The 2017 Soundcloud year end list celebrates the diverse creativity on the platform – everything from the buzziest tags in 2017 like ChillHop and Vaporwave, to the year’s most creative cities including new entries Houston, Atlanta, Philadelphia and Seoul.
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- Top Album: Lil Uzi Vert, LUV is Rage 2
- Top Remixer: R3hab
- Most Remixed Track: Ed Sheeran, “Shape of You”
- Top Podcast Personality: Shane & Friends
- Top Playlist: Created by ilyanaazman, “Best of Chill/House Nation”
- Top DJ Set: Two Friends, “Big Bootie Mix, Volume 11”
- Tags with Buzz (New tags vs. 2016 list in bold):
- LoFi Hip-Hop
- ChillHop
- Soca
- Phonk
- Synthwave
- Vaporwave
- Future Bass
- Top R&B/Soul Track: SZA featuring Travis Scott, “Love Galore”
- Top Pop Track: Logic featuring Alessia Cara and Khalid, “1-800-273-8255”
- Top Rock Track: Linkin Park featuring Kiiara, “Heavy”
- Top Remix: Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber, “Despacito (VMK, That Behavior Remix)”
- Top Electronic Track: Unlike Pluto featuring Mike Taylor, “Everything Black”
- Top Rap/Hip-hop Track: Lil Uzi Vert, “XO Tour Llif3”
- Artists who were on SoundCloud first and owned the internet in 2017:
- Top Cities Driving Creativity (New cities vs. 2016 list in bold):
- New York
- Cairo
- Los Angeles
- Chicago
- Paris
- Houston
- Berlin
- Jakarta
- Atlanta
- Philadelphia
- Toronto
- London
- Tokyo
- Hanoi
- Seoul
- 2017’s Buzziest Drops:
- May 16th: Travis Scott drops three tracks “Butterfly Effect”, “Green & Purple” and “A Man”
- June 8th: BTS drops “4 o’clock”
- July 15th: Chance the Rapper drops “Big B’s” featuring Young Thug
- Artists to Watch in 2018 (Rising artists showing signs of continued momentum in 2018):
*The above information was compiled based on indicators and actions taken from across the SoundCloud community including streams, likes, reposts, shares and location.
