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Who the artists behind the world’s most-played songs are, where they are from and how the music is made, one sourced fact at a time. Members write and correct these pages; what you read is the reviewed version.

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Artists

  1. Ankara Echoes

    Ankara Echoes is a Turkish-language band, led on paper by the songwriter Mertkan Erkan, whose recording of his 2022 song 'Beni Al (Ta Ki Seni Görene Kadar)' and its Afro House remix reached Shazam's charts in 30 countries in 2026.

  2. BTS

    BTS is a seven-member South Korean pop group whose 2026 comeback single 'Swim' won Song of the Year at the MTV Video Music Awards, becoming only the second K-pop song ever nominated in that category.

  3. Imael Angel

    Imael Angel is a deep house producer and Reiki teacher whose first single, 'Bad Times', came out on 30 March 2026, and whose track 'I'm Moving to the Sun' became the HUGEL and Ultra Naté hit 'Movin' To The Sun', a UK No. 2.

  4. Kimo Sounds

    Kimo Sounds is a deep house act whose YouTube channel labels its music AI-assisted, and whose single 'Rise Slow' (19 May 2026) was No. 15 on Shazam's global chart four months after release, one of 161 releases put out in four months.

  5. The Velvet Sundown

    The Velvet Sundown is a rock act that released three albums in six weeks of 2025, passed a million monthly listeners on Spotify, and then described itself as a synthetic music project composed, voiced and visualized with the support of artificial intelligence.

Songs

  1. Bad Times

    'Bad Times' is Imael Angel's first single, a deep house track released on 30 March 2026 whose Extended Version reached No. 1 on Shazam's global chart and which entered the UK Official Singles Chart in October 2026.

  2. Beni Al (Ta Ki Seni Görene Kadar)

    'Beni Al (Ta Ki Seni Görene Kadar)' is Mertkan Erkan's 2022 song as recorded by Ankara Echoes in 2025 and remixed as Afro House by Kürşad Kahraman in May 2026, the version that reached Shazam's top 50 in 18 countries.

  3. Rise Slow

    'Rise Slow' is a deep house single by Kimo Sounds, released on 19 May 2026 and labelled AI-assisted by its own channel, that was No. 15 on Shazam's global chart on 23 September 2026 and in the top 50 of 29 countries.

  4. Swim

    'Swim' is BTS's 2026 comeback single, a Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 that won Song of the Year at the MTV Video Music Awards and is separately the subject of a US copyright lawsuit filed in July 2026.