[Music]
Thank You Internet
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
musical artists discovered through the
internet before we begin we publish new
content every day so be sure to
subscribe to our channel and ring the
bell to get notified about our latest
videos for this list we’ll be looking at
those musical artists who are discovered
online either through YouTube or another
music sharing website or application it
doesn’t matter if these artists had
careers in music before becoming famous
as will be counting their arrival to the
mainstream not necessarily the starts of
number 10 Shawn Mendes arriving on the
scene in 2015
Mendes has cracked the Billboard Hot 100
top ten with songs like stitches and
but everyone has to start somewhere and
for Mendez that place was on the
now-defunct app vine this was a unique
approach to taking the crowded novice
singer on the internet market and it
worked out as he soon gained millions of
followers it was here that manager
Andrew Gertler discovered him and Mendez
released his first song under Island
clocking hits before his 18th birthday
Mendez looks to have a promising and
fulfilling career ahead of him
number nine One Republic by 2002
vocalist Ryan Tedder was a fairly
established and connected producer in
the music industry and he convinced Zach
Filkins to relocate to Los Angeles so
that they could start a band despite
signing with Columbia and recording a
full album the record label dropped them
at the last second as a result the band
put their music on MySpace and they
quickly grew a devout following it was
here that their music caught the
attention of Timbaland who signed them
to his record label Mosley Music Group
where they quickly found undeniable
[Music]
number eight Tori Kelly while Tori Kelly
did appear on American Idol
she made her name herself when Kelly was
14 she began posting cover songs to
YouTube where she eventually gained over
1 million subscribers she then appeared
on season 9 of American Idol but failed
to reach the top 20 for leading her to
record produce an engineer and
[Music]
she eventually caught the attention of
renowned talent manager Scooter Braun
and signed to Capitol Records where she
recorded her major label debut and
eventually received a Grammy nomination
for Best New Artist
[Music]
number seven Arctic Monkeys the Arctic
Monkeys are now a well-known and
respected alternative rock band and it
their collective demos now known as the
beneath the boardwalk collection were
given away for free at their small-time
gigs and they quickly grew in popularity
thanks to file-sharing the band’s fans
then made a myspace page for the group
where the music quickly garnered
attention thanks to their growing
reputation the band signed to Domino an
independent label and it was here that
they reached number one in the UK
signifying a new trend of discovering
number 6 5 seconds of summer 5 seconds
of summer formed in 2011 and began
posting cover songs to YouTube soon
after the group quickly became YouTube
celebrities and as a result caught the
while they received some buzz in their
home country of Australia they shot to
mainstream attention when one
Direction’s louis Tomlinson posted a
link to one of their songs
this led 5 seconds of summer into
supporting one direction on their take
me home tour due to the success of the
tour
their debut album peaked at number 1 in
the US Canada and much of Europe proving
they made the big time number 5 the
weekend while the weekend is now an
international star boy he was once just
a troublesome kid from Toronto by the
name of Abel Tesfaye
after dropping out of high school Abel
met producer Jeremy Rose and took to
[Music]
test PHA then uploaded the songs he
recorded with rose to his YouTube
channel which then caught the attention
of Drake and the music press Drake
subsequently offered to work with him
which significantly boosted the weekends
cred
[Music]
after a few acclaimed mixtapes he signed
with Republic Records and is now in
number one artist number four Charlie
puth Charlie puth began his YouTube
channel titled Charlie’s vlogs in 2009
in which he uploaded covers of popular
songs in various comedy sketches however
it wasn’t until he won an online
competition that he began to gain
recognition he sang Adele’s someone like
you with Emily Luthor which gained the
attention of Ellen DeGeneres who signed
him to her 11:11 label after breaking
from 11:11 he signed with Atlantic in
2015 where he released Marvin Gaye and
was featured on Wiz Khalifa’s see you
again where he quickly gained worldwide
popularity it’s without you my friend
number 3 Pentatonix before winning the
sing-off an early version of the band
then just Kirsty Mitch and Scott found a
bit of Fame with their YouTube cover of
Lady Gaga’s telephone from there they
brought on Kevin Ola Sola who fittingly
they discovered on YouTube and bass
Pentatonix was born but despite winning
the sing-off they were dropped by their
label which led the group back to
YouTube
building a strong devoted following they
signed with RCA Records and have helped
bring a cappella into the mainstream in
number 2 Adele James Bond might have
confirmed her as a world-class star but
it was myspace that presented her to the
world Adele had recorded three songs for
a class project with no real intent to
release them anywhere but when a friend
uploaded the songs to MySpace they
[Applause]
this caught the attention of the boss of
XL Recordings who signed her in
September 2006 a little over a year
later 19 was released to near universal
acclaim
rocketing to number one in the UK and
number four in the US backed by hit
singles like chasing pavements that has
only been uphill from there
[Music]
before we unveil our topic here are a
few honorable mentions
number one Justin Bieber Justin Bieber
is in arguably the biggest artist to
come from YouTube and his life has
become synonymous with internet success
Bieber was raised in a small town of
Stratford Ontario where he recorded
covers of various songs and uploaded
them to the platform
tella manager Scooter Braun accidentally
discovered Bieber on the website and
after he tracked Justin down and
contacted his mother Bieber was flown to
Atlanta to record demos his debut EP my
world debuted at number six and the
debut single one time was certified five
times platinum in the US the rest they
say is history do you agree with our
picks check out these other great clips
from WatchMojo and subscribe for new
[Music] Roger yes
Thank You Internet
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
musical artists discovered through the
internet before we begin we publish new
content every day so be sure to
subscribe to our channel and ring the
bell to get notified about our latest
videos for this list we’ll be looking at
those musical artists who are discovered
online either through YouTube or another
music sharing website or application it
doesn’t matter if these artists had
careers in music before becoming famous
as will be counting their arrival to the
mainstream not necessarily the starts of
number 10 Shawn Mendes arriving on the
scene in 2015
Mendes has cracked the Billboard Hot 100
top ten with songs like stitches and
but everyone has to start somewhere and
for Mendez that place was on the
now-defunct app vine this was a unique
approach to taking the crowded novice
singer on the internet market and it
worked out as he soon gained millions of
followers it was here that manager
Andrew Gertler discovered him and Mendez
released his first song under Island
clocking hits before his 18th birthday
Mendez looks to have a promising and
fulfilling career ahead of him
number nine One Republic by 2002
vocalist Ryan Tedder was a fairly
established and connected producer in
the music industry and he convinced Zach
Filkins to relocate to Los Angeles so
that they could start a band despite
signing with Columbia and recording a
full album the record label dropped them
at the last second as a result the band
put their music on MySpace and they
quickly grew a devout following it was
here that their music caught the
attention of Timbaland who signed them
to his record label Mosley Music Group
where they quickly found undeniable
[Music]
number eight Tori Kelly while Tori Kelly
did appear on American Idol
she made her name herself when Kelly was
14 she began posting cover songs to
YouTube where she eventually gained over
1 million subscribers she then appeared
on season 9 of American Idol but failed
to reach the top 20 for leading her to
record produce an engineer and
[Music]
she eventually caught the attention of
renowned talent manager Scooter Braun
and signed to Capitol Records where she
recorded her major label debut and
eventually received a Grammy nomination
for Best New Artist
[Music]
number seven Arctic Monkeys the Arctic
Monkeys are now a well-known and
respected alternative rock band and it
their collective demos now known as the
beneath the boardwalk collection were
given away for free at their small-time
gigs and they quickly grew in popularity
thanks to file-sharing the band’s fans
then made a myspace page for the group
where the music quickly garnered
attention thanks to their growing
reputation the band signed to Domino an
independent label and it was here that
they reached number one in the UK
signifying a new trend of discovering
number 6 5 seconds of summer 5 seconds
of summer formed in 2011 and began
posting cover songs to YouTube soon
after the group quickly became YouTube
celebrities and as a result caught the
while they received some buzz in their
home country of Australia they shot to
mainstream attention when one
Direction’s louis Tomlinson posted a
link to one of their songs
this led 5 seconds of summer into
supporting one direction on their take
me home tour due to the success of the
tour
their debut album peaked at number 1 in
the US Canada and much of Europe proving
they made the big time number 5 the
weekend while the weekend is now an
international star boy he was once just
a troublesome kid from Toronto by the
name of Abel Tesfaye
after dropping out of high school Abel
met producer Jeremy Rose and took to
[Music]
test PHA then uploaded the songs he
recorded with rose to his YouTube
channel which then caught the attention
of Drake and the music press Drake
subsequently offered to work with him
which significantly boosted the weekends
cred
[Music]
after a few acclaimed mixtapes he signed
with Republic Records and is now in
number one artist number four Charlie
puth Charlie puth began his YouTube
channel titled Charlie’s vlogs in 2009
in which he uploaded covers of popular
songs in various comedy sketches however
it wasn’t until he won an online
competition that he began to gain
recognition he sang Adele’s someone like
you with Emily Luthor which gained the
attention of Ellen DeGeneres who signed
him to her 11:11 label after breaking
from 11:11 he signed with Atlantic in
2015 where he released Marvin Gaye and
was featured on Wiz Khalifa’s see you
again where he quickly gained worldwide
popularity it’s without you my friend
number 3 Pentatonix before winning the
sing-off an early version of the band
then just Kirsty Mitch and Scott found a
bit of Fame with their YouTube cover of
Lady Gaga’s telephone from there they
brought on Kevin Ola Sola who fittingly
they discovered on YouTube and bass
Pentatonix was born but despite winning
the sing-off they were dropped by their
label which led the group back to
YouTube
building a strong devoted following they
signed with RCA Records and have helped
bring a cappella into the mainstream in
number 2 Adele James Bond might have
confirmed her as a world-class star but
it was myspace that presented her to the
world Adele had recorded three songs for
a class project with no real intent to
release them anywhere but when a friend
uploaded the songs to MySpace they
[Applause]
this caught the attention of the boss of
XL Recordings who signed her in
September 2006 a little over a year
later 19 was released to near universal
acclaim
rocketing to number one in the UK and
number four in the US backed by hit
singles like chasing pavements that has
only been uphill from there
[Music]
before we unveil our topic here are a
few honorable mentions
number one Justin Bieber Justin Bieber
is in arguably the biggest artist to
come from YouTube and his life has
become synonymous with internet success
Bieber was raised in a small town of
Stratford Ontario where he recorded
covers of various songs and uploaded
them to the platform
tella manager Scooter Braun accidentally
discovered Bieber on the website and
after he tracked Justin down and
contacted his mother Bieber was flown to
Atlanta to record demos his debut EP my
world debuted at number six and the
debut single one time was certified five
times platinum in the US the rest they
say is history do you agree with our
picks check out these other great clips
from WatchMojo and subscribe for new
[Music] Roger yes
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