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20 top artists 8 analysed on Waveline

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Independent music (also commonly known as indie music, or simply indie) is a broad style of music characterized by creative freedom, low budgets, and a do-it-yourself approach to music creation. It originated from the liberties afforded by independent record labels. Indie music describes a number of related styles, but generally refers to guitar-oriented music that deviates from mainstream conventions. There are a number of subgenres of independent music which combine its characteristics with other genres

01
The Neighbourhood
1.7M fans
02
Arctic Monkeys
5M fans
03
Lana Del Rey
5.8M fans
04
The Smiths
1.5M fans
05
Mac DeMarco
569.6K fans
06
sombr
178.2K fans
07 Analysed
Dominic Fike
86.3K fans
08 Analysed
The Strokes
1.8M fans
09 Analysed
The Killers
2.2M fans
10
Mitski
531.8K fans
11
The 1975
608.8K fans
12 Analysed
Sufjan Stevens
273.1K fans
13
MGMT
1.2M fans
14 Analysed
Florence + the Machine
1.7M fans
15 Analysed
Melanie Martinez
1.9M fans
16 Analysed
Hozier
1.4M fans
17
Imagine Dragons
9.6M fans
18
Foster the People
1.1M fans
19
Two Door Cinema Club
610.3K fans
20 Analysed
Metric
137.2K fans

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