SwedenThe Knife is a Techno act from Sweden, ranked #770 in the world on the DJ INDEX with 573,100 monthly Spotify listeners. That also puts them #23 in Sweden and #85 in Techno among the acts we track. Their monthly audience has slipped 4% over the 6 weeks we have tracked them, from 594K to 573K. Their tracked peak was 594,300 in Aug 17, 2026. They have 541,283 Spotify followers and a Spotify popularity score of 50/100. Their most-streamed track on Spotify is “Heartbeats”.
Who The Knife is
The Knife were a Swedish electronic music duo from Gothenburg, formed in 1999. The group consisted of siblings Karin and Olof Dreijer, who together also run their own record company, Rabid Records. They gained a large international following in response to their 2003 album Deep Cuts. The duo's first tour took place in 2006, along with the release of their critically acclaimed album Silent Shout. They have won a number of Swedish Grammis, but refused to attend award ceremonies. They have appeared in public wearing Venetian masks. As Fever Ray, Karin released their self-titled solo album in 2009, while Olof released several EPs as Oni Ayhun in late 2009 and early 2010. The Knife disbanded in November 2014 after releasing their acclaimed 2013 album Shaking the Habitual and completing its attendant tour.
Biography from the The Knife article on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Most played tracks
The tracks Spotify surfaces first for The Knife, with its own 0–100 popularity score alongside.
HeartbeatsDeep Cuts · 2003622Pass This OnDeep Cuts · 2003583
Silent ShoutThe Knife · 2006494Marble HouseSilent Shout · 2006475Got 2 Let UDeep Cuts · 2003436
Heartbeats - LiveSilent Shout - An Audio-Visual Experience (Live) · 2007427We Share Our Mothers' HealthSilent Shout · 2006418You Take My Breath AwayDeep Cuts · 2003419Girl's Night OutDeep Cuts · 20033810
High School PoemThe Knife · 200137Latest releases
20 recent albums and singles. Cover art links through to Spotify.
Handy-Man (Remixes)2021 · single
Manhood2021 · single
Bird / Afraid Of You2021 · single
Features Creatures2019 · single
Live at Terminal 52017 · album
Ready to Lose/Stay Out Here (Remixes)2014 · album
Ready to Lose / Stay Out Here Remixes2014 · single
Shaken-Up Versions2014 · album
För alla namn vi inte får använda (Europa Europa Theme)2014 · single
Without You My Life Would Be Boring2014 · single
Let's Talk About Gender Baby, Let's Talk About You and Me (Planningtorock Rework)2013 · single
Let's Talk About Gender Baby, Lets Talk About You and Me (Remixes)2013 · singlePost this ranking
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How many monthly Spotify listeners does The Knife have?
The Knife has 573,100 monthly Spotify listeners in the week of Sep 28, 2026, as published on their public Spotify artist page.
What is The Knife's world ranking?
The Knife is ranked #770 of 4408 electronic music artists in the DJ INDEX, which ranks purely by monthly Spotify listeners.
Where is The Knife from?
The Knife is from Sweden, where they rank #23 among the acts we track.
What kind of music does The Knife make?
The Knife is categorised as Techno and Hard Techno in the DJ INDEX. Spotify tags them as electroclash.
Snapshot from the week of Sep 28, 2026. Listener figures come from Spotify's own public artist page and are rounded.