)

Ian Dury

Harrow, GB
Rock, Punk
313.7m all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

Idlewild

Edinburgh, GB
Pop, Rock, European
44.4m all-time streams (21 Apr '26)

Pulp

GB
Pop, Rock, Alternative, European
1.1bn all-time streams (20 Apr '26)

Andrea Bocelli

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

Secret Garden

NO
Pop, Classical, Instrumental
730.3m all-time streams (17 Apr '26)

Manic Street Preachers

Blackwood, GB
Rock, Alternative, European
415.0m all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

The Streets

Birmingham, GB
Pop, Rock, Hip Hop, European
914.4m all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

Badly Drawn Boy

Bolton, GB
Pop, Alternative, European, Others
306.5m all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

Peter Gabriel

London, GB
Pop, Rock
9.5bn all-time streams (21 Apr '26)

Travis

Glasgow, GB
Pop, Country, Rock, Alternative, Hip Hop, European
1.5bn all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

Engelbert Humperdinck

Madras, US
Pop, Jazz, Rock
1.3bn all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

Mungo Jerry

GB
Pop, Blues
1.2bn all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

Paul McCartney

GB
Rock, Folk
63.9bn all-time streams (17 Apr '26)

Nick Cave

Wangaratta, AU
Pop, Rock, Soundtrack, Others
7.1bn all-time streams (11 Apr '26)

Razorlight

London, GB
Rock, European
1.3bn all-time streams (19 Apr '26)

Susan Boyle

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

Danny Elfman

Amarillo, US
Soundtrack
6.7bn all-time streams (21 Apr '26)

Adele

Tottenham, GB
Pop, R&B
53.1bn all-time streams (10 Apr '26)

Sigur Ros

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

Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel

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

Placebo

GB
Rock, Alternative, European
3.5bn all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

Diana Krall

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

Billy Idol

Stanmore, GB
Pop, Rock
5.9bn all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

Take That

Manchester, GB
Pop, Rock, European
1.4bn all-time streams (20 Apr '26)

Biffy Clyro

Kilmarnock, GB
Rock, Alternative
1.9bn all-time streams (19 Apr '26)

Thom Yorke

Wellingborough, GB
Pop, Rock, Alternative, Electro
23.9bn all-time streams (10 Apr '26)

Labrinth

London, GB
Pop
104.9bn all-time streams (9 Apr '26)

Alexis Ffrench

Surrey, GB
Classical
749.7m all-time streams (17 Apr '26)

PJ Harvey

Yeovil, GB
Pop, Rock, Alternative, Others, Folk
2.8bn all-time streams (10 Apr '26)

The Teardrop Explodes

Liverpool, GB
Pop, Rock, Punk
46.9m all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

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Studio: Air Studios, 214 Oxford Street, United Kingdom

Air Studios

For recordings from 1991 on, please use newer location "[l890708]" / "Air Lyndhurst Hall".

British recording studio founded by George Martin, located in 214 Oxford Street, London, England, UK. A.I.R. stands for Associated Independent Recording.

Active since 1970 to 1991.

Also credited as:
· Air Recording Studio
· Air Recording Studios
· A.I.R. (London) Studios
· Air London Studios
· Air London Studio
· Air Studios, London
· Air, London
· Air London

AIR Studios began its long and prestigious history in 1969 when George Martin left EMI to establish an independent recording complex in the heart of central London, eventually opened in October 1970. AIR’s first facility was on the fourth floor of 214 Oxford Street, containing four studios, and later a MIDI programming room. The facility included two large studios (one 58×32 feet, the other 30×28 feet) and two small ones. The studios contained two Bösendorfer pianos, many soundproof booths, and a 56-channel mixing console, custom-designed by Neve to AIR’s specification. During 1987 they also purchased two Fairlight CMI III models (at a cost of £35,000 each) for the burgeoning Midi Suite. They also were early adopters of then new fully Midi integrated ATARI STf for Midi control and sequencing using the grand-daddy of modern day Cubase – Steinberg’s Pro 24 III. This setup was used often as a stand-in during the frequent Fairlight CMI downtimes.

The larger Studio One had a live sound was great for orchestral work, while the drier sound of Studio Two made it popular with bands. But the big drum sound that bands got in Studio One meant that it was booked out for months in advance, and film people couldn’t get in. Two more studios were added to meet demand.

Classic albums recorded or engineered at AIR in its first decade include Meddle by Pink Floyd, Queen’s Sheer Heart Attack, Roxy Music’s For Your Pleasure (and their three following albums), Paul McCartney’s soundtrack to Live and Let Die, the Sex Pistols’ Never Mind the Bollocks, Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush, and The Pretenders’ eponymous debut album. T Rex, Genesis, Supertramp, ELO and a host of other big names all worked on new releases at Oxford Circus.

Known engineers: Peter Swettenham, Chris Michie (2), [a482345] (studio manager), [a2073012], [a437204], [a302717], [a98906], [a339546], [a78723], [a26055], Simaen Skolfeld, [a119832], [a8891113], [a2087776], [a7740606], [a6152597], [a6195969], [a964160], [a711873].

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Construction of a sister studio, "AIR Studios, Montserrat" on the Caribbean island of Montserrat, began in the mid 1970s attracting major artists from around the globe. Sadly, Hurricane Hugo devastated the island in 1989, and the studio was forced to close. However, 1991 heralded the beginning of a new [l890708] located in the beautiful Lyndhurst Hall in London.

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