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Oasis is een Engelse rockband die in 1991 in Manchester tot stand kwam en voortvloeide uit een eerdere band, The Rain. Oasis bestond oorspronkelijk uit Liam Gallagher (zang en tamboerijn), Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs (gitaar), Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan (basgitaar) en Tony McCarroll (drums en percussie). Later kwam daar Liams oudere broer Noel Gallagher (leadgitaar en zang) als vijfde lid en voornaamste liedschrijver bij. Dit was de vaste bezetting tot en met april 1995.

In 1993 tekende Oasis bij het onafhankelijke platenlabel Creation Records. In 1994 brachten ze Definitely Maybe uit, dat toen het snelstverkopende debuutalbum ooit was. Het jaar erop, in 1995, bracht de band (What's the Story) Morning Glory? uit met hun nieuwe drummer Alan White. Samen met Suede, Pulp en Blur vormden ze de Grote Vier van de britpop.

De broers Gallagher waren in deze tijden regelmatig in de tabloids te vinden vanwege hun wilde levensstijl en ruzies. In 1997 bracht Oasis hun derde album, Be Here Now, uit. Hoewel het met meer dan 8 miljoen exemplaren het snelstverkopende album ooit was, werd Oasis steeds minder populair. Bonehead en Guigsy verlieten Oasis in 1999 tijdens de opnamen van het vierde album Standing on the Shoulder of Giants, dat verscheen in 2000. Na hun vertrek werden ze vervangen door voormalig Heavy Stereo-gitarist Gem Archer en voormalig Hurricane No. 1-gitarist Andy Bell. De opnamen van het vijfde album Heathen Chemistry in 2002 waren een stuk ontspannener, omdat Noel alle bandleden liet bijdragen aan de liedjes. In 2004 verving Zak Starkey, de zoon van Ringo Starr, Alan White. Het hierop volgende album Don't Believe the Truth uit 2005 zorgde opnieuw voor succes en populariteit.

Aan het einde van de opnamen van het zevende album Dig Out Your Soul in 2008, verliet Starkey de band en werd vervangen door Chris Sharrock. Tijdens de tour verslechterde de relatie tussen Noel en Liam, wat er toe leidde dat Noel de band verliet na een ruzie backstage in Parijs in augustus 2009. De band, bestaande uit de overige leden van Oasis en geleid door Liam Gallagher, besloot door te gaan onder de naam Beady Eye, terwijl Noel zijn soloproject Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds vormde.

Oasis are an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1991. The group initially consisted of Liam Gallagher (lead vocals), Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs (guitar), Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan (bass guitar) and Tony McCarroll (drums), with Liam asking his older brother Noel Gallagher (lead guitar, vocals) to join as a fifth member a few months later to finalise their formation. Noel became the de facto leader of the group and took over the songwriting duties for the band's first four albums. They are regarded as one of the defining and most globally successful groups of the Britpop genre.

Oasis signed to independent record label Creation Records in 1993 and released their record-setting debut album Definitely Maybe (1994), which topped the UK Albums Chart and quickly became the fastest-selling debut album in British history at the time. The following year, they released (What's the Story) Morning Glory? (1995) with new drummer Alan White in the midst of a highly publicised chart rivalry with peers Blur, dubbed by the British media as the "Battle of Britpop". Spending ten weeks at number one on the British charts, (What's the Story) Morning Glory? was also an international chart success and became one of the best-selling albums of all time, the fifth-best-selling album in the UK and the best-selling album in the UK of the 1990s. The Gallagher brothers featured regularly in tabloid newspapers throughout the 1990s for their public disputes and wild lifestyles. In 1996, Oasis performed two nights at Knebworth for an audience of 125,000 each time, the largest outdoor concerts in UK history at the time. In 1997, Oasis released their highly anticipated third studio album, Be Here Now, which became the fastest-selling album in UK chart history but retrospectively was seen as a critical disappointment.

Founding members Arthurs and McGuigan left in 1999 during the recording of the band's fourth studio album Standing on the Shoulder of Giants (2000). They were replaced by former Heavy Stereo guitarist Gem Archer on guitar and former Ride guitarist Andy Bell on bass guitar. White departed in 2004, replaced by guest drummer Zak Starkey, and later by Chris Sharrock. Oasis released three more studio albums in the 2000s: Heathen Chemistry (2002), Don't Believe the Truth (2005) and Dig Out Your Soul (2008). The group abruptly disbanded in 2009 after the sudden departure of Noel Gallagher. The remaining members of the band continued under the name Beady Eye until their disbandment in 2014. Both Gallagher brothers have since had successful solo careers. In 2024, Oasis announced that they would reform in 2025 for worldwide performances as part of the Oasis Live '25 Tour.

As of 2022, Oasis had sold over 70 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling music artists of all time. They are among the most successful acts in the history of the UK singles chart and the UK Albums Chart, with eight UK number-one singles and eight UK number-one albums. The band also achieved three Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)-certified Platinum albums in the US. They won 17 NME Awards, nine Q Awards, four MTV Europe Music Awards and six Brit Awards, including one in 2007 for Outstanding Contribution to Music and one for the "Best Album of the Last 30 Years" for (What's the Story) Morning Glory?. They were also nominated for two Grammy Awards.