Ian Brown

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Frontman, founder and co-songwriter of one of the UK's most revered bands in music history The Stone Roses, Ian has enjoyed a long and successful solo career. Defying critics following the implosion of the Roses, Ian's debut solo album Unfinished Monkey Business took the nicknamed King Monkey to the top of the music tree with a Number 2 album. Following up at the end of 1999 with his second, Golden Greats, which Ian has described as 'the last great album of the 20th century', Ian continued to surprise, at Number 3 in the charts came Music of the Spheres, featuring the much loved track F.E.A.R and cemented a music man at the top of his game and very much developing his own sound and style. Solarized, another top ten album, followed, featuring trumpets and a Noel Gallagher collaboration on Keep What Ya Got. A greatest hits compilation The Greatest (top 5) was next, featuring 2 tracks Ian cut with Unkle/DJ Shadow and tracks like Lovebug, All Ablaze and Return of the fisherman, that were exclusive to that album. The World is Yours (in at number 4), his fifth studio album co-produced by New Yorker Emile Haynie, also featured Sinead O Connor, Steve Jones and Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols, Paul Ryder, Andy Rourke and a 24 piece orchestra. My Way came in 2009, another top ten album containing the outstanding track Stellify. Ian's last album Ripples, another number 4 and critically acclaimed album, came in Feb 2019 and was preceded by lead single First World Problems.

Genres

: britpop madchester

Total plays

161.9 million

Updated on 2025-08-06

Date	Total plays
2025-08-06	161,879,985
2025-07-29	161,550,831
2025-07-20	161,184,034
2025-07-13	160,879,882
2025-07-05	160,548,705
2025-06-27	160,217,629
2025-06-19	159,868,461
2025-06-11	159,531,947
2025-06-03	159,186,750
2025-05-26	158,844,829
2025-05-17	158,435,036
2025-05-02	157,755,896
2025-04-23	157,361,192
2025-04-13	156,936,178
2025-04-06	156,619,155
2025-03-28	156,211,974
2025-03-20	155,843,556
2025-03-11	155,436,741
2025-03-02	155,027,019
2025-02-21	154,619,137
2025-02-12	154,219,611
2025-02-03	153,856,824
2025-01-24	153,453,032
2025-01-16	153,127,079
2025-01-07	152,781,394
2024-12-30	152,528,050
2024-12-21	152,223,506
2024-12-12	151,866,769
2024-11-21	151,094,998
2024-06-10	144,102,278
2024-05-28	143,622,907
2024-05-12	142,904,428
2024-04-25	142,227,584
2024-04-11	141,639,445
2024-03-27	141,006,885
2024-03-12	140,383,363
2024-02-26	139,734,833
2024-02-11	139,109,789
2023-11-25	136,042,040
2023-10-16	134,512,263
2023-09-30	133,889,053
2023-09-15	133,296,741
2023-08-29	132,631,844
2023-08-25	128,539,826
2023-08-20	128,018,719

Social media links

Monthly listeners

322,718

Followers

361,068

Top Cities

London

21,473 listeners
Manchester

18,330 listeners
Dublin

12,631 listeners
Birmingham

9,257 listeners
Glasgow

10,830 listeners

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Most popular tracks

Track	Plays	Duration	Release date
F.E.A.R.	34,935,383	4:29	2001-01-01
Stellify	18,017,367	4:58	2009-01-01
Corpses In Their Mouths	11,313,211	4:09	1998-01-01
Set My Baby Free	7,712,470	4:25	1999-01-01
Be There	6,894,261	5:16	2005-09-12
Keep What Ya Got	5,818,261	4:29	2004-01-01
First World Problems	5,485,178	5:58	2018-10-25
Time Is My Everything	4,187,196	3:52	2004-01-01
Open Your Eyes - Tim Mason Festival Remix	3,578,989	7:45	2011-01-01
My Star	3,245,348	5:14	1998-01-01
In The Year 2525	3,244,720	2:53	2009-01-01
Reign	3,142,679	5:34	2005-09-12
Dolphins Were Monkeys - New Version	2,522,785	2:58	2005-09-12
Just Like You	2,477,602	3:19	2009-01-01
Golden Gaze	1,842,052	3:55	1999-01-01
Longsight M13	1,630,340	3:12	2004-01-01
From Chaos To Harmony	1,400,370	4:02	2019-01-03
First World Problems - Edit	1,391,275	3:39	2018-10-25
Black Roses	1,306,797	2:38	2018-12-14
Ripples	1,302,406	3:44	2019-01-25
Always Remember Me	1,292,440	4:50	2009-01-01
F.E.A.R. - UNKLE Mix	1,256,407	5:53	2002-01-01
Illegal Attacks	1,025,112	5:24	2007-01-01
The Dream And The Dreamer	978,796	5:38	2019-02-01
Crowning Of The Poor	974,329	3:18	2009-01-01
The World Is Yours	960,260	4:31	2007-01-01
The Gravy Train	928,860	4:24	2001-01-01
Marathon Man	926,892	3:39	2009-01-01
Whispers	915,790	3:57	2001-01-01
Can't See Me	910,007	4:54	1998-01-01
Sister Rose	865,744	3:52	2007-01-01
Gettin' High	849,604	4:02	1999-01-01
Dolphins Were Monkeys	814,393	5:04	1999-01-01
For The Glory	808,524	3:11	2009-01-01
The Sweet Fantastic	738,748	3:52	2004-01-01
RULES	699,006	4:09	2023-05-12
Nah Nah	667,788	3:55	1998-01-01
Lovebug - Greatest Hits Version	666,192	3:12	2005-09-12
Golden Gaze - Single Version	660,354	3:11	2005-09-12
Waterfall - Justin Robertson's Mix	609,625	6:20	2011-06-03
Stardust	595,636	4:31	2001-01-01
Blue Sky Day	595,516	5:10	2019-02-01
Can't See Me - Bacon & Quarmby Remix	588,521	3:58	2005-09-12
Solarized	586,009	3:47	2004-01-01
All Ablaze	579,030	4:07	2005-09-12
Vanity Kills	575,119	3:35	2009-01-01
Northern Lights	547,970	4:13	2001-01-01
Love Like A Fountain - Radio Edit	546,497	3:32	1999-10-25
El Mundo Pequeno	536,356	4:02	2001-01-01
Own Brain	531,045	2:56	2009-01-01
Soul Satisfaction	530,911	4:08	2019-02-01
Love Like A Fountain	503,787	5:14	1999-01-01
Forever And A Day - Greatest Hits Version	498,850	3:03	2005-09-12
On Track	467,757	4:21	2007-01-01
So High	465,673	2:54	2009-01-01
Laugh Now	460,378	3:54	2009-01-01
Breathe And Breathe Easy (The Everness Of Now)	441,561	3:27	2019-02-01
What Happened To Ya Part 1	432,636	3:15	1998-01-01
Open Your Eyes - Radio Edit	420,702	3:18	2011-01-01
It's Raining Diamonds	410,586	3:10	2019-02-01
By All Means Necessary	396,230	3:42	2009-01-01
The Feeding Of The 5000	393,079	3:58	2007-01-01
So Many Soldiers	388,079	5:15	1999-01-01
Bubbles	386,784	4:34	2001-01-01
Kiss Ya Lips (No I.D.)	382,226	3:57	2004-01-01
Save Us	359,325	4:58	2007-01-01
Goodbye To The Broken	346,176	3:53	2007-01-01
Break Down The Walls (Warm Up Jam)	346,081	4:53	2019-02-01
Eternal Flame	342,050	4:16	2007-01-01
What Happened To Ya Part 2	328,555	5:39	1998-01-01
Ice Cold Cube	326,563	6:27	1998-01-01
Billie Jean	312,217	3:37	2005-09-12
Forever And A Day	309,160	2:44	2001-01-01
Destiny Or Circumstance	298,107	2:35	2004-01-01
Shadow Of A Saint - Album Edit	283,546	4:44	2001-01-01
Return Of The Fisherman	282,030	4:18	2005-09-12
Sunshine	281,220	3:58	1998-01-01
Home Is Where The Heart Is	270,798	3:07	2004-01-01
Truths & Rights	263,295	3:00	2021-04-08
Some Folks Are Hollow	261,445	3:49	2007-01-01
Dolphins Were Monkeys - UNKLE Remix	252,907	7:09	1999-01-01
Me and You Forever	252,030	4:11	2007-01-01
Street Children	236,877	3:52	2007-01-01
Upside Down	232,846	3:12	2004-01-01
One Way Ticket To Paradise	232,449	4:16	2004-01-01
Open Your Eyes	224,455	6:29	2011-01-01
Babasonicos	223,913	4:05	1999-01-01
Little Seed Big Tree	217,464	5:10	2020-09-18
Deep Pile Dreams	207,004	3:39	1998-01-01
Neptune	206,108	3:32	1999-01-01
Free My Way	205,817	4:17	1999-01-01
Happy Ever After - UK Bonus Track	205,228	2:47	2004-01-01
The Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: VII. Aquarium	205,174	2:44	2017-12-20
Lions	204,232	6:53	1998-01-01
Intro Under The Paving Stones: The Beach	184,100	1:50	1998-01-01
Thriller	177,608	3:26	2005-09-12
First World	177,069	5:09	1999-01-01
Unfinished Monkey Business	169,158	3:12	1998-01-01
Truths & Rights - 12 Inch Dub Mix	164,594	6:10	2021-06-24
My Star - 2002	160,419	4:03	2002-01-01
Hear No See No	153,595	3:29	2001-01-01
Superstar	111,088	4:47	2002-01-01
The Gravy Train - Nightmares On Wax Mix	111,084	4:59	2002-01-01
Time Is My Everything - Scratch Perverts Vocal Mix	102,097	4:59	2005-09-12
The World Is Yours - Reprise	100,308	1:24	2007-01-01
Can't See Me - Harvey's Invisible Mix	96,381	4:36	2005-09-12
Open Your Eyes - Style Of Eye Remix	86,632	4:30	2011-01-01
Time Is My Everything - Stateside Hombres Over Easy Mix	85,156	4:27	2005-09-12
F.E.A.R. - UNKLE Instrumental	73,305	5:51	2002-01-01
Just Like You - The Prodigy Remix	71,809	4:33	2009-01-01
Time Is My Everything - Them Lads Remix	65,364	4:52	2005-09-12
Northern Lights - The Freelance Hellraiser Mix	62,887	5:40	2002-01-01
Open Your Eyes - Third Party Remix	61,676	7:23	2011-01-01
See The Dawn	59,260	5:53	2005-09-12
F.E.A.R. - Bulletproof Freestyle Version	58,899	4:38	2005-09-12
Shadow Of A Saint - The Boy Bierton Mix	58,353	6:24	2002-01-01
Love Like A Fountain - U.S Version Only - Non Distorted Vocals	55,446	3:26	1999-01-01
Can't See Me - Bacon & Quarmby Vocal Dub	53,063	5:05	2005-09-12
Forever And A Day - Cedarblue Mix	45,671	4:10	2002-01-01
El Mundo Pequeno - Live Acoustic Version	37,155	2:46	2002-01-01
Hear No See No Speak No	35,434	5:24	2002-01-01
Cokane In My Brain - DJ Mek Nuremburg Scratch Mix	32,205	1:43	2002-01-01
The Gravy Train - Nighmares On Wax Instrumental	30,392	5:04	2002-01-01
Desire - Ian Brown Full Length Mix	29,455	4:19	2005-09-12
Stardust - Instrumental	27,849	4:35	2002-01-01
Lovebug - Non-album track	26,597	3:04	2004-01-01
Let Robeson Sing - Ian Brown Remix	25,393	5:00	2002-10-28
Submission / Interview with Steve Jones on Indie 103	22,915	3:48	2005-09-12
Cello Sonata in A Major: I. Allegretto ben moderato	22,048	6:42	2019-03-21
Time Is My Everything - UNKLE Reconstruction	12,951	4:42	2005-01-01
Cello Sonata in A Major: II. Allegro	11,682	8:57	2019-03-21
Illegal Attacks - Sway Soldier Story Edit	11,217	4:31	2007-01-01
Cello Sonata in A Major: IV. Allegretto poco mosso	8,169	6:53	2019-03-21
Cello Sonata in A Major: III. Ben moderato. Recitativo-fantasia	8,132	7:34	2019-03-21
The Staple	7,702	3:33	2025-07-04
Sister Rose - Various Production Mix	5,603	3:40	2007-01-01
The Fisherman	4,493	7:39	1999-10-25
The World Is Yours - Orchestral Version	< 1000	3:06	2007-01-01