The 2010s

Canada | Australia | New Zealand

France | Britain | Ireland | Germany Scandinavia | Holland/Belgium Austria/Switzerland | Eastern Europe | Italy

Japan

Canada Vancouver Crack Cloud (hardcore) i.o (noise-rock) Montreal: Rap Backxwash Montreal: pop Grimes Montreal: post-rock Ought Joni Void Yamantaka Sonic Titan Toronto: alt-rock Memoryhouse Odonis Odonis Toronto: hardcore Metz White Lung Toronto: Songwriter Nicole Dollanganger Saya Gray Mustafa Toronto: pop and soul Weeknd Canada: world-music Jerusalem in My Heart Canada: metal Antediluvian (death) Brulvahnatu Mares of Thrace (doom) Mitochondrion (death) Canada: Rap/Hip-hop A Tribe Called Red Badbadnotgood (jazz-hop) PartyNextDoor Canada: Electro-pop Black Dresses Purity Ring Canada: noise-rock Dwarfs of East Agouza Land of Kush Women Canada: songwriter Justin Bieber Dirty Beaches Mac DeMarco Myriam Gendron Faith Healer Carly Rae Jepsen Majical Cloudz Military Genius Andy Shauf U.S. Girls Weather Station (Toronto) Brock Zeman Canada: electronic AudioOpera (glitch) Blank Banshee (vaporwave) Le Revelateur Teen Daze (chillwave) Canada: punk/garage White Wires Canada: power-pop Alvvays Canada: rap Drake

Australia Australia: Metal Black Magick SS Crevices Below Mesarthim Pivixki Australia: electronica Berber Ox Lawrence English (ambient) Panda Rosa Uboa Australia: songwriter Camp Cope Jess Cornelius Courtney Barnett Dekomodo Australia: classic rock Gang of Youths Australia: pop Oscar + Martin Teeth & Tongue Australia: post-rock Fabulous Diamonds Julia Reidy Australia: dance Flume (future bass) Sewerslvt (breakcore) Australia: garage-rock King Gizzard and the Lizzard Wizard Total Control Ne Obliviscaris Tropical Fuck Storm Australia: post-jazz Hiatus Kayote Kurushimi Australia: punk-rock Idylls Royal Headache

New Zealand New Zealand: Power-pop Beths New Zealand: electronic Eyeliner (vaporwave) New Zealand: psych Kerretta New Zealand: songwriter Betty Who Kirin Callinan Sarah Mary Chadwick Aldous Harding Ladyhawke Lorde Tones and I

Korea K-pop Blackpink BTS J-Hope K-pop artists Parannoul (shoegaze) Korea alt-pop Mid-Air Thief Japan Garage King Goblin Mass of the Fermenting Dregs Metal Endon Friendship Electronica Camellia Djwwww Shinichi Atobe (techno) Punk-rock Midori Post-rock Goat (Japan) Tricot Vaporwave Infinity Frequencies Songwriter Ichiko Aoba (songwriter) Idol pop 3776 AKB48

France France: progressive Arlt Balungan Cheval de Frise Electric Electric Ghost Rhythm Kandinsky Effect L'Ocelle Mare La Colonie de Vacances Pryapisme France: experimental La Novia (post-folk) France: songwriter Asa France: dance Algorithm DJ Arafat Kungs France: metal Celeste Dacast Esoctrilihum (black metal) Funeralium Igorrr Mhonos Vehemence (black metal) Whourkr

Scandinavia Denmark: Jatoma (techno) Iceage (punk-rock) Puce Mary (electronics) Astrid Sonne (post-rock) Sweden: garage-rock Black Bug Dead Skeletons Goat Sweden: metal Floating Ghost Lustre Monolord (doom) Wachenfeldt (death) Sweden: songwriter Alice Boman Iamamiwhoami Zara Larsson Anna Von Hausswolff Sweden: Rap Bladee (emo-rap) Ecco2k (emo-rap) Thaiboy Digital (emo-rap) Yung Lean (emo-rap) Sweden: progressive Skogen Sweden: folk Amateur Hour The Tallest Man On Earth Sweden: glitch/ambient Klara Lewis Sweden: metal Sweden: dance Alvar Avicii Axel Boman Empire Line Kablam Korridor Peder Mannerfelt Roll the Dice Ulwhednar (techno) Varg (techno) Viagra Boys (dance-punk) Norway Aurora (songwriter) Cashmere Cat (dance - future bass) Girl in Red (songwriter) Jenny Hval (songwriter) Kvelertak (metal) Lido (dance - future bass) Moon Relay Pom Poko (power-pop) Todd Terje (house) Susanna Wallumrod (songwriter) James Welburn (electronics) Lithuania Eleven Tigers (dubstep) Finland JS666 (songwriter) Kairon Irse (post-rock) Mr Peter Hayden (psych-rock) Nightsatan (prog-rock) Old Sorcery (dungeon gothic electronica) Oranssi Pazuzu (post-metal) Waste of Space Orchestra (post-metal) Iceland

Germany Germany: techno/house/rap Amnesia Scanner Blush Response Cuthead Digitalism Helena Hauff DJ Koze Lotic M.E.S.H. Meute Xin Germany: electronica Pan Daijing Pharoah Chromium Yves Tumor Von Himmel Germany: post-rock Camera Nils Frahm HGich.T Monika Roscher Germany: psych-rock Datashock Germany: songwriter Germany: pop Hanoi Janes Germany: heavy metal

Eastern Europe Romania Silent Strike Slovenia Sirom Poland Alameda 3 (psych-rock) Gruzja (black metal0 Kuba Ziolek (psych-rock) Lonker See (post-rock) Tomasz Makowiecki (dance) Tien Lai (psych-rock) Czech Republic Petra Hermanova (songwriter)

Holland/ Belgium Belgium 't Geruis (ambient) Charlotte Adigery & Bolis Pupul (glitch-pop) Dienne Bogaerts (songwriter) Innercity (electronica) Lili Grace (folk) Neptunian Maximalism (psych-rock) Sx (dance-pop) Lost Frequencies (dance-pop) Wolvennest (doom-metal) Holland Altin Gun (world music) Broeder Dieleman (songwriter) Dodecahedron (heavy metal) Fluisteraars (black metal) Volition Immanent (techno) Wende (songwriter)

England England: hip-hop/dubstep/grime/rb AlunaGeorge Babyfather Brood Ma Cooly G Dave (rap) Dels Nick Edwards eMMplekz Hype Williams Iglooghost Inflo (rap) LHF Kuedo Little Simz (rap) Lone LV Nourished by Time Pseudo Nippon Sbtrkt Scuba Sam Shackleton Shygirl Slowthai Andy Stott Two Shell Paul White Young Montana? Zayn England: techno/dance/dubstep Actress James Blake (dubstep) Call Super Disclosure Guido Ibibio Sound Machine (Afro-beat) Zomby England: retro-pop Alt-J Chapel Club Goat Girl Heartbreaks Kero Kero Bonito Male Bonding One Direction Still Corners Veronica Falls England: electro-pop 1975 Jockstrap Let's Eat Grandma Sault Ulterior Wet Leg Wolf Alice England: experimental Lee Gamble Gazelle Twin Government Gum Takes Tooth Haxan Cloak Helm Holy Other (witch) I Am A Lake Of Burning Orchids (ambient) Klein Moin Roly Porter Urok Uuuu Vessel VHS Head England: psych-rock Alien Ballroom Bonnacons of Doom Desmadrados Soldados De Ventura Gnod Grumbling Fur Los Bitchos Sex Swing Teeth of the Sea Toy England: hardcore Petrol Girls Scumbag Philosopher (dark-punk) Squid Rolo Tomassi England: dream-pop England: industrial/ambient Blanck Mass Cut Hands Pye Corner Audio Raagnagrok Raime Stray Ghost England: roots-rock Slow Club Wolf People England: songwriter Adele Beabadoobee Blood Orange Dean Blunt Anna Calvi Celeste (Waite) Charli XCX Christine and the Queens Clarence Clarity Jacob Collier Richard Dawson Alabaster dePlume Hannah Diamond Nwando Ebizie Sam Fender Ellie Goulding Greentea Peng (neosoul) Michael Kiwanuka King Krule Lapalux Cate Le Bon Kiran Leonard Dua Lipa (dance-pop) Ella Mai (neosoul) Laura Mvula (neosoul) Arlo Parks Jai Paul PinkPantheress Rumer Sampha Rina Sawayama Self Esteem Ed Sheeran Harry Styles Sun's Signature Tirzah Frank Turner FKA Twigs Jessie Ware Nilufer Yanya Yola England: metal A Forest of Stars (prog-metal) Abyssal (death) Employed to Serve (metalcore) England: prog-rock Bitch'n'Monk Black Country New Road Black Midi Comet is Coming England: trip-hop Lawless England: garage-rock Porridge Radio Savages England: alt-rock Wu Lyf Yuck England: post-rock Caroline Dry Cleaning The Smile Three Trapped Tigers England: punk-rock Idles Sleaford Mods England: electronica

Ireland Ireland: metal Altar of Plagues Ireland: folk-rock Lankum Ireland: songwriter CMAT John Francis Flynn (folk) Ireland: punk-rock Fontaines DC Ireland: electronica Girl Band

Scotland Scotland: folk-rock Scotland: synth-pop Chvrches Calvin Harris Django Django Scotland: pop Withered Hand Scotland: dance-pop Sophie Scotland: songwriter Lewis Capaldi Scotland: metal Ashenspire (prog-metal) Sectioned (metalcore) Scotland: house/techno/dance Hudson Mohawke Lunice Rustie Tnght

Italy Italy A Classic Education Accordo dei Contrari (prog-rock) Bebawinigi (songwriter) Dubit (electronica) Father Murphy (psych-rock) Fera (electronica) M+A (electronica) Mater Suspiria Vision (witch house) Messa (doom-metal) Squadra Omega (psych) Voices from the Lake (techno) Spain Angel Ontalva (prog-rock) Corea (screamo) October Equus (prog-rock) Qa'a (psych) Rosalia (songwriter) John Talabot (techno) C Tangana (rap) Teitanblood (death-metal)

Brazil Anitta (dance-pop) Boogarins (psych) Brii (metal) Kaatayra (metal) Mexico El Marrano de la Razon (noisecore) Silvana Estrada (songwriter) Lumenlab (electronic) Soma Cake (synthpop) Valgur (synthpop) Xochipilli Venezuela Arca Argentina Los Random (prog-metal) Cuba Cimafunk (songwriter) Colombia Lucrecia Dalt (songwriter) Karol G (singer) Mabiland (songwriter) Ecuador Maureen Gubia (post-rock)

Austria/Switzerland Switzerland Aisha Devi (songwriter) Ikarus (prog-rock) Dave Phillips (noise) Sonar Zeal & Ardor (metal) Austria Soap And Skin (songwriter) Russia Kate NV (songwriter) Pragmatica Quartet (noise) Octa Sheffner (noise) Vespero (prog-rock) Wwwings (electronic dance) Ukraine Na-Hag (IDM) Greece Dead Congregation (death-metal) Spectral Lore (black metal) Israel Thailand Khun Narin (psych-rock) Morocco Abu Lahab (industrial metal) Jamaica Equiknoxx (dub) Koffee (rap) Turkey Farazi v Kayra (rap) Iran Tegh China Yikii Indonesia Raja Kirik Singapore Yeule Africa Amaarae (Ghana) Blaqbonez (Nigeria) Duma (Kenya) Joeboy (Nigeria) Kasai Allstars (Congo Kinshasa) Rokia Kone' (Mali) Mdou Moctar (Niger) Rema (Nigeria) Tems (songwriter) WixKid (Nigeria) Vntageparadise (Nigeria)