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	Tyler Childers	265,523
2	Riley Green	256,820
3	Jason Aldean	248,260
4	Jon Pardi	226,434
5	Thomas Rhett	222,979
6	Moneybagg Yo	194,626
7	Zach Top	193,728
8	Treaty Oak Revival	190,116
9	Megan Moroney	187,873
10	Eric Church	185,882
11	Kevin Gates	183,039
12	Cody Johnson	182,357
13	Zac Brown Band	178,626
14	Kenny Chesney	176,272
15	HARDY	165,576
16	Toby Keith	151,024
17	Hudson Westbrook	150,940
18	Tim McGraw	142,230
19	Forrest Frank	142,200
20	Whiskey Myers	141,491
21	Young Dolph	138,937
22	Gavin Adcock	137,392
23	Elevation Worship	137,058
24	Jeezy	137,011
25	Brandon Lake	130,611
26	Rascal Flatts	126,737
27	Billy Currington	125,509
28	Waka Flocka Flame	121,902
29	Ty Myers	115,383
30	Parker McCollum	110,528
31	Seether	110,388
32	Shinedown	108,814
33	Miranda Lambert	107,577
34	Randy Travis	104,817
35	Lee Brice	104,356
36	ERNEST	104,203
37	Breaking Benjamin	102,457
38	Staind	101,919
39	Hank Williams, Jr.	101,612
40	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	100,010
41	Josiah Queen	99,034
42	Alabama	96,836
43	Bethel Music	96,240
44	Caamp	93,782
45	Russell Dickerson	93,373
46	Dierks Bentley	92,215
47	The Marshall Tucker Band	90,554
48	BossMan Dlow	88,140
49	Travis Tritt	87,726
50	Chris Young	87,273
51	Sam Hunt	87,064
52	Pooh Shiesty	85,834
53	BabyChiefDoit	82,145
54	Ole 60	78,880
55	Muscadine Bloodline	77,612
56	Josh Turner	76,381
57	PLUTO	76,157
58	Phil Wickham	75,430
59	Boosie Badazz	75,317
60	Jimmy Buffett	75,021
61	Lauren Daigle	73,108
62	Hootie & The Blowfish	71,091
63	Brad Paisley	70,928
64	Colter Wall	68,719
65	OurVinyl	68,480
66	YKNIECE	68,371
67	Big Boogie	67,116
68	Scotty McCreery	66,999
69	Chase Matthew	66,844
70	BunnaB	66,015
71	Shenandoah	64,835
72	Brantley Gilbert	64,767
73	Tracy Lawrence	64,640
74	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	64,354
75	Vincent Mason	63,870
76	Rodney Atkins	63,800
77	Evan Honer	62,933
78	The Steeldrivers	61,940
79	Jake Owen	61,889
80	Cody Carnes	60,998
81	Godsmack	60,745
82	Jamey Johnson	60,400
83	ELEVATION RHYTHM	59,605
84	Little Big Town	59,590
85	Yo Gotti	59,534
86	Allman Brothers Band	59,089
87	Daughtry	58,250
88	Crowder	58,111
89	NEEDTOBREATHE	57,871
90	K CAMP	57,548
91	Corey Kent	57,419
92	Nino Paid	57,121
93	Cory Asbury	56,985
94	Reba McEntire	56,221
95	TobyMac	55,479
96	Nardo Wick	55,072
97	Zach Williams	54,157
98	Passion	53,950
99	Real Boston Richey	53,044
100	UPPERROOM	52,503
101	Sierra Ferrell	51,740
102	Kaitlin Butts	51,350
103	Trace Adkins	51,163
104	Kameron Marlowe	51,047
105	Hulvey	49,864
106	Big Yavo	49,667
107	Watchhouse	48,671
108	Anne Wilson	48,644
109	Eli Young Band	48,516
110	Craig Morgan	48,137
111	for KING & COUNTRY	47,986
112	John Michael Montgomery	47,762
113	DJ Drama	47,534
114	We The Kingdom	47,251
115	Larry Fleet	47,117
116	Crossfade	47,054
117	Sturgill Simpson	46,861
118	Casting Crowns	45,719
119	Gary Allan	45,623
120	Veeze	45,618
121	49 Winchester	44,971
122	The Revivalists	44,499
123	MercyMe	44,036
124	The Figs	44,009
125	Charles Wesley Godwin	43,951
126	Charity Gayle	43,832
127	Billy Strings	43,785
128	Eddie Money	43,772
129	Chris Janson	43,214
130	The Charlie Daniels Band	42,865
131	Clint Black	42,775
132	Justin Moore	42,647
133	Jon Reddick	42,024
134	Seph Schlueter	41,890
135	Joe Nichols	41,503
136	Lauren Alaina	41,496
137	Diamond Rio	41,190
138	Tauren Wells	41,054
139	Buckcherry	40,540
140	Dave Matthews Band	40,302
141	Rich Homie Quan	40,018
142	1900Rugrat	40,009
143	Kari Jobe	39,638
144	Jo Dee Messina	39,558
145	Chase Rice	39,453
146	Henrik	39,386
147	Lil Double 0	39,304
148	Webbie	39,229
149	David Allan Coe	39,203
150	Joe Diffie	39,063
151	Hurricane Wisdom	38,990
152	Benjamin William Hastings	38,889
153	NOTHING MORE	38,805
154	JayDaYoungan	38,765
155	BAK Jay	38,392
156	Sleep Theory	38,371
157	Montgomery Gentry	38,048
158	Conway Twitty	37,773
159	Vince Gill	37,745
160	BIG30	37,628
161	Keith Whitley	37,433
162	Jay Jones	37,397
163	Marcus King	37,280
164	KB	36,982
165	flipturn	36,796
166	Housefires	36,521
167	Bloodhound Lil Jeff	36,449
168	Candlebox	35,667
169	Saving Abel	35,585
170	David Lee Murphy	35,548
171	Big Scarr	35,352
172	38 Special	35,166
173	The Avett Brothers	35,008
174	Tyler Nance	34,997
175	Pat Barrett	34,988
176	YFN Lucci	34,551
177	Kristian Stanfill	34,511
178	Caleb Gordon	34,376
179	The Black Crowes	34,345
180	HIXTAPE	34,260
181	George Jones	33,918
182	Josh Baldwin	33,828
183	CAIN	33,624
184	Yung Joc	33,243
185	Trick Daddy	32,960
186	Chuckyy	32,442
187	Rockout Danny	32,338
188	310babii	32,071
189	9lokknine	31,599
190	Cochren & Co.	31,268
191	Lil Tony Official	31,264
192	Upchurch	31,137
193	Lyrical Lemonade	31,129
194	Gracie Binion	30,988
195	Colby Acuff	30,886
196	Briston Maroney	30,560
197	Easton Corbin	30,403
198	Monaleo	30,297
199	BloodHound Q50	30,286
200	Aaron Lewis	30,095
201	VonOff1700	29,203
202	Magnolia Park	29,155
203	Lil Scoom89	28,963
204	Shane & Shane	28,853
205	Crime Mob	28,793
206	MO3	28,526
207	Mark Chesnutt	28,449
208	Blake Whiten	28,441
209	Catch Your Breath	28,397
210	Jeremy Camp	28,365
211	Birdman	28,096
212	Sammy Kershaw	28,044
213	Local H	28,027
214	10 Years	27,637
215	Paper Route EMPIRE	27,415
216	Mel McDaniel	27,231
217	Brett Eldredge	27,222
218	Tanya Tucker	27,209
219	Alison Krauss	27,188
220	Matthew West	26,791
221	Katy Nichole	26,529
222	Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats	26,439
223	Ashley Cooke	26,304
224	Dru Hill	25,901
225	Ca$h Out	25,834
226	Joe Walsh	25,818
227	Skilla Baby	25,746
228	Glokk40Spaz	25,695
229	Colt Ford	25,666
230	Sugarland	25,633
231	Ro$ama	25,536
232	Nathaniel Rateliff	25,387
233	Jdot Breezy	25,227
234	Ronnie Milsap	25,143
235	Raq baby	25,042
236	Danny Gokey	24,996
237	Houndmouth	24,679
238	Trill Family	24,512
239	Foxx	24,506
240	Leanna Crawford	24,489
241	YTB Fatt	24,281
242	The Marcus King Band	24,085
243	OT7 Quanny	23,958
244	Deana Carter	23,947
245	nobigdyl.	23,764
246	Chris Lane	23,748
247	D4L	23,736
248	The Home Team	23,729
249	Conner Smith	23,713
250	Trap Dickey	23,444
251	Big Daddy Weave	23,396
252	Abbie Gamboa	23,275
253	CEO Trayle	23,138
254	George Birge	22,815
255	Babyfxce E	22,617
256	The Movement	22,599
257	Old Crow Medicine Show	22,484
258	Silk	22,254
259	Wind Walkers	22,237
260	Foogiano	21,987
261	Matt Maher	21,934
262	Strings And Heart	21,924
263	The Worship Initiative	21,762
264	King George	21,749
265	Ben Rector	21,620
266	Michael Franti & Spearhead	21,271
267	Big Tymers	21,241
268	Jamie MacDonald	21,056
269	Jervis Campbell	20,931
270	Niko Moon	20,855
271	Torey D'Shaun	20,816
272	Lee Ann Womack	20,599
273	Struggle Jennings	20,526
274	SEU Worship	20,525
275	Ryan Ellis	20,503
276	LPB Poody	20,478
277	Quin Nfn	20,348
278	The Hip Abduction	20,285
279	Trampled by Turtles	20,201
280	Colton Dixon	20,174
281	Sara Evans	20,168
282	V.I.C.	20,104
283	St. Paul & The Broken Bones	20,037
284	Ben Fuller	19,980
285	Speaker Knockerz	19,946
286	Jerry Reed	19,905
287	Gateway Worship	19,807
288	Wage War	19,802
289	Ellie Holcomb	19,784
290	Dorrough Music	19,768
291	Beartooth	19,752
292	Rend Collective	19,704
293	Terrian	19,689
294	Sister Hazel	19,678
295	Kidd G	19,611
296	Austin Snell	19,552
297	Little Feat	19,430
298	Memphis May Fire	19,388
299	Cupid	19,287
300	Foolio	19,204
301	Andy Mineo	19,156
302	Rundown Spaz	18,913
303	Franni Cash	18,744
304	David Banner	18,564
305	We Are Messengers	18,443
306	LOCASH	18,067
307	Orleans	18,063
308	Bankroll Ni	18,062
309	Finesse2tymes	18,039
310	Screwly G	17,992
311	SHOP BOYZ	17,859
312	Wilderado	17,815
313	Rehab	17,725
314	Jorjiana	17,711
315	Chris Renzema	17,601
316	Newsboys	17,568
317	Pam Tillis	17,428
318	So Supa	17,404
319	F.L.Y. (Fast Life Yungstaz)	17,372
320	Jace!	17,358
321	The Lacs	17,347
322	Mackenzie Carpenter	17,290
323	Bfb Da Packman	17,260
324	Sauce Walka	17,231
325	Adam Calhoun	17,196
326	Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors	17,163
327	MudBaby Ru	17,123
328	Jordan Feliz	17,098
329	Jimmie Allen	17,095
330	O.A.R.	17,021
331	Alex Jean	16,894
332	Lil 6	16,841
333	803Fresh	16,831
334	Blessing Offor	16,620
335	JJ Grey & Mofro	16,616
336	Tedeschi Trucks Band	16,433
337	Lil Ru	16,379
338	United Pursuit	16,293
339	The Elovaters	16,219
340	Unk	16,214
341	Marvin Sapp	16,170
342	Seven Mary Three	16,014
343	Bilmuri	15,963
344	Alison Krauss & Union Station	15,878
345	Rmc Mike	15,787
346	Micah Tyler	15,775
347	Red Rocks Worship	15,593
348	Dante Bowe	15,528
349	Patty Loveless	15,501
350	Dave Matthews	15,269
351	The Georgia Satellites	15,248
352	The Dip	15,125
353	Youngbloodz	15,095
354	Chicken P	14,976
355	JWLKRS Worship	14,971
356	Benji Blue Bills	14,937
357	Widespread Panic	14,876
358	Fred Hammond	14,784
359	BabyDrill	14,776
360	Roscoe Dash	14,646
361	CMG The Label	14,643
362	Guy	14,641
363	Young Scooter	14,577
364	Baby Kia	14,478
365	Lukas Nelson	14,473
366	Will Reagan	14,360
367	Big Moochie Grape	14,316
368	Chelsea Plank	14,259
369	Francesca Battistelli	14,232
370	Aaron Tippin	14,192
371	K. Michelle	14,028
372	Los Lonely Boys	14,028
373	Wacotron	14,003
374	Megan Woods	13,846
375	Yung Hood	13,822
376	Merle Haggard & The Strangers	13,812
377	Third Day	13,782
378	Hezekiah Walker	13,769
379	Judah & the Lion	13,718
380	Jawga Boyz	13,711
381	DISPATCH	13,684
382	El Snappo	13,672
383	RaeLynn	13,669
384	Hitkidd	13,659
385	Kublai Khan TX	13,620
386	Tay Keith	13,543
387	Nappy Roots	13,499
388	Carl Thomas	13,352
389	Bobby Bare	13,345
390	OMB Peezy	13,330
391	Winyah	13,310
392	Luhh Dyl	13,289
393	The Castellows	13,235
394	Atlanta Rhythm Section	13,232
395	gio.	13,121
396	John Morgan	13,075
397	DJ Ess	13,019
398	Goose	12,989
399	Kirk Franklin & The Family	12,984
400	Tre Loaded	12,958
401	Futurebirds	12,956
402	David Nail	12,938
403	Lud Foe	12,926
404	Lil 2z	12,890
405	Hayden Coffman	12,802
406	The Wood Brothers	12,792
407	Yella Beezy	12,770
408	Susan Tedeschi	12,760
409	Rattlesnake Milk	12,756
410	Chris Cagle	12,733
411	MAF Teeski	12,704
412	Better Than Ezra	12,700
413	BLP KOSHER	12,683
414	Trina	12,654
415	Forrest.	12,486
416	Andrew Ripp	12,318
417	Lyle Lovett	12,292
418	BiC Fizzle	12,280
419	Tiffany Hudson	12,163
420	The Soggy Bottom Boys	12,149
421	North Point Worship	12,123
422	FattMack	12,123
423	KenTheMan	12,117
424	Margo Price	12,115
425	blessthefall	12,039
426	Zaytoven	12,008
427	Wizz Havinn	11,829
428	Dexter and The Moonrocks	11,684
429	Them Dirty Roses	11,644
430	Drive-By Truckers	11,633
431	BigWalkDog	11,632
432	Greensky Bluegrass	11,631
433	Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit	11,612
434	Dee Watkins	11,608
435	Tye Tribbett	11,553
436	Drake White	11,550
437	Little Stranger	11,476
438	ROME	11,440
439	Davies.	11,435
440	SLAVES	11,429
441	Lil M.U.	11,404
442	Town Mountain	11,383
443	SpotemGottem	11,369
444	Pure Prairie League	11,368
445	Nevertel	11,355
446	Chris Brown	11,325
447	501Bryze	11,254
448	Mo Lowda & the Humble	11,236
449	Wes Walker	11,223
450	Lil Scrappy	11,223
451	Melanie Fiona	11,183
452	Mohead Mike	11,175
453	Demun Jones	11,168
454	Ethan Regan	11,055
455	Taylor Ray Holbrook	11,038
456	Tasha Layton	10,946
457	Jason Isbell	10,911
458	Tayler Holder	10,889
459	Song House	10,869
460	Yung L.A.	10,853
461	Nonpoint	10,818
462	Toad The Wet Sprocket	10,761
463	Nu Breed	10,737
464	Lil Donald	10,714
465	Ryan Stevenson	10,706
466	Tenth Avenue North	10,678
467	Lil Phat	10,666
468	DJ Chose	10,574
469	Lyfe Jennings	10,505
470	Derek Trucks	10,493
471	Never Broke Again	10,470
472	I AM THEY	10,461
473	$hyfromdatre	10,389
474	MexikoDro	10,375
475	Confederate Railroad	10,362
476	Greylan James	10,355
477	Hurricane Chris	10,340
478	Blac Youngsta	10,316
479	Frankie Ballard	10,310
480	Queen Key	10,292
481	Thompson Square	10,270
482	Tay B	10,240
483	The Brook & The Bluff	10,218
484	Dyl	10,216
485	Matt Stell	10,201
486	Carter Faith	10,192
487	Cootie	10,190
488	Koryn Hawthorne	10,179
489	The Cadillac Three	10,162
490	Sam Burchfield	10,161
491	Relient K	10,158
492	Yolanda Adams	10,140
493	Pastor Mike Jr.	10,114
494	Field Mob	10,110
495	Radical For Christ	10,087
496	Mandisa	10,082
497	Mac Powell	10,077
498	Bethany Wohrle	10,068
499	Moon Taxi	10,040
500	Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock	10,019
501	Riley Clemmons	9,984
502	Rhett Akins	9,983
503	1K Phew	9,976
504	Ricky Skaggs	9,974
505	Josh Garrels	9,964
506	SNUPE BANDZ	9,945
507	Belly Gang Kushington	9,936
508	Arrows in Action	9,928
509	After 7	9,921
510	Keith & Kristyn Getty	9,845
511	Arcy Drive	9,806
512	Pony Bradshaw	9,740
513	Jon Langston	9,731
514	Bishop Gunn	9,727
515	Tamela Mann	9,719
516	STMG DemGuyz	9,645
517	indie tribe	9,640
518	FBG Murda	9,632
519	Grace Potter	9,609
520	The Little Willies	9,593
521	YFG FATSO	9,555
522	Kut Klose	9,553
523	Jesse Howard	9,523
524	Tyler Farr	9,465
525	Ray Benson	9,284
526	Warhol.SS	9,264
527	Colony House	9,249
528	Sidewalk Prophets	9,245
529	Derez De’Shon	9,216
530	8Ball & MJG	9,210
531	Joseph O'Brien	9,192
532	Susto	9,170
533	The Verve Pipe	9,147
534	David Crowder Band	9,124
535	The Stews	9,115
536	Unspoken	9,084
537	TOKYO’S REVENGE	9,053
538	Seth Condrey	9,024
539	Sons Of Sunday	9,020
540	Big Ro6	9,008
541	Craig Campbell	8,957
542	Maggie Antone	8,949
543	Maurette Brown Clark	8,865
544	Huey	8,794
545	Jon Keith	8,788
546	Pastor Troy	8,768
547	Western AF	8,744
548	Mark Wills	8,683
549	Wilder Woods	8,678
550	U.S.D.A.	8,663
551	Johnny Blue Skies	8,662
552	Ledisi	8,617
553	Phil Vassar	8,610
554	Micah Nelson	8,604
555	JamWayne	8,599
556	Pradabagshawty	8,590
557	Too Close To Touch	8,561
558	Tropidelic	8,550
559	Peewee Longway	8,549
560	Big Head Todd and The Monsters	8,515
561	Seddy Hendrinx	8,508
562	Congress The Band	8,506
563	Kurt Carr	8,480
564	Jordan St. Cyr	8,466
565	Kenzie Walker	8,460
566	Ashley Monroe	8,457
567	T. Graham Brown	8,449
568	Tonio Armani	8,423
569	PaperRoute Woo	8,411
570	Cole Phillips	8,362
571	Brian Kelley	8,351
572	Bronco El Gigante de America	8,329
573	Boyz N Da Hood	8,308
574	Molly Hatchet	8,297
575	Miles Minnick	8,278
576	Rhett Walker	8,265
577	Glokk40Spaz	8,265
578	Bottleneck	8,226
579	Wynonna	8,225
580	Ronnie Dunn	8,182
581	Aaron Cole	8,154
582	Levert	8,135
583	Racoma	8,104
584	Trip Lee	8,098
585	Landon Wolfe	8,085
586	Kee Nola	8,080
587	Anthony Q.	8,066
588	Anike	8,053
589	Roosevelt Stewart	8,028
590	Kurt Carr & The Kurt Carr Singers	7,982
591	Tyler James Williams	7,958
592	Charlie Farley	7,936
593	Maxwell	7,912
594	Fatt Macc	7,910
595	G.T.	7,890
596	William Murphy	7,886
597	Love Fellowship Choir	7,885
598	Coast Modern	7,884
599	Leela James	7,866
600	Gracie's Corner	7,865
601	HELLYEAH	7,855
602	Emerson Day	7,803
603	Moonshine Bandits	7,779
604	Bryan & Katie Torwalt	7,764
605	BigKayBeezy	7,763
606	Broadside	7,760
607	Harper O'Neill	7,750
608	Sovereign Grace Music	7,745
609	Baby Mel	7,735
610	Stephen Stanley	7,734
611	Steven Curtis Chapman	7,715
612	Mipso	7,712
613	Keith Anderson	7,700
614	Cico P	7,679
615	The Pretty Wild	7,677
616	Red Tips	7,649
617	Tony Archive	7,642
618	Bumpin Uglies	7,580
619	Zahriya Zachary	7,579
620	Big Mo	7,562
621	Johnnyswim	7,547
622	Anderson East	7,545
623	West 22nd	7,529
624	Jason Gray	7,525
625	Freeway	7,514
626	Flippa T	7,493
627	Big Yba	7,489
628	Glorb	7,456
629	Sawyer Hill	7,451
630	Gods Property	7,444
631	Sensamotion	7,415
632	Alpha Wolf	7,409
633	Hi-Five	7,406
634	Beanie Sigel	7,399
635	Tedashii	7,391
636	TopOppGen	7,390
637	Blackfoot	7,357
638	The Step Beats	7,349
639	HARBOUR	7,344
640	Jo Tyler	7,312
641	James Otto	7,301
642	The Brothers Comatose	7,288
643	The Last Mr. Bigg	7,261
644	SlimeGetEm	7,257
645	The Ozark Mountain Daredevils	7,236
646	Norman Hutchins	7,234
647	Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real	7,224
648	Rell Vert	7,217
649	Jekalyn Carr	7,214
650	Dawes	7,214
651	Fetty P Franklin	7,198
652	YN Jay	7,195
653	Corey Smith	7,193
654	Moone Walker	7,183
655	Sukihana	7,175
656	After The Burial	7,168
657	The Villains	7,157
658	Joe P	7,145
659	NXCRE	7,132
660	BeatKing	7,114
661	Kierra Sheard	7,099
662	Spinabenz	7,091
663	yvngxchris	7,086
664	Ballyhoo!	7,081
665	Anthony Brown & group therAPy	7,072
666	Ro James	7,066
667	WHATUPRG	7,065
668	Patrick Mayberry	7,053
669	Brandon Heath	7,027
670	Bankroll Fresh	7,027
671	Soldier Kidd	7,013
672	Kings Kaleidoscope	7,010
673	ppcocaine	6,991
674	Angaleena Presley	6,978
675	Erica Campbell	6,976
676	DJ Kool	6,962
677	Big Money Blitz	6,944
678	Jimmy Clifton	6,907
679	Shawty Lo	6,893
680	Savannah Dexter	6,890
681	FLAME	6,880
682	Little	6,804
683	Mary Chapin Carpenter	6,785
684	STAR BANDZ	6,776
685	Natalie Grant	6,770
686	Smokie Norful	6,766
687	Doc Watson	6,759
688	Archers	6,704
689	OWNEDBYSMURFS	6,661
690	Lathan Warlick	6,656
691	Attila	6,650
692	VeggieTales	6,649
693	Rundown Choppaboy	6,644
694	Playaz Circle	6,638
695	J. Dash	6,634
696	Pistol Annies	6,629
697	Molly Tuttle	6,622
698	Mykko Montana	6,617
699	Austin Tolliver	6,609
700	Chris Hosier	6,605
701	Drayton Farley	6,602
702	JJ Hairston	6,572
703	Dell Mac	6,563
704	F.P.J.	6,537
705	Shinyribs	6,520
706	Kng Ego	6,517
707	Hueston	6,505
708	DJ Luke Nasty	6,484
709	TK Kravitz	6,453
710	Whitechapel	6,435
711	harf.	6,422
712	Shovels & Rope	6,409
713	The Gray Havens	6,395
714	Nathan Davis Jr	6,367
715	Harvey Street	6,359
716	Lee Greenwood	6,352
717	Consumed By Fire	6,348
718	Emily Ann Roberts	6,348
719	OJ Da Juiceman	6,330
720	Stephen McWhirter	6,322
721	Gregg Allman	6,317
722	Noodah05	6,309
723	Nolimit Faro	6,308
724	Austin French	6,300
725	FL Dusa	6,300
726	Sumbuck	6,276
727	Cedarmont Kids	6,271
728	Penny and Sparrow	6,236
729	Twiddle	6,223
730	Jay Lewis	6,206
731	Rene & Angela	6,178
732	Mouse On Tha Track	6,133
733	Cypress Spring	6,132
734	Stop Light Observations	6,125
735	Montana 700	6,111
736	BRS Kash	6,103
737	The Jompson Brothers	6,093
738	The Osborne Brothers	6,091
739	Lee Vasi	6,089
740	Lily Rose	6,075
741	Issues	6,069
742	Chalie Boy	6,064
743	John Mark Pantana	6,060
744	Citizens	6,059
745	Key€$£	6,056
746	B6	6,054
747	RiskTakerLeek	6,043
748	Bone Crusher	6,041
749	Matt Papa	6,040
750	Skema Boy	6,038
751	Matt Boswell	6,005
752	Raheem DeVaughn	5,951
753	B.G.	5,940
754	Hariroc	5,912
755	Jackie Hill Perry	5,881
756	bodie	5,854
757	Kyle Clark	5,854
758	Hillary Scott & The Scott Family	5,846
759	Scootie Wop	5,840
760	Aer	5,835
761	Evans Blue	5,835
762	J Moss	5,819
763	Shaman's Harvest	5,801
764	69 Boyz	5,782
765	Lenny Cooper	5,774
766	Kutless	5,769
767	Deitrick Haddon	5,767
768	The Moss	5,765
769	Edgar Winter	5,763
770	Anella	5,736
771	J. Monty	5,735
772	SMO	5,735
773	Bishop Paul S. Morton, Sr.	5,733
774	Overtime	5,711
775	Kato On The Track	5,707
776	Tim Reynolds	5,684
777	C-Murder	5,671
778	Selah	5,656
779	Don Ready	5,649
780	Zauntee	5,648
781	Melodie Malone	5,647
782	Jana Kramer	5,644
783	Ricochet	5,640
784	FastMoney Goon	5,626
785	The Tubes	5,621
786	Smile Empty Soul	5,618
787	Daryle Singletary	5,611
788	Mali Music	5,607
789	The Outlaws	5,605
790	Goodie Mob	5,600
791	Mihali	5,595
792	Aaron Shust	5,591
793	Clarence Carter	5,577
794	Ripe	5,570
795	J.P.	5,566
796	Ruff Ryders	5,554
797	Passafire	5,539
798	James Fortune	5,538
799	Jay Manwell	5,512
800	Lil Crix	5,476
801	Daniel Donato	5,469
802	The Funeral Portrait	5,459
803	reGGie	5,450
804	Buddy Miller	5,443
805	Jerry Garcia	5,427
806	VickeeLo	5,425
807	Montana of 300	5,409
808	The Creekers	5,408
809	RUA YOUNG	5,408
810	Building 429	5,406
811	Doggyland	5,394
812	Brabo Gator	5,392
813	PGF Nuk	5,376
814	Northwest Stories	5,361
815	The Ocho	5,328
816	Heavy D	5,325
817	Arankai	5,322
818	Climax Blues Band	5,312
819	Leftover Salmon	5,282
820	Deeski	5,251
821	RW 5ive	5,246
822	DLU Kemp	5,246
823	The Time	5,239
824	Sounds Of Blackness	5,236
825	Byron Cage	5,228
826	Aha Gazelle	5,228
827	Born Of Osiris	5,210
828	Josh Gracin	5,198
829	Zacardi Cortez	5,193
830	Allison Eide	5,192
831	Lil Rae	5,188
832	Fire From The Gods	5,174
833	Ralph Stanley	5,167
834	KrispyLife Kidd	5,157
835	Katie Noel	5,148
836	Gloss Up	5,148
837	Nickel Creek	5,141
838	Umphrey's McGee	5,139
839	DOE	5,137
840	Warren Haynes	5,133
841	Toni Romiti	5,132
842	Blo	5,129
843	Until I Wake	5,082
844	James McMurtry	5,068
845	Nicholas Jamerson	5,064
846	Earnest Pugh	5,055
847	Ai 47	5,041
848	Hunter Phelps	5,037
849	Gov't Mule	5,024
850	The Ghost of Paul Revere	5,020
851	Lost Boyz	5,014
852	Demon Hunter	5,012
853	Lunarrr	4,995
854	952 Raq	4,994
855	LilBenny	4,991
856	116	4,990
857	Nick Shoulders	4,987
858	Dan Bremnes	4,971
859	Not Enough Space	4,968
860	Penelope Road	4,958
861	Boy Named Banjo	4,950
862	Yonder Mountain String Band	4,944
863	Kellie Pickler	4,940
864	paulys x	4,927
865	Trapboy Freddy	4,922
866	Quail P	4,908
867	Lenny Williams	4,896
868	Creed Fisher	4,893
869	Frisco	4,888
870	Bryson Gray	4,885
871	Gideon	4,879
872	Tai Verdes	4,879
873	Anna Golden	4,865
874	Chris McClarney	4,864
875	Donald Lawrence	4,860
876	Meechie	4,860
877	Marsha Ambrosius	4,860
878	Cupid	4,853
879	Young Pappy	4,847
880	Lettuce	4,839
881	TRUSTcompany	4,834
882	Anita Wilson	4,832
883	The Clark Sisters	4,828
884	VaShawn Mitchell	4,809
885	Cherrelle	4,809
886	GuapyBeats	4,792
887	Goon Twinn	4,787
888	chief wuk	4,757
889	Michel'le	4,752
890	Marcellus TheSinger	4,750
891	Dillon Carmichael	4,740
892	Kstylis	4,739
893	Dark Divine	4,721
894	Steven Malcolm	4,721
895	Love and Theft	4,694
896	Dusty Leigh	4,687
897	Prada Archive	4,676
898	Jaah SLT	4,674
899	BOI WHAT	4,664
900	Steep Canyon Rangers	4,641
901	Shekinah Glory Ministry	4,641
902	Gable Price and Friends	4,639
903	Shirley Caesar	4,626
904	Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers	4,626
905	Drew Holcomb	4,613
906	iLoveMemphis	4,611
907	2wo2imes	4,608
908	Jennifer Nettles	4,599
909	Mike Clark Jr	4,589
910	Earl Thomas Conley	4,585
911	KeKe Wyatt	4,575
912	Coyote Island	4,573
913	Alive City	4,565
914	Colorblind	4,561
915	Citizen King	4,543
916	David Leonard	4,541
917	Hessom	4,540
918	Bankroll Freddie	4,534
919	LuvKills	4,534
920	Rich Kidz	4,529
921	The String Cheese Incident	4,526
922	Chelsea Grin	4,517
923	Rocky	4,513
924	Is0kenny	4,506
925	T-Wayne	4,505
926	LAYA	4,504
927	DeWayne Woods	4,493
928	The Infamous Stringdusters	4,485
929	Rachael Lampa	4,484
930	Los Pajaritos De Tacupa Michoacan	4,481
931	Nether Hour	4,474
932	Jamestown Revival	4,472
933	Mickey Mouse	4,456
934	Christopher Williams	4,452
935	Gaither	4,443
936	FJ Outlaw	4,430
937	Tay Money	4,429
938	Crowbar	4,411
939	Steve Holy	4,409
940	Mississippi Mass Choir	4,400
941	Shad Da God	4,383
942	TRSH	4,381
943	Briscoe	4,369
944	Harvest	4,355
945	D'Aydrian Harding	4,354
946	Damnnnsolo	4,339
947	Vern Gosdin	4,338
948	Caiden Wallace	4,333
949	Mel Waiters	4,328
950	Hank Williams III	4,323
951	XanMan	4,322
952	Myaap	4,315
953	Li Rye	4,305
954	Jay Fizzle	4,299
955	Bezz Believe	4,298
956	Mike Teezy	4,297
957	Rev. Timothy Wright	4,292
958	YungManny	4,259
959	Jr. Walker & The All Stars	4,259
960	Chidima	4,245
961	Citizen Way	4,235
962	Simply Wayne	4,227
963	Big Hooch	4,226
964	Kid Quill	4,219
965	21 Lil Harold	4,216
966	Josh Wilson	4,209
967	Dangermuffin	4,207
968	Dave Mason	4,203
969	Little	4,201
970	The Wreckers	4,200
971	Tony Rice	4,199
972	Keller Williams	4,198
973	Elle Varner	4,194
974	fwm.kalebb	4,192
975	Lil Dre6o	4,186
976	The Nude Party	4,184
977	Earl Scruggs	4,181
978	PCF Jaey	4,174
979	Calvin Richardson	4,173
980	TYTE	4,163
981	Vivian Green	4,156
982	Jet Trouble	4,150
983	Sheri Jones-Moffett	4,142
984	DC Talk	4,140
985	Social Club Misfits	4,137
986	Listener Kids	4,127
987	Chris Rice	4,122
988	Katastro	4,118
989	John Mark McMillan	4,112
990	Treal Lee	4,112
991	Rare of Breed	4,111
992	Lil Migo	4,109
993	Le'Andria Johnson	4,104
994	Bri Babineaux	4,101
995	Tank	4,096
996	Chubb Rock	4,094
997	Mello Buckzz	4,089
998	Maitchhh	4,088
999	The Bends	4,073
1000	CRUCIFIX	4,068

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.