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SXSW 2017 Breakout Artists Determined by Bandsintown Tracker Growth

SXSW 2017 is now in full swing, with artists from all over the world flying into Austin to perform back-to-back shows for industry professionals and music fans alike. If you've attended in the past, you know the insanity that goes hand-in-hand with the event, featuring sets by more than 1,500 musicians at countless showcases all over the Live Music Capital of the World.

How to know which artists should be on your radar? We sorted the entire lineup based on their Bandsintown Tracker growth over the last 12 months. There were 25 acts, who, based on their buzz inside our Bandsintown Charts, we know are going to be breakouts.

Artists like the Lemon Twigs went from 244 Trackers on Bandsintown to 8,030 in 12 months. Young M.A went from 413 to 24,000 in one year. Maggie Rogers42,000 Trackers today. This time last year, she had 433.

See who made our list what we love most about each artist here!