1. Mark Owen (1972)

English Singer-songwriter

English pop rock singer who led the band Take That, best known for chart-topping hits like "Pray" and "Could It Be Magic." He went on to form a solo career where...

2. Frank Turner (1981)

English Singer-songwriter

Known for his work in the punk, alternative rock, post-hardcore, and folk genres, this British vocalist and songwriter is most famous as the lead singer of Million Dead. He also...

3. Jake Bugg (1994)

English Singer-songwriter

English singer-songwriter who released his self-titled debut album in 2012. He has been influenced by artists like Lou Reed, Oasis, and Nick Drake.

4. PJ Harvey (1969)

English Singer-songwriter

English musician who was in Automatic Dlamini, the PJ Harvey Trio, and who also pursued a successful solo career.

5. Marsha Ambrosius (1977)

English Singer-songwriter

British R&B singer-songwriter who performed with the group Floetry and then went successfully solo.

6. Damon Albarn (1968)

English Singer-songwriter

English singer-songwriter best known as the lead singer of alternative rock band Blur. He is also the co-creator of virtual visual band Gorillaz. 

7. Eric Burdon (1941)

English Singer-songwriter

Lead singer of The Animals on "The House of the Rising Sun" who also worked with the funk band War. Known for his passionate stage performances, he is considered to...

8. Charli XCX (1992)

English Singer-songwriter

Born Charlotte Emma Aitchison, she rose to fame under her stage name, XCX, and released the 2008 hit singles, "!Franchesckaar!" and "Emelline."

9. Danny McNamara (1970)

English Singer-songwriter

Vocalist known for being the lead singer of the British rock band Embrace. They're known for their albums Drawn from Memory, Out of Nothing, and This New Day. After an...

10. Nik Kershaw (1958)

English Singer-songwriter

British pop vocalist and songwriter who played jazz funk guitar. He has written songs for artists like Chesney Hawkes, including "The One and Only."

11. Ken Hensley (1945)

English Singer-songwriter

Multi-instrumentalist and songwriter who gained international fame as a member of Uriah Heep.

12. Malcolm Tomlinson (1946)

English Singer-songwriter

English musician who was popular in the 1970s when he joined Rick James' Stone City Band and released two albums on A&M Records.

13. Iain Matthews (1946)

English Singer-songwriter

English singer and songwriter best known for his work with a variety of bands, including Fairport Convention, Matthews Southern Comfort, and Plainsong.

14. Cat Stevens (1948)

English Singer-songwriter

Folk singer-songwriter who wrote and performed songs like "The First Cut is the Deepest," "Where Do the Children Play?," and "Wild World."

15. Paul Rodgers (1949)

English Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter who has sung with Free and Bad Company and is one of Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.

16. Chris Rea (1951)

English Singer-songwriter

Late 1980s United Kingdom singer-songwriter who sang "The Road to Hell (Part 2)" and "Fool (If You Think It's Over."

17. Charlie Winston (1978)

English Singer-songwriter

English born indie pop singer-songwriter whose song "She Went Quietly" was featured on an episode of Grey's Anatomy.

18. Josh Franceschi (1990)

English Singer-songwriter

Pop rock artist who fronts the band You Me at Six and who helped release the critically acclaimed album Sinners Never Sleep in 2011. Alongside him in You Me at...

19. Sarah Cracknell (1967)

English Singer-songwriter

Lead singer of the electronic music band Saint Etienne who released the album Lipslide in 1997.

20. Pete Shelley (1955)

English Singer-songwriter

British singer and guitarist who was the frontman of the punk band The Buzzcocks, the group that released the hit "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)."

21. Pete Burns (1959)

English Singer-songwriter

English pop singer who released the international hit "You Spin Me Round" with the band Dead or Alive.

22. Frankmusik (1985)

English Singer-songwriter

Synthpop artist most famous for singles like "Better Off as Two" and "Confusion Girl." His 2009 debut LP, "Complete Me," cracked the Top 20 on the U.K. Albums Chart.

23. Nick Heyward (1961)

English Singer-songwriter

Englishman best known as the frontman for the early 80's pop band Haircut One Hundred. He went solo in 1983, finding success with the Top 40 single "Rollerblade".

24. Lauren Aquilina (1995)

English Singer-songwriter

British singer-songwriter who gained fame through her self-released EP's Fools, Sinners and Liars. In 2013, she headlined the BBC Introducing stage at the Reading & Leeds Festival.

25. Pete Doherty (1979)

English Singer-songwriter

Singer and frontman for the rock band The Libertines and who also founded the indie group Babyshambles.

26. Jason Orange (1970)

English Singer-songwriter

Former pop singer best known as a longtime member of the British boy band Take That, known for songs like "Do What U Like." He left the group in 2014. 

27. Richard Ashcroft (1971)

English Singer-songwriter

English rock singer best known as the lead vocalist alternative rock band The Verve, best known for their hit "Bittersweet Symphony." He also played with RPA & The United Stations...

28. Ellie Goulding (1986)

English Singer-songwriter

After winning the Critics' Choice BRIT Award in 2010, she released her debut album, Lights, which reached #1 on the UK charts.

29. Florrie (1988)

English Singer-songwriter

Notable as both a pop singer and a drummer, Florrie performed with Girls Aloud and Kylie Minogue before releasing solo EPs titled Introduction; Experiments; Late; and Sirens.

30. Brett Anderson (1967)

English Singer-songwriter

English frontman of the glam rock band Suede, the group that influenced alternative Britpop groups like Blur and Pulp.

31. Kathryn Williams (1974)

English Singer-songwriter

Kathryn Williams is an English singer-songwriter.

32. Sade Adu (1959)

English Singer-songwriter

Helen Folasade Adu OBE better known as Sade is a British singer-songwriter composer and record producer. She first achieved success in the 1980s as the frontwoman and lead vocalist of...

33. Pete Wylie (1958)

English Singer-songwriter

Pete Wylie is a British singer/songwriter and guitarist best known as the leader of the band variously known as Wah! Wah! Heat Shambeko! Say Wah! JF Wah! The Mighty Wah!...

34. Rosalie Cunningham (1990)

English Singer-songwriter

Rosalie Cunningham is an English singer-songwriter. After the split of the band Ipso Facto Cunningham started a new project named Purson.

35. Josh Record (1987)

English Singer-songwriter

Joshua Peter Record is a British Alternative Artist.

36. John Bramwell (1965)

English Singer-songwriter

John Harold Arnold Bramwell is an English singer-songwriter. He is the frontman for the three-piece alternative rock band I Am Kloot and has previously issued solo material under the guise...

37. Edward Bell (singer/songwriter) (1987)

English Singer-songwriter

Edward Bell is an English singer-songwriter who has been active since 2003.

38. Bruce Woolley (1953)

English Singer-songwriter

Bruce Woolley is an English writer performer record producer and composer.

39. Kevin Rowland (1953)

English Singer-songwriter

Kevin Antony Rowland is an English singer-songwriter and frontman for the pop band Dexys Midnight Runners which had several hits in the early 1980s the most notable being Geno and...

40. Virginia Astley (1959)

English Singer-songwriter

Virginia Astley is an English singer-songwriter most active during the 1980s and 1990s. From the start of her songwriting career in 1980 Astley took her inspiration from many sources. Her...

41. John Otway (1952)

English Singer-songwriter

John Otway is an English singer-songwriter who has built a sizeable cult audience through extensive touring.

42. Howard Devoto (1952)

English Singer-songwriter

Howard Devoto is an English singer-songwriter who began his career as the frontman for the punk rock band Buzzcocks but then left to form Magazine one of the first post-punk...

43. Gary Barden (1955)

English Singer-songwriter

Gary John Barden is an English singer-songwriter best known for his work with the Michael Schenker Group. Barden was discovered by Schenker upon the guitarist's hearing a demo of Barden's...

44. Peter Cox (musician) (1955)

English Singer-songwriter

Peter John Cox is an English singer-songwriter best known as one half of the 1980s pop/blue-eyed soul duo Go West.

45. Mike Marlin (1961)

English Singer-songwriter

46. Paul Draper (musician) (1970)

English Singer-songwriter

Paul Edward Draper is an English musician singer-songwriter and record producer. He is known as former lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Mansun.

47. Ant Henson (1989)

English Singer-songwriter

Ant Henson is a British singer-songwriter who released his first single I Love You And I Miss You in 2010.

48. Chris Helme (1971)

English Singer-songwriter

Chris Helme is an English singer-songwriter formerly the frontman of John Squire’s post-Stone Roses band The Seahorses.

49. Dan Wilde (1984)

English Singer-songwriter

Dan Wilde is an English singer-songwriter and musician from Blackpool now living in Canterbury. He has released two solo albums so far the most recent being With Fire in Mind.

50. Emika (1986)

English Singer-songwriter

Ema Jolly better known by her stage name Emika is an English electronic musician of Czech origin currently residing in Berlin. Her self-titled debut album was released in October 2011...