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Carl Craig, Techno from United States

Carl Craig

World rank
#799
NEWvs last week
Monthly listeners
187K
≈ 186,500 · rounded by Spotify
Spotify followers
105K
104,914
Rank in United States
#123
among tracked acts
Popularity
39
Spotify index, 0–100
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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.

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Most played tracks

The tracks Spotify surfaces first for Carl Craig, with its own 0–100 popularity score alongside.

Discography

Latest releases

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Carl Craig in numbers

How many monthly Spotify listeners does Carl Craig have?

Carl Craig has 186,500 monthly Spotify listeners in the week of Aug 17, 2026, as published on their public Spotify artist page.

What is Carl Craig's world ranking?

Carl Craig is ranked #799 of 1214 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 #123 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 Aug 17, 2026. Listener figures come from Spotify's own public artist page and are rounded.