Who doesn't love hearing what their favorite artists are listening to? Throughout the first half of 2014, Billboard asked a handful of artists who they've been listening to this year. Here's what they had to say:
Hunter Hunted ïƒ Sam Smith “That’s such an undeniable voice”
Sam Smith ïƒ Lana Del Rey “I love Lana’s album. I haven’t heard it yet, but I love “West Coast. Everything she does I love all the time.”
Janelle Monáe ïƒ Janelle Monáe “I don’t want to be too self-indulgent but I love The Electric Lady.”
Iggy Azalea ïƒ Chris Brown, Lil Wayne, Tyga’s “Loyal” “That song is very catchy.”
Grouplove, Meg Meyers ïƒ Alt-J “I love them so much”
The Glitch Mob, Interpol ïƒ Drake “I really like a lot of what Drake does, and ‘Worst Behavior’ was a particularly interesting song.”
The 1975 ïƒ Rick Ross “Sanctified”
Porter Robinson ïƒ Chvrches. “’The Mother We Share’ I just had the full-body Goosebumps.”
Chvrches ïƒ Warpaint, St. Vincent
Classixx, Haerts, Chromeo, Jenny Lewis ïƒ The War on Drugs
The Bloody Beetroots ïƒ Chet Faker
Zedd, Cage the Elephant ïƒ Queens of the Stone Age
Fitz and The Tantrums ïƒ Usher’s “Good Kisser” “[It’s] kind of blowing my mind.”
Travis Barker ïƒ T.I. “‘Mediocre’ is pretty awesome.”
T.I., Nelly ïƒ Pharrell
Empire of the Sun ïƒ Haim
Wild Feathers ïƒ Beck
MS MR ïƒ Jungle “I’m completely in love with Jungle. They’re a band we’ve been listening to a lot.”
RJD2 ïƒ Disclosure
Jack Antonoff (fun., Bleachers) ïƒ La Roux “La Roux’s album is coming and she’s one of my favorite artists. So that’s probably what I’m most excited for.”
La Roux ïƒ Future Islands “I really did like that Future Islands Track”
A$AP Ferg ïƒ Sia “I need to work with her like immediately.”
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