6 Most Popular Musicians Who Got Discovered Online

5. Avicii

Points – 9

The world’s favorite Swedish DJ found his fame on the Internet as well. Tim Bergling, which is his real name, started making music around the time he turned 18, creating tracks on his laptop. The results were then leaked on various blogs, which go him noticed pretty quickly. In 2007 he was signed by Dejfitts Plays label, launching several tracks that reached fame across Europe.

Three years later, however, he moved on with EMI Music Publishing and that’s when he really started to get noticed around the world. In 2012 he ended up collaborating with famous DJ David Guetta and getting nominated for a Grammy. His success has only grown ever since then and he’s now one of the best selling DJs around the world. Nowadays he collaborates with the likes of Jon Bon Jovi, Serj Tankian (System of a Down), Chris Martin and Billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day, to name a few.

He’s been nominated for countless awards for the American Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards, Echo Music Awards, various MTV shows and, as mentioned, the Grammys.

Avicii has over 19.1 million fans on Facebook, 8.3 million subscribers on YouTube and over 2.6 billion views to his videos.