Spotify Predicts Music's Stars Of 2015

Get a head start on the next year in music with these 18 artists to watch.

They may not have a crystal ball, but the folks at Spotify do have the next best thing: heaps and heaps of hot, fresh listener data.

By crunching the numbers to see who's trending among its 50 million + users, talking to record labels, and exercising a little old-school editorial judgment, they came up with a list of 18 new artists poised to make a splash in the coming year.

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This is the second time Spotify has created a list of so-called "Spotlight" artists. Last year, the streaming service went all-in on the electro-gothic FKA Twigs, pop universalist Betty Who, Irish soul troubadour Hozier, genteel rapper G-Eazy, and edgy pop-import Tove Lo (pictured), among others.

Here's who's next up, according to Spotify.

Pell

PellYeahLLC

Børns

Interscope.

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Raury

Raury

The Bohicas

Domino Records.

Mikky Ekko

RCA

Seinabo Sey

Universal

Houndmouth

Rough Trade Records

Ezra Vine

Parlophone

Kim Cesarion

Sony Music Entertainment

MisterWives

Shervin Lanez / Republic Records

James Bay

Republic Records

Ryn Weaver

Interscope Records

George Ezra

Sony Music Entertainment.

Young Fathers

Big Dada

Catfish and the Bottlemen

Communion Records

MLKMN

Machete Music.

Francesco Yates

Jimmy Fontaine / Atlantic Records

AURORA

Glassnote Records.

Listen to the full Spotlight 2015 playlist below.

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