# Oasis

Source: https://www.popfiltr.com/artist-profile/oasis
Published: 2026-09-22T17:11:25.577Z
Language: en

> Manchester rock band Oasis rose from pub back rooms to Britpop's summit, scored eight UK number-one albums, split in 2009, and returned for a stadium-spanning reunion that carries into 2027.

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Artist profile

## Oasis

Manchester rock band Oasis rose from pub back rooms to Britpop's summit, scored eight UK number-one albums, split in 2009, and returned for a stadium-spanning reunion that carries into 2027.

## Quick facts

- **Origin:** United Kingdom
- **Genres:** rock, alternative, pop, alternative rock
- **Award-winning work:** (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
- **Awards:** 6 BRIT Awards won · 2 Ivor Novello Awards won
- **Audience:** 31.1M Spotify monthly listeners, as of April 30, 2026

![Oasis official artist profile image](https://www.popfiltr.com/artist-profile-assets/v1/912/1415e60cf183b955bf1d400e1f88c1ed5f2b834fa8013100502c0d07c738027b.jpg)

*[Artist image via Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/artist/2DaxqgrOhkeH0fpeiQq2f4)*

- **Spotify monthly listeners:** 31.1M (No. 199 by Spotify monthly listeners)
- **TikTok tracked video views:** 8B (No. 994 by TikTok top-video views)
- **YouTube total views:** 4.7B
- **Pandora lifetime streams:** 2.9B
- **Total platform audience:** 29M
- **Spotify followers:** 13.4M (No. 235 by Spotify followers)
- **YouTube subscribers:** 4.5M (No. 1275 by YouTube subscribers)
- **TikTok followers:** 1.6M (No. 3590 by TikTok followers)

Figures as of April 30, 2026.

Data

## Audience, reach and discovery

Figures as of April 30, 2026.

### Platform audience

- **Spotify monthly listeners:** 31.1M (No. 199 by Spotify monthly listeners)
- **Spotify followers:** 13.4M (No. 235 by Spotify followers)
- **YouTube subscribers:** 4.5M (No. 1275 by YouTube subscribers)
- **Instagram followers:** 4.9M (No. 1943 by Instagram followers)
- **TikTok followers:** 1.6M (No. 3590 by TikTok followers)
- **Deezer fans:** 4.6M (No. 101 for Deezer fans)
- **Pandora 28-day listeners:** 1.6M

### Consumption and discovery

- **YouTube total views:** 4.7B
- **YouTube daily views:** 2.4M
- **YouTube monthly views:** 64.6M
- **TikTok likes:** 20.2M (No. 4671 for TikTok likes)
- **TikTok tracked video views:** 8B (No. 994 by TikTok top-video views)
- **TikTok track posts:** 3.6M (No. 2024 for TikTok track posts)
- **Pandora lifetime streams:** 2.9B
- **Shazams:** 60M
- **Genius pageviews:** 11.9M

### Playlist footprint

- **Spotify playlist reach:** 202.2M
- **Spotify editorial playlist reach:** 65.2M
- **Spotify playlists:** 803K
- **Spotify editorial playlists:** 454
- **Apple Music playlists:** 756
- **Apple Music editorial playlists:** 356
- **Deezer playlists:** 565
- **Deezer editorial playlists:** 72
- **YouTube playlists:** 183
- **YouTube editorial playlists:** 36

### Top listener markets

Leading cities by Spotify monthly listeners.

| Rank | City | Listeners |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | London GB | 793.9K |
| 2 | São Paulo BR | 533K |
| 3 | Mexico City MX | 527.5K |
| 4 | Jakarta ID | 458.8K |
| 5 | Santiago CL | 427.7K |

Biography

## The Oasis story

### Formation in Manchester

The band that became Oasis took shape in Manchester in 1991 out of a group called the Rain, whose players included guitarist Paul 'Bonehead' Arthurs, bassist Paul 'Guigsy' McGuigan and drummer Tony McCarroll. Dissatisfied with their singer, Arthurs recruited school acquaintance Liam Gallagher, who suggested taking the Oasis name from an Inspiral Carpets tour poster he shared with his brother Noel; the poster listed Swindon's Oasis Leisure Centre among its venues. Oasis played their first show at the Boardwalk club in Manchester on 14 August 1991. Noel, then working as a roadie for Inspiral Carpets, watched the set and later proposed joining as lead guitarist on the condition that he become the band's sole songwriter and leader. He arrived with a stockpile of songs and imposed a stripped-back, high-volume approach - simple chords, basic rhythms and loud amplifiers - that gave the group its early sound. Through 1992 and 1993 Oasis rehearsed, gigged around Manchester and circulated the Live Demonstration demo tape while angling for a record contract.

### Creation Records and Definitely Maybe

In May 1993 Creation Records co-owner Alan McGee caught Oasis at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow and offered them a contract. Because a US deal proved difficult, the band signed worldwide with Sony, which licensed their records to Creation for the UK. 'Supersonic', issued in April 1994, reached number 31 on the UK Singles Chart, and follow-ups 'Shakermaker', 'Live Forever' and 'Cigarettes & Alcohol' widened their profile; 'Live Forever' became their first top-ten single. Definitely Maybe was released on 29 August 1994, entered the UK Albums Chart at number one within a week and set a British record as the fastest-selling debut album of its time. 'Whatever', that year's Christmas single, reached number three. A punishing tour schedule and the band's excesses strained relations almost immediately: during a badly received Los Angeles show in September 1994 Noel briefly quit before being coaxed back, and the episode became part of the brothers' well-documented friction.

### Britpop's summit and Knebworth

'Some Might Say' gave Oasis their first UK number-one single in April 1995, the same month drummer Tony McCarroll left and Alan White joined. Sessions for the second album followed at Rockfield Studios near Monmouth. Through 1995 the British press turned a chart rivalry with Blur into the Battle of Britpop, a narrative that peaked in August when Blur's 'Country House' outsold Oasis's 'Roll with It' over a release week. (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, issued that October, debuted at number one and spent ten weeks at the top in total, while 'Wonderwall' and 'Don't Look Back in Anger' became two of the band's defining songs; the album also won Best British Album at the 1996 BRIT Awards. Live, Oasis headlined Earls Court, played two nights at Maine Road in Manchester in April 1996 and finished the summer with two sell-out concerts at Knebworth House, each attended by 125,000 people - at the time the largest outdoor concerts in UK history.

### Be Here Now and a changing line-up

Be Here Now followed in August 1997, led by the number-one single 'D'You Know What I Mean?' and recorded amid heavy media scrutiny at Abbey Road and Ridge Farm. Its first-week UK sales of 696,000 copies set a national record that lasted until Adele's 25 in 2015, though the album's commercial afterglow faded faster than its predecessors'. After a lower-key period that produced the B-sides collection The Masterplan in 1998, founding members Arthurs and McGuigan departed during work on Standing on the Shoulder of Giants (2000); Gem Archer and Andy Bell replaced them, and that record became the first to feature a Liam Gallagher song, 'Little James'. Alan White left in 2003. The band's remaining studio albums - Heathen Chemistry (2002), Don't Believe the Truth (2005) and Dig Out Your Soul (2008) - all reached UK number one, with the final two drawing strong reviews.

### The 2009 split and solo years

The Dig Out Your Soul tour ran into the summer of 2009, and after Oasis pulled out of festival appearances in France, Noel Gallagher announced on the band's website that he had quit. His statement, issued after a backstage argument ahead of Rock en Seine near Paris, ended the group's original eighteen-year run. The remaining members carried on as Beady Eye and released two albums before splitting in 2014, while Noel formed Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds. Both brothers sustained solo careers through the 2010s even as speculation about an Oasis return continued year after year without result until 2024.

### Reunion, the Rock Hall and Live '27

On 27 August 2024, two days before Definitely Maybe's 30th anniversary, Oasis confirmed they would reunite; the announcement crashed the band's website and presale demand quickly absorbed the initially announced UK and Ireland dates. The Oasis Live '25 tour opened at Cardiff's Principality Stadium on 4 July 2025 and expanded to 41 shows across the UK, Ireland, North America, Asia, Australia and South America, ending in São Paulo that November. Pollstar later ranked the trek second on its 2025 worldwide tours chart. In April 2026 the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame named Oasis among that year's inductees, with the ceremony set for 14 November in Los Angeles. On 14 September 2026 the band announced the 38-date Oasis Live '27 tour, scheduled from Glasgow in May 2027 to four nights at Knebworth in September, with Richard Ashcroft appearing as special guest at every show.

Selected moments

## Career highlights

1. 1994 **Definitely Maybe tops the UK chart** Oasis's debut entered the UK Albums Chart at number one within a week of release on 29 August 1994 and became the fastest-selling debut album in British history at the time.
2. 1995 **First UK number-one single** 'Some Might Say' reached number one on the UK Singles Chart in April 1995, the first of the band's eight chart-topping singles.
3. 1995 **(What's the Story) Morning Glory? released** The second album arrived in October 1995, spent ten weeks at UK number one and yielded the singles 'Wonderwall' and 'Don't Look Back in Anger'.
4. 1996 **Knebworth concerts** Two sell-out nights at Knebworth House in August 1996 each drew 125,000 people, described at the time as the largest outdoor concerts in UK history.
5. 1997 **Be Here Now sets a UK sales record** Released in August 1997, the third album sold 696,000 copies in its first three days, the fastest opening in UK chart history until Adele's 25 in 2015.
6. 2007 **BRIT Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music** Oasis collected the Outstanding Contribution to Music prize at the 2007 BRIT Awards at Earls Court in London and closed the ceremony with a hits medley.
7. 2009 **The band splits** Noel Gallagher announced he had quit Oasis in August 2009 after a backstage argument before Rock en Seine in France, ending the group's original run.
8. 2024 **Reunion announced** Oasis confirmed their reunion on 27 August 2024 with a UK and Ireland tour that expanded into the 41-date Oasis Live '25 world tour.
9. 2025 **Oasis Live '25 tour** The reunion tour ran from Cardiff in July to São Paulo in November 2025, with Pollstar reporting gross box-office takings of about $405 million across 36 reported dates.
10. 2026 **Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction** Oasis were named in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 2026 inductee class, announced in April, with the ceremony set for 14 November in Los Angeles.
11. 2026 **Oasis Live '27 announced** On 14 September 2026 the band announced 38 shows for 2027 across the UK, Europe and the US, ending with four nights at Knebworth in September.

Recognition

## Awards and honours

Oasis's award record spans the BRIT Awards, songwriting prizes and, in 2026, induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The totals below follow figures published by Sony Music UK, with individual wins drawn from the award bodies and press reports cited in the sources list.

Key entries include Best British Newcomer at the 1995 BRIT Awards, Best British Album and Best British Group for (What's the Story) Morning Glory? in 1996, the Outstanding Contribution to Music prize in 2007, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame performer induction announced in 2026.

- **BRIT Awards won:** 6
- **Ivor Novello Awards won:** 2
- **NME Awards won:** 17

| Year | Award | Category | Work |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1995 | BRIT Awards | Best British Newcomer Winner |  |
| 1996 | BRIT Awards | Best British Album Winner | (What's the Story) Morning Glory? |
| 1996 | BRIT Awards | Best British Group Winner |  |
| 2007 | BRIT Awards | Outstanding Contribution to Music Winner |  |
| 2010 | BRIT Awards | Best Album of the Last 30 Years Winner | (What's the Story) Morning Glory? |
| 2026 | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | Performer induction Winner |  |

Sources

- [Oasis — The Story ↗](https://oasisinet.com/the-story/)
- [Oasis — Music ↗](https://oasisinet.com/music/)
- [Sony Music UK — Oasis ↗](https://www.sonymusic.co.uk/artist/oasis/)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica — Oasis ↗](https://www.britannica.com/topic/Oasis-British-rock-group)
- [Wikipedia — Oasis (band) ↗](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oasis_(band))
- [Official Charts — OASIS full chart history ↗](https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/3993/oasis/)
- [Official Charts — Oasis's Official biggest albums ranked ↗](https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/oasis-biggest-albums-sales/)
- [Official Charts — Definitely Maybe returns to Number 1 ↗](https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/oasis-definitely-maybe-number-1-30-anniversary/)
- [Rock & Roll Hall of Fame — Oasis ↗](https://rockhall.com/inductees/oasis/)
- [Rock & Roll Hall of Fame — 2026 inductees press release ↗](https://rockhall.com/press-release/the-rock-roll-hall-of-fame-reveals-2026-inductees/)
- [BRIT Awards — The BRITs 2007 ↗](https://www.brits.co.uk/history/the-brits-2007/)
- [NME — Oasis 'Outstanding' at BRIT Awards ↗](https://www.nme.com/news/music/oasis-564-1340661)
- [AllMusic — Oasis biography ↗](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/oasis-mn0000393345)
- [The Guardian — Oasis reunion confirmed for 2025 tour ↗](https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/aug/27/oasis-reunion-confirmed-for-uk-and-ireland-tour-in-2025-liam-noel-gallagher)
- [The Guardian — Oasis announce 2027 tour and Knebworth return ↗](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/sep/14/oasis-tour-reunion-2027-announcement-tickets-knebworth)
- [Reuters — Oasis to reunite with 2025 tour ↗](https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/british-rock-band-oasis-reunite-with-2025-tour-2024-08-27/)
- [Reuters — Oasis to join Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ↗](https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/oasis-wu-tang-clan-phil-collins-join-rock-roll-hall-fame-2026-04-14/)
- [Live Nation — Oasis Announce Oasis Live '27 ↗](https://news.livenationentertainment.com/news/oasis-announce-oasis-live-27)
- [Pollstar — Oasis reunion tour hits No. 2 on worldwide tours chart ↗](https://news.pollstar.com/2025/12/12/oasis-reunion-tour-hits-no-2-on-worldwide-tours-chart-the-outpouring-the-emotion-you-could-cut-it-with-a-knife/)
- [BBC News — Oasis reunion confirmed for summer 2025 ↗](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy5xr8yr8wo)