British Invasion
The British Invasion is the wave of British rock and pop bands that became widely popular in the United States in the mid-1960s.
It began in 1964 when the Beatles topped the American charts, and it lasted until about 1967. The bands played beat music, rhythm and blues and pop with electric guitars, tight harmonies and a strong backbeat, much of it learned from American records. It names a moment and a movement more than a single sound.
Artists it is known for: The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Who.
- Family
- Rock
- On Spotify
- No longer returned by Spotify’s API
- What it is
- A scene
- From
- United Kingdom, 1964
- Trackify listeners who play it
- 8%
About 6,200 of 83,000 Trackify listeners with public profiles have british invasion among their top artists of the last four weeks. Rounded; updated 13 November 2026.
British Invasion artists
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
The Kinks
The Who
The Zombies
The Animals
Tom JonesThe british invasion artists most Trackify listeners have in their top fifty. Each opens on Spotify.
Sources
The definition is written for this site from open sources, and was checked against them on 13 November 2026.