Who The Shamen is
The Shamen ( SHAY-men) were a Scottish psychedelic band, formed in 1985 in Aberdeen, who became a chart-topping electronic dance music act on the UK Singles Chart by the early 1990s. The founding members were Colin Angus, Derek McKenzie and Keith McKenzie. Peter Stephenson joined shortly after to take over on keyboards from Angus. Several other people were later in the band. When rapper Mr. C joined, the band moved on to international commercial success with "Ebeneezer Goode" and their 1992 Boss Drum album.
Biography from the The Shamen article on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Most played tracks
The tracks Spotify surfaces first for The Shamen, with its own 0–100 popularity score alongside.
Latest releases
18 recent albums and singles. Cover art links through to Spotify.
Listener trend
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Scene ranks
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Artists to compare
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The Shamen in numbers
How many monthly Spotify listeners does The Shamen have?
The Shamen has 298,300 monthly Spotify listeners in the week of Aug 17, 2026, as published on their public Spotify artist page.
What is The Shamen's world ranking?
The Shamen is ranked #693 of 1214 electronic music artists in the DJ INDEX, which ranks purely by monthly Spotify listeners.
Where is The Shamen from?
The Shamen is from United Kingdom, where they rank #129 among the acts we track.
What kind of music does The Shamen make?
The Shamen is categorised as Techno in the DJ INDEX. Spotify tags them as acid house, madchester.
Snapshot from the week of Aug 17, 2026. Listener figures come from Spotify's own public artist page and are rounded.