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 Hickory
1	Ichurch Worship	16
2	Jenny López	7
3	Jxkey	6
4	Soma Worship	6
5	Carol Anne Hartman	6
6	Jaysta3	5
7	Makenzie Marie	5
8	Rhg	5
9	Daniel Breuer	5
10	saintdontmiss	4
11	Kerri Crutchfield	3
12	Smy Yungeen	3
13	Heft	3
14	Nappyboyant	3
15	Paul Cummings	3
16	WOVEN	3
17	Kiernan Tellier	2
18	Sycamore Bones	2
19	Casey Clark	2
20	HIGHTOWER	2
21	Jonathan Sprout	2
22	Jesus Carrasco	2
23	Togglehead	2
24	Kendra Blethen	2
25	Mark Bumgarner	2
26	These Final Hours	2
27	Heidi Wilson	2
28	Carter Cathcart	2
29	Bastard Saint	2
30	Tungs	2
31	Francisco Bedoya	2
32	C3 Worship (Christian City Church USA)	2
33	Method 51	2
34	Planet-Sized-Planet	2
35	Black Hole Constellation	2
36	SIXXWIRE	2
37	The Rock Christian City Church	2
38	ATM	2
39	Keen Archer	1
40	Jacob Jan	1
41	Lord Jeff	1
42	Phillip Page	1
43	Leaving Venus	1
44	Maria Howell	1
45	LitBag	1
46	Martyr De Mona	1
47	Blayzeus	1
48	Lady Warrior	1
49	레트로시티	1
50	Desolate	1
51	KISSEDTJ	1
52	Kollah	1
53	Amir Gelman	1
54	Rain Sounds Station	1
55	Dan Price the Artist	1
56	LBR Biskuitville	1
57	El Grupo De Romantico	1
58	Demdinsun	1
59	Skinny OTB	1
60	ときめきエキスプレス	1
61	Justin Shaw	1
62	Jimmy Ragazzon	1
63	Whirling Wheel	1
64	The Harmonix Ensemble	1
65	The Wilt	1
66	Underscore	1
67	White Note	1
68	Lazy Napt	1
69	Ry Racks	1
70	HeartlessbeatZ	1
71	Joe Kelly	1
72	Annet Nakamoto	1
73	Christian City Church USA / Steve Deal / Dan Pringle	1
74	The Dogs Divine	1
75	Laura Cash	1
76	Kristaps Puisitis	1
77	Ensemble Accordone	1
78	Wrapped in Plastic	1
79	Olympics 2012 Orchestra	1
80	霜月はるか/織田かおり/Annabel	1
81	The Wattz Th30ry	1
82	Lany	1
83	Trillz Nation	1
84	winterbird	1
85	Blank Its	1
86	DJ Dustin C	1
87	Raul Torres Jr.	1
88	Kid Saturn	1
89	Logan Hefner	1
90	Kygo & Selena Gomez	1
91	sdxr	1
92	Katie Brusseau	1
93	slowrush	1
94	Reminiscences	1
95	Inky	1
96	NMB Ceez	1
97	Duces Of Rhythm	1
98	Arcane	1
99	Steve Deal Band	1
100	Nathan Hefner	1
101	Daniel Strickland	1
102	Kwam	1
103	Itsinthestrings	1
104	Thrasher	1
105	Lila Oz	1
106	Terri Jo Jenkins	1
107	Kismet	1
108	Replika	1
109	Aeota	1
110	derek lindsay	1
111	Fill in the Blank	1
112	Emily Holland	1
113	Suzanne Marc	1
114	Andy King	1
115	Ayo Sun	1
116	SkyFye	1
117	Mercy! Mid-Atlantic	1
118	Tennessee Sheiks	1
119	M.A.C.NIFICENT	1
120	SID	1
121	How Says	1
122	Remember Baker	1
123	vato	1
124	youlostme	1
125	The ASound	1
126	Jesus Ramos	1
127	Thanny Bergey	1
128	Medina	1
129	Grassroots Revival	1
130	R3x	1
131	B EAZY Da Demon	1
132	Music Is MY Drug	1
133	Orange-1	1
134	BOMB 20	1
135	Kenyetta Praise	1
136	Boo/Hiss	1
137	Dremora UK	1
138	Juu	1
139	FamilyLife Worship Team	1
140	Photon Man	1
141	Da Capo	1
142	Vitolays	1
143	Lacy Younger	1
144	TILLR	1
145	Nothing Special	1
146	Bad Luck Boy	1
147	Everything Heavy	1
148	573Smoov	1
149	Victoria Rylee	1
150	PENGO!	1
151	Termyte, Miss Ladysiq, Young Mease & Vince	1
152	Lucian	1
153	Original Broadway Cast of Shuffle Along	1
154	Lennin Ledesma	1
155	David Raleigh, The Friends Project	1
156	Jason Little	1
157	Woodley	1
158	DARKND	1
159	Rom Lagrise	1
160	Swajay	1
161	280North	1
162	Luh Deno	1
163	DJ Starkill	1
164	SoMajor Preme	1
165	Katherine Farnham	1
166	Simple Shelter	1
167	MW Milkweed	1
168	T.I.M.	1
169	Christopher Biggs	1
170	Derek Weida	1
171	Acrylic Bathhouse	1
172	The Great Divide	1
173	Khari J	1