Spotify have a new tool called “Found Them First” which shows how many bands you heard before they hit in big time, and rock nyc did pretty darn well on this one with a resounding 64. Among my buddies the closest competitor came in at 7 so suck lemons world. If you want to check your own cool, and you use Spotify, try it here.
Before we crow at the big 64, just remember, if you are really ahead of the pack, the band probably hasn’t broken yet! Also, it is kinda what we do, save you from being ahead of the pack by beating the world to it. Though perhaps apologies are in order.
1 – Magic
2 – Baauer
3 – Take Me To Church
4 – Joey Bada$$
5 – Jason Isbell
6 – Kodaline
7 – James Bay
8 – Eric Pasley
9 – Misterwives
10 – Sheppard
11 – Kacey Musgraves
12 – Major Lazer
13 – Ty Dolla $ign
14 – Aloe Blacc
15 – Rixton
16 – Borns
17 – Cole Swindell
18 – PARTYNEXTDOOR
19 – K. Michele
20 – Banks
21 – CHVRCHES
22 – X Ambassadors
23 – Robert DeLong
24 – Courtney Barnett
25 – Run The Jewels
26 – DJ Snake
27 – A$AP Ferg (yesssss!!!)
28 – Romeo Santos
29 – Duke Dumont
30 – Ariana Grande
31 – Clean Bandit
32 – Thomas Rhett
33 – Brett Eldrege
34 – Echosmith
35 – Lucius
36 – Sam Smith (first 1%)
37 – Twenty One Pilots
38 – Mark Ronson
39 – Oliver Heldens
40 – Bastilles (no, I’m not proud of myself)
41 – Hunter Hayes
42 – Frankie Ballard
43 – Lorde
44 – Pentatonix
45 – Chet Faker
46 – George Ezra
47 – Earl Sweatshirt
48 – London Grammar
49 – G.R.L.
50 – The 1975
51 – Tove Lo
52 – Meghan Trainor
53 – Say Lou Lou
54 – Saint Motel
55 – Charli XCX
56 – Pell
57 – Bleachers
58 – John Newman
59 – Capital Cities
60 – Five Seconds Of Summer
61 – A Great Big World
62 – Iggy Azalea
63 – Jamie xx
64 – Boy
So, since this covers not even two years, I hope this proves if nothing else rock nyc has its ear to the ground and listens and reviews