List of adult alternative artists

The following lists bands or artists that are played on adult album alternative radio stations, or have been cited as part of the adult alternative pop/rock music genre.

0-9

 * .38 Special
 * 10,000 Maniacs
 * 10cc
 * The B-52's

A

 * A Flock of Seagulls
 * A Tribe Called Quest
 * A-ha
 * ABBA
 * ABC
 * AC/DC
 * Ryan Adams
 * Adele
 * The Airborne Toxic Event
 * Alberta Cross
 * Alice In Chains
 * Alice Cooper
 * Lily Allen
 * All American Rejects
 * The Allman Brothers Band
 * Gregg Allman
 * Girls Aloud
 * AJR
 * alt-J
 * Ambrosia
 * American Authors
 * Tori Amos
 * Anderson Paak
 * The Angels
 * The Animals
 * Fiona Apple
 * Aqualung
 * Arcade Fire
 * Tasmin Archer
 * Arctic Monkeys
 * Jann Arden
 * Arlo Parks
 * Louis Armstrong
 * Joseph Arthur
 * Ásgeir
 * Asia
 * Asleep at the Wheel
 * Assembly of Dust
 * Nicole Atkins
 * Atlas Genius
 * Augustana
 * The Avett Brothers

B

 * Bachman-Turner Overdrive
 * Badfinger
 * Badly Drawn Boy
 * Bahamas
 * Bakar
 * Bananarama
 * The Band
 * Dazz Band
 * The Bangles
 * Band of Horses
 * Sara Bareilles
 * Barenaked Ladies
 * The Baseball Project
 * Bear Hands
 * The Beach Boys
 * Beastie Boys
 * The Beatles
 * The Beautiful South
 * Beck
 * Howie Beck
 * Jeff Beck
 * Bee Gees
 * The Bees / A Band of Bees
 * Beirut
 * Belle Brigade
 * Ben Folds Five
 * Chuck Berry
 * Best Coast
 * Better Than Ezra
 * Big Head Todd & The Monsters
 * Andrew Bird
 * The Black Crowes
 * The Black Keys
 * The Black Eyed Peas
 * Black Pumas
 * Blessid Union of Souls
 * Björk
 * Aloe Blacc
 * James Blake
 * Blonde Redhead
 * Blondie
 * Blind Faith
 * Blind Melon
 * Blue Merle
 * The Blue Nile
 * Blue October
 * Blue Öyster Cult
 * Blue Rodeo
 * Blues Traveler
 * The Moody Blues
 * James Blunt
 * Blur
 * Bon Iver
 * Boozoo Bajou
 * Børns
 * Boston (band)
 * Boy & Bear
 * Boy Pablo
 * Boygenius
 * Butterfly Boucher
 * David Bowie
 * Charles Bradley
 * The Bravery
 * The Breeders
 * Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians
 * Broken Bells
 * Leon Bridges
 * Jonatha Brooke
 * Meredith Brooks
 * Marc Broussard
 * James Brown
 * Jackson Browne
 * Michael Bublé
 * Jeff Buckley
 * Bully
 * Kate Bush
 * Bush (British band)
 * John Butler Trio
 * David Byrne
 * The Byrds

C

 * Cage The Elephant
 * Camila Cabello
 * Carla Olson
 * Caro Emerald
 * Colbie Caillat
 * Cake
 * Carbon Leaf
 * The Cardigans
 * Mariah Carey
 * Brandi Carlile
 * Belinda Carlisle
 * Vanessa Carlton
 * Reeve Carney
 * The Cars
 * Neko Case
 * Johnny Cash
 * Chance the Rapper
 * Tracy Chapman
 * Chicago
 * The Chicks
 * Toni Childs
 * The Church
 * The Civil Wars
 * Clairo
 * Eric Clapton
 * Gary Clark, Jr.
 * Guy Clark
 * The Clash
 * Kelly Clarkson
 * Tom Cochrane
 * Bruce Cockburn
 * Joe Cocker
 * Marc Cohn
 * Cold War Kids
 * Coldplay
 * Jude Cole
 * Lloyd Cole
 * Paula Cole
 * Collective Soul
 * Phil Collins
 * Shawn Colvin
 * Bad Company
 * The Corrs
 * Matt Costa
 * Elvis Costello
 * Christopher Cross
 * Counting Crows
 * Cowboy Junkies
 * Cowboy Mouth
 * Cracker
 * The Cranberries
 * Crash Test Dummies
 * Cream (band)
 * Creedence Clearwater Revival
 * King Crimson
 * Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
 * Sheryl Crow
 * Crowded House
 * Mötley Crüe
 * Ice Cube
 * Jim Cuddy
 * Cuff the Duke
 * Jamie Cullum
 * The Cure
 * Cypress Hill
 * Billy Ray Cyrus
 * Miley Cyrus

D

 * Daft Punk
 * The Dandy Warhols
 * Vanessa Daou
 * Dave Matthews Band
 * Dave Clark Five
 * Paul Davis
 * Dawes
 * Howie Day
 * dc Talk
 * De La Soul
 * Dead or Alive
 * Deadmau5
 * Death Cab for Cutie
 * The Decemberists
 * Def Leppard
 * Gavin DeGraw
 * Del Amitri
 * Demillusion
 * Lana Del Rey
 * Delta Spirit
 * Rocco DeLuca
 * Brett Dennen
 * Depeche Mode
 * Derek & the Dominos
 * Derek Trucks Band
 * Destiny's Child
 * Devo
 * Dido
 * Dinosaur Jr.
 * Dire Straits
 * Thomas Dolby
 * Pussycat Dolls
 * Doobie Brothers
 * The Doors
 * Luke Doucet
 * Mike Doughty
 * Nick Drake
 * Drake
 * Drive By Truckers
 * Duran Duran
 * Bob Dylan
 * Jakob Dylan

E

 * The Eagles
 * Justin Townes Earle
 * Earth, Wind & Fire
 * Anderson East
 * Echo & the Bunnymen
 * Echosmith
 * EDEN
 * Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
 * Kathleen Edwards
 * Eels
 * Mark Eitzel
 * Billie Eilish
 * Elephant Stone
 * Elliphant
 * Eminem
 * Enya
 * Melissa Etheridge
 * Sharon Van Etten
 * Europe
 * Eurythmics
 * Evanescence
 * George Ezra

F

 * Faces
 * Small Faces
 * Donald Fagen
 * Fair to Midland
 * The Fall of Troy
 * Fall Out Boy
 * Family of the Year
 * Fanfarlo
 * Fastball
 * Fatboy Slim
 * Feist
 * Fergie
 * Rebecca Ferguson
 * Filter
 * A Fine Frenzy
 * Finn Brothers
 * Craig Finn
 * Neil Finn
 * First Aid Kit
 * Jeremy Fisher
 * Fitz and the Tantrums
 * Ella Fitzgerald
 * Five for Fighting
 * The Fixx
 * The Flaming Lips
 * Fleet Foxes
 * Fleetwood Mac
 * Flight of the Conchords
 * Florence & the Machine
 * John Fogerty
 * Ben Folds
 * Fontaines D.C.
 * David Ford
 * Foreigner
 * Foo Fighters
 * Julia Fordham
 * Foster the People
 * Four Tops
 * Donavon Frankenreiter
 * Aretha Franklin
 * Michael Franti & Spearhead
 * Franz Ferdinand
 * The Fray
 * Freddy Fresh
 * Free
 * Fun.

G

 * G. Love & Special Sauce
 * Peter Gabriel
 * Lady Gaga
 * The Gap Band
 * Garbage
 * Art Garfunkel
 * Jack Garratt
 * Marvin Gaye
 * Genesis
 * Andy Gibb
 * Gin Blossoms
 * Givers
 * Glass Animals
 * Donald Glover
 * Gnarls Barkley
 * Goldfrapp
 * Gomez
 * The Go-Gos
 * Goo Goo Dolls
 * Gorillaz
 * Gotye
 * Ellie Goulding
 * Grace Potter & the Nocturnals
 * Graffiti6
 * Andy Grammer
 * Grand Funk Railroad
 * Jenn Grant
 * Grant Lee Buffalo
 * Grateful Dead
 * David Gray
 * Great Lake Swimmers
 * Al Green
 * Green Day
 * The Greg Kihn Band
 * Patty Griffin
 * Grizzly Bear
 * Grouplove
 * The Growlers
 * Guns N' Roses
 * Guster

H

 * Trevor Hall
 * Hall & Oates
 * Halsey
 * Ernie Halter
 * Sarah Harmer
 * Fifth Harmony
 * Ben Harper
 * George Harrison
 * PJ Harvey
 * Juliana Hatfield
 * Mayer Hawthorne
 * Warren Haynes
 * Heart
 * The Head and the Heart
 * Heartless Bastards
 * The Jimi Hendrix Experience
 * Joe Henry
 * Kristin Hersh
 * Katie Herzig
 * John Hiatt
 * Missy Higgins
 * Lauryn Hill
 * Hockey
 * The Hollies
 * Buddy Holly
 * Hootie & the Blowfish
 * Hooverphonic
 * Bruce Hornsby
 * House Of Pain
 * Howlin Maggie
 * The Human League
 * Van Hunt
 * Hurray for the Riff Raff
 * Eric Hutchinson

I

 * Icon for Hire
 * Idles
 * Billy Idol
 * Iggy Pop
 * iLoveMakonnen
 * Imagine Dragons
 * Natalie Imbruglia
 * Incubus
 * Indigo Girls
 * The Innocence Mission
 * Interpol
 * INXS
 * Iron & Wine
 * Chris Isaak
 * Jason Isbell
 * Islands
 * Ivy

J

 * Jet
 * Joan Jett
 * Joe Jackson
 * Michael Jackson
 * Janet Jackson
 * The Jam
 * Pearl Jam
 * Ram Jam
 * James
 * James Gang
 * Jason Mraz
 * Rick James
 * John Mayer
 * Tommy James & The Shondells
 * Jamiroquai
 * Sarah Jarosz
 * Jars of Clay
 * The Jayhawks
 * Jem
 * Jewel
 * Billy Joel
 * Elton John
 * Jack Johnson
 * Freedy Johnston
 * Norah Jones
 * Janis Joplin
 * Journey
 * Joy Division
 * Bon Jovi
 * Vance Joy
 * Judybats
 * Damien Jurado
 * Hobo Johnson

K

 * Kaleo
 * Israel Kamakawiwoʻole
 * Kansas
 * Keane
 * Mat Kearney
 * Keb' Mo
 * Paul Kelly
 * Khruangbin
 * The Killers
 * B.B. King
 * Kings of Leon
 * The Kinks
 * Kiss
 * Michael Kiwanuka
 * Jann Klose
 * Mark Knopfler
 * Beyonce Knowles
 * Kool & the Gang
 * The Kooks
 * Kopecky
 * Kraftwerk
 * Lenny Kravitz
 * Chantal Kreviazuk

L

 * Lady A.
 * Lake Street Dive
 * Miranda Lambert
 * Ray LaMontagne
 * Land of Talk
 * k.d. lang
 * Daniel Lanois
 * Greg Laswell
 * Cyndi Lauper
 * LCD Soundsystem
 * Led Zeppelin
 * Amos Lee
 * Amy Lee
 * The Lemonheads
 * John Lennon
 * Julian Lennon
 * Sondre Lerche
 * Lifehouse
 * Lighthouse Family
 * Lightning Seeds
 * Linkin Park
 * Lissie
 * Little Dragon
 * Los Lobos
 * Local Natives
 * Lisa Loeb
 * Lizzo
 * Los Lonely Boys
 * Jennifer Lopez
 * Mary Lou Lord
 * Lorde
 * Loverboy
 * Lyle Lovett
 * Low Millions
 * Nick Lowe
 * The Lumineers
 * Les Luthiers
 * Jeff Lynne
 * Shelby Lynne
 * Lynyrd Skynyrd

M

 * Madness
 * Bob Marley
 * Martha and the Vandellas
 * Marvellettes
 * Massive Attack
 * John Mayall
 * Michael McDonald
 * MC5
 * M83
 * Fleetwood Mac
 * Meg Mac
 * Magnet
 * Tkay Maidza
 * Matchbox Twenty
 * Aimee Mann
 * Manfred Mann
 * Manfred Mann's Earth Band
 * Marina and the Diamonds
 * Mark Mallman
 * Laura Marling
 * Maroon 5
 * Bruno Mars
 * Wendy Matthews
 * Imelda May
 * John Mayer
 * Matt Mays
 * Mazzy Star
 * Edwin McCain
 * Erin McCarley
 * Jesse McCartney
 * Paul McCartney
 * Melissa McClelland
 * Kirsty MacColl
 * Sarah McLachlan
 * Megadeth
 * John Mellencamp
 * Katie Melua
 * Maria Mena
 * Shawn Mendes
 * Natalie Merchant
 * Metric
 * MGMT
 * Ingrid Michaelson
 * Amy Millan
 * Steve Miller Band
 * Tor Miller
 * Missing Persons
 * Anaïs Mitchell
 * Moby
 * Modest Mouse
 * Janelle Monáe
 * The Monkees
 * Montgomery Gentry
 * Monsters of Folk
 * Moon Taxi
 * James Morrison
 * Van Morrison
 * Alanis Morissette
 * Mother Mother
 * Motörhead
 * Smash Mouth
 * Alison Moyet
 * Melanie Martinez
 * Jason Mraz
 * Mudcrutch
 * Maria Muldaur
 * Shawn Mullins
 * Mumford & Sons
 * Muse
 * Kacey Musgraves
 * My Friend Steve
 * My Morning Jacket
 * Billie Myers
 * Freddie Mercury

N

 * Nada Surf
 * Leona Naess
 * Anna Nalick
 * Leigh Nash
 * Matt Nathanson
 * Needtobreathe
 * The Neighbourhood
 * New Order
 * The New Pornographers
 * The New Radicals
 * Gary Numan
 * Randy Newman
 * Nickel Creek
 * Willie Nelson
 * Stevie Nicks
 * Willie Nile
 * Nirvana
 * No Doubt
 * Noah and the Whale
 * Heather Nova
 * Justin Nozuka
 * Paolo Nutini

O

 * Oasis
 * The Ocean Blue
 * Sinéad O'Connor
 * Of Monsters and Men
 * O.A.R.
 * Oingo Boingo
 * OK Go
 * Old 97's
 * Angel Olsen
 * One Eskimo
 * OneRepublic
 * Yoko Ono
 * Plastic Ono Band
 * Roy Orbison
 * Electric Light Orchestra
 * Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
 * Beth Orton
 * Joan Osborne
 * Our Lady Peace
 * Outkast
 * Buck Owens
 * Owl City
 * Ozzy Osbourne

P

 * P!nk
 * Robert Palmer
 * Panic! At The Disco
 * Pantera
 * Parachute
 * Paramore
 * Emerson Lake & Palmer
 * Dolly Parton
 * Pearl Jam
 * Michael Penn
 * Perfume Genius
 * Carl Perkins
 * Christina Perri
 * Katy Perry
 * Pet Shop Boys
 * Peter Bjorn and John
 * Tom Petty
 * Liz Phair
 * Phantogram
 * Grant Lee Phillips
 * Phillip Phillips
 * Sam Phillips
 * Wilson Phillips
 * Phish
 * Phoebe Bridgers
 * Phoenix
 * The Pierces
 * The Pillbugs
 * Pink Floyd
 * Sex Pistols
 * Pixies
 * Plain White T's
 * Robert Plant
 * Plants and Animals
 * Joel Plaskett
 * Poe
 * The Pogues
 * The Pointer Sisters
 * Poison
 * Caroline Polachek
 * The Police
 * John Popper
 * Willy Porter
 * Portishead
 * Portugal. The Man
 * Elvis Presley
 * Billy Preston
 * Pretenders
 * Judas Priest
 * Prince
 * Procol Harum
 * The Proclaimers
 * The Psychedelic Furs
 * Public Enemy
 * Punch Brothers
 * Puppini Sisters
 * Deep Purple

Q

 * Queen
 * Queens of the Stone Age

R

 * R.E.M.
 * REO Speedwagon
 * Radiohead
 * Rage Against the Machine
 * Rainbow
 * Bonnie Raitt
 * Night Ranger
 * Sugar Ray
 * Chris Rea
 * The Record Company
 * Red Hot Chili Peppers
 * Lou Reed
 * The Replacements
 * Chris Rice
 * Rihanna
 * Amy Rigby
 * Rilo Kiley
 * Little Richard
 * Rise Against
 * Justin Roberts
 * Sam Roberts
 * Robbie Robertson
 * Smokey Robinson
 * Kenny Rogers
 * Rolling Stones
 * My Chemical Romance
 * Gavin Rossdale
 * Josh Rouse
 * Ronettes
 * Roxette
 * Run the Jewels
 * Todd Rundgren
 * Bic Runga
 * Rush
 * Rusted Root
 * Run DMC
 * Serena Ryder
 * Rymes with Orange

S

 * Salt-N-Pepa
 * San Cisco
 * Savage Garden
 * St. Paul and The Broken Bones
 * Scars on 45
 * Boz Scaggs
 * Bob Schneider
 * Travis Scott
 * Seal
 * Seether
 * Bob Seger
 * Ron Sexsmith
 * Scorpions
 * DJ Shadow
 * Ryan Shaw
 * Jules Shear
 * Ed Sheeran
 * Duncan Sheik
 * Vonda Shepard
 * Kenny Wayne Shepherd
 * The Shins
 * Jane Siberry
 * Silversun Pickups
 * Paul Simon
 * Simple Minds
 * Simple Plan
 * Simply Red
 * Frank Sinatra
 * Nancy Sinatra
 * Sister Hazel
 * JoJo Siwa
 * Sixpence None the Richer
 * Sarah Slean
 * Slipknot
 * Elliott Smith
 * Patti Smith Group
 * Sam Smith
 * The Smithereens
 * The Smiths
 * Sneaker Pimps
 * Snow Patrol
 * Jill Sobule
 * Soccer Mommy
 * Songhoy Blues
 * Sonic Youth
 * Sorry
 * Soul Asylum
 * Soul Coughing
 * Regina Spektor
 * Spencer Davis Group
 * Spice Girls
 * Spin Doctors
 * Split Enz
 * Spoon
 * Sports Team
 * Squeeze
 * Buffalo Springfield
 * Bruce Springsteen
 * Gwen Stefani
 * Hailee Steinfeld
 * Steely Dan
 * Stereolab
 * Steve Miller Band
 * Steve Winwood
 * Rod Stewart
 * Stickman
 * Sting
 * Joss Stone
 * Stone Temple Pilots
 * C. W. Stoneking
 * The Stooges
 * Ringo Starr
 * The Strokes
 * Sturgill Simpson
 * The Strumbellas
 * The Struts
 * Styx
 * The Sundays
 * SuperHeavy
 * Supertramp
 * The Supremes
 * Matthew Sweet
 * The Swell Season
 * Taylor Swift
 * Sylvan Esso

T

 * Travis Barker
 * T.I.
 * Taco
 * Talking Heads
 * Tame Impala
 * James Taylor
 * Tears for Fears
 * Tedeschi Trucks Band
 * Teenage Fanclub
 * Tegan and Sara
 * Television
 * The Telnyuk Sisters
 * The Temptations
 * Texas
 * They Might Be Giants
 * Third Eye Blind
 * Thirty Seconds to Mars
 * Thompson Twins
 * Justin Timberlake
 * Tired Pony
 * Cal Tjader
 * TLC
 * Toad the Wet Sprocket
 * Tommy Tutone
 * Toots and the Maytals
 * Tove Lo
 * Traffic
 * Train
 * Meghan Trainor
 * Trashcan Sinatras
 * Travis
 * Cheap Trick
 * The Tubes
 * KT Tunstall
 * TV on the Radio
 * Jeff Tweedy
 * Two Door Cinema Club
 * T. Rex

U

 * U.S. Girls
 * Carrie Underwood
 * U2
 * Ultravox
 * Umphrey's McGee

V

 * Vampire Weekend
 * Van Ghost
 * Van Halen
 * Van Zant
 * Keith Varon
 * Eddie Vedder
 * Suzanne Vega
 * Laura Veirs
 * Jackie Venson
 * Gene Vincent
 * The Velvet Underground
 * Velvet Revolver
 * Veruca Salt
 * Vertical Horizon
 * The Verve
 * The Verve Pipe
 * Kurt Vile
 * Vintage Trouble
 * En Vogue

W

 * The Wailin' Jennys
 * Rufus Wainwright
 * Tom Waits
 * Walk the Moon
 * The Wallflowers
 * J Roddy Walston and the Business
 * Wang Chung
 * War
 * ZZ Ward
 * Washed Out
 * The Waterboys
 * Nick Waterhouse
 * Waxahatchee
 * The Weakerthans
 * Ween
 * The Weepies
 * Weezer
 * Paul Westerberg
 * Jack White
 * Whitesnake
 * White Denim
 * The White Stripes
 * White Town
 * The Guess Who
 * The Who
 * Traveling Wilburys
 * Will I. Am
 * Wilco
 * Dar Williams
 * Joy Williams
 * Lucinda Williams
 * Pharrell Williams
 * Robbie Williams
 * Victoria Williams
 * Wings
 * Amy Winehouse
 * Edgar Winter Group
 * Wolf Parade
 * Joon Wolfsberg
 * Bobby Womack
 * Stevie Wonder
 * Hawksley Workman
 * World Party

X

 * X
 * XTC
 * The xx

Y

 * Yungblud
 * Rachael Yamagata
 * The Yardbirds
 * Yeah Yeah Yeahs
 * Yes
 * Pete Yorn
 * Young the Giant
 * Neil Young

Z

 * Hindi Zahra
 * Warren Zevon
 * Zucchero Fornaciari
 * ZZ Top