Most famous dubstep track?

[Teknicyde]

I would have to agree that it's going to be different for the U.K. than it is for the U.S. Over here (U.S.) Skrillex is crazy popular, and I would have to say SM&NS is by far the most well-known song, whether it's being played on Youtube or at parties. I have no idea about the U.K. though.

Your assuming the u.s. isnt a very diverse country, whats true where you live might not be true where I live. Where you live people might not have hhc nights, where I live, people might. make sense?

Ok, let me refine my statement. Among all high schoolers and college kids in my area, they really like the brosteppy stuff. Also, hhc nights?

HHC stands for happy, hardstyle, and core. Very popular in my area still, because alot of these guys have been around since that shit hit us years back. while these genres might have thriving scenes in one area, others may have never even heard of them, see what I mean? So you cant use your local scene as a barometer for an entire country (one of the larger countries in the world no less)

and thats another thing, how many high-schoolers in that audience actually spend money on music? When I was in high-school I was far more concerned with having 99cent for coffee each morning, couldnt have been arsed to buy anything, even around 9th/10th grade when i started DJing, I did it mostly with borrowed records and burnt CD's.

[WereWolf]

Sorry to upset all you narrow minded people who won't listen to anything other than sub & drums cos your so cool but yeah Scary monsters is the most 'famous' its got more views which kind of does represent how many sales a song gets..

Sorry to upset you but A> I dont listen to all deep, I think that would be obvious.
And B> You get views on youtube, whats your standing on the charts a.t.m.?
See, its a parralel universe and has nothing to do with actual sales.

Actually im pretty sure it does have to do with sales;

show me one video with 1000 views that has more sales than a video with 2 million views.

I think you meant one video with 2 views that has more sales then one with a thousand, but okay, I will. Bear in mind I can only post these because they are my own tunes, so they are the only ones I have firm, concrete examples of.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zOkYXLVJ-I > This video has 283 views, the release peaked at number 33 on Juno's dubstep sales charts for the month it was released, thanks largely to Mortal Grey and Phantom hertz awesome promotion, most of which happens via radio and club DJing, not sites like youtube and soundcloud.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAZZpzHwhNI > This video has 1,567 views, and well, hasnt yet reached number 33 on Juno's charts (ill keep trying though!).

I win, or at least, did exactly what you asked me to and posted examples. Youtube DOESNT reflect sales. Ask yourself this, are the people on youtube the types buying music, or are they on youtube to stream it? While asking yourself that, consider this ; once youve purchased a wav or 320 of a tune, do you ever bother youtubing it again after that, or do you just listen to the hq file you payed for? Finally, consider that the majority of those views are probably repeat listeners, not individual visitors.

Seeing what I mean, even kinda? The bit about do-you-stream-whats-on-your-hd should say it all really.

This has nothing to do with being butthurt over skrillex btw dude above me, Im arguing about youtube reflecting sales statistics, not anything to do with the artist in the videos, just the statistics and promotional aspects of music distribution. What huts said, not anything to do with the artist.

edit:

lol.... nevermind. I understand what you're saying

[deadly_habit]

if you're talking filthtube links then it's probably mt eden over grillex
in reality it's prolly something by chase and status or rusko far as scene and mainstream crossover knowledge and listens

[tavravlavish]

Pre-2009 I'd say Coki / Benga - Night, although I'll never understand why, or how it was well received by the mainstream either.

Yeah hah I wonder the same thing! I'm not very fond of that tune.

[deadly_habit]

it's a good tune, that's why
though i always thought benga pleasure was gonna blow up as it had mainstream, trance, and dubstep appeal

[Aphile]

All of you brostep haters are jealous and pathetic. It is absolutely music you nimrods...

[deadly_habit]

it's not a matter of brostep hate it's a matter of what you consider to be the driving point of dubstep, sales, youtube views, or sellout tours
which are we using to define big tunes and they def differ regionally in the current years
ffs a few years back hipster and brostep were negative terms now kids embrace them for a bit of perspective

[Artie_Fufkin]

You guys are all wrong. Britney step is most famous.
Although I do agree with Skream/Benga/Coki, then Rusko, then Mt. Eden/Datsik/Excision, then Skrillex/Flux Pavilion.
And album sales have nothing to do with being famous. Think of the top 40 radio stations and youtube famous artists.

[Sine69]

I find it funny how butthurt everyone still is about Skrillex being popular


+1 on Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites.

citing youtube as soemones source as to why a song that came out 1yr ago is more popular than tracks that are a staple in a genre and have been around for 5+ years is a bit silly

I cited iTunes as my source, I just forgot to put it in my original post. http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z45 ... ters-1.jpg

And really, there isn't a good way to judge popularity.
All I know is when I mention dubstep all my friends immediately think of Skrillex, and a lot of them really like his tunes. They look at me funny when I try to play some Mala for them.

[hutyluty]

chase and status/ nero are massive here but as for lik the scene- everyone, everyone knows anti-war dub

[ambinate]

I win, or at least, did exactly what you asked me to and posted examples. Youtube DOESNT reflect sales. Ask yourself this, are the people on youtube the types buying music, or are they on youtube to stream it? While asking yourself that, consider this ; once youve purchased a wav or 320 of a tune, do you ever bother youtubing it again after that, or do you just listen to the hq file you payed for? Finally, consider that the majority of those views are probably repeat listeners, not individual visitors.

Seeing what I mean, even kinda? The bit about do-you-stream-whats-on-your-hd should say it all really.

This has nothing to do with being butthurt over skrillex btw dude above me, Im arguing about youtube reflecting sales statistics, not anything to do with the artist in the videos, just the statistics and promotional aspects of music distribution. What huts said, not anything to do with the artist.

did you miss the part where i mentioned earlier that "scary monsters & nice sprites," which came out almost a year ago, was ranked in the top 100 for sales for all songs on itunes earlier today? sine69 was also kind enough to include a screenshot for it being in the top 10 on the itunes dance chart. this has nothing to do with using youtube views as a source. people are buying this fucking song - a whole lot of them. every week. whether or not it's dubstep is irrelevant to the fact that it sells a shitload of copies, regardless of youtube's counter.

to put the sales in perspective - it's higher in the dance charts than "hello," which is played on top 40 radio out here literally daily. again, this song ("scary monsters") came out a year ago this month. are we seriously going to say that it's not selling as well as youtube suggests? this is just silly.

[deadly_habit]

eastern jam or cockney thug comes to mind for me when you say big

[Teknicyde]

in reality it's prolly something by chase and status or rusko far as scene and mainstream crossover knowledge and listens

to put the sales in perspective - it's higher in the dance charts than "hello," which is played on top 40 radio out here literally daily. again, this song ("scary monsters") came out a year ago this month. are we seriously going to say that it's not selling as well as youtube suggests? this is just silly.

Dude deadly you really just ended this thread.

Rusko and britney collab - gold or platinum or some shit, probably only time dubstep has been on the BILLBOARD charts, billex was #1 on beatport and thats hard to fuck with, but rusko made billboard with that collab ffs.

/thread.

argue it. illex couldnt do that because he'll NEVER have market britney spears does by the very nature of his gimmick.
and no other dubstep producer has managed anything like that collab yet.

[FuzionDubstep]

Sorry to upset all you narrow minded people who won't listen to anything other than sub & drums cos your so cool but yeah Scary monsters is the most 'famous' its got more views which kind of does represent how many sales a song gets..

It could be a location thing. Most people here are from the UK where Skrillex isn't as big, so they don't hear about him as much. Over here in the US just about everyone listens to Skrillex. I hear tons kids in school talking about him every day. And the USA represents a much larger demographic than the UK.

I'm from the UK and I can definitely say I hear Skrillex's name more than Skream, Mala, Coki whatever.. not saying I like Skrillex but he is more known than the other artists now.....

[FuzionDubstep]

Sorry to upset all you narrow minded people who won't listen to anything other than sub & drums cos your so cool but yeah Scary monsters is the most 'famous' its got more views which kind of does represent how many sales a song gets..

Sorry to upset you but A> I dont listen to all deep, I think that would be obvious.
And B> You get views on youtube, whats your standing on the charts a.t.m.?
See, its a parralel universe and has nothing to do with actual sales.

Actually im pretty sure it does have to do with sales;

show me one video with 1000 views that has more sales than a video with 2 million views.

I think you meant one video with 2 views that has more sales then one with a thousand, but okay, I will. Bear in mind I can only post these because they are my own tunes, so they are the only ones I have firm, concrete examples of.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zOkYXLVJ-I > This video has 283 views, the release peaked at number 33 on Juno's dubstep sales charts for the month it was released, thanks largely to Mortal Grey and Phantom hertz awesome promotion, most of which happens via radio and club DJing, not sites like youtube and soundcloud.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAZZpzHwhNI > This video has 1,567 views, and well, hasnt yet reached number 33 on Juno's charts (ill keep trying though!).

I win, or at least, did exactly what you asked me to and posted examples. Youtube DOESNT reflect sales. Ask yourself this, are the people on youtube the types buying music, or are they on youtube to stream it? While asking yourself that, consider this ; once youve purchased a wav or 320 of a tune, do you ever bother youtubing it again after that, or do you just listen to the hq file you payed for? Finally, consider that the majority of those views are probably repeat listeners, not individual visitors.

Seeing what I mean, even kinda? The bit about do-you-stream-whats-on-your-hd should say it all really.

This has nothing to do with being butthurt over skrillex btw dude above me, Im arguing about youtube reflecting sales statistics, not anything to do with the artist in the videos, just the statistics and promotional aspects of music distribution. What huts said, not anything to do with the artist.

I wouldn't base anything of Juno charts no-body really competes in them, most artists rely on Beatport. personally I've never released anything so im not sure how i'd place but seem as though I have 2 ep's forthcoming on Feided which has had 11 top 10s and I have a much larger audience than yourself I can imagine id place fairly high. Just saying seem as though you felt the need to imply I can't place on charts which without a doubt I can.

[ambinate]

in reality it's prolly something by chase and status or rusko far as scene and mainstream crossover knowledge and listens

to put the sales in perspective - it's higher in the dance charts than "hello," which is played on top 40 radio out here literally daily. again, this song ("scary monsters") came out a year ago this month. are we seriously going to say that it's not selling as well as youtube suggests? this is just silly.

Dude deadly you really just ended this thread.

Rusko and britney collab - gold or platinum or some shit, probably only time dubstep has been on the BILLBOARD charts, billex was #1 on beatport and thats hard to fuck with, but rusko made billboard with that collab ffs.

/thread.

argue it. illex couldnt do that because he'll NEVER have market britney spears does by the very nature of his gimmick.
and no other dubstep producer has managed anything like that collab yet.

what song are you talking about? rusko didn't produce "hold it against me," if that's the one you mean. is there another? i can't find anything concrete about it, just a bunch of stuff about how he was working with her for her new album. don't think any of it actually got released. could be very wrong, though, so please correct me if so.

[Basic A]

I wouldn't base anything of Juno charts no-body really competes in them, most artists rely on Beatport. personally I've never released anything so im not sure how i'd place but seem as though I have 2 ep's forthcoming on Feided which has had 11 top 10s and I have a much larger audience than yourself I can imagine id place fairly high. Just saying seem as though you felt the need to imply I can't place on charts which without a doubt I can.

What are you talking about and how is that relevant?

[Sine69]

@Teknicyde

Oh that comment wasn't directed at you or anyone in particular really, just been seeing a lot of people hate on Skrillex around the internet today

[.onelove.]

Sorry to upset all you narrow minded people who won't listen to anything other than sub & drums cos your so cool but yeah Scary monsters is the most 'famous' its got more views which kind of does represent how many sales a song gets..

It could be a location thing. Most people here are from the UK where Skrillex isn't as big, so they don't hear about him as much. Over here in the US just about everyone listens to Skrillex. I hear tons kids in school talking about him every day. And the USA represents a much larger demographic than the UK.

I'm from the UK and I can definitely say I hear Skrillex's name more than Skream, Mala, Coki whatever.. not saying I like Skrillex but he is more known than the other artists now.....

Can I ask, how old are you?

From my experience it's always Nero, Chase & Status and Magnetic Man that get named off the bat when Dubstep comes up in a conversation. Not being an condescending arsehole or anything but I think for anyone over 18, in the UK at least, Skrillex is too obnoxious to be well received. Even at the worst nights/events I've been to, that 'Scary Monsters' has never been played out, Bass Cannon/Sweet Shop/Louder yeah, but nothing as 'bro' as Skrillex.

I've got a feeling his demographic is predominately 13-16, but I could be wrong.

[GothamHero]

View wise?

Zed's Dead, baby.

But I think a lot of Rusko tracks are the most famous: Woo Boost and some others.


Also quite popular.