Sam Smith, Interpol, Chvrches, Iggy Azalea And More Talk Best Music Of 2014 So Far [WATCH]

Who doesn't love hearing what their favorite artists are listening to? Throughout the first half of 2014, Billboard asked a handful of artists who they've been listening to this year. Here's what they had to say:

Hunter Hunted  Sam Smith “That’s such an undeniable voice”
Sam Smith  Lana Del Rey “I love Lana’s album. I haven’t heard it yet, but I love “West Coast. Everything she does I love all the time.”
Janelle Monáe  Janelle Monáe “I don’t want to be too self-indulgent but I love The Electric Lady.”
Iggy Azalea  Chris Brown, Lil Wayne, Tyga’s “Loyal” “That song is very catchy.”
Grouplove, Meg Meyers  Alt-J “I love them so much”
The Glitch Mob, Interpol  Drake “I really like a lot of what Drake does, and ‘Worst Behavior’ was a particularly interesting song.”
The 1975  Rick Ross “Sanctified”
Porter Robinson  Chvrches. “’The Mother We Share’ I just had the full-body Goosebumps.”
Chvrches  Warpaint, St. Vincent
Classixx, Haerts, Chromeo, Jenny Lewis  The War on Drugs
The Bloody Beetroots  Chet Faker
Zedd, Cage the Elephant  Queens of the Stone Age
Fitz and The Tantrums  Usher’s “Good Kisser” “[It’s] kind of blowing my mind.”
Travis Barker  T.I. “‘Mediocre’ is pretty awesome.”
T.I., Nelly  Pharrell
Empire of the Sun  Haim
Wild Feathers  Beck
MS MR  Jungle “I’m completely in love with Jungle. They’re a band we’ve been listening to a lot.”
RJD2  Disclosure
Jack Antonoff (fun., Bleachers)  La Roux “La Roux’s album is coming and she’s one of my favorite artists. So that’s probably what I’m most excited for.”
La Roux  Future Islands “I really did like that Future Islands Track”
A$AP Ferg  Sia “I need to work with her like immediately.”

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