Spotify Artists

[njokmo13]

Sorry if I sound stupid or ignorant, but i trying to decide if i want to purchase a Spotify Premium membership. I was wondering what artists weren't on Spotify? If you could help me out, and list some of the big/famous artists that arent on Spotify... btw i mostly listen to music before the 2000s (60s-80s and some 90s)

[MattSuda · Accepted solution]

I don't know all of the big artists that are not on Spotify, but I did find this list online somewhere so it might not be 100% up to date:

• AC/DC
• Atmos
• BBC
• The Beatles
• Beborn Beton
• Cardiacs
• Codeine
• The Eagles
• Evil’s Toy
• Feeder
• Robert Fripp
• Peter Gabriel
• Intermix
• King Crimson
• Led Zeppelin
• Mad Caddies
• Joanna Newsom
• Oasis
• Onetwo
• Outhere Brothers
• Pink Floyd
• Shiny Toy Guns
• Snap!
• Tool
• Wolfsheim
• Yellow Magic Orchestra
• Frank Zappa

Spotify just got Metallica this week! 😃 

NOTE:

Not every album or song is available on Spotify. Some artists and music labels choose not to release to Spotify.

The only thing Spotify does is upload the music that is sent to them. You can find out why some songs/artists are not on Spotify over here.

It's all about who owns the rights to the music and where they want it released to.

Music would be better if labels didn't block their releases from certain countries, but sadly this is how the music business works.

[Sam]

Hey,

Thought I'd update the list a little...

• AC/DC
• Atmos
• BBC
• The Beatles
• Beborn Beton
• Cardiacs
• Codeine
• The Eagles
• Evil’s Toy
• Feeder
• Robert Fripp
• Peter Gabriel
• Intermix
• King Crimson
• Led Zeppelin
• Mad Caddies
• Joanna Newsom
• Oasis
• Onetwo
• Outhere Brothers
• Pink Floyd
• Shiny Toy Guns
• Snap!
• Tool
• Wolfsheim
• Yellow Magic Orchestra
• Frank Zappa

Now, the artists I've crossed out may not be available in every territory, but their music is on our service.

[user-removed]

spotify give us a pink floyd playlist 😞 gutted , searched for pink floyd all i got was tribute bands , noooooooo way 😞 pppppppppleeeeeeeeeaaaase can we have a pink floyd playlist bio ect :))

[Sam]

You can read more about why they're not on here (Mattjsrules posted this above, but thought I'd say it again, just to clarify).

[chinaboxz]

There is some Beatles, but only early tapes from the cavern, and I mean the really old stuff. With Pete Best, and the Quarrymen rehearsals about 1957.

[klipzy88]

Is there a way to dig a little deeper and request a specific artist to appear on spotify? Tonight, I obsessively went out to the garage and found a CD made by the band Intermix, which is on this list. at one time, I had every album from them, but would like to see them on spotify. How can I find out if it's a legal thing, or maybe just haven't gotten around to it?