United StatesCarl Craig is a Techno act from United States, ranked #1381 in the world on the DJ INDEX with 195,600 monthly Spotify listeners. That also puts them #167 in United States and #178 in Techno among the acts we track. Their monthly audience has grown 3% over the 6 weeks we have tracked them, from 190K to 196K. Their tracked peak was 197,200 in Sep 21, 2026. They have 106,180 Spotify followers and a Spotify popularity score of 40/100. Their most-streamed track on Spotify is “Good Life - Inner City Edit of Carl Craig Remix”.
Who Carl Craig is
Carl Craig (born May 22, 1969) is an American electronic music producer, DJ, and founder of the record label Planet E Communications. He is known as a leading figure and pioneer in the second wave of Detroit techno artists during the late 1980s and early 1990s. He has recorded under his given name in addition to a variety of aliases, including Psyche, BFC, and Innerzone Orchestra. Craig's early releases were collected on the 1996 compilation Elements 1989–1990. He has released several studio albums, beginning with Landcruising (1995). Craig has also remixed a variety of artists including Manuel Göttsching, Maurizio, Theo Parrish, Tori Amos, and Depeche Mode. He was nominated for the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Remixed Recording for his remix of the Junior Boys track "Like a Child." He has released collaborative recordings with Moritz von Oswald (2008's Recomposed) and Green Velvet (2015's Unity).
Biography from the Carl Craig article on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Most played tracks
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Good Life - Inner City Edit of Carl Craig RemixInner City (Remixed) · 2024422
The Melody - Henrik Schwarz RemixVersus Remixes, Vol. 2 · 2018363
The Melody - Versus Edit VersionThe Melody (Versus Edit Version) · 2017394
At Les - Christian Smith's Hypnotica RemixAt Les (Christian Smith Remixes) · 2010375
Prospect - feat. ÄTNA - Carl Craig Late Island MixNobody Is Not Loved (Remixed) · 2022366
At LesMore Songs About Food and Revolutionary Art · 2007367
Falling Up - Carl Craig RemixDetroit Beatdown Remixes 1: 2 · 2007358
A Wonderful Life - VersionThe Album Formerly Known As ... · 2007359
The MelodyVersus · 20173210
El Solitario - Carl Craig RemixRompecorazones (Remixed) · 201431Latest releases
20 recent albums and singles. Cover art links through to Spotify.
Meditations2026 · album
Guidance2025 · album
Ancestral Rhythm (C2 Edit)2025 · single
Landcruising2025 · album
Desire: The Carl Craig Story2025 · album
The Truth (Edit)2025 · single
No More Words2025 · single
Art-O-Fact - Detroit Mixes2024 · single
Art-O-Fact - Detroit Remix (Transmission Edit)2024 · single
Descent (Carl Craig Remix)2024 · single
Scope 0012023 · single
Return (Carl Craig Remix)2023 · singlePost this ranking
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How many monthly Spotify listeners does Carl Craig have?
Carl Craig has 195,600 monthly Spotify listeners in the week of Sep 28, 2026, as published on their public Spotify artist page.
What is Carl Craig's world ranking?
Carl Craig is ranked #1381 of 4408 electronic music artists in the DJ INDEX, which ranks purely by monthly Spotify listeners.
Where is Carl Craig from?
Carl Craig is from United States, where they rank #167 among the acts we track.
What kind of music does Carl Craig make?
Carl Craig is categorised as Techno and House in the DJ INDEX. Spotify tags them as idm, minimal techno, techno, electronic classical.
Snapshot from the week of Sep 28, 2026. Listener figures come from Spotify's own public artist page and are rounded.