Glam Rock

Style of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s performed by musicians who wore outrageous costumes, makeup, and hairstyles, particularly platform shoes and glitter. Emerged 1969. Wikipedia

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47 artists with 1.0M combined listeners. 45% of them sit in the Mellow Gold / Baroque Pop / Sunshine Pop community on the map. It shares the most artists with Glam Metal.

Where Glam Rock sits on the map

• Mellow Gold / Baroque Pop / Sunshine Pop · 21 artists (45%)
• Classic Rock / New Wave / Synthpop · 9 artists (19%)
• Modern Blues / Modern Blues Rock / Roots Rock · 3 artists (6%)
• Mellow Gold / Yacht Rock / Eurobeat · 2 artists (4%)
• Rock-And-Roll / Mellow Gold / Canadian Rock · 1 artists (2%)
• Compositional Ambient / Intelligent Dance Music / Hauntology · 1 artists (2%)

Strongest pairings in Glam Rock

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

1. Dokken & Great White · 22 shared playlists
2. W.A.S.P. & Dokken · 21 shared playlists
3. Autograph & Great White · 15 shared playlists
4. T. Rex & Sweet · 13 shared playlists
5. Britny Fox & Great White · 13 shared playlists
6. Slade & Sweet · 12 shared playlists
7. Dokken & Britny Fox · 12 shared playlists
8. W.A.S.P. & Kix · 11 shared playlists
9. White Lion & Great White · 10 shared playlists
10. Sweet & Alvin Stardust · 9 shared playlists

Related genres

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

• Glam Metal · 10 shared artistsBoth: W.A.S.P., Dokken, White Lion
• Detroit Rock · 2 shared artistsBoth: W.A.S.P., Dokken
• Rock-And-Roll · 6 shared artistsBoth: T. Rex, Uriah Heep, Sweet
• Shush · 2 shared artistsBoth: White Lion, McAuley Schenker Group
• British Invasion · 2 shared artistsBoth: Racey, Marc Bolan & T. Rex
• Alternative Dance · 2 shared artistsBoth: Grant Lee Buffalo, Happy Charlie
• Mellow Gold · 6 shared artistsBoth: T. Rex, Smokie, Sweet
• Rock · 3 shared artistsBoth: Great White, Steelheart, Gary Glitter

Artists

47 artists tagged Glam Rock, ranked by listeners.

1. W.A.S.P.152.8K listeners · Glam Metal
2. T. Rex144.6K listeners · Mellow Gold
3. Uriah Heep125.6K listeners · Rock-And-Roll
4. Dokken70.8K listeners · Glam Metal
5. Smokie67.6K listeners · Mellow Gold
6. Slade57.0K listeners
7. Sweet52.2K listeners
8. White Lion47.1K listeners · Glam Metal
9. Lita Ford45.1K listeners · Glam Metal
10. Suzi Quatro43.5K listeners
11. Great White33.9K listeners · Glam Metal
12. Sparks23.0K listeners · New Wave
13. Klaus Nomi19.6K listeners
14. Dee Snider15.8K listeners
15. Mott the Hoople14.8K listeners
16. Steelheart13.9K listeners · Rock
17. Paul Stanley11.3K listeners · Modern Rock
18. Gary Glitter11.0K listeners
19. Bay City Rollers10.0K listeners
20. The Rubettes9.1K listeners
21. Kix8.2K listeners · Glam Metal
22. Grant Lee Buffalo8.1K listeners
23. Pilot7.3K listeners · Indonesian Pop
24. Mud7.0K listeners
25. Wizzard6.3K listeners
26. Middle of the Road6.0K listeners
27. Britny Fox4.7K listeners · Glam Metal
28. Autograph4.6K listeners · Glam Metal
29. Morgoth4.3K listeners
30. Kenny3.7K listeners
31. Sailor2.4K listeners
32. Racey1.9K listeners
33. Alvin Stardust1.8K listeners
34. Steve Harley1.7K listeners
35. McAuley Schenker Group1.2K listeners · Glam Metal
36. Shudder to Think1.2K listeners
37. Toppop1.0K listeners
38. Joel Gustafsson1.0K listeners · Soft Rock
39. Musikladen1.0K listeners · Mellow Gold
40. T.Rex1.0K listeners · Rock-And-Roll
41. Just Music1.0K listeners
42. Merlin1.0K listeners
43. Happy Charlie1.0K listeners
44. TheVisitor1.0K listeners
45. Marc Bolan & T. Rex1.0K listeners
46. Steve Layton1.0K listeners
47. Jurassic Punk1.0K listeners