Clinton KaneThere’s something happening on Spotify – Australian artists you’ve never heard of are pulling gigantic streaming numbers despite not charting or being everywhere you look.
While it’s easy to get sucked into negativity surrounding the lack of Australian music on our own charts, the ARIA Charts, perhaps it’s time to celebrate our artists’ success stories rather than repeat the same old complaints.
The Music has combed through Spotify and found a number of Australian artists who are absolutely slaying on the streaming giant’s platform and who you should know.
Clinton Kane
Genre: singer/songwriter influenced pop/indie
How many monthly listeners
5,400,262
Stats on most successful songs
I GUESS I’M IN LOVE – 387,688,322
CHICKEN TENDIES – 188,100,135
I don’t want to watch the world end with someone else – 127,476,887
Drown (by Martin Garrix featuring Clinton Kane) – 212,582,425
DANCING ALL ALONE – 18,104,847
Tobiahs
Genre: EDM, pop
How many monthly listeners
670,248
Stats on most successful songs
Lifetime – 1,667,459
Sculpted – 11,494,316
Late Night – 7,626,849
Why Am I In Love – 1,105,946
Through To You – 5,469,191
DPR IAN
Genre: Indie/pop
How many monthly listeners
3,530,715
Stats on most successful songs
Don’t Go Insane – 28,933,888
No Blueberries – 78,499,638
So Beautiful – 70,475,081
So I Danced – 13,287,872
Peanut Butter & Tears – 15,406,984
Hannah Bahng
Genre: Indie/pop
How many monthly listeners
219,140
Stats on most popular songs
Perfect blues – 8,162,640
Oleander – 3,723,117
CYRIL
Genre: electronic pop
How many monthly listeners
2,486,845
Stats on most popular songs
Stumblin’ In – 13,453,943
Lucid Dreams – 398,415
Strong – 217,659
Boss – 248,896
Porn – 177,852
Vierre Cloud
Genre: pop/hyper-pop, electronic
How many monthly listeners
2,583,861
Stats on most popular songs
Moment – 343,628,197
Creation – 1,172,019
On My Mind – 169,677
Breathe – 550,280
April Leaves – 2,028,911
Timmies
Genre: modern R&B/pop
How many monthly listeners
1,801,361
Stats on most popular songs
Again – 121,974,185
Tell Me Why I’m Waiting – 200,658,880
Loosing Interest – 121,284,174
Ugly – 34,116,542
Soft Skin – 60,690,048
Daste
Genre: lo-fi/indie-pop
How many monthly listeners
1,460,779
Stats on most popular songs
Telephone (What’s Your Name) – 17,846,464
SOBER – 11,468,308
Same As It Ever Was – 5,758,839
Butterfly (so free) – 2,135,295
What If? – 3,290,665
Will K
Genre: electronic music, self-proclaimed “aussie producer boi”
How many monthly listeners
1,516,048
Stats on most popular songs
Sun Is Dark – 32,491,986
Flip Reset – 25,311,322
Chase The Sun (Will K Remix) – 11,407,736
OoooH – 5,146,928
Holding On – 7,246,377
Garrett Kato
Genre: folk/acoustic, singer/songwriter
How many monthly listeners
1,376,187
Stats on most popular songs
Never Alone – 5,970,710
I’ll Be Around – 28,366,479
Be – 23,478,349
With You – 16,710,773
Take It Slowly – 22,742,162
Two Another
Genre: indie/alternative R&B
How many monthly listeners
1,274,209
Stats on most popular songs
Keeping Me Under – 68,975,983
Coming Alive – 46,065,133
Hippies (feat. Two Another) – 13,407,852
Enter My Life – 6,686,075
Can’t Buy The Mood – Two Another Remix – 8,381,226
Toby Mai
Genre: indie/bedroom pop
How many monthly listeners
1,078,558
Stats on most popular songs
Nobody – 9,242,892
ANGEL – 7,383,263
All this time – 4,303,722
My Eye$ - 748,441
Cities – 2,429,883
Maybe it’s time to change the narrative. These artists are connecting to a global audience, and that should be celebrated. If you want to support Australian music further than streaming, buy the merch and tickets and talk about them like they’re your favourite artists on the planet.
