Viral music always hangs in the balance - broad appeal vs. unique creative voice. Often the path to popularity asks artists to sacrifice the creative intuition and risk-taking needed for really good art. Despite this pressure there are a handful of artists that managed to land in the best of both worlds - finding their viral break through social media while still making really great music that doesn’t necessarily satisfy the algorithm's demand for broad appeal. Here is our list of the best viral music that helped put some new artists on the map.

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