English male singer-songwriters

John Winston Ono Lennon was an English musician, songwriter and activist. He gained global fame as the founder, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles. Lennon's songwriting partnership with Paul McCartney remains the most successful in history.

Sir James Paul McCartney is an English musician and songwriter. He gained global fame with the Beatles, for whom he was the bassist and keyboardist, and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. McCartney is known for his melodic approach to bass-playing, versatile tenor vocal range and musical eclecticism, exploring genres ranging from pre-rock and roll pop to classical, ballads and electronica. His songwriting partnership with Lennon is the most successful in music history.

David Robert Jones, known as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter and actor. Regarded as among the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Bowie received particular acclaim for his work in the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, and his music and stagecraft have had a significant impact on popular music.

George Harrison was an English musician who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. Known as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison played a significant role in shaping the band's musical direction and established a successful solo career, particularly through his interest in non-Western musical influences.

Sir Richard Starkey, known as Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor who achieved international fame as the drummer for the Beatles. Starr occasionally sang lead vocals with the group, usually for one song on each album, including "Yellow Submarine" and "With a Little Help from My Friends". He also wrote and sang the Beatles songs "Don't Pass Me By" and "Octopus's Garden", and is credited as a co-writer of three others.

George Michael was an English singer-songwriter and record producer. Regarded as a pop culture icon, he is one of the best-selling recording artists of all time. Michael was known as a creative force in songwriting, vocal performance, and visual presentation. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2023. The Radio Academy named him the most played artist on British radio during the period 1984–2004.

British musician

British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones

British musician (born 1951)

Edward Christopher Sheeran is an English singer-songwriter and musician. Born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, and raised in Framlingham, Suffolk, he began writing songs around the age of eleven. In early 2011, Sheeran independently released the extended play No. 5 Collaborations Project. He signed with Asylum Records the same year.

British pop singer (born 1974)

Philip David Charles Collins is an English singer, drummer, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He was the drummer and later became the lead singer of the rock band Genesis and had a successful solo career, achieving three UK number-one singles and seven US number-one singles as a solo artist. In total, his work with Genesis, other artists and solo resulted in more US top-40 singles than any other artist throughout the 1980s. His most successful singles from the period include "In the Air Tonight", "You Can't Hurry Love", "Against All Odds ", "One More Night", "Sussudio", "Another Day in Paradise", "Two Hearts" and "I Wish It Would Rain Down".

British musician (born 1947)

British musician, guitarist of the Rolling Stones

English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd (born 1943)

English singer

English musician, member of Pink Floyd (born 1946)

English singer-songwriter (born 1977)

English musician and lead vocalist of Led Zeppelin

British musician (1946–2006)

British singer and musician

British musician (born 1948)

English singer-songwriter

English musician, drummer of Queen (born 1949)

English musician and singer for Radiohead

British singer

British singer and guitarist

Steven Patrick Morrissey (; born 22 May 1959) is an English singer and songwriter. He came to prominence as the frontman and lyricist of the rock band the Smiths, who were active from 1982 to 1987. Since then he has pursued a successful solo career. Morrissey's music is characterised by his baritone voice and distinctive lyrics with anti-establishment stances and recurring themes of emotional isolation, sexual longing, self-deprecation, and dark humour.

British comedian, actor and writer (born 1943)

English singer and songwriter

English keyboardist, co-founder of Pink Floyd (1943–2008)

British singer

British musician, singer, songwriter and record producer

English singer

British musician

English singer-songwriter (born 1954)

British musician (1956–1980)

English singer

British musician (born 1986)

English singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter

British singer (born 1945)

British singer (born 1981)

British musician (born 1961)

British heavy metal singer

British singer-songwriter

English musician and lead vocalist of The Who

English singer and songwriter

British singer, musician and songwriter (1952–2002)

British blues rock guitarist (1946–2020)

English actor and musician

English musician; son of John Lennon

English musician, songwriter and record producer

British singer (born 1984)

English singer

English actor and singer-songwriter

English musician (born 1947)

English musician (born 1958)

English guitarist and singer (1947–1977)

British-Canadian musician

British singer and songwriter