It is shown that the space of spherical harmonics Y m l (θ, φ) whose 2l − m = p − 1 is given, represent irreducibly a cubic deformation of su(2) algebra, the so-called su Φp (2), with deformation function as Φp(x) = 27 2 x 2 + 3(7 − 3p 2 )x. The irreducible representation spaces are classified in three different bunches, depending on one of values 3k − 2, 3k − 1 and 3k, with k as a positive integer, to be chosen for p. So, three different methods for generating the spectrum of spherical harmonics are presented by using the cubic deformation of su(2). Moreover, it is shown that p plays the role of deformation parameter.The group structure of spectrum-generating algebras are used to determine quantum structure, including energy levels and allowed transitions in the bound states. Quantum algebras (deformations of Lie algebras) and their representations have grown into a major area of research in quantum dynamical systems, statistical mechanics, conformal quantum field theory, quantum optics, atomic and nuclear spectroscopies, etc. They generally depend on one or more phenomenological parameters, the so-called deformation parameters. The known Lie algebras can be obtained as a limit case of the quantum algebras, when deformation parameter tends to a limiting value. For example, su q (2) with q near to 1, as a q-analogue of angular momentum algebra describes the fine structure effects. q-oscillator algebras and their representations were first proposed by Arik and Coon 1 and subsequently considered by other authors (for example, see ). Also, Mcfarlane 4727 Int. J. Mod. Phys. A 2009.24:4727-4736. Downloaded from www.worldscientific.com by MCGILL UNIVERSITY on 06/26/16. For personal use only.