Live from the main stage at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, this is a list of every band, musician, and singer who has performed on Saturday Night Live. Since its premiere in 1975, SNL has had more than 600 unique musical guests. It's a dream gig: familiar stage, intimate crowd, audience of millions - many of whom are hearing you for the very first time. The acts on this list run the gamut in every genre of music, from Chuck Berry to Devo to Peter Tosh to Skid Row to MC Hammer to Crash Test Dummies to Garth Brooks to The Backstreet Boys to Lorde. The bands are listed in reverse chronological order, with the most recent listed first. It includes the date of the appearance - or dates, for those of us lucky enough to be invited to perform more than once.
Because of the show's longevity, Saturday Night Live musical guests are a Who's Who of the most popular musicians of each time period. A look back at the early years of the sketch show reveals frequent repeat appearances from soft rock, folksy kinds of artists like James Taylor, Carly Simon, and Anne Murray. In the 1980s, new wave acts like Men at Work and The Cars stopped by a couple times each. In the 21st Century, it's all hip hop and pop made for clubbing, all Kanye this and Drake that, with only an occasional appearance by a singer-songwriter like Father John Misty or Adele.
For more about SNL guests, check out these lists of all Saturday Night Live hosts and the worst SNL hosts of all time.
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Nathaniel Rateliff
Indie, Folk rockFebruary 13, 2021
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Phoebe Bridgers
Indie rock, Folk rockFebruary 6, 2021
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Machine Gun Kelly
Hip hop music, Gangsta rapJanuary 30, 2021
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Dua Lipa
Pop2nd ep: 1) February 3, 2018
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Bruce Springsteen
Americana, Blues-rock4th ep: 1) May 9, 1992; 2) October 5, 2002; 3) December 19, 2017; 4) December 12, 2020
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Morgan Wallen
CountryDecember 5, 2020
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Foo Fighters
Alternative rock, Post-grunge9th ep. 1) December 2, 1995; 2) November 6, 1999; 3) February 22, 2003; 4) November 12, 2005; 5) October 13, 2007; 6) April 9, 2011; 7) May 19, 2012; 8) December 17, 2017; 9) November 7, 2020
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The Strokes
Garage rock, Power pop4th ep: 1) January 19, 2002; 2) January 21, 2006; 3) March 5, 2011; 4) October 31, 2020
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H.E.R.
R&BOctober 24, 2020
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Jack White
Blues-rock, Punk blues3rd ep: 1) March 3, 2012; 2) April 14, 2018; October 10, 2020
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Justin Bieber
Contemporary R&B, Pop4th ep: 1) April 10, 2010; 2) February 9, 2013; 3) February 8, 2020; 4) October 17, 2020
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Megan Thee Stallion
Hip hopOctober 3, 2020
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Boyz II Men
Hip hop music, Pop musicMay 9, 2020
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Miley Cyrus
Pop, Country pop5th ep. 1) October 5, 2013; 2) October 3, 2015; 3) November 4, 2017; 4) December 15, 2018 [with Mark Ronson]; 5) April 25, 2020
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The Weeknd
Contemporary R&B, Hip hop3rd ep: 1) October 10, 2015; 2) October 1, 2016; 3) March 7, 2020
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David Byrne
New Wave, Worldbeat2nd ep: 1) November 18, 1989; 2) February 29, 2020
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Luke Combs
CountryFebruary 1, 2020
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Halsey
Electropop, Synthpop3rd ep: 1) January 13, 2018; 2) February 9, 2019 [also host]; 3) January 25, 2020
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Lizzo
Hip hop, Alternative hip hopDecember 21, 2019
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Niall Horan
PopDecember 14, 2019
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DaBaby
Hip hopDecember 7, 2019
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November 23, 2019
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2nd ep: 1) April 15, 2017; 2) November 16, 2019 [also host]
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Coldplay
Alternative Rock, Pop6th ep: 1) April 7, 2001; 2) May 21, 2005; 3) October 25, 2008; 4) November 12, 2011; 5) May 3, 2014; 6) November 2, 2019
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Chance The Rapper
Hip hop music3rd ep: 1) December 12, 2015; 2) December 17, 2016; 3) October 26, 2019 [also host]
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