This is a list of supergroups, music groups whose members are already successful as solo artists or as part of other groups. Usually used in the context of rock bands such as Audioslave and Chickenfoot. The term has been applied to other musical genres such as The Three Tenors in Opera, [1] as well as in R&B/Pop with such popular acts like Bell Biv DeVoe (BBD), LSG & TGT. The term is applied in Hip Hop to collaborations such as The Firm, Westside Connection, Method Man & Redman, Kids See Ghosts, and Mount Westmore.
Supergroups are sometimes formed as side projects and thus not intended to be permanent, while other times can become the primary project of the members' careers. Charity supergroups, where prominent musicians perform or record together in support of a particular cause, have been common since the 1980s.
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This is a list of notable supergroups which have performed or recorded more than a single song/album or live shows together.
These were often one-show or one-album projects or EPs, though some played more than one show or recorded more than one single or EPs, because all or most members were involved in other bands or groups. Some groups listed were also either a collaborative effort as well as created for television specials and/or may have released one project or few singles as well as unite one or few times on an audio recording or live performance appearance.
Founded | Band/project name | Members | Notes | Citations |
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1956 | Million Dollar Quartet | Impromptu recording session later released as a 47-track compilation. Without Presley, the group would reunite in 1982 ( The Survivors Live ) and 1986 ( Class of '55 ). | ||
1966 | Eric Clapton's Powerhouse |
| The band did not release any albums; in fact, they recorded only three singles featured on the Elektra compilation What's Shakin' . | |
1967 | The Super Super Blues Band | Albums: Super Blues , The Super Super Blues Band | ||
1968 | The Dirty Mac | They performed only once, at The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus television event, and are featured on the soundtrack album released in connection with the show being issued on VHS. | ||
The Christmas Spirit |
| Singles: "Christmas Is My Time of Year" b/w "Will You Still Believe in Me" | [138] | |
1969 | The Plastic Ono Band | Albums: Live Peace in Toronto 1969, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band, Sometime In New York City | ||
1970 | Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends |
| Albums: Smoke and Fire | |
1973 | Tyrone Shoelaces |
| Appeared only on the single "Basketball Jones" | |
1976 | Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart |
Peter Tork (The Monkees) appeared at least once with the group live. | Albums: Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart | |
1979 | The Greedies |
| Originally known as The Greedy Bastards, recorded one Christmas single, "A Merry Jingle". | |
1980 | Million Dollar Band |
| Recurring house band on the TV series Hee Haw . Most were session members of The Nashville A-Team and had solo careers as instrumentalists. | |
1982 | Chequered Past | Albums: Chequered Past (1984) | ||
1983 | The Glove | Albums: Blue Sunshine (1983) | ||
1984 | Hindu Love Gods |
| Albums: Hindu Love Gods (1990) Also recorded Sentimental Hygiene under Zevon's name. | |
1988 | Unnamed supergroup |
supported by
| Recording lineup for Phil Keaggy's Phil Keaggy and Sunday's Child | [139] |
1990 | The Gak | Played two charity concerts in 1990. | ||
1992 | Mac-Talla [140] | Albums: Mairidh Gaol is Ceòl [141] | ||
Praxis |
| Albums: Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis) , Sacrifist , Metatron , Live in Poland, Transmutation Live , 1984 , Mold , Warszawa , Collection , Tennessee 2004 , Profanation (Preparation for a Coming Darkness) | ||
1993 | Automatic Baby |
| One-time performance of U2's "One" during an MTV concert for President Bill Clinton. | |
Swing Mob [142]
(Da Bassment Cru & Superfriends [ broken anchor ]) Hip Hop/R&B collaboration label & multi-group(s) | Swing Mob / Da Bassment Cru original members:
The Superfriends members: (Spinoff collaborations of various works as a collective)
*Timbaland-provided a large portion of production for various artists of the collective family as well as featured his rap vocals or sound bites on their work, alongside Magoo who only provided a few. each artist has also solo collaborated within their collective on various projects as Da Bassment Cru.. Timbland & Magoo (final spinoff collaboration as a supergroup)
| A collective of artists curated by DeVante Swing of Jodeci fame. Swing Mob ended in 1995, however Timbaland & Magoo continued to form 'Superfriends' still under a collective name of Da Bassment Cru. (1997-2001) Notable Singles collaborated but not limited to the actual name of the group:
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1994 | Bruce-Baker-Moore | Albums: Around the Next Dream | ||
Argyle Park | Core members:
Contributors:
| Songs: "Drive, He Said (D-Wee Dub)" (appeared on I Predict a Clone: A Steve Taylor Tribute ) (1994); "Lonely (Two-Timing Dub)" (appeared on Sweet Family Music: A Tribute to Stryper ) (1996); "Fanny Pack" (new track for the 2016 re-master of Misguided)
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Black Men United |
| A collaboration of many African-American male R&B, neo soul and soul music artists. Written by D'Angelo, and was featured as the end credits for the film Jason's Lyric , and on the film's soundtrack Singles: "U Will Know",(1994) All artists performed lived at the 1995 American Music Awards | ||
1996 | Backwoods |
| The result of an aborted attempt to continue the Argyle Park project; recorded and released only a single song, "Christmas Wishes", on the compilation album Christmas Wishes | |
1998 | Brandy and Monica | Singles: "The Boy Is Mine", "It All Belongs to Me" | ||
Stardust | Singles: "Music Sounds Better with You" | |||
AP2 | Core members
Contributors
| Successor to the Argyle Park project. Albums: Suspension of Disbelief (2000) | ||
1999 | The No WTO Combo |
| Album: Live from the Battle in Seattle (1999) | |
2000 | The Word | Albums: "The Word" (2001) | ||
Kelly Price & Friends |
| A special remix collaboration single for Kelly Price's Album Mirror, Mirror Singles: "Love Sets You Free" (2000) | ||
2001 | Oysterhead | Albums: The Grand Pecking Order (2001) | ||
2002 | Frou Frou |
| Albums: Details (2002) | |
Planet Us |
| Songs: "Vertigo", "Peeping Through a Hole" "Vertigo" was originally intended for the first Spider-Man movie, but it was turned down. | ||
2004 | Probot |
| Features Dave Grohl playing most all of the instruments, along with one of his favorite heavy metal / punk rock vocalists on each track. Albums: Probot (2004) | |
Tak Matsumoto Group |
| Albums: TMG I (2004) | ||
2005 | Roadrunner United |
| Released to commemorate Roadrunner's 25 anniversary. Albums: The All-Star Sessions (2004) | |
2005 | The Toppers |
| Songs: Shine (2009) The song was the Dutch entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. | |
2005 | Men with Banjos (who Know How to Use Them) |
| Performed at the 2005 New Yorker Festival and on Late Show with David Letterman . An earlier incarnation of the Martin-Scruggs collaboration, 2001's "Earl Scruggs and Friends," featured a number of other prominent musicians. | |
2006 | Tipton, Entwistle & Powell |
| Albums: Edge of the World (2006) The album was released in 2006, but was recorded in the mid-1990s. | |
The Good, the Bad & the Queen |
| Albums: The Good, the Bad & the Queen (2007), Merrie Land (2018) | [149] | |
LT united |
| An alternative-pop musical group created by six independent performers for the sole purpose of representing Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006. With the song "We Are the Winners" the group has finished 6th in the final, best result for this country ever so far. | ||
Chapter 4 |
| Formerly R&B/Pop boyband 3rd Storee,(1999-2004) Collaborated and released a single under new band name with J Records (2006) Original members Kevontay Jackson & Lil' Man/K. Young left the band into other endeavors. Singles: "Fool Wit U" (2006) (Omarion later covered and remade song), "2 Piece Juicy" (Unreleased Single, 2007) | ||
2007 | Robert Plant and Alison Krauss |
| Albums: Raising Sand (2007), Raise the Roof (2021) | |
S.K.I.N. |
| The band gave its debut performance on June 29, 2007, at the Anime Expo in Long Beach, California. As of mid-2009, neither an album release date nor a full-time bass player have been announced. | ||
Bow Wow & Omarion | Bow Wow (solo artist) | Initially collaborated with the single "Let Me Hold You" off Bow Wow's album in 2005. But became a duo for an album a few years later while also touring together. The pair share the genre of Hip Hop and R&B as an act with Bow Wow performing as the rapper while Omarion serve as the singer on verses and hooks.
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2008 | Fear and the Nervous System | Albums: Fear and the Nervous System (2012) | ||
Heads of State (H.O.S.) | 2nd spinoff and reincarnation of the group New Edition years after the first supergroup of Bell Biv DeVoe was formed, this time uniting the remaining second half of the group who achieved solo success. This was a brief collaborative effort between the artists in live tour and appearance performances. (2008-2011) No album recorded Collectively performed each other's solo hit songs sharing the stage as one band. | [150] | ||
2009 | Operation Aloha |
| Albums: Operation Aloha (2009) | |
The White Album Concert | Toured Australia with the show The White Album Concert in 2009, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the release of The Beatles' classic album. This involved the listed performers collectively playing the entire double album live. | |||
2010 | NKOTBSB | They recorded two new songs together, a mash-up track, and released a compilation album featuring said tracks. The supergroup also toured North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia in 2011–2012. Albums: NKOTBSB (2011) | ||
2013 | Device | Albums: Device (2013) | ||
Fight or Flight |
| Albums: A Life by Design? (2013) | ||
2014 | The Impossible Orchestra |
| One-time collaboration to launch BBC Music, performed "God Only Knows" | [151] |
Scott O))) |
| Albums: Soused (2014) | ||
2015 | Genealogy | Singles: "Face the Shadow" Formed to represent Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. Placed sixteenth out of twenty-seven in the grand final. | ||
Unnamed Supergroup | One-off performance for the 2015 comeback episode of TFI Friday. The group performed My Generation by The Who. Formed in July 2017 in Milan, Italy | |||
2016 | Y TEEN | Singles: "Do Better" (2016) | ||
2017 | RSO |
| EPs: Rise (2017), Making History (2018) Albums: Radio Free America (2018) | [152] [153] [154] |
2018 | August Greene | Albums: August Greene (2018) | ||
LSD | Albums: Labrinth, Sia & Diplo Present... LSD (2019) | [122] | ||
The First Ladies of Bluegrass | Group featuring the first women to win each of the Instrumentalist of the Year categories at the IBMA Awards. | [155] | ||
RBRM | 3rd spinoff and reincarnation of the group "New Edition" proceeding "Bell Biv DeVoe (BBD)" and "Heads of State" The name was created as a result of attempting to reunite the 'N.E.' band after the release of their 2017 biopic miniseries "The New Edition Story". However Ralph Tresvant and Johnny Gill voiced their creative differences which in turn left the group to tour as BBD and Bobby Brown under a new contractual moniker. Performed live for the 2018 RBRM Tour | [156] | ||
Deadland Ritual | Singles: Down in Flames (2018) Broken and Bruised (2019) | [157] | ||
2019 | The Highwomen | Albums: The Highwomen (2019) | [158] Named after another country supergroup: The Highwaymen | |
2020 | SSAK3 | The First South Korean supergroup formed on the MBC variety show Hangout with Yoo . Singles Include "In Summer" Featuring Kwanghee ( Cover From Former South Korean Music Duo "Deux" ), "In The Beach" & "Play That Summer" | [159] | |
Echobats |
| Singles: "Save Me From Loving You" (2020) | [160] | |
2021 | Silk Sonic | Albums: An Evening with Silk Sonic (2021) | ||
BluPrint |
Televised members before disbanding include: Nivea, Aubrey O'Day (Danity Kane) Irish & LeMisha Grinstead (702), - all vocals were featured on televised soundbites. | Formed as a reality show collaboration between 9 former R&B female artists/groups resulting in 5 remaining members who recorded an EP Album/Project TV Show: BET Presents: The Encore (2021) EPs: Bluprint (2021) | [161] [162] | |
New Edition & NKOTB | Collaborated as special tribute medley performance dedicated to their hometown of Boston and sharing the same management curator at the 2021 American Music Awards (AMAs) The 2 groups performed each other songs collectively together. | |||
2022 | Got the Beat |
| Singles: "Step Back" (2022) Albums: Stamp on It (2023) | |
f5ve (Formerly known as SG5) | On June 27, it was announced that SG5 would perform at "Anime Expo" in Los Angeles, California, at the Opening Ceremony on July 1 and Halftime at "AX Masquerade" on July 3. These performances would serve as their official debut stage. In the announcement, it was also revealed that the name "SG5" would be an abbrevation for "Sailor Guardians 5". On April 26, the group announced a rebrand on their SNS accounts, with a new concept and the group being renamed to f5ve. Singles: Firetruck (2023) Lettuce (2024) Underground (2024) | [163] [164] | ||
3rd Secret |
| Albums: 3rd Secret (2022) | ||
The Frontmen | Appeared on the Grand Ole Opry in 2022 as part of its yearlong 1990s celebration | [165] | ||
R.S.V.P. |
| Initial inception began in summer of 2022 as an idea after appearing as challengers on the musical streaming platform series Verzuz. They appeared as the undercard showcase match as 'Bobby V& Ray J vs Sammie & Pleasure P.' for the main event of Omarion vs Mario. The EP project is currently in development Single: "Money Everywhere" (December, 2022) | [166] [167] [168] [169] [170] | |
The Last Rockstars |
| Performed their first show on January 26, 2023, at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan. Have previewed snippets of two songs: "The Last Rockstars" and "Psycho Love." | [171] [172] [173] | |
2023 | Kx5 | Albums: Kx5 (2023) | ||
Girls² x iScream (ガルガルアイサケ/Garugaru-Aisake) |
Former Members | Singles: Rock Steady (2023) D.N.A. (2024) | ||
¥$ | In October 2023, Billboard reported West and Ty Dolla Sign were working on a collaborative album. In November 2023, the first single by the two, Vultures, alongside Lil Durk, was released. A collaborative album was announced shortly after, and the first performance by the duo was on 12 December at Wynwood Marketplace. A second performance took place on the 15th. The album suffered many delays and is now slated to release on February 9, 2024. | [174] [175] [176] |
Charity groups are usually one-shot projects, organized to create a charity record to raise money or awareness for a cause or charity. Notable examples are the various charity supergroups which formed in response to the 1983–85 famine in Ethiopia, initiated by Band Aid which recorded "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in 1984, such as USA for Africa ("We Are the World") and Northern Lights ("Tears Are Not Enough"), as well as the 1986 heavy metal project Hear 'n Aid.
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Leaves' Eyes is a symphonic metal band from Germany and Norway. They were formed in 2003 by Liv Kristine, formerly the lead singer of Theatre of Tragedy, and the entire line-up of Atrocity. To date, the band has released eight studio albums, a single, six EPs, one live album and a DVD.
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Today Is the Day is an American noise rock and experimental metal band that originally formed in Nashville, Tennessee. The band's diverse sound combines influences from areas such as noise music, avant-garde metal, grindcore, post-hardcore, and alternative rock among other genres. Most of the band's recordings make extensive use of dissonance and sampling, as well as unusual production techniques and psychedelic overtones. Lyrical themes include depression, warfare, violence, altered states of consciousness, and mental disorders.
Napalm Records is an Austrian independent record label focused on heavy metal, hard rock and folk/folk rock/folk metal. Originally, Napalm focused on black metal bands, such as Abigor and Summoning, and folk metal bands, such as Falkenbach and Vintersorg. The label later expanded its roster by adding gothic metal, symphonic metal, power metal, doom metal, metalcore and nu metal bands, as well as stoner rock acts Monster Magnet, Karma to Burn, and Brant Bjork, and even folk bands like Ye Banished Privateers. Napalm has its own publishing house named Iron Avantgarde Publishing.
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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2010.
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Waxahatchee is an American indie music project, formed in 2010 by American singer-songwriter Kathryn Crutchfield, known professionally as Katie Crutchfield, following the breakup of her previous band P.S. Eliot. The band is named after Waxahatchee Creek, in Alabama, where Crutchfield grew up. Originally an acoustic solo project, her recordings now tend to involve a full backing band. As Waxahatchee, she has released six solo studio albums to date: American Weekend (2012), Cerulean Salt (2013), Ivy Tripp (2015), Out in the Storm (2017), Saint Cloud (2020) and Tigers Blood (2024). Away from Waxahatchee, Crutchfield was also a member of alternative country duo Plains alongside Jess Williamson.
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But only the '70s-era supergroup rates its own museum.
The Swedish supergroup member is in the studio with a proven hitmaker.
The starting point for the group we know as ABBA was a recording session that took place in Stockholm's Metronome Studio on March 29, 1972.
...On September 26, 1972, the first recording session... ...clearly stated on the session sheet that the tracks were intended for an album by the group Björn and Benny, Agnetha and Anni-Frid...
To begin with there is a lot more synth on this album which I still can't shake the feeling that there is a Martin relative who is involved that we haven't been informed of. *coughRONNIEcough*
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