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Chance The Rapper, Lil Uzi Vert & Desiigner Are Among Soundcloud’s Top Performers Of 2016

blame it on Meka January 19, 2017
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Streaming platform Soundcloud — which may or may not be purchased by Google — has released their year-end report “A Throwback to 2016,” and, essentially, hip hop runs rampant throughout the list.

Chance The Rapper took the title of the Top Album on the service, as Coloring Book easily outpaced all other projects. Meanwhile, Lil Uzi Vert was the Most Followed Artist on Soundcloud, as he (at the time of this piece) stands at over 815,000 followers. Desiigner‘s GRAMMY-nominated single “Panda” took the title for Soundcloud’s Favorite Track, will well over 146 million streams, two millions “likes” and over 32,000 comments.

The term “Trap” was among the buzziest words of the year, with variations like “TRAPSOUL,” “AfroTrap,” “LatinTrap” and even “cloudrap” among the most used. Hip hop also lead the Top 5 Genres on the platform, with house, pop, electronic and rock following behind.