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PANDORA PREDICTS 2016 ARTISTS TO WATCH
25 opportunities to discover your next favorite artist

OAKLAND, Calif.--Dec. 3, 2015--Pandora (NYSE: P), the world's largest music discovery platform, today released its list of Artists to Watch for 2016. Selected through a combination of Pandora's music industry expertise and data insights, these 25 artists are ones to keep an eye on in the coming year. To read more about this year's selections, click here.

As 2015 draws to a close, we are looking to next year and the artists we think you will definitely want to check out. These artists range in musical style – there is a mix of indie, hip hop, alt rock, electronic, country, pop and more and they were selected based on a combination of Pandora’s own music industry expertise and data insights. Read more below to learn about the 25 artists who made the list and be sure to add their stations. Who are you looking forward to hearing more from in 2016?

Poll Results

Option	Votes
16. Ty Dolla $ign	2
24. Jacob Whitesides	1
3. WET	1
4. Cam	1
19. Zhu	1
9. Rudimental	1
1. BJ the Chicago Kid	0
17. The Struts	0
18. William Michael Morgan	0
20. Roam	0
21. Blackbear	0
22. Hinds	0
23. Tor Miller	0
15. Hermitude	0
14. Dorothy	0
2. Post Malone	0
5. Ruth B.	0
6. Bryson Tiller	0
7. Daya	0
8. Tory Lanez	0
10. Alessia Cara	0
11. Jess Glynne	0
12. Gallant	0
13. Lawrence Taylor	0
25. Conrad Sewell	0

― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 4 December 2015 05:31 (nine years ago)

"Rudimental," "Hermitude," and "BJ The Chicago Kid" by far the most worrisome going on names, but knowing the way these things go, if any of them break out with a huge hit that annoys the shit out of me all year it'll be someone like "Jacob Whitesides" or "William Michael Morgan." "Gallant" could really go either way.

― Doctor Casino, Friday, 4 December 2015 06:34 (nine years ago)

music industry expertise and data insights

lol

― brimstead, Friday, 4 December 2015 19:27 (nine years ago)

God, I'm old.

― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 4 December 2015 20:50 (nine years ago)

i voted at random and then loaded up spotify to see what i had chosen and was predictably disappointed

― ciderpress, Friday, 4 December 2015 22:27 (nine years ago)

lol @ Rudimental

― Οὖτις, Friday, 4 December 2015 22:30 (nine years ago)

I hope somebody in the band is named Rudi and he is MENTAL

― Οὖτις, Friday, 4 December 2015 22:31 (nine years ago)

if Ty Dolla $ign actually becomes a "thing" I will hold each and every one of you responsible

xp: Rudimental is a UK drum n bass group and have had two #1 albums on the UK charts

― you're breaking the NAP (DJP), Friday, 4 December 2015 22:33 (nine years ago)

Yeah I started looking the rest of these up and they're somehow all fairly successful acts already that I just had never heard of

― ciderpress, Friday, 4 December 2015 22:35 (nine years ago)

this is drum n bass?

http://www.youtube.com/user/RudimentalUk

I am confused

― Οὖτις, Friday, 4 December 2015 22:35 (nine years ago)

I guess I have no idea what drum n bass is, that just sounds like a shitty/sort of electro indie pop band to me

― Οὖτις, Friday, 4 December 2015 22:36 (nine years ago)

They used to be:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M97vR2V4vTs

― you're breaking the NAP (DJP), Friday, 4 December 2015 22:38 (nine years ago)

they seem like they are trying v hard to be "inspirational"

― Οὖτις, Friday, 4 December 2015 22:41 (nine years ago)

Lawrence Taylor

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3YcqkwyKYYg/S_MT2pVClmI/AAAAAAAAAMs/3bVC5X2oHTM/s1600/lt+5.jpg

― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 4 December 2015 23:56 (nine years ago)

here's a rudimental song that's drum & bass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbRU-HbsqUw

― brimstead, Saturday, 5 December 2015 00:34 (nine years ago)

how does anyone not know what drum n bass is???

why are rudimental and ty dolla $ign on a list of new artists????

cam is awesome, her album's out next week and i'm looking fwd to it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyGSe76rAJc

one of the singles of the year

― lex pretend, Saturday, 5 December 2015 12:36 (nine years ago)

two weeks pass...

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Sunday, 20 December 2015 00:01 (nine years ago)

house Rudimental >>>>>>>>>> d&b Rudimental

― boring alt-reality reverend (The Reverend), Sunday, 20 December 2015 00:18 (nine years ago)

I guess you could take Rudimental out of that equation and it would still work

― boring alt-reality reverend (The Reverend), Sunday, 20 December 2015 00:18 (nine years ago)

"Tor Miller"

you should only be able to listen to this on the Dark Net via Tor

― akm, Sunday, 20 December 2015 00:20 (nine years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Monday, 21 December 2015 00:01 (nine years ago)

Half these people have already had Top 40 singles, way to hedge your bets Pandora

― thom yorke state of mind (voodoo chili), Monday, 21 December 2015 13:39 (nine years ago)

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