Synthpop

Music genre in which the synthesizer is a key instrument. Emerged 1972. Wikipedia

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185 artists with 22.4M combined listeners. 55% of them sit in the Classic Rock / New Wave / Synthpop community on the map. It shares the most artists with New Wave.

Where Synthpop sits on the map

• Classic Rock / New Wave / Synthpop · 101 artists (55%)
• Italo Disco / Hi-Nrg / Swedish Synthpop · 15 artists (8%)
• Dark Wave / Dark Post-Punk / Futurepop · 12 artists (6%)
• Spacewave / Chillsynth / Nightrun · 4 artists (2%)
• Partyschlager / Schlager / Discofox · 4 artists (2%)
• Australian Rock / Aussie Drill / Australian Pop · 4 artists (2%)

Strongest pairings in Synthpop

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

1. New Order & Depeche Mode · 158 shared playlists
2. Tears for Fears & Depeche Mode · 136 shared playlists
3. Tears for Fears & Simple Minds · 134 shared playlists
4. Tears for Fears & Eurythmics · 126 shared playlists
5. Tears for Fears & Billy Idol · 112 shared playlists
6. Tears for Fears & The Human League · 108 shared playlists
7. The Human League & Simple Minds · 94 shared playlists
8. Billy Idol & Simple Minds · 92 shared playlists
9. Tears for Fears & A Flock of Seagulls · 91 shared playlists
10. Depeche Mode & Pet Shop Boys · 88 shared playlists

Related genres

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

• New Wave · 55 shared artistsBoth: Depeche Mode, Tears for Fears, Pet Shop Boys
• Sophisti-Pop · 23 shared artistsBoth: Talk Talk, Roxy Music, Bryan Ferry
• New Wave Pop · 21 shared artistsBoth: New Order, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Bronski Beat
• Classic Rock · 37 shared artistsBoth: Madonna, Tears for Fears, Boney M.
• Wave · 4 shared artistsBoth: Yello, Visage, Tubeway Army
• Soft Rock · 8 shared artistsBoth: Spandau Ballet, Paul Young, Bryan Ferry
• Futurepop · 5 shared artistsBoth: And One, Camouflage, De/Vision
• Hi-Nrg · 4 shared artistsBoth: Fancy, Trans-X, Greg Kihn Band

Artists

185 artists tagged Synthpop, ranked by listeners.

1. Madonna4.9M listeners · Pop
2. Depeche Mode3.3M listeners
3. Tears for Fears1.2M listeners · Classic Rock
4. Pet Shop Boys1.1M listeners
5. Boney M.953.2K listeners · Disco
6. New Order947.3K listeners · New Wave
7. Eurythmics824.0K listeners · Classic Rock
8. Simple Minds769.0K listeners · Classic Rock
9. Billy Idol605.2K listeners · Classic Rock
10. Kavinsky494.5K listeners · New French Touch
11. Kate Bush397.8K listeners
12. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark394.9K listeners
13. Erasure375.5K listeners
14. Soft Cell363.2K listeners
15. Modern Talking329.9K listeners · Classic Rock
16. Alphaville312.0K listeners · Classic Rock
17. Kraftwerk273.3K listeners
18. Talk Talk211.2K listeners
19. The Human League205.0K listeners
20. Bronski Beat196.2K listeners
21. Spandau Ballet173.4K listeners · Classic Rock
22. Kim Wilde169.3K listeners
23. Status Quo159.8K listeners · Classic Rock
24. Roxy Music157.0K listeners · New Wave
25. Paul Young155.1K listeners · Classic Rock
26. Marillion132.2K listeners · Progressive Rock
27. Giorgio Moroder126.2K listeners · New Romantic
28. Nena123.6K listeners · German Pop
29. Billy Ocean118.7K listeners · Classic Rock
30. Sandra118.1K listeners
31. Bryan Ferry117.0K listeners · Sophisti-Pop
32. Frankie Goes to Hollywood111.8K listeners
33. Level 42106.1K listeners · Sophisti-Pop
34. Information Society92.6K listeners
35. Laura Branigan90.9K listeners · Classic Rock
36. Jimmy Somerville83.0K listeners
37. Irene Cara79.6K listeners · Classic Rock
38. Kim Carnes78.2K listeners · Classic Rock
39. Cock Robin68.2K listeners · Sophisti-Pop
40. Yazoo68.0K listeners
41. Bananarama67.4K listeners
42. Suzanne Vega64.3K listeners · Pop
43. Oingo Boingo61.2K listeners · New Wave
44. Don Henley56.6K listeners · Soft Rock
45. Desireless54.7K listeners
46. The Communards53.6K listeners
47. The Midnight52.1K listeners · Nightrun
48. She Wants Revenge50.1K listeners · Gothic Rock
49. Killing Joke48.7K listeners · New Wave
50. DEVO46.5K listeners · New Wave
51. Fine Young Cannibals46.5K listeners
52. Yello45.9K listeners
53. Julian Lennon45.4K listeners
54. Japan45.1K listeners
55. Ultravox41.4K listeners · New Wave
56. Joe Jackson40.0K listeners · New Wave
57. Murray Head34.2K listeners
58. Visage32.6K listeners
59. Michael Sembello32.4K listeners · Classic Rock
60. And One32.0K listeners
61. Gary Numan32.0K listeners · New Wave
62. The Psychedelic Furs29.8K listeners · New Wave
63. Tiffany29.5K listeners · Classic Rock
64. Fancy28.8K listeners · Italo Disco
65. Cutting Crew27.6K listeners · Classic Rock
66. Dead or Alive27.6K listeners
67. Hall & Oates27.2K listeners · Sophisti-Pop
68. Alison Moyet27.1K listeners · Sophisti-Pop
69. A Flock of Seagulls25.3K listeners · New Wave
70. The Weather Girls24.6K listeners · Disco
71. Savage23.8K listeners · Nigerian Pop
72. Thompson Twins22.7K listeners · New Wave
73. Samantha Fox22.1K listeners
74. Dexys Midnight Runners22.0K listeners · Rock
75. ABC21.8K listeners · New Wave
76. Nik Kershaw21.0K listeners
77. Baltimora20.4K listeners · Classic Rock
78. Gazebo20.2K listeners
79. Shannon18.9K listeners · Freestyle
80. The Buggles18.9K listeners
81. Peter Schilling18.4K listeners
82. Howard Jones18.1K listeners · New Wave
83. F.R. David17.4K listeners · Classic Rock
84. Camouflage17.3K listeners
85. Propaganda15.7K listeners
86. Icehouse15.3K listeners · Australian Rock
87. De/Vision15.1K listeners
88. Cabaret Voltaire14.9K listeners · New Wave
89. Eddy Grant13.8K listeners
90. Kajagoogoo13.7K listeners
91. Deee-Lite13.5K listeners
92. Tom Tom Club13.2K listeners · New Wave
93. Peter Heppner13.1K listeners
94. Womack & Womack12.6K listeners
95. U9611.1K listeners · UK Dance
96. Heaven 1710.9K listeners · New Wave
97. Midge Ure10.6K listeners
98. Men Without Hats10.5K listeners · New Wave
99. When in Rome10.4K listeners
100. The Romantics10.2K listeners · New Wave Pop
101. Martika10.1K listeners · Classic Rock
102. Corey Hart9.3K listeners · Classic Rock
103. Eddie Murphy9.2K listeners
104. The Lightning Seeds9.1K listeners · Britpop
105. Wang Chung9.0K listeners
106. Limahl8.8K listeners · Classic Rock
107. Rockwell8.3K listeners · Classic Rock
108. Claustrofobia7.6K listeners
109. The Hooters7.5K listeners · Classic Rock
110. Go West7.0K listeners
111. The New Division6.4K listeners
112. Daryl Hall6.3K listeners · Yacht Rock
113. Blancmange6.2K listeners
114. Sorry5.9K listeners
115. Arcadia5.6K listeners · New Wave
116. Trans-X5.6K listeners · Hi-Nrg
117. T'pau5.3K listeners
118. The Sensational Alex Harvey Band5.2K listeners · Mellow Gold
119. Real Life5.2K listeners
120. Scritti Politti5.1K listeners · Sophisti-Pop
121. Matthew Wilder4.7K listeners · Classic Rock
122. Labyrinth Ear4.2K listeners
123. Georgia4.0K listeners · Pop
124. Tino Casal4.0K listeners · Rock En Espanol
125. Naked Eyes4.0K listeners · New Wave
126. Haute & Freddy3.9K listeners
127. Dan Hartman3.6K listeners · Disco
128. The Twins3.6K listeners
129. Harpo3.4K listeners
130. Q Lazzarus3.4K listeners
131. La Frontera3.3K listeners
132. 'Til Tuesday3.1K listeners · New Wave Pop
133. Fiction Factory3.0K listeners · New Wave Pop
134. Yaz3.0K listeners · New Wave
135. ohGr3.0K listeners
136. John Paul Young2.9K listeners
137. Tubeway Army2.8K listeners · New Wave
138. John Parr2.7K listeners
139. Stacey Q2.6K listeners · New Wave
140. Boy Meets Girl2.6K listeners
141. MOONLGHT2.4K listeners
142. Elegant Machinery2.1K listeners
143. Beborn Beton2.0K listeners
144. Animotion2.0K listeners
145. Memtrix2.0K listeners
146. Greg Kihn Band1.8K listeners · Rock
147. Jermaine Stewart1.8K listeners · Singer-Songwriter Pop
148. Nicole Kidman1.7K listeners
149. Dominatrix1.5K listeners · New Wave
150. Lecomte De Brégeot1.5K listeners · New Wave Pop
151. Red Flag1.4K listeners
152. Feathers1.2K listeners · Indietronica
153. Anything Box1.1K listeners
154. Moskwa TV1.1K listeners
155. After The Fire1.1K listeners · New Wave
156. Taco1.1K listeners
157. Pseudo Echo1.0K listeners · UK Pop
158. M / Robin Scott1.0K listeners
159. Las eras1.0K listeners
160. Ashborn Records1.0K listeners
161. Dim Zach1.0K listeners
162. ME.1.0K listeners
163. Dieez1.0K listeners
164. Clubhouse1.0K listeners
165. Aziza Qobilova1.0K listeners
166. Philip Oakey1.0K listeners
167. barron1.0K listeners · Slap House
168. Ess Que1.0K listeners
169. Flock Of Seagulls1.0K listeners · Classic Rock
170. Nick Shades1.0K listeners
171. G Tom Mac aka Gerard McMann1.0K listeners
172. Music for Soul1.0K listeners
173. Tural Beatz1.0K listeners
174. The Rose Phantom1.0K listeners
175. Marcos Lopes1.0K listeners
176. Skaen1.0K listeners
177. Matt One1.0K listeners
178. Balcony Sunrise1.0K listeners
179. Munatix1.0K listeners
180. Cause & Effect1.0K listeners · UK Pop
181. Neoslave1.0K listeners
182. Blackbook1.0K listeners
183. Anya Blaze1.0K listeners
184. Voyage Music1.0K listeners
185. Maria Vidal1.0K listeners