This chart is based on The Top 5 cities for each artist on Spotify. Therefore large cities will feature well known international artists, while smaller cities will feature some smaller local artists. The ranking is based on the number of listeners from the city, as provided by Spotify for the top 5 cities for each artist.

#	Artist	Listeners in Charlotte
1	Chris Stapleton	399,342
2	BigXthaPlug	385,822
3	Bailey Zimmerman	310,937
4	Thomas Rhett	289,610
5	Eric Church	278,689
6	Jason Aldean	268,637
7	GloRilla	268,197
8	Tyler Childers	261,840
9	Riley Green	255,474
10	Kenny Chesney	248,645
11	Jon Pardi	243,355
12	Luke Bryan	241,165
13	Zac Brown Band	226,643
14	Brooks & Dunn	218,311
15	Moneybagg Yo	217,970
16	ERNEST	209,200
17	Megan Moroney	208,924
18	Lainey Wilson	200,715
19	Lynyrd Skynyrd	198,080
20	Zach Top	195,907
21	HARDY	192,241
22	Blake Shelton	185,014
23	Toby Keith	180,418
24	Old Dominion	171,941
25	Treaty Oak Revival	165,135
26	Tucker Wetmore	164,613
27	Tim McGraw	163,095
28	Florida Georgia Line	162,218
29	The Red Clay Strays	156,088
30	Alan Jackson	156,066
31	Waka Flocka Flame	151,720
32	Carrie Underwood	151,113
33	Kevin Gates	150,315
34	Dierks Bentley	144,538
35	Billy Currington	140,559
36	Darius Rucker	137,469
37	Hudson Westbrook	135,837
38	Alice In Chains	135,026
39	Rascal Flatts	133,821
40	Young Dolph	132,611
41	Jeezy	131,315
42	Miranda Lambert	129,025
43	Randy Travis	128,131
44	Forrest Frank	128,044
45	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	125,222
46	Whiskey Myers	124,732
47	Rod Wave	123,989
48	Lee Brice	123,080
49	Parker McCollum	121,827
50	Brandon Lake	121,737
51	Mt. Joy	120,324
52	Elevation Worship	119,545
53	Gavin Adcock	117,531
54	Jimmy Buffett	116,067
55	Hank Williams, Jr.	115,307
56	Tee Grizzley	115,054
57	Sam Hunt	111,699
58	Travis Tritt	110,841
59	Staind	110,487
60	BossMan Dlow	109,817
61	Ty Myers	109,274
62	Cole Swindell	106,637
63	Kid Rock	104,856
64	Seether	99,452
65	Breaking Benjamin	98,140
66	Young Nudy	97,874
67	Alabama	97,049
68	The Marshall Tucker Band	95,514
69	Rainbow Kitten Surprise	94,926
70	Caamp	94,883
71	Russell Dickerson	92,005
72	Chris Young	90,732
73	Maverick City Music	90,543
74	AJR	90,121
75	Jake Owen	89,760
76	Hootie & The Blowfish	89,076
77	Brad Paisley	88,734
78	Dustin Lynch	88,099
79	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	86,900
80	Pooh Shiesty	85,603
81	Josh Turner	82,826
82	PLUTO	81,236
83	Uncle Kracker	80,519
84	Rodney Atkins	78,882
85	Brantley Gilbert	78,273
86	Muscadine Bloodline	77,978
87	Boosie Badazz	76,695
88	Bethel Music	74,826
89	Colter Wall	74,272
90	Ole 60	72,649
91	Big Boogie	72,614
92	Sugar Ray	72,273
93	Little Big Town	71,909
94	James Taylor	70,917
95	Scotty McCreery	70,403
96	Waylon Jennings	69,470
97	Wyatt Flores	68,350
98	311	67,463
99	Allman Brothers Band	66,968
100	Yo Gotti	65,475
101	Looking Glass	65,036
102	YKNIECE	63,669
103	Nardo Wick	63,009
104	Josiah Queen	62,682
105	Tyler Hubbard	62,588
106	Jamey Johnson	62,221
107	Shenandoah	62,040
108	Lauren Daigle	61,446
109	EST Gee	61,405
110	Money Man	60,675
111	The Steeldrivers	60,591
112	Godsmack	60,546
113	Phil Wickham	60,256
114	Daughtry	60,112
115	Tracy Lawrence	59,713
116	Eli Young Band	59,691
117	Styx	59,424
118	Trace Adkins	58,151
119	Chris Tomlin	58,008
120	The Head And The Heart	57,981
121	Charles Wesley Godwin	57,838
122	Kameron Marlowe	57,065
123	Real Boston Richey	56,982
124	Slightly Stoopid	56,801
125	Redferrin	56,399
126	Sturgill Simpson	55,329
127	Chase Matthew	55,114
128	Craig Morgan	54,968
129	Stick Figure	54,868
130	Evan Honer	54,582
131	Joe Nichols	53,980
132	NEEDTOBREATHE	53,685
133	Kaitlin Butts	53,580
134	9lokknine	52,422
135	John Michael Montgomery	52,393
136	Chris Janson	51,941
137	BunnaB	51,498
138	Petey Pablo	51,453
139	DJ Drama	51,438
140	Big Yavo	51,297
141	Watchhouse	50,789
142	Cody Carnes	50,741
143	Grateful Dead	50,614
144	Dave Matthews Band	50,600
145	Randy Houser	50,594
146	BabyChiefDoit	50,451
147	King Harvest	50,371
148	David Lee Murphy	49,850
149	Billy Strings	49,604
150	Crossfade	49,571
151	Hulvey	49,551
152	Justin Moore	49,362
153	Veeze	49,235
154	HIXTAPE	49,133
155	Luh Tyler	49,078
156	Sierra Ferrell	49,036
157	The Charlie Daniels Band	48,882
158	Everclear	48,571
159	City Girls	48,199
160	ELEVATION RHYTHM	48,055
161	Lecrae	47,537
162	Vincent Mason	47,153
163	Cory Asbury	46,983
164	Rich Homie Quan	46,732
165	TobyMac	45,931
166	Joe Diffie	45,681
167	Rylo Rodriguez	45,621
168	The Revivalists	45,363
169	Blues Traveler	45,105
170	Ro$ama	44,941
171	Brent Cobb	44,602
172	Brothers Osborne	44,329
173	Saliva	44,269
174	UPPERROOM	44,181
175	Carly Pearce	44,136
176	Reba McEntire	44,108
177	Kirk Franklin	43,728
178	MercyMe	43,536
179	BAK Jay	43,498
180	Larry Fleet	43,184
181	We The Kingdom	43,129
182	49 Winchester	42,915
183	David Allan Coe	42,691
184	Casting Crowns	42,405
185	Dirty Heads	42,349
186	The Black Crowes	41,997
187	Lauren Alaina	41,954
188	Passion	41,480
189	Vince Gill	41,467
190	K CAMP	40,114
191	Conway Twitty	39,955
192	Jo Dee Messina	39,926
193	Webbie	39,865
194	Jay Jones	39,396
195	JayDaYoungan	39,392
196	Zach Williams	39,260
197	1900Rugrat	39,128
198	for KING & COUNTRY	38,501
199	The Band	38,371
200	Rockout Danny	38,243
201	YTB Fatt	38,237
202	Anne Wilson	38,181
203	38 Special	38,179
204	Lil Double 0	38,108
205	The Avett Brothers	38,029
206	YFN Lucci	38,013
207	Chase Rice	37,948
208	Eddie Money	37,942
209	Tracy Byrd	37,541
210	Travis Porter	37,502
211	Crowder	37,474
212	Brett Eldredge	37,063
213	CAIN	36,955
214	Chuckyy	36,881
215	Maddie & Tae	36,827
216	Montgomery Gentry	36,822
217	Marcus King	36,662
218	Caleb Gordon	36,300
219	NOTHING MORE	35,791
220	Tauren Wells	35,476
221	Keith Whitley	35,236
222	BIG30	35,131
223	Jon Reddick	34,918
224	Briston Maroney	34,339
225	Upchurch	34,332
226	George Jones	33,914
227	Jorjiana	33,823
228	Trick Daddy	33,537
229	Sleep Theory	33,416
230	KB	33,354
231	Diamond Rio	32,979
232	Yung Joc	32,956
233	Parmalee	32,673
234	Kari Jobe	32,594
235	Charity Gayle	32,518
236	Candlebox	32,369
237	Bloodhound Lil Jeff	32,157
238	MO3	32,119
239	Hurricane Wisdom	31,902
240	Musiq Soulchild	31,846
241	Michael Franti & Spearhead	31,355
242	Birdman	31,075
243	Jdot Breezy	31,036
244	Lil Scoom89	30,986
245	Aaron Lewis	30,816
246	VonOff1700	30,618
247	Jodeci	30,610
248	Charley Crockett	30,470
249	Niko Moon	30,175
250	Houndmouth	30,002
251	Crime Mob	29,717
252	Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats	29,612
253	Lil Tony Official	29,260
254	Ca$h Out	29,133
255	Cochren & Co.	29,130
256	Sugarland	29,034
257	Chris Lane	28,977
258	Ben Rector	28,917
259	Benjamin William Hastings	28,877
260	Monaleo	28,855
261	Mel McDaniel	28,665
262	Colby Acuff	28,532
263	Tanya Tucker	28,499
264	Julia DiGrazia	28,363
265	John Anderson	28,256
266	Skilla Baby	28,175
267	Devin Dawson	28,142
268	Switchfoot	28,033
269	Sammy Kershaw	28,013
270	Mark Chesnutt	27,820
271	SleazyWorld Go	27,720
272	Alison Krauss	27,704
273	10 Years	27,545
274	Kristian Stanfill	27,378
275	BloodHound Q50	27,231
276	Colt Ford	27,126
277	The Band Perry	26,486
278	The Gap Band	26,409
279	Pat Barrett	26,297
280	Austin Williams	26,261
281	Josh Baldwin	26,130
282	Lute	26,122
283	Paper Route EMPIRE	26,088
284	Shane & Shane	26,047
285	Bono	25,966
286	Ashley Cooke	25,752
287	Trill Family	25,591
288	D4L	25,562
289	Stunna 4 Vegas	25,525
290	Old Crow Medicine Show	25,413
291	Conner Smith	25,400
292	Foxx	25,369
293	Catch Your Breath	25,357
294	Dru Hill	25,300
295	Hunter Hayes	25,273
296	Ronnie Milsap	25,235
297	V.I.C.	25,214
298	Cupid	25,071
299	Sara Evans	24,915
300	Speaker Knockerz	24,865
301	The Band CAMINO	24,774
302	Skrilla	24,437
303	Beartooth	24,423
304	Deana Carter	24,050
305	Trampled by Turtles	23,882
306	Yungeen Ace	23,870
307	Katy Nichole	23,861
308	Matthew West	23,524
309	Raq baby	23,363
310	Big Daddy Weave	23,318
311	Mackenzie Carpenter	23,307
312	Jaheim	23,230
313	Quin Nfn	23,102
314	Foogiano	23,067
315	King George	22,991
316	Gorilla Zoe	22,793
317	The Marcus King Band	22,764
318	Jameson Rodgers	22,601
319	Tony! Toni! Toné!	22,600
320	Big Tymers	22,587
321	Housefires	22,405
322	George Birge	22,387
323	Bankroll Ni	22,329
324	Jervis Campbell	22,238
325	Trap Dickey	22,096
326	Glokk40Spaz	22,006
327	nobigdyl.	21,985
328	Finesse2tymes	21,949
329	LPB Poody	21,864
330	Rend Collective	21,810
331	Lee Ann Womack	21,617
332	Kidd G	21,584
333	Leanna Crawford	21,540
334	The Hip Abduction	21,424
335	Foolio	21,411
336	Jeremy Camp	21,391
337	Ben Fuller	21,347
338	Gracie Binion	21,127
339	Nathaniel Rateliff	21,091
340	The Movement	21,091
341	Jerry Reed	21,084
342	Wage War	21,062
343	Danny Gokey	21,014
344	Of Mice & Men	20,982
345	Little Feat	20,971
346	Magnolia Park	20,842
347	DISPATCH	20,715
348	Shy Glizzy	20,656
349	So Supa	20,620
350	Colton Dixon	20,335
351	Silk	20,164
352	Struggle Jennings	20,111
353	Newsboys	19,966
354	BabyDrill	19,956
355	Melissa Helser	19,663
356	Benji Blue Bills	19,645
357	Jonathan David Helser	19,641
358	Torey D'Shaun	19,528
359	Ratt	19,520
360	803Fresh	19,455
361	Sister Hazel	19,288
362	The Worship Initiative	19,259
363	Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors	19,090
364	LOCASH	18,978
365	Eve 6	18,849
366	Abbie Gamboa	18,840
367	O.A.R.	18,791
368	LANCO	18,695
369	The Dip	18,691
370	Ryan Hurd	18,628
371	David Banner	18,588
372	Yung Hood	18,414
373	St. Paul & The Broken Bones	18,361
374	Franni Cash	18,352
375	Orleans	18,327
376	Bubba Sparxxx	18,251
377	John Morgan	18,218
378	Dorrough Music	18,182
379	Jace!	18,172
380	SHOP BOYZ	18,094
381	Andy Mineo	18,045
382	Bfb Da Packman	17,822
383	Chris Renzema	17,812
384	Ace Hood	17,805
385	Matt Maher	17,739
386	David Morris	17,650
387	Baby Kia	17,584
388	Austin Snell	17,554
389	Jimmie Allen	17,544
390	Strings And Heart	17,533
391	Big Moochie Grape	17,470
392	Wind Walkers	17,465
393	MudBaby Ru	17,362
394	Ryan Ellis	17,243
395	The Home Team	17,241
396	RaeLynn	17,210
397	Alex Jean	17,161
398	Chicken P	17,135
399	Ellie Holcomb	17,129
400	F.L.Y. (Fast Life Yungstaz)	17,092
401	Judah & the Lion	16,950
402	Screwly G	16,833
403	We Are Messengers	16,808
404	CMG The Label	16,765
405	The Lacs	16,739
406	El Snappo	16,738
407	Hank Williams	16,718
408	The Georgia Satellites	16,692
409	Patty Loveless	16,682
410	Pam Tillis	16,643
411	All That Remains	16,634
412	Young Dro	16,619
413	Loretta Lynn	16,609
414	Tre Loaded	16,535
415	David Nail	16,486
416	JJ Grey & Mofro	16,434
417	Amos Lee	16,403
418	SEU Worship	16,305
419	Terrian	16,281
420	Kameron Carter	16,258
421	Alison Krauss & Union Station	16,234
422	Rundown Spaz	16,231
423	Tedeschi Trucks Band	16,206
424	United Pursuit	15,988
425	OMB Peezy	15,780
426	Hitkidd	15,748
427	Seven Mary Three	15,683
428	Jordan Feliz	15,660
429	Frankie Ballard	15,656
430	Unk	15,602
431	The Elovaters	15,554
432	Marvin Sapp	15,543
433	Widespread Panic	15,539
434	Total	15,522
435	Wacotron	15,512
436	Dave Matthews	15,439
437	Ashley McBryde	15,299
438	Youngbloodz	15,297
439	Tay Keith	15,185
440	K. Michelle	15,047
441	Jawga Boyz	15,002
442	Sons Of Sunday	14,949
443	The Castellows	14,883
444	Fred Hammond	14,759
445	Yella Beezy	14,747
446	Big Boi	14,660
447	Johnny Paycheck	14,644
448	Trina	14,616
449	Zaytoven	14,598
450	Blessing Offor	14,562
451	KenTheMan	14,412
452	Francesca Battistelli	14,393
453	Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit	14,351
454	Goose	14,256
455	Will Reagan	14,240
456	Jason Isbell	14,154
457	Joe L Barnes	14,079
458	Guy	14,043
459	Lil 6	14,001
460	Red Rocks Worship	13,913
461	Andrew Ripp	13,876
462	Micah Tyler	13,804
463	Nappy Roots	13,798
464	Bilmuri	13,702
465	Kee Nola	13,656
466	BLP KOSHER	13,630
467	Futurebirds	13,543
468	STMG DemGuyz	13,513
469	Merle Haggard & The Strangers	13,420
470	Hezekiah Walker	13,419
471	Queen Key	13,403
472	Aaron Tippin	13,388
473	JWLKRS Worship	13,357
474	Adam Doleac	13,278
475	Atlanta Rhythm Section	13,164
476	BNYX®	13,147
477	Lukas Nelson	13,135
478	Danny Towers	13,122
479	Lud Foe	13,049
480	Wizz Havinn	12,895
481	Them Dirty Roses	12,790
482	Bobby Bare	12,774
483	Megan Woods	12,684
484	Carl Thomas	12,679
485	Nonpoint	12,673
486	MAF Teeski	12,671
487	Blackberry Smoke	12,669
488	Moon Taxi	12,659
489	Kenny Wayne Shepherd	12,653
490	The Oak Ridge Boys	12,602
491	Lil Ru	12,557
492	gio.	12,535
493	Lil Novi	12,502
494	Tenth Avenue North	12,493
495	Better Than Ezra	12,482
496	Vertical Worship	12,454
497	Cootie	12,387
498	Mystikal	12,336
499	SpotemGottem	12,335
500	Citizen Cope	12,332
501	Young Scooter	12,327
502	The Soggy Bottom Boys	12,315
503	Mosaic MSC	12,311
504	BigWalkDog	12,283
505	Susan Tedeschi	12,280
506	Big Ro6	12,263
507	Jerrod Niemann	12,236
508	Dee Watkins	12,227
509	Kirk Franklin & The Family	12,199
510	Mohead Mike	12,191
511	Forrest.	12,155
512	Pure Prairie League	12,148
513	Taylor Ray Holbrook	12,130
514	Lyle Lovett	12,038
515	Johnny Blue Skies	12,010
516	The Wood Brothers	12,005
517	Phish	11,980
518	BiC Fizzle	11,906
519	Town Mountain	11,902
520	Mo Lowda & the Humble	11,880
521	Sterling Elza	11,841
522	501Bryze	11,806
523	Blac Youngsta	11,800
524	Ryan Stevenson	11,797
525	Lil Wyte	11,775
526	Lil Poppa	11,762
527	Drive-By Truckers	11,704
528	MexikoDro	11,666
529	Tayler Holder	11,642
530	Relient K	11,560
531	FBG Murda	11,520
532	Bryce Savage	11,507
533	Chelsea Plank	11,486
534	Matt Stell	11,450
535	Big Money Blitz	11,417
536	Adelitas Way	11,405
537	Demun Jones	11,368
538	Hurricane Chris	11,326
539	Loggins & Messina	11,221
540	Gateway Worship	11,219
541	Third Day	11,209
542	Tye Tribbett	11,184
543	Matt Nathanson	11,179
544	Cisco Adler	11,073
545	The Cadillac Three	11,026
546	SLAVES	11,026
547	Thompson Square	11,020
548	Margo Price	10,993
549	Sublime With Rome	10,950
550	Lil Phat	10,937
551	Chris Brown	10,936
552	Tiffany Hudson	10,925
553	Wes Walker	10,893
554	Dyl	10,859
555	Tonio Armani	10,787
556	Lil Donald	10,767
557	I AM THEY	10,711
558	Nu Breed	10,704
559	Koryn Hawthorne	10,690
560	Davies.	10,632
561	Miles Minnick	10,620
562	Confederate Railroad	10,616
563	Luhh Dyl	10,577
564	Lil Scrappy	10,576
565	Field Mob	10,572
566	FattMack	10,566
567	Brian Kelley	10,549
568	Lyfe Jennings	10,530
569	Tyler Farr	10,486
570	Rhett Akins	10,341
571	Tropidelic	10,339
572	Tommy Tutone	10,306
573	Drake White	10,296
574	Ethan Regan	10,271
575	Granger Smith	10,269
576	Arcy Drive	10,258
577	Derek Trucks	10,227
578	Bishop Gunn	10,183
579	Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock	10,175
580	Ricky Skaggs	10,121
581	After 7	10,101
582	Joseph O'Brien	10,099
583	Jesse Howard	10,078
584	North Point Worship	10,062
585	Yung L.A.	10,041
586	TOKYO’S REVENGE	10,041
587	Never Broke Again	10,030
588	Little Stranger	10,026
589	Nevertel	9,976
590	Radical For Christ	9,957
591	The Brook & The Bluff	9,947
592	Song House	9,898
593	SNUPE BANDZ	9,885
594	Mandisa	9,883
595	Colony House	9,864
596	Adina Howard	9,864
597	Dante Bowe	9,854
598	Toad The Wet Sprocket	9,798
599	Harper O'Neill	9,794
600	Wynonna	9,713
601	Tamela Mann	9,703
602	Wilder Woods	9,671
603	Keith & Kristyn Getty	9,656
604	Ledisi	9,648
605	Teena Marie	9,643
606	Derez De’Shon	9,521
607	Big Mo	9,518
608	Bottleneck	9,479
609	Winyah	9,473
610	$hyfromdatre	9,461
611	Molly Hatchet	9,362
612	Roscoe Dash	9,338
613	ROME	9,288
614	Pastor Mike Jr.	9,286
615	Carter Faith	9,265
616	Rayland Baxter	9,257
617	Kash Doll	9,257
618	Midnight Star	9,244
619	Craig Campbell	9,216
620	The Little Willies	9,197
621	indie tribe	9,143
622	Huey	9,121
623	DJ Chose	9,104
624	The Stews	9,100
625	David Crowder Band	9,072
626	Myaap	9,014
627	Zakk Wylde	8,993
628	1K Phew	8,990
629	Nathan Davis Jr	8,986
630	Warhol.SS	8,974
631	T. Graham Brown	8,972
632	The Verve Pipe	8,967
633	Holywatr	8,954
634	Ray Benson	8,917
635	Sam Burchfield	8,911
636	U.S.D.A.	8,909
637	Belly Gang Kushington	8,883
638	Dreezy	8,868
639	Greensky Bluegrass	8,845
640	Kenny Muney	8,821
641	The Jack Wharff Band	8,809
642	Ronnie Dunn	8,782
643	Kurt Carr	8,769
644	Josh Garrels	8,756
645	JamWayne	8,751
646	Big Head Todd and The Monsters	8,744
647	Susto	8,686
648	The Droptines	8,665
649	Sidewalk Prophets	8,661
650	Blackfoot	8,654
651	Rhett Walker	8,650
652	Jamie MacDonald	8,649
653	Racoma	8,639
654	Steven Curtis Chapman	8,629
655	Riley Clemmons	8,624
656	SlimeGetEm	8,617
657	Big Yba	8,602
658	Micah Nelson	8,584
659	Moonshine Bandits	8,554
660	Unspoken	8,524
661	Charlie Farley	8,519
662	Jon Keith	8,499
663	Drayton Farley	8,473
664	Ashley Monroe	8,453
665	Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real	8,450
666	Pastor Troy	8,441
667	Levert	8,433
668	Fetty P Franklin	8,423
669	Mark Wills	8,403
670	Ro James	8,394
671	Tasha Layton	8,378
672	Kurt Carr & The Kurt Carr Singers	8,368
673	BigKayBeezy	8,337
674	James Otto	8,320
675	G. Love & Special Sauce	8,318
676	YFG FATSO	8,272
677	Glokk40Spaz	8,265
678	Mac Powell	8,264
679	The LOX	8,233
680	The New Basement Tapes	8,226
681	Maddox Batson	8,220
682	Arrows in Action	8,213
683	Maggie Antone	8,202
684	Doug Stone	8,181
685	Eric Paslay	8,178
686	Pony Bradshaw	8,162
687	Beanie Sigel	8,141
688	The National Parks	8,132
689	Anderson East	8,120
690	Red Tips	8,058
691	Congress The Band	8,055
692	JD & The Straight Chasers	8,008
693	Anike	7,989
694	eclipse	7,989
695	Maxwell	7,912
696	Chrisette Michele	7,906
697	Cico P	7,903
698	Ballyhoo!	7,897
699	8Ball & MJG	7,868
700	LSG	7,830
701	STAR BANDZ	7,772
702	Baby Mel	7,756
703	Zach John King	7,745
704	Kut Klose	7,742
705	Freeway	7,737
706	Trip Lee	7,731
707	Moone Walker	7,703
708	Aaron Cole	7,688
709	Red	7,687
710	Chris Hosier	7,679
711	Shawty Lo	7,662
712	Sam Rivera	7,638
713	Tony Archive	7,632
714	Bumpin Uglies	7,629
715	Leela James	7,629
716	Keith Anderson	7,622
717	Trinidad James	7,593
718	Seth Anthony	7,565
719	Gods Property	7,562
720	Jason Gray	7,545
721	The Ozark Mountain Daredevils	7,524
722	Sovereign Grace Music	7,520
723	Love Fellowship Choir	7,519
724	Jimmy Clifton	7,518
725	Mipso	7,510
726	The Bends	7,508
727	Tyler James Williams	7,498
728	Bankroll Fresh	7,496
729	Broadside	7,489
730	Kierra Sheard	7,471
731	Joe P	7,457
732	Boyz N Da Hood	7,445
733	Corey Smith	7,437
734	Phil Vassar	7,423
735	BeatKing	7,421
736	Jo Tyler	7,417
737	Johnnyswim	7,401
738	Pistol Annies	7,389
739	DJ ESCO	7,370
740	Hi-Five	7,357
741	Flippa T	7,347
742	ppcocaine	7,320
743	Tedashii	7,298
744	Angaleena Presley	7,294
745	Austin French	7,277
746	Jekalyn Carr	7,277
747	Sukihana	7,271
748	The Last Mr. Bigg	7,255
749	Maurette Brown Clark	7,251
750	William Murphy	7,247
751	Gracie's Corner	7,232
752	Soldier Kidd	7,227
753	Stop Light Observations	7,177
754	DJ Kool	7,168
755	King Hendrick$	7,159
756	FLAME	7,147
757	Stephen Stanley	7,138
758	Fatt Macc	7,091
759	Jordy Searcy	7,053
760	F.P.J.	7,037
761	WHATUPRG	7,034
762	Molly Tuttle	7,023
763	Brandon Heath	7,022
764	Savannah Dexter	7,016
765	Hueston	7,016
766	Lathan Warlick	7,005
767	Sawyer Hill	6,987
768	Dawes	6,954
769	Dc2trill	6,944
770	Glorb	6,928
771	Aer	6,926
772	West 22nd	6,918
773	FL Dusa	6,899
774	Attila	6,899
775	Crown The Empire	6,898
776	Seth Condrey	6,898
777	Anthony Brown & group therAPy	6,885
778	Norman Hutchins	6,879
779	J.R. Carroll	6,861
780	Spinabenz	6,850
781	Smokie Norful	6,845
782	Rell Vert	6,839
783	DLU Kemp	6,828
784	J. Dash	6,812
785	Little	6,804
786	Saucy Santana	6,796
787	L.T.D.	6,794
788	Austin Tolliver	6,789
789	The Brothers Comatose	6,787
790	DJ Luke Nasty	6,783
791	Frankie Beverly	6,776
792	OJ Da Juiceman	6,773
793	Sumbuck	6,767
794	Doc Watson	6,761
795	Playaz Circle	6,758
796	Lee Greenwood	6,720
797	Gregg Allman	6,703
798	Scootie Wop	6,669
799	Natalie Grant	6,659
800	Shovels & Rope	6,657
801	Peewee Longway	6,653
802	HARBOUR	6,627
803	Jordan St. Cyr	6,620
804	Cedarmont Kids	6,613
805	They Might Be Giants (For Kids)	6,601
806	Harvey Street	6,543
807	Archers	6,542
808	Hariroc	6,513
809	Rich Kidz	6,493
810	Patrick Mayberry	6,492
811	Mitch Wong	6,490
812	VeggieTales	6,486
813	Anella	6,457
814	TK Kravitz	6,449
815	Changing Faces	6,443
816	Sensamotion	6,436
817	RiskTakerLeek	6,406
818	Twiddle	6,403
819	Jana Kramer	6,399
820	Bryan & Katie Torwalt	6,399
821	Kng Ego	6,396
822	Fire From The Gods	6,334
823	Northwest Stories	6,313
824	Lenny Cooper	6,304
825	Issues	6,290
826	Raheem DeVaughn	6,285
827	B.G.	6,281
828	1900RugratArchive	6,262
829	Cypress Spring	6,241
830	Rene & Angela	6,235
831	Deeski	6,191
832	Canaan Smith	6,173
833	Shaman's Harvest	6,156
834	C-Murder	6,154
835	The Outlaws	6,146
836	SMO	6,135
837	The Osborne Brothers	6,131
838	Roosevelt Stewart	6,118
839	Bone Crusher	6,103
840	B6	6,069
841	Gloss Up	6,067
842	Goodie Mob	6,062
843	Loose Ends	6,044
844	Overtime	6,021
845	Lily Rose	5,992
846	Smile Empty Soul	5,987
847	Don Trip	5,980
848	Rundown Choppaboy	5,973
849	John Mark Pantana	5,967
850	The Jompson Brothers	5,948
851	Erica Campbell	5,942
852	Nolimit Faro	5,929
853	Lil Rae	5,904
854	The Ghost of Paul Revere	5,903
855	Citizens	5,891
856	Lorrie Morgan	5,863
857	Tim Reynolds	5,853
858	69 Boyz	5,852
859	Jerry Garcia	5,850
860	Leftover Salmon	5,839
861	J.P.	5,827
862	PGF Nuk	5,797
863	BRS Kash	5,765
864	HoodRich Pablo Juan	5,753
865	Marty Stuart	5,752
866	Demon Hunter	5,732
867	Tai Verdes	5,715
868	Lakeyah	5,708
869	Saint Lamaar	5,704
870	Umphrey's McGee	5,696
871	J. Monty	5,678
872	Anthony Q.	5,646
873	harf.	5,635
874	Kenzie Walker	5,625
875	Building 429	5,614
876	The Moss	5,604
877	Ruff Ryders	5,597
878	Mali Music	5,551
879	James Fortune	5,550
880	Ricochet	5,547
881	J Moss	5,544
882	Aha Gazelle	5,529
883	Aaron Shust	5,521
884	Brabo Gator	5,486
885	fwm.kalebb	5,475
886	Mihali	5,475
887	Kutless	5,468
888	Katie Noel	5,462
889	The Tubes	5,462
890	After The Burial	5,457
891	Dell Mac	5,448
892	The Gray Havens	5,444
893	Hillary Scott & The Scott Family	5,439
894	Montana of 300	5,439
895	Dillon Carmichael	5,398
896	Icandy	5,398
897	Zauntee	5,395
898	Deitrick Haddon	5,391
899	BOI WHAT	5,391
900	Jay Manwell	5,390
901	Ralph Stanley	5,388
902	Kato On The Track	5,388
903	Cassadee Pope	5,384
904	Daryle Singletary	5,373
905	Circuit Rider Music	5,370
906	Climax Blues Band	5,363
907	FastMoney Goon	5,357
908	Nickel Creek	5,357
909	Lil Crix	5,352
910	Bishop Paul S. Morton, Sr.	5,349
911	Consumed By Fire	5,346
912	Doggyland	5,342
913	Montana 700	5,329
914	Brenno	5,313
915	Kellie Pickler	5,265
916	James McMurtry	5,262
917	DOE	5,256
918	Melodie Malone	5,254
919	Sounds Of Blackness	5,247
920	Tantric	5,243
921	Hessom	5,237
922	Clarence Carter	5,236
923	Buddy Miller	5,232
924	Passafire	5,228
925	Jamestown Revival	5,215
926	Marvin Winans	5,213
927	Trapboy Freddy	5,213
928	Warren Haynes	5,208
929	iLoveMemphis	5,203
930	Kings Kaleidoscope	5,201
931	The Time	5,197
932	Zacardi Cortez	5,185
933	Ralph Tresvant	5,185
934	Michel'le	5,185
935	Josh Gracin	5,167
936	Ai 47	5,120
937	Heavy D	5,119
938	Penelope Road	5,119
939	Matt Papa	5,109
940	Simply Wayne	5,102
941	Ripe	5,097
942	Dan Bremnes	5,093
943	Lil Dre6o	5,088
944	Lost Boyz	5,083
945	952 Raq	5,082
946	John Mark McMillan	5,081
947	TopOppGen	5,078
948	Don Ready	5,074
949	Mykko Montana	5,065
950	Jay Lewis	5,045
951	Bezz Believe	5,041
952	Hank Williams III	5,029
953	Boy Named Banjo	5,028
954	YungManny	5,027
955	K2	5,022
956	Yonder Mountain String Band	5,014
957	Landon Wolfe	5,009
958	Byron Cage	5,006
959	Zo Trapalot	5,004
960	Arankai	5,001
961	Skema Boy	4,999
962	VickeeLo	4,996
963	Earnest Pugh	4,995
964	Matt Boswell	4,966
965	Marcellus TheSinger	4,963
966	2wo2imes	4,944
967	Donald Lawrence	4,941
968	Gable Price and Friends	4,936
969	TRUSTcompany	4,936
970	The Ready Set	4,936
971	Meechie	4,934
972	Anna Golden	4,924
973	Jennifer Nettles	4,920
974	Bankroll Freddie	4,919
975	Drew Holcomb	4,915
976	Hunter Phelps	4,908
977	Christopher Williams	4,908
978	Yung Kriss	4,907
979	Young Pappy	4,905
980	Gideon	4,889
981	Love and Theft	4,869
982	Anita Wilson	4,864
983	Mike Clark Jr	4,848
984	Lunarrr	4,836
985	Filmore	4,834
986	Kstylis	4,824
987	Chris McClarney	4,822
988	S Dott	4,822
989	PaperRoute Woo	4,816
990	YourRAGE	4,793
991	Sqweez	4,786
992	GuapyBeats	4,782
993	Emerson Day	4,763
994	Citizen Way	4,745
995	Daniel Donato	4,737
996	T-Wayne	4,731
997	Mr.Icecream	4,715
998	XanMan	4,705
999	Johnny 2 Phones	4,697
1000	Cherrelle	4,682

Some info about Charlotte and music

Nestled in the heart of North Carolina, the city of Charlotte is a vibrant and dynamic hub of music that has crafted its own unique echo in the US music panorama. By the 2020 census, Charlotte city boasts a population of more than 874,579 residents, making it the 15th most populous city in the United States, and it pulses with the rhythm of the South.

Over the years, Charlotte has groomed several nationally recognized musicians and bands. It is the birthplace of the Grammy-winning singer Anthony Hamilton, known for his soulful R&B style. The Avett Brothers, a band popular for their blend of bluegrass, country, punk, pop melodies, folk, rock and roll, indie rock, and ragtime, also hail from this versatile city. We cannot omit KCi & JoJo, best known for their chart-topping song “All My Life,” who took their first musical steps in Charlotte.

In terms of music genres, Charlotte prides itself on a multifaceted spectrum that spans across hip-hop, country, blues, rock, and more. The city, however, has exceptionally etched its niche on the map of gospel music. There are over 700 churches in Charlotte, producing many gospel choirs and singing groups that have adopted contemporary styles, positioning the city as a potent force in gospel and spiritual music.

Charlotte is home to the esteemed NC Music Factory, which has been rebranded as AvidXchange Music Factory. This entertainment complex is a major concert venue, hosting countless major artists in its amphitheater each year. Another esteemed venue is NoDa (North Davidson), known as the city’s arts and entertainment district. The Evening Muse, a prominent spot in NoDa, is known for hosting captivating live musical performances, often by emerging local artists.

Charlotte also offers a robust calendar of live music events. The city hosts the annual Carolina Rebellion, a popular hard rock and heavy metal festival. Jazz fans are drawn to the alluring Charlotte Jazz Festival, where jazz worlds collide and magic happens. Additionally, the many neighborhood festivals like Plaza Midwood's Midwood Maynia and NoDa's NoDaWeen often feature live music.

Education-wise, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte boasts a strong music program, nurturing the next generation of talented musicians. The presence of this institution greatly amplifies Charlotte's musical influence within and beyond the city limits.

The convergence of history, emerging artists, and music-friendly venues in Charlotte yields a music scene that is as rousing as it is diverse. It is a city where southern charm integrates effortlessly with music of all genres, inspiring artists and delighting music enthusiasts alike. However, beneath the music notes, it is the city's infectious energy and enthusiasm for music that form its real DNA. If you are an ardent audiophile, then the melodious city of Charlotte is a must-visit on your music map.