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