My favourite producers are Deadmau5, Dada Life, Zedd, Avicii, Alesso, Dj Bl3nd, Skrill3x, etc...
Here in my country (Portugal) I prefer Kura, Karetus and Deepblue
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He's just an amazing visionary and he never stopped doing what he loved, the poor guy just couldn't adapt to society and instead of trying, he started writing poetry and songs about it and all the problems around him some say he was crazy, I say he's a genius! As of today, he's still a major influence in the urban music\hip-hop scene and the number of time he was sampled in popular songs is countless! one example could be: Flashing lights by Kanye West the sample used that makes like 75% of the song is taken from his song: On coming from a broken home. If there's one thing remarkable about him, the guy just did't give a shit and did what he loved
My favorite is Zedd, for sure! Others would be Ellie Goulding, Ed Sheeran, OneRepublic and (surprisingly) Britney Spears. Even though Britney Jean is a shitty album (and I know that), I listen to it like it's the best thing in the world. I don't know why.
Extremely difficult to pin down to one.......my shortlist of 10 in no particular order - The Jam,The Smiths,The Clash,OMD, Simple Minds,U2,China Crisis,XTC,Level 42 and Dire Straits.