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 Nelson
1	Shafiq R Rehman	25
2	John McKay	19
3	Madrúa	17
4	Ed Domer	15
5	Mmoss	14
6	The Mary Column	13
7	Dark Peak	12
8	Shapeshifted	11
9	Johnny Boo	11
10	Heavy Praise	10
11	The Rotations	10
12	Orphean Jet Sonic	10
13	Stephen Moore Prophet	9
14	Breakaway-NE	9
15	It's Fucked	9
16	Mango Safari	9
17	Johnny Ferguson	8
18	Kamiel Thomas	8
19	Voldo	8
20	Mirrour	8
21	angel.of.the.unknown	7
22	Storm Of Lions	7
23	David Jančij	7
24	Porn Grenade	7
25	Echoes For The Airwaves	6
26	Bradley Geordie	6
27	Weaveworld	6
28	John Ezzo	6
29	Mark Lajoie	6
30	Oracion	6
31	Suburban Symphony	5
32	Scud	5
33	yes but also no	5
34	The Everybody	4
35	Jake Dixon	3
36	The Folkestra	3
37	Peter Kaukonen	2
38	Noname	2
39	Seattle Junior	2
40	JVee	2
41	Static Smooth Sleep White Noise	2
42	Dridge Durkey	2
43	Mikey Dread with Singers & Players	1
44	Panties	1
45	Adam George Brown	1
46	Blind Leroy Garnett	1
47	Mt. Edgecumbe Boys Chorus	1
48	The Gravy Street	1
49	Laure Rivierre	1
50	Bourgogne Regional Choir	1
51	Jean-Pierre Quenaudon	1
52	Mekanic Duo	1
53	Ronny Starr	1
54	Larry Gee	1
55	whereispas	1
56	CHA!	1
57	Jet Set Aphrodite	1
58	Lyrical God	1
59	Jeff Reed	1
60	The Studebakers	1
61	Hard Rock Zombie	1
62	Analiza Ching	1
63	CAISY	1
64	Danny Tenaglia Pres The King Street Crew	1
65	Mongo Santamarina & His Orchestra	1
66	Agnieszka Kostencka	1
67	Joe Stocker	1
68	Singing Mouths	1
69	The Beats Boutique	1
70	Zvilnik	1
71	Lucy & The Caterpillar	1
72	Monster-K	1
73	Moos Waiter	1
74	Dave McKenzie	1
75	Jajah Prune	1
76	Nick Terry	1
77	The Statements	1
78	Adam Jay	1
79	Gene LaFond	1
80	Claude Khalud	1
81	Johnny Hawksworth	1
82	We Are Troubadour	1
83	Ra Gee Mammoyo	1
84	Jillienne Cherie	1
85	The Full Circle	1
86	Dimestore Darlings	1
87	Art Making Animals	1
88	Kaia Bryce	1
89	Iestyn Gwyn Jones	1
90	Attrix	1
91	The Roots	1
92	Cut N Shut	1
93	Fruitless Forest	1
94	Bill Gentry	1
95	Harpies	1
96	Supremen	1
97	Corsica!	1
98	Cvrrots	1
99	Screams of Youth	1
100	Nysa Sounds	1
101	Tanina Munchkina	1
102	Matthew Turner	1
103	Beard	1
104	Sorcery Night White Noise Sounds	1
105	Ranger	1
106	The Slowest Piano in the Universe	1
107	Sipeo	1
108	Mr. Capone-E feat. Amir Khan	1