Google has revealed that Oasis are the most searched for artist of the year. After their reunion and the announcement of their upcoming tour (now completely sold out), the public’s interest in the Manchester-born duo has risen throughout the nation as well as worldwide. After “how to vote”, “how to get Oasis reunion tickets” was the second most searched questions on Google in the UK.
OASIS most searched musicians in the UK on Google in 2024.
The subject of how to buy Oasis tickets was also second only to the General Election in terms of search interest in the UK this year. pic.twitter.com/1yFoqZRe52
— Oasis World (@oasisworld_) December 10, 2024
Originally, the reunion tour of Oasis was supposed to contain a few stops over the UK, but due to extreme demand extra dates were added and the tour now spans 41 dates over the UK, North America, South America, Australia, Japan and South Korea. The upcoming tour has sold out worldwide. Here are the stops announced (so far!) in the UK: Cardiff, Principality Stadium (July 4 and 5) Manchester, Heaton Park (July 11, 12, 16, 19, 20) London, Wembley Stadium (July 25, 26, 30 and August 2 and 3) Edinburgh, Murrayfield Stadium (August 8, 9 and 12)
In September, after the release of a special edition to celebrate the record’s 30th birthday, Oasis’s most popular album “Definitely Maybe” returned to UK charts and achieved once again the number one position. Released in 1994, the album has charted in the UK for 570 weeks. Oasis have, three decades after their debut, achieved eight records and eight songs in the number one position in the UK. Overall, all of their albums combined have charted for 1742 weeks.
According to a research by Official Charts, the most streamed song released by Oasis in the UK is “Wonderwall”, released in 1995, which peaked at number two in the UK but currently has almost 400 million streams. It is followed by “Don’t Look Back In Anger”, released in 1996, which peaked at number one. Their third most streamed song is “Champagne Supernova” with over 167 million streams.
According to Google, right after Oasis the second most searched for artist is Sabrina Carpenter, who has topped charts for most of the year with her album “Short n Sweet” and three number one singles in the UK. The third spot for most searched for goes to One Direction, following the death of band member Liam Payne. After them is Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl, who has been a hot topics in worldwide tabloids after alleged adulterous behavior. Finally, the fifth position for most searched for artist goes to up and coming artist RAYE who, earlier this year, took home six BRITs wins (including best album).
