# Known Artists Sample File
#
# A small list of well-known artist names demonstrating the format
# used by the app's background migration to populate the known_artists
# database table for improved artist name recognition.
#
# Format:
#   - One normalized (lowercased) artist name per line
#   - Lines starting with # are comments (ignored)
#   - Empty lines are ignored
#
# The full data file (known_artists_YYYYMMDD.txt with a real date)
# is generated from MusicBrainz data dumps and bundled in release
# builds. See the project's release build documentation for details.

a tribe called quest
a-ha
aaliyah
abba
above & beyond
ac/dc
adele
aerosmith
alice in chains
alvvays
andre previn
angus & julia stone
aphex twin
arctic monkeys
ariana grande
art blakey & the jazz messengers
avicii
backstreet boys
beach house
beastie boys
bee gees
bell biv devoe
belle & sebastian
ben folds and the philharmonic
benny and the jets
berlin philharmonic
beyonce
big thief
bill evans
billie eilish
billie holiday
billy joel
black sabbath
black star
blackpink
blink-182
blondie
blood, sweat & tears
blur
boards of canada
bob dylan
bob marley & the wailers
bon iver
booker t. & the m.g.'s
boston symphony orchestra
bowling for soup
boyz ii men
britney spears
brooks & dunn
bruce springsteen
bruno mars
bts
calvin harris
camila cabello
camo & krooked
capital cities
celine dion
charles mingus
charlie parker
chase & status
cher
chicago symphony orchestra
chick corea
childish gambino
christina aguilera
cleveland orchestra
coldplay
count basie
country joe & the fish
cream
creedence clearwater revival
crosby, stills & nash
crosby, stills, nash & young
culture club
cyndi lauper
cypress hill
d'angelo
daft punk
dan + shay
daniel barenboim
dave brubeck
david bowie
david guetta
de la soul
deadmau5
deep purple
depeche mode
derek & the dominos
destiny's child
diplo
dire straits
disclosure
dizzy gillespie
dj jazzy jeff & the fresh prince
dj shadow
drake
dua lipa
duke ellington
duran duran
eagles
earth, wind & fire
echo & the bunnymen
ed sheeran
ella fitzgerald
elton john
emerson, lake & palmer
erasure
eric b. & rakim
erykah badu
esperanza spalding
eurythmics
fall out boy
fatboy slim
fleet foxes
fleetwood mac
florence & the machine
florence and the machine
florida georgia line
flume
foo fighters
for king & country
frank ocean
fugees
gang starr
genesis
george michael
gorillaz
grateful dead
green day
gustavo dudamel
hall & oates
harry styles
herb alpert & the tijuana brass
herb alpert and the tijuana brass
herbert von karajan
herbie hancock
hilary hahn
hootie & the blowfish
huey lewis & the news
ike & tina turner
imagine dragons
iron maiden
itzhak perlman
j. cole
janis joplin
japanese breakfast
jefferson airplane
jennifer lopez
jimi hendrix
jodeci
john coltrane
joni mitchell
joshua bell
josie & the pussycats
joy division
justin bieber
kamasi washington
katy perry
kc & the sunshine band
keith jarrett
kendrick lamar
khalid
king crimson
king gizzard & the lizard wizard
kiss
knife party
kool & the gang
kygo
lady a
lady gaga
lana del rey
lang lang
lauryn hill
lcd soundsystem
led zeppelin
leonard bernstein
little big town
london symphony orchestra
louis armstrong
lynyrd skynyrd
mac demarco
madonna
manic street preachers
mariah carey
marshmello
martha argerich
martin garrix
massive attack
megadeth
metallica
mgmt
michael jackson
mike & the mechanics
miles davis
mitski
mobb deep
mos def
mumford & sons
murray perahia
muse
my chemical romance
n.w.a
neil young
new edition
new order
new york philharmonic
nine inch nails
nirvana
no doubt
nsync
oasis
odesza
old dominion
one direction
oscar peterson
outkast
panic! at the disco
pantera
paramore
pat metheny
peaches & herb
pearl jam
pet shop boys
peter, bjorn and john
peter, paul & mary
phil collins
philadelphia orchestra
phoebe bridgers
pierce the veil
pink
pink floyd
portishead
post malone
prince & the revolution
public enemy
pulp
queen
r.e.m.
radiohead
rage against the machine
rascal flatts
red hot chili peppers
rihanna
robbie williams
robert glasper
royal concertgebouw orchestra
run-d.m.c.
rush
salt-n-pepa
sam & dave
san francisco symphony
selena gomez
sex pistols
shakira
shawn mendes
shy fx
sigma
simon & garfunkel
skrillex
slayer
sleeping with sirens
sly & the family stone
smashing pumpkins
sonny rollins
soundgarden
spice girls
stereophonics
stevie wonder
suede
sufjan stevens
sugarland
swedish house mafia
sza
take that
talib kweli
talking heads
tame impala
taylor swift
tears for fears
tegan & sara
the 1975
the allman brothers band
the beach boys
the beatles
the byrds
the chemical brothers
the chicks
the clash
the cranberries
the cure
the doors
the killers
the mamas & the papas
the police
the prodigy
the ramones
the rolling stones
the roots
the smiths
the strokes
the velvet underground
the verve
the weeknd
the who
thee oh sees
thelonious monk
tiesto
tina turner
tlc
tom misch x yussef dayes
tom petty & the heartbreakers
tom tom club
tool
travis scott
twenty one pilots
ty segall
tyler, the creator
u2
underworld
vampire weekend
van morrison
vienna philharmonic orchestra
wayne shorter
weezer
westlife
whitney houston
wu-tang clan
wynton marsalis
yes
yo-yo ma
yuja wang
zac brown band
zedd
zubin mehta
