- ABBA
- Adele
- Akapellah
- Al Green
- Alabama Shakes
- Alanis Morissette
- Alejandro Sanz
- Alex Da Kid
- Ali B
- Alicia Keys
- Andrew Lloyd Webber
-
Anique
- Annie Lennox
- Apparatjik
- AREA21
- Ariana Grande
- Autotelic
- Aytekin Ataş
- Bad Bunny
- Basement Jaxx
- Bastille
- Beastie Boys
- Bee Gees
- Bernie Taupin
- Big Sean
- Billie Eilish
- Billy Joel
- Bløf
- Bob Dylan
- Brandi Carlile
- Calcutta
- Camera Obscura
- Carbon/Silicon
- Carly Simon
- Casper
- Ceza
- Coldplay
- Crystal Fighters
- David Holmes
- DAVID x ELI
- De Dijk
- Death in Vegas
- Demi Lovato
- Disclosure
- DJ Shadow
- Don McLean
- Douwe Bob
- Drake
- Elton John
- Elvis Presley
- Eminem
- Empire of the Sun
- Enter Shikari
- Espinoza Paz
-
Faela
- Fatboy Slim
- Feist
- Florence + The Machine
- Franz Ferdinand
- Fred again..
- Frenna
- Gabby Alipe
- Gary Numan
- George Fenton
- Gia Koka
- Gloria Estefan
- Half Moon Run
- Hannah Mae
- Hans Zimmer
- Harry Styles
- Herman van Veen
- Iad Aslan
- Ibeyi
- Ilse DeLange
- Imagine Dragons
- INXS
- Irving Berlin
- J Balvin
- Jack Penate
- Jack White
- Jacob Olofsson
- James Rutledge
- Jamie N Commons
- Jamie xx
- Jana Mila
- Janis Joplin
- Jessie Ware
- Jill Scott
- Jim Noir
- Jochen Miller
- Joe Buck
- John Coltrane
- Johnny Marr
- Jonas Blue
- Jonsi
- Joy Division
- Juan Gabriel
- Juan Karlos
- Justin Bieber
- Justin Timberlake
- Keane
- Keith Urban
- Kendrick Lamar
- Kenny Loggins
- Kid Harpoon
- Kings of Convenience
- Laura Jansen
- Laura Mvula
- Lefties Soul Connection
- Leiva
- Leonel García
- Lily Allen
- Lionel Richie
- MAGI
- MagnusTheMagnus
- Mahmood
- Maika Makovski
- Mando Diao
- Manuel Carrasco
- Maren Morris
- Mariah Carey
- Mark Knopfler
- Mark Owen
- Maroon 5
- Martin Garrix
- Mary J Blige
- Massive Attack
- Matteo Myderwyk
- Metallica
- MFÖ
- Micah P Hinson
- Mika
- Mike Mago
-
Mike Rogers
- Mon Laferte
- Morat
- Mumford & Sons
- Musketiers
- Natalia Lafourcade
- Neil Diamond
- New Order
- Ne-Yo
- Nicki Minaj
- November Ultra
- Oliver Heldens
- Otis Redding
- Owl City
- Paloma Faith
- Pascal Reinhardt
- Patrick Samoy
- Paul Weller
- Pearl Jam
- Pnau
- Post Malone
- Prince
- R.E.M.
- Rachel Zeffira
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Rex Orange County
- Richard Hawley
- Robyn
- Romeo Santos
- RONDÉ
- Rosalía
- Roxette
- Rozalén
- Ruel
- Rupert Blackman
-
Ruxley
- Rvssian
- Sabrina Carpenter
- Sam Hunt
- Seinabo Sey
- Selda Bagcan
- Shane MacGowan
- Shawn Mendes
- Sigur Rós
- Sıla
- Snow Patrol
- Stereophonics
- Steve Anderson
- Steve Booker
- Steve Lacy
- Steve Mac
- Sting
- Sub Focus
- Swedish House Mafia
- SZA
- Taylor Swift
- The Beach Boys
- The Clash
- The Cure
- The Go-Go's
- The Him
- The Invisible Men
- The Killers
- The Really Useful Group
- The Smiths
- The Streets
- The Vaccines
- The Weeknd
- The xx
- Thief
- Thompson Twins
- Tim Bendzko
- Tim Rice
- Tom Walker
- U2
- Vargas & Lagola
- Vengaboys
- Vera Blue
- Within Temptation
- Yusuf / Cat Stevens
Joy Division
Photo credit: Pennie Smith
Formed in the wake of the punk explosion in the UK, few bands could claim a greater impact on the shape of music in the post-modern era than the Manchester quartet Joy Division. Their music not only portrayed anger, energy and despair, but mood and expression, incorporating synthesizers and haunting melodies, emphasised by the isolated, tortured lyrics of lead vocalist, Ian Curtis.
In June, 1979, the band released their debut album ‘Unknown Pleasures’, which included single ‘She’s Lost Control’ to widespread, underground acclaim. April 1980 saw the release of single ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’, a song that unquestionably poised Joy Division for mainstream success. The band completed their second album ‘Closer’. On the eve of its release and their first U.S. tour Curtis, overwhelmed with depression and illness, committed suicide. ‘Closer’ and ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ became the band’s highest charting releases.
Sumner, Hook and Morris would go on to form New Order, a group that would continue Joy Division's experimental mandate. Yet the power and presence of the original Joy Division was forever lost with the death of its creative mainstay, Ian Curtis.
The band were awarded the Q Magazine Legends Award in 2005 and the Godlike Genius Award with New Order in the same year. In 2007 Joy Division won the MOJO Outstanding Contribution To Music Award. ‘Control’, the biopic about singer Curtis released in 2007 scooped five prizes at the British Independent Film Awards, including best film. In 2005, Joy Division were inducted along with New Order into the UK Music Hall of Fame.