Synth-pop (also known as electropop or technopop) is a music genre that uses the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. With the genre becoming popular in the late 1970s and 1980s, the following article is a list of notable synth-pop acts, listed by the first letter in their name (not including articles such as "a", "an", or "the"). Individuals are listed by last name.
A
ABC Adolphson & Falk Adult a-ha ALB Alizée. Allie X Marc Almond Alphaville AlunaGeorge And One Animotion Annie Christopher Anton Anything Box ARO Art of Noise Ashbury Heights Assemblage 23 The Assembly Au Revoir Simone Aural Vampire Aurora Austra Ayria
B
Karl Bartos Bastille Bastion Bat for Lashes Bear in Heaven Bebi Dol Beborn Beton Belanova Beograd Berlin Betty Who The Bird and the Bee The Birthday Massacre The Black Queen Blancmange B-Movie Bonanza Banzai Book of Love Boxcar Boytronic Bronski Beat The Buggles
C
C.C.C.P. Camouflage Capital Cities Capsule Casiokids. Cause and Effect Celebrate the Nun ceo Chairlift Chappell Roan Charli XCX Chew Lips Chicks on Speed China Crisis Christine and the Queens Chromatics Chromeo Chvrches Vince Clarke Class Actress Client Cold Beat Cold Cave Com Truise The Communards Computer Magic Al Corley Cosmicity Crumbächer Crystal Castles The Cure Cut Copy
D
Dalek I Love You Dangerous Muse D' Boys Dead or Alive Delorean Denis & Denis Depeche Mode Desire Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft (D.A.F.) De/Vision Devo Thomas Dolby Donkeyboy Dragonette Dubstar Du Du A Duran Duran DyE
E
Elegant Machinery Eleventyseven Empire of the Sun Erasure Eurythmics Exotic Birds
F
The Fallout Club Harold Faltermeyer Fan Death Mylène Farmer Feathers Fenech-Soler Sky Ferreira The Flirts A Flock of Seagulls John Foxx Frankie Goes to Hollywood Frankmusik Freezepop Freur Future Islands
G
Gina X Performance Glass Candy The Golden Filter Goldfrapp Ellie Goulding Grafton Primary Great Good Fine Ok Grimes
H
Paul Haig Halsey Paul Hardcastle Calvin Harris Imogen Heap Heaven 17 Holy Ghost! Hot Chip The Human League The Hundred in the Hands Hurts Hyperbubble
I
I Am the World Trade Center I Blame Coco iamamiwhoami Icehouse The Icicle Works Icona Pop Ien Oblique Imperative Reaction Indochine Information Society Iris
J
Japan Jean Michel Jarre Johnny Hates Jazz Jon and Vangelis Howard Jones Joy Electric Julien-K Junior Boys
K
Kajagoogoo Kate Boy Kazaky Nik Kershaw Kesha Kids of 88 The Killers Kissing the Pink Kites with Lights The Knife Kon Kan Kozmetika Kraftwerk Kyary Pamyu Pamyu Kyros
L
La Roux Laboratorija Zvuka Lady Gaga Ladyhawke Ladytron Laid Back Lali Puna Lamb Laki Pingvini Landscape LANY Level 42 Light Asylum Lights Linea Aspera Dua Lipa Little Boots Little Dragon Tove Lo
M
M M83 Madeon Magdalena Bay The Magnetic Fields Mannequin Depressives Maretu Marina and the Diamonds Helen Marnie Marsheaux John Maus Max Vincent Mecano Melotron Javiera Mena Men Without Hats Mesh Metric Metro Station MGMT Miami Horror Midnight Juggernauts Miike Snow Slađana Milošević Ministry (early work) Kylie Minogue Mirrors Miss Kittin MNDR MØ Modern Talking Mœnia Momus Monarchy Giorgio Moroder Róisín Murphy
N
Yasutaka Nakata The Naked and Famous Naked Eyes NamNamBulu NASA Neon Indian New Musik New Order Neuroticfish Niagara Night Club Niki & the Dove No Doubt Gary Numan NYPC
O
Oh Land Onetwo Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Our Daughter's Wedding Ou Est le Swimming Pool Owl City
P
Parallels Parralox Passion Pit Peaches Perfume Pet Shop Boys Phoenix Plastics The Postal Service The Presets Propaganda Pseudo Echo Psyche Purity Ring Pvris
Q The Quick
R
Rational Youth Re-Flex Real Life Red Flag Porter Robinson Robots in Disguise Robyn Ronika Röyksopp Martin Rushent
S
Saint Etienne Sally Shapiro Sandra Say Lou Lou Scritti Politti Seabound Seona Dancing Shiny Toy Guns Shura Shy Child Silicon Teens Émilie Simon Simple Minds Slomljena Stakla Soft Cell Sohodolls Belouis Some Jimmy Somerville The Sound of Arrows Space Spandau Ballet Sparks St. Lucia Stock Aitken Waterman Swiss Lips
T
Talk Talk Tears for Fears Tegan and Sara The Teenagers The Weeknd Telex Tesla Boy Thompson Twins Tim & Jean TM Network Toro y Moi Trust
U
Uffie Ultravox U Škripcu
V
Van She Versa (Neon era) Videosex Visage Vitamin Z Vive la Fête VNV Nation
W
Washed Out Wet When in Rome Wolfsheim
Y
Yazoo Years & Years Yelle Yello Yellow Magic Orchestra Young Ejecta
Z
Zana Zeigeist Zola Jesus
See also List of new wave artists List of post-punk bands Lists of musicians
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