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.
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.