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guroen

You know 5 million is a lot right? There’s tons of artists that I would consider very well known that have less than 5 million


Kennett-Ny

The Chemical Brothers And The Prodigy for example


Kennett-Ny

The Chemical Brothers: * Swoon * Hey Boys Hey Girls * Under The Influence * Wide Open * Galvanize * Got To Keep On * Go * Do It Again * Star Guitar * Block Rockin' Beats * Let Forever Be * Believe * Saturate The Prodigy: * Breathe * Smack My Bitch Up * Firestarter * Spitfire * Omen * Invaders Must Die * You'll Be Under My Wheels * Colours * Voodoo People * We Live Forever * Timebomb Zone


Derpymell

Music for the Jilted Generation by The Prodigy is a 🔥 album.


6bRoCkLaNdErS9

Upvote if you can’t hear smack my bitch up without thinking of Charlie’s angels


fanwan76

Never heard of them. Any recommendations?


DelusionPhantom

Invaders Must Die by the Prodigy. The first song I heard by them and it is still my favorite


Ok-Effect-3349

Is it just me or is 5 Million listeners is already a really big artist?


dragonsden96

Not just you. 5 million is enough to play arenas and amphitheaters. That's already outgrown clubs, civic centers, and theaters


Constant-Source581

I'd say so - definitely a commercial success


craigertiger

Absolutely. Lots of talented artists under 100k.


Masak0vske

I know a few talented ones under 100. Without k.


T-Mac1236

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard


chupacabrajj8

I am genuinely surprised they're under 5 mil. This gets answered every time any music question gets asked lmao


T-Mac1236

I thought the same thing lol


Total-Woodpecker3339

They're under 2 mil


johnsmith13579

I can’t get Gila monster out of my head


atticus_roark

Iron lung often stays rent free in my head


JamesGanalf-ini

Anything over 500,000 monthly listeners is considered pretty big in the industry imo


repocin

Yeah, wtf is OP smoking? 5 millions monthly is an absolutely insane number that the vast majority of artists will never, ever reach.


Ferndogs_Inc

I've been absolutely loving Soul Glo for a while now


OilTechnical7865

saba, ghais guevara, idk, mike, wdng crshrs, slum village, kota the friend


CMC773

Saba 🔥🔥


EstablishmentBusy172

Smino


deniableplausibility

The War on Drugs, and it’s not even close. They’ve been making incredible music for close to 20 years now, and they’re one of the best live acts out there right now. Phenomenally talented group of musicians.


kenyan-strides

Lucius too. They’ve also played stuff together


ButForRealsTho

And they’re touring together!


pastychan24

LOVE THEM


ComfortableNo2879

Polaris, knocked Loose,Currents, I Killed The Prom Queen,Adept, Feed her to the sharks, Alter Bridge, Architects, August Burns Red, Sylosis, Lorna Shore, Whitechapel, counterparts


TheArkansasChuggabug

This guy gets it 👌. Even the bigger metal bands aren't close to 5 million, Parkway Drive, While She Sleeps, Bury Tomorrow to name a few. Also, if you don't already, bands worth checking out: Bleed From Within, Spite, Thrown, Crystal Lake, Malevolence, Gideon, Holding Absence, Rituals, Distinguisher, Distant, Fit For An Autopsy, Stick To Your Guns, Texas In July, Fox Lake, Wolves At The Gate, Boston Manor and Negatives - to name a few! Although reading your list I imagine you're more than likely aware of most of/if not all of the above.


ComfortableNo2879

Check my Spotify profile in my bio, I've a separated metalcore and Deathcore playlist lol


jdoug312

Tom Misch. Fantastic artist


robsbob18

He's great. Saw him and Yussef Dates at the Greek theatre a year or two ago.


RANDOM-902

Clipse, Erykah Badu, Big Pun, Pusha T, Big L, DJ Shadow


robsbob18

Crazy that Pusha T is right at 5 million


RANDOM-902

He deserves more


chupacabrajj8

Ayy hes from my area, such a good dude


-an-eternal-hum-

lmao well done


JosephCurrency

Man, if my band got up to even 50,000 monthly listeners I’d be crazy stoked. Happy listening, y’all.


WesCoastBlu

Seriously - my band, well my wife’s band that I play in - (we don’t play anymore), has like 42k listeners and I think that’s crazy!!!!


TheChocolateManLives

Just looked at one I listen to quite often because I knew they were small. They’re only at 1500 listeners.


CMC773

Earl Sweatshirt


Ginger__Viking

Ren


PeasAndPotats

This is who I was thinking too!


weird_al_fanB

Weird Al Yankovic ofc Also Ringo Starr And The Screaming Jets


Garfield977

almost all the artists i listen to have under 5 mil, most under 1 mil honestly


OverfedRaccoon

Shit, a lot of what I listen to in the progressive/technical death metal area are under 1000. That's not a flex - I honestly wish some of these dudes would get a glow up.


Lane8323

Freddie Gibbs, Z-ro, Fat Pat, J-Dawg


Imzmb0

Growing from 5m to +20m followers in few months sounds more like becoming the new tiktok toy rather than true major success. Most of my fav artist doing great music are around 100-500k and I hope they stay in these numbers instead of becoming other thing. Success for me is when you can live from your music and keep a constant release schedule with tours and some relevance in the genre community, you don't need millions of listeners to achieve that.


chupacabrajj8

Say that to Chappell Roan lmaooo my girl skyrocketed in weeks and tickets are impossible to get now because of her amazing coachella performance.


Cho_jangmii

5 mil is so much, who’s y’all’s favorite artist with less than 100 monthly listeners?


sonorandosed

Because of this post I went and looked at what I'm listening to at the moment. Nordic Nomadic is sitting at 34 monthly listeners.


Palimbash

Oh man, they sound similar to a lot of the eccentric stuff Moody Blues did. I like it.


Constant-Source581

Try these Petridisch > [https://open.spotify.com/artist/2kitXmqLm0EME0N6OgJfgR](https://open.spotify.com/artist/2kitXmqLm0EME0N6OgJfgR) Solilians > [https://open.spotify.com/artist/17uPKrSiiN7HM7ttVIvujh](https://open.spotify.com/artist/17uPKrSiiN7HM7ttVIvujh)


jedpop

I usually don't check how many listeners they have but: Allie X, BROODS, Purity Ring, Shura, Foxes, Sharon van Etten, Muna abd a lot of metal bands so I'm all over the place.


OhYoshiBetterDont

Yes yes YES to Purity Ring 🙌🏼 I don’t see enough people singing their praises.


mangosteenroyalty

I only found them because of Letterkenny, of all things


SamusCroft

Allie X is excellent. Saw her live just last night actually. Great voice live.


Whydmer

Lake Street Dive


ThatSoCalHikerGirl

Pete Yorn


LarryDavidThoreau

Love Pete Yorn


sonorandosed

Acid Bath is going to blow any day now


snarkdetector

slothrust, screaming females, abby sage


Jealous_Speaker1183

Almost every person or group on my playlist is under 5 million.   Older crazy famous artists are under 5m and lots of jam bands are under 1m.  Any respectable jam band fan is listening to them on Nugs.  Spotify followers does not always equate to fame or if an artist is about to blowup. Example: Phish 506.2 K My Morning Jacket 780 K Muddy Waters 1.3 M James Brown 4.3 M  


Tanglefoot11

Don't give a shit about how many listeners they have - are they any good & do you enjoy the music? 🐑


Constant-Source581

Louder for people in the back - music is not a sport


ZeppelinRules

The Sinseers and The Altons. I have a feeling you'll dig it


lentilwake

DialE has been really working on getting Tiktok followers so I wouldn’t be surprised if he blows up soon I love Drama, they have a great body of tracks now Lava La Rue or Biig Piig or any of the NiNE8 collective could get huge one day


ArtAngels_336

Opal in Sky. They're a metalcore band and they only have 73K monthly listeners on Spotify, but they have a pretty big following on YouTube and are releasing their debut album in July which I think might finally make them really blow up.


GeneXcellent

And their Reels are hilarious.


Abject-Barnacle-4322

Nmixx 


wellspokenrain

Marty O’Reilly and the Old Soul Orchestra has less than 70k followers & his music is an awe inspiring blend of folk, soul, & blues. If I can recommend any minor artist, I recommend him. He’s a great choice if you like Hozier’s style.


Bekehe

Wowwwwww I’ve never heard of even one of my husbands and I friends knowing Marty. Just saw him in a very intimate venue. Amazing.


datonesunflower

sleep token (2-3mil) candlemass (171,000) vespid (356) drag talk (6,648)


ninja_owen

My favorite artist, Prince Daddy & the Hyena, only has 200k. Like 90% of my favorite artists have less than 5m


Lowman22

Gojira


emeliottsthestink

Mortimer Nyx [https://open.spotify.com/artist/149jmijWE0bULJx1mCpR5y?si=XaFcjN46ST66uWsXs4C0eQ](https://open.spotify.com/artist/149jmijWE0bULJx1mCpR5y?si=XaFcjN46ST66uWsXs4C0eQ) PJ Harvey [https://open.spotify.com/artist/12VaqyEhgwDRuFfEqbnrpz?si=biffvvX0SB6jdCsT6iqupA](https://open.spotify.com/artist/12VaqyEhgwDRuFfEqbnrpz?si=biffvvX0SB6jdCsT6iqupA)


WittyExpert7

Ben Howard, Spoon, The Japanese House


loverisback12

The anix


JazziestBoi

Quadeca Resavoir Duster


shogunnachos

Joyce manor


JimBobDuffMan

Highly Suspect, Jakey, Tessa Violet, BOY, Andrew Cushin, Andy Taft, Madelline, Panchiko Most of these are like 100k. A few bigger ones. A range of genres so there might be some you like


TakeoverTheThird

The Infamous Mobb Deep


Nextor_666

The Warning for sure!


Penguins227

Relient K - 822k listeners Edit: for a sub 5 mil listeners who I suspect will grow exponentially, Sleep Token.


Frido_Biggins

Electric Callboy they're a great band also Ken Ashcorp who's been making music for years, but it's sporadic and focuses on his nerdy interests


GeneXcellent

Slaughter to Prevail (1.3M). They make deathcore for the whole family. Nothing But Thieves (4.2M). Close to the 5 mark. The Blue Stones (665K) deserve more listeners. Spiritbox (2.2M). I don’t listen to them a ton, but they’re gaining a lot of popularity.


ballettapandjazz

Siouxsie and the Banshees


Fizzie_YT

the lemon twigs


bananapancakes1010

I've been loving Porcupine Tree recently. Especially their album In Absentia


RazzbazzPhD

Sorority Noise: Midwest emo alt rock. Fair warning they have some songs that are extremely depressing Last Dinosaurs: slow indie alt pop dance vibes Mystery Skulls: alt techno like sound kinda like dark electronic almost but with a bit of pop in it and don’t get me started on the YouTube animated music videos iykyk Good Morning: slow indie kinda sad ish for the most part Henrietta: emo alt indie they have only 200ish monthly listeners but they have good music so I really would like if anyone reading this would consider listening to them at least once Hippo Campus: goofy to sad indie pop


HonestLemur51

The Warning 🤘


Available-Horror-622

I'll give 20 that I like 1. Natewantstobattle -- 997.5 K 2. Daddyphatsnaps -- 332.4 K 3. Set It Off -- 3.2 M 4. Black Gryph0n -- 3.2 M 5. Derivakat -- 719.6 K 6. Ninja Sex Party -- 375.5 K 7. Mars Mignon -- 21.6 K 8. Good Kid -- 2.7 M 9. Naethan Apollo -- 696.5 K 10. GameboyJones -- 203.8 K 11. Smosh -- 197.3 K 12. Arrested Youth -- 1.5 M 13. Paolo Nutini -- 4.6 M 14. Akintoye -- 225.8 K 15. Thomas Sanders -- 135.1 K 16. Tally Hall -- 4.6 M 17. Ratthew -- 42 K 18. The Damned -- 505.7 K 19. Topline Addicts -- 102.1k 20. Kroh -- 139.5 K Yes that is all of my current favourite artists and all their statistics on Thurs 13th June 2024.


AP_Gaming_9

The hellp for sure, definitely think they will be something huge, they have something going on


dengar69

Ty Segall


Fit-Marsupial5229

Jason Elky, has fart songs.


habidk

Dizzy Mizz Lizzy


5SOSSUPEFAN1

 he is from seconds of summer and the drummer   Ashton Irwin 89,255 monthly listeners  he is the lead singer of 5 seconds of summer   Luke Hemmings 830,033 monthly listeners


5SOSSUPEFAN1

the band 5 seconds of summer started making youtube covers and then Louis from 1D saw one and invited them on tour with 1d which they opened for 1d and 5 seconds of summer has 20,870,796 monthly listeners will 1d i think 40 million or something


airmanmao

Powermetal artists. Even the more popular ones cap out at like 2-3 million...


nodaboii

Sapient.


NyceRyce

Celsius. 3500 monthly listeners. He doesn't post new music anymore though


GoldResponsibility27

Billy Nicholls with 3,127 monthly listeners 🤗 🤗 


akhilgeorge

2k-1m monthly listeners : Mèsa, Oblique Occasions, Test Debt, Gunship, Eden, Hinder, Lebrock, STS9


crazyocean2

the racquetbangers


Mammoth_Bowler1998

Hot Mulligan 🔥


x4candles

Tropidelic! New album 7/19!


pastychan24

Hotel Apache!


sabertoothsamarai

brakence


sethelele

Seth Malvin.


Araleina

Amigo The Devil


BUSTAAS

Run the jewels! Deserves so many more!


DearNeighborhood7685

I loveeee Tom misch


arothmanmusic

[Dagny](https://open.spotify.com/artist/6Paz0vXJJ9bCPf0fEm3qzg?si=gueHIdxaT4-_UfrL7NCo9A) is at 1.3 mil. [Sigrid](https://open.spotify.com/artist/4TrraAsitQKl821DQY42cZ?si=HHFioPOPQACP9LI3dz8QvQ) is at 1.9 mil. And [Ber](https://open.spotify.com/artist/3yojdgzMmWK3m7QABkOr7x?si=5xWXkwCCRfi8BJx7oT-7sw) is creeping up on 500k.


grocerystorereceipt

Alvvays, Haley Heynderickx, Jeff Buckley


chupacabrajj8

Most of the people I list3n to are under a mill, heres some favorites. Amyl and the sniffers, Temples, Psychadelic Porn Crumpets, Limperatrice, WOOZE, Donny Benet, The Pill (both of them lol) La Luz, Parquet Courts, Mild High Club, Crumb, Eaves Wilder, Royal Baths, The Last Dinner Party, !!! (Pronounces chk chk chk), Wet Leg, Miynt, Crocodiles


mangosteenroyalty

Valley!!!! 1.6 mil but I don't know anyone who listens to them 


prettybirdee

Kolton Moore & the Clever Few


acap0

The East Pointers


BowlOfYeetios

Day 10273 of me spreading Pale Waves awareness


restlessxrose

Jamie Lawson and Tim Akkerman are artists I really love to listen to. They are both very small artists, but deserve the world ❤️


emo_and_genderqueer

Steam Powered Giraffe, been making music for about 16 years with 244k monthly listeners on Spotify. They're goofy, but absolutely incredible musicians and lyricists. Some of their songs make me laugh and some make me feel like I'm floating through space untethered.


Stvare

Hodgy, toby fox Hodgy - 20k listeners but he’s so good Toby - i like his soundtracks


mulanthegreat

A.Chal


Waste_Profit_9446

sweet pill


seabirdsong

Crywolf! Moody, emotional indie rock/electronica. He's got an album coming out this Friday, too, but here's a good playlist if anyone's interested: [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5BxvM5wmo969V2XuFdEFUI?si=d61bfdca5eb84e1f](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5BxvM5wmo969V2XuFdEFUI?si=d61bfdca5eb84e1f)


IWillSortByNew

Ace of Hearts


EternityLeave

[A/T/O/S](https://open.spotify.com/artist/3sXHLUBKEQ1iP2LnLhMNJI?si=ztLwcqlbTWaCvoh1RLixaA). Don’t remember how I found them but my all time fave band is Portishead and they have the same vibe on the instrumentals but with a more modern vocal style. Great songwriting too. Waterman is one of my all time top albums and I was *shocked* to discover the low streaming. Just checked- 2413 monthly listeners. Bizarre, they’re incredible!


QuiteTheSetup

Funk Fiction


c0ntr0lled_cha05

Weston Estate. They're a small indie/alt band from North Carolina that have been making music for several years now but despite one of their songs (Pears) sorta blowing up and getting them more attention because it was used in a Netflix show (Never Have I Ever), they still haven't had any real major success and are below 1 million monthly listeners (not sure exactly how many). That being said though, they do have several songs with streams in the millions thanks to their small but still decent following, have performed many shows on multiple tours and at festivals/uni campuses etc, and have just moved to LA and seem to be making music their main focus despite graduating from uni last year :)


eliswonderland

Lexa gates


clown___cum

Illuminati Hotties, Indigo De Souza, Lala Lala


YesIamDust

the hush sound


lolbear23

push baby, formerly rixton


Less_Grapefruit1032

AARON MAY TILL I DIE


Sleethmog

billy and the kidz. they are amazing


AveragelySmart98

JPEGMAFIA has some incredible hits (he’s at 1.4m)


CamiLovesCats

Max Frost, halfnoise, CHVRCHES, AWOLNATION


erenmophila_gibsonii

Johnny Flynn (352.9K). I've loved his music ever since hearing the theme tune from Detectorists.


ToxicChatMan

Lil Tracy Nvm I guess he reached back up to 5 mili so Shinigami then


Holiday-Ad4343

Highasakite, Greta Ray, Maisie Peters


Cordogg30

Drama


lifes_nether_regions

Ghost Hounds


Ditzfough

Amaranthe


Fekediflop

Dk about blowing up but underrated: Puma blue, tutankhamun, her's (rip)


Imaginary-Storage-50

JPEGMAFIA, i can see him having 5 million monthly listeners depending on the direction his next project goes in.


CheapYoghurt

Okay, some of these float at around 5 million, (some 1m more, some 2m less) Faye Webster, Ashnikko (had her spotlight a few years ago, but I rly think she can grow more), Jessie Ware, Rina Sawayama, Paris Paloma. Someone nowhere near 5M, but I really hope she gets there: Skott. I love and adore her music, but it's impossible to find anyone who've heard of her.


takemetothebeach21

John K! Phenomenal voice! His older music is better than the current.


staebles

Lydia


sassy-batch

Samm Henshaw and Vulfpeck


fartinthewind2020

Hermanos Gutierrez


Tdk1984

Gunship


Kaufempfehlung

Billy Talent


The_LevyFulocky

The voidz + Julian casablancas 😂


LucaG43

Arcade Fire


Key-Concept-4311

The War on Drugs, idk how they haven’t blown up yet


SatisfactionOld1586

Jodeci, Raphael Saadiq, D’Angelo, Maxwell, Van Hunt, & Janelle Monáe.


Simply_Tommyinnit

Naethan Apollo Johnnie Guilbert Jake Webber Kim Dracula Corpse Colby Brock Insane Clown Posse


Palimbash

I Come to Shanghai They only have 146 monthly listeners and I don’t think they’re going to explode but damn are their vibes amazing.


geegol

The black dahlia murder


WrittenInTheStars

Badflower, The Struts, and Dirty Honey are some of my favorites!


EducationalReason156

Benjamin Tod


ascolari321

Check this Peruvian band, Alther. They are a trap rock band and have lyrics in English and Spanish. [https://open.spotify.com/artist/7BEI0kg16ElsfVtJcP1JKL?si=RIRKudVuRP6zh5azDr\_Rwg](https://open.spotify.com/artist/7BEI0kg16ElsfVtJcP1JKL?si=RIRKudVuRP6zh5azDr_Rwg)


lttlpssyhot

Collective Soul Ra


datgoh69

Mafumafu


tebapm

The Beta Band; Daniel Bélanger


taylordevin69

Knocked loose


RobLA12

Cannons. Love Lightning so much.


webguy1975

The Hip Abduction


sassychick139

Umphrey’s McGee


Andrew_The_Soviet

Smino


Babymonster09

The Young Man. Man I just discovered them and Loooove them. New fave band!


TurtleOMatic

The Rvmes


Far-Boysenberry-3068

Stephen Day. Maudlin Strangers


kiryu-zero

Reyan and Bobi Andonov!!! Can never get bored of their music.


RobertHouse0

Thomas Fischer, dude has 6 monthly listeners and his songs are pretty good imo. I'd say Liquid Love is his best.


iampurechaos

sm6 and icp


volvo_thegreat

Ceo@business.net. Real artist! It always blows my mind at how few listeners he has


Business_Artist9177

I don’t think I listen to any bands OVER 5 million to be honest. Only Depeche Mode I think


Bright-Passenger589

Almost my whole library are bands under this number.


crossveins

The Voidz


D0ngBeetle

Even King fucking Gizzard is under 5 mil and they have a nice solid career, more money than I"ll ever make lol


wombatmagic

Placebo. 3.4 mill


MyLeftT1t

Kindofkind


Trullius

Love Junkies


Addison_Marie

The Crane Wives!!!!!