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> favorite [popular] musician that doesn’t sing He's looking at the wrong chart. Looking at this week's Billboard electronic/dance chart I see: David Guetta,

> favorite [popular] musician that doesn’t sing He's looking at the wrong chart. Looking at this week's Billboard electronic/dance chart I see: David Guetta, Tiësto, Illenium, Marshmello, Calvin Harris, Chainsmokers, Skrillex ... All extremely popular musicians who are known primarily as producers/DJs rather than vocalists. And there are tons of popular instrumental electronic and dance tracks. Calvin Harris does actually sing (Feel So Close, Summer, etc.) but he's currently at #1 on the UK singles chart (Miracle) with Ellie Goulding on main vocals.

spunker540 4y ago
They may not sing but their popular tracks still have vocals don’t they?
- liotier 4y ago
  In electronic music, vocals are just another sampled oscillator garnish, taking as just much credit as the drum machine... Far cry from the front & center heroic place occupied by the pop music singer.
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  - atchoo 4y ago
    This is in part because of exploitation and lack of credit/royalties given to the vocalists instead of the lack of importance to the music. Take a look at the story of Martha Wash, the huge iconic voice behind "everybody dance now", "ride on time" etc. You can't deny that these type of vocals are the tent-pole of those tracks but they basically scammed her by using demo sessions and using lip-syncers in music videos. https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/martha-wash-the-most-famous-unknown-singer-of-the-90s-speaks-out-231182/ https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/martha-wash-the-most-fa... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSefwVQVVpU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSefwVQVVpU