Glam Metal

Genre of heavy metal music. Emerged 1979. Wikipedia

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137 artists with 35.6M combined listeners. 51% of them sit in the Classic Rock / New Wave / Synthpop community on the map. It shares the most artists with Detroit Rock.

Where Glam Metal sits on the map

• Classic Rock / New Wave / Synthpop · 70 artists (51%)
• Modern Blues / Modern Blues Rock / Roots Rock · 15 artists (11%)
• Old School Thrash / Thrash Metal / Crossover Thrash · 11 artists (8%)
• Rock-And-Roll / Mellow Gold / Canadian Rock · 10 artists (7%)
• Power Metal / Fantasy Metal / Symphonic Rock · 7 artists (5%)
• Christian Alternative Rock / Christian Metal / Pop Punk · 4 artists (3%)

Strongest pairings in Glam Metal

Glam Metal artists who most often share real, user-made playlists.

1. Guns N' Roses & Scorpions · 252 shared playlists
2. Europe & Guns N' Roses · 139 shared playlists
3. Judas Priest & Iron Maiden · 129 shared playlists
4. Guns N' Roses & KISS · 128 shared playlists
5. Europe & Scorpions · 122 shared playlists
6. Judas Priest & Ozzy Osbourne · 120 shared playlists
7. Ozzy Osbourne & Iron Maiden · 102 shared playlists
8. KISS & Scorpions · 100 shared playlists
9. Mötley Crüe & Ozzy Osbourne · 98 shared playlists
10. Def Leppard & Scorpions · 94 shared playlists

Related genres

Genres that share the most artists with Glam Metal, for their size.

• Detroit Rock · 10 shared artistsBoth: Dio, W.A.S.P., Dokken
• Rock · 44 shared artistsBoth: Guns N' Roses, Iron Maiden, Scorpions
• Glam Rock · 10 shared artistsBoth: W.A.S.P., Dokken, White Lion
• Classic Rock · 19 shared artistsBoth: Guns N' Roses, Scorpions, KISS
• Birmingham Metal · 6 shared artistsBoth: Manowar, Accept, Mercyful Fate
• Us Power Metal · 6 shared artistsBoth: Savatage, Fates Warning, Armored Saint
• Rock-And-Roll · 12 shared artistsBoth: Rainbow, Quiet Riot, Saxon
• Sleaze Rock · 4 shared artistsBoth: Steel Panther, L.A. Guns, BlackRain

Artists

137 artists tagged Glam Metal, ranked by listeners.

1. Guns N' Roses8.6M listeners · Rock
2. Iron Maiden3.8M listeners · Rock
3. Scorpions3.7M listeners · Rock
4. KISS2.9M listeners · Rock
5. Ozzy Osbourne2.6M listeners · Rock
6. Van Halen1.8M listeners · Rock
7. Judas Priest1.2M listeners · Rock
8. Motörhead1.1M listeners · Metal
9. Def Leppard891.1K listeners · Rock
10. Europe857.4K listeners · Classic Rock
11. Mötley Crüe826.3K listeners
12. Alice Cooper711.4K listeners · Rock
13. Whitesnake627.5K listeners · Classic Rock
14. Jon Bon Jovi534.2K listeners · Rock
15. Helloween478.6K listeners · Power Metal
16. Skid Row445.0K listeners
17. Twisted Sister374.6K listeners · Rock
18. Dio348.9K listeners
19. Rainbow286.6K listeners · Rock-And-Roll
20. Manowar266.4K listeners · Birmingham Metal
21. Accept252.7K listeners
22. Poison234.2K listeners
23. The Cult157.0K listeners · Rock
24. Quiet Riot156.8K listeners
25. W.A.S.P.152.8K listeners
26. Saxon137.6K listeners
27. Cinderella136.0K listeners
28. Warrant119.0K listeners
29. Bianca118.8K listeners · Rock
30. Overkill112.7K listeners · Old School Thrash
31. Queensrÿche105.2K listeners
32. Ratt97.1K listeners
33. Steel Panther72.0K listeners
34. Dokken70.8K listeners
35. UFO68.3K listeners
36. Tesla65.9K listeners · Rock
37. Gamma Ray63.3K listeners · Swedish Power Metal
38. Mercyful Fate54.0K listeners · Old School Thrash
39. Firehouse52.8K listeners
40. White Lion47.1K listeners
41. Lita Ford45.1K listeners
42. Stryper43.7K listeners · Christian Alternative Rock
43. U.D.O.36.9K listeners · Rock
44. Savatage34.6K listeners
45. Great White33.9K listeners
46. L.A. Guns31.3K listeners
47. Paul Gilbert28.4K listeners
48. Metal Church28.4K listeners · Old School Thrash
49. David Lee Roth27.8K listeners
50. Slash's Snakepit26.7K listeners
51. Winger26.7K listeners
52. Ace Frehley25.2K listeners
53. Axel Rudi Pell25.1K listeners
54. Damn Yankees24.8K listeners
55. Heaven & Hell21.9K listeners
56. Vixen18.2K listeners
57. Krokus17.4K listeners
58. Loverboy17.1K listeners · Classic Rock
59. Danger Danger16.9K listeners
60. Diamond Head16.6K listeners · Nwobhm
61. Warlock16.4K listeners
62. Slaughter15.3K listeners
63. Demons & Wizards15.2K listeners
64. Steelheart13.9K listeners · Rock
65. Night Ranger13.4K listeners
66. Sammy Hagar13.3K listeners
67. Triumph12.2K listeners
68. Bad English11.3K listeners · Classic Rock
69. Fates Warning11.2K listeners
70. BlackRain10.9K listeners · Sleaze Rock
71. Mammoth9.8K listeners · Modern Rock
72. Y&T9.3K listeners
73. Faster Pussycat9.2K listeners
74. Armored Saint8.8K listeners
75. April Wine8.8K listeners
76. Kingdom Come8.7K listeners
77. Hanoi Rocks8.6K listeners
78. Halford8.5K listeners
79. Enforcer8.4K listeners
80. Idle Cure8.2K listeners
81. Kix8.2K listeners
82. LOUDNESS7.2K listeners
83. Michael Monroe6.9K listeners
84. Sister Sin6.7K listeners
85. Zebra6.5K listeners
86. Hardline6.1K listeners
87. Sershen&Zaritskaya5.6K listeners · Modern Rock
88. ICON5.3K listeners
89. Harem Scarem5.1K listeners
90. Riot4.9K listeners · Brostep
91. Lizzy Borden4.9K listeners
92. Lynch Mob4.8K listeners
93. Rhino4.8K listeners · Classic Rock
94. Britny Fox4.7K listeners
95. Saigon Kick4.6K listeners
96. Autograph4.6K listeners
97. Alcatrazz4.4K listeners
98. House Of Lords4.4K listeners
99. Tyketto4.3K listeners
100. ATlantic Records4.3K listeners
101. Nelson3.7K listeners
102. The Quireboys3.7K listeners · Rock
103. Enuff Z'Nuff3.6K listeners
104. Warlord Colossus3.6K listeners · Alternative Metal
105. Femme Fatale3.5K listeners
106. MAKAVELIGODD3.3K listeners · Rap
107. Helix3.1K listeners
108. XYZ3.0K listeners
109. Sophie Lloyd3.0K listeners · Modern Rock
110. Fastway2.9K listeners
111. Vandenberg2.8K listeners
112. Trixter2.8K listeners
113. Aldo Nova2.7K listeners
114. Striker2.3K listeners
115. BulletBoys2.3K listeners
116. Dangerous Toys2.2K listeners
117. Lee Aaron2.2K listeners · Canadian Pop
118. Blue Murder2.0K listeners
119. Tigertailz1.8K listeners
120. Electric Boys1.7K listeners
121. Bang Tango1.4K listeners
122. Babylon A.D.1.3K listeners
123. Leatherwolf1.3K listeners
124. McAuley Schenker Group1.2K listeners
125. Sleeze Beez1.1K listeners
126. Iron West1.0K listeners
127. Talking Blue1.0K listeners
128. Chris R1.0K listeners
129. DINO JELUSIĆ1.0K listeners
130. Tora Tora1.0K listeners
131. Shotgun Messiah1.0K listeners
132. Danyael L. Johnson1.0K listeners
133. Jose Perez1.0K listeners
134. Headpins1.0K listeners · Rock
135. Mode-One1.0K listeners
136. Vain1.0K listeners
137. Jesse James Dupree1.0K listeners · Rock