Synthwave
7,240works
24,129pressings
1976first year
Works per year
Pressed in
Formats
Format by decade
| Format | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File | · | · | · | 14% | 55% | 48% |
| Vinyl | 100% | 56% | 26% | 26% | 19% | 27% |
| Cassette | · | 37% | 21% | 2% | 12% | 10% |
| CD | · | 6% | 43% | 39% | 8% | 8% |
| CDr | · | · | 7% | 16% | 4% | 2% |
Sounds like
ChillwaveDarkwaveSynth-popVaporwaveColdwaveElectroEBMMinimalAmbientNu-DiscoDark AmbientNew WaveDark ElectroExperimental
Most-pressed works
| Title | Artist | Year | Pressings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hurry Up Tomorrow | The Weeknd | 2025 | 62 |
| After Hours | The Weeknd | 2020 | 50 |
| Dawn FM | The Weeknd | 2022 | 46 |
| Country Girl EP | Boy Harsher | 2017 | 36 |
| Dangerous Days | Perturbator | 2014 | 34 |
| Heartless / Blinding Lights | The Weeknd | 2020 | 32 |
| Junior | Röyksopp | 2009 | 28 |
| I Am The Night | Perturbator | 2012 | 28 |
| The Uncanny Valley | Perturbator | 2016 | 28 |
| Slide | George Clanton | 2018 | 28 |
| Lost Themes | John Carpenter | 2015 | 27 |
| HøRD Volcan | HøRD | 2020 | 27 |
| Trilogy | Carpenter Brut | 2015 | 25 |
| Lustful Sacraments | Perturbator | 2021 | 24 |
| Terror 404 | Perturbator | 2012 | 23 |
| Don't Run From The Fire | Minuit Machine | 2020 | 23 |
| Blinding Lights | The Weeknd | 2020 | 23 |
| Halloween Kills (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | John Carpenter | 2021 | 23 |
| Halloween Ends (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | John Carpenter | 2022 | 21 |
| Erase / Rewind | The Cardigans | 1998 | 20 |
| Everywhere I Go Is Silence | Box And The Twins | 2016 | 20 |
| Cold Pills (Scarlet Gate Of Toxic Daybreak) | Kirlian Camera | 2021 | 20 |
| Dark Nights: Death Metal Soundtrack | Various | 2021 | 20 |
| The Highlights | The Weeknd | 2021 | 20 |
| Outrun | Kavinsky | 2013 | 19 |
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Built from the Discogs monthly data dumps (CC0), snapshot 2026-09-01. Counts are of catalogued works and pressings, not of listening.