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The Sound of London

United Kingdom · #1 origin · #3 production (Primary) · 72 Velvet Rock tracks

Combined (3:1)
4805.4
US score
188.6
UK score
723.9
Attributed artists
591

Signature decade 1980s · era-distinctiveness 1.66 · score per artist 8.1

Decade fingerprint

1950
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1970
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1990
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2010
2020

Top artists

  1. 1Adele196.1
  2. 2Queen185.2
  3. 3The Rolling Stones174.1
  4. 4Elton John171.8
  5. 5Led Zeppelin145
  6. 6Phil Collins137.7
  7. 7Coldplay133.4
  8. 8Fleetwood Mac109.1
  9. 9Rod Stewart104.9
  10. 10Eric Clapton104.3
  11. 11Dire Straits96.2
  12. 12David Bowie93.2
  13. 13The Police93
  14. 14Cliff Richard77.1
  15. 15George Michael74.1

Signature songs

  1. 1“Last Christmas” : Wham! · UK #1 (1984)
  2. 2“Man I Need” : Olivia Dean · UK / US #1 (2025)
  3. 3“Hello” : Adele · UK / US #1 (2015)
  4. 4“Don't Start Now” : Dua Lipa · UK / US #2 (2019)
  5. 5“Easy on Me” : Adele · UK / US #1 (2021)
  6. 6“Hoots Mon” : Lord Rockingham's XI · UK #1 (1958)
  7. 7“Bohemian Rhapsody” : Queen · UK / US #1 (1975)
  8. 8“Bleeding Love” : Leona Lewis · UK / US #1 (2007)
  9. 9“Candle in the Wind 1997 / Something About the Way You Look Tonight” : Elton John · UK / US #1 (1997)
  10. 10“Rolling in the Deep” : Adele · UK / US #1 (2011)
  11. 11“Fairytale of New York” : The Pogues · UK #2 (1987)
  12. 12“Wannabe” : Spice Girls · UK / US #1 (1996)
  13. 13“Too Good at Goodbyes” : Sam Smith · UK / US #1 (2017)
  14. 14“Fairytale of New York” : Kirsty MacColl · UK #2 (1987)
  15. 15“You're Beautiful” : James Blunt · UK / US #1 (2005)

Chart-topping #1 singles

“Man I Need”
2025
Olivia Dean
UK
“Raindance”
2025
Dave
UK
“Rein Me In”
2025
Olivia Dean
UK
“Where Is My Husband!”
2025
Raye
UK
“Backbone”
2024
Chase & Status
UK
“Backbone”
2024
Stormzy
UK
“Guess”
2024
Charli XCX
UK
“Messy”
2024
Lola Young
UK
“Dance the Night”
2023
Dua Lipa
UK
“Sprinter”
2023
Dave
UK
“Sprinter”
2023
Central Cee
UK
“Strangers”
2023
Kenya Grace
UK
“Escapism”
2022
Raye
UK
“Running Up That Hill”
2022
Kate Bush
UK
“Starlight”
2022
Dave
UK
“Unholy”
2022
Sam Smith
UK / US
“Cold Heart (Pnau remix)”
2021
Elton John
UK
“Cold Heart (Pnau remix)”
2021
Dua Lipa
UK
“Easy on Me”
2021
Adele
UK / US
“Merry Christmas”
2021
Elton John
UK
“My Universe”
2021
Coldplay
US
“Sausage Rolls for Everyone”
2021
Elton John
UK
“Franchise”
2020
M.I.A.
US
“Head & Heart”
2020
Joel Corry
UK
“Head & Heart”
2020
MNEK
UK
25 of 583 #1 singles · click a column to sort

Velvet Rock

Production capital · index 74 · PrimaryAIR Oxford Circus, Townhouse, Sarm, Power Plant; Diamond Life, sophisti-pop engine, parent of AIR Montserrat

72 Master Tape tracks by London artists: Silly Love Songs - 2014 Remaster (Wings) · With A Little Luck - Remastered 1993 (Wings) · Arrow Through Me - Remastered 1993 (Wings) · The Logical Song (Supertramp) · Goodbye Stranger - Remastered 2010 (Supertramp) · Time (The Alan Parsons Project) · Do You Really Want To Hurt Me (Culture Club) · Steppin' Out (Joe Jackson) · Eye In The Sky (The Alan Parsons Project) · Let's Dance - 2018 Remaster (David Bowie) · China Girl (David Bowie) · Smooth Operator - Single Version (Sade) …