United StatesZHU is a House act from United States, ranked #181 in the world on the DJ INDEX with 3,600,000 monthly Spotify listeners. That also puts them #30 in United States and #119 in House among the acts we track. Their monthly audience has slipped 5% over the 7 weeks we have tracked them, from 3.8M to 3.6M. Their tracked peak was 3,800,000 in Aug 10, 2026. They have 1,036,121 Spotify followers and a Spotify popularity score of 64/100. Their most-streamed track on Spotify is “Faded”.
Who ZHU is
Steven Zhu, known mononymously as Zhu (; stylized in all caps; born April 28, 1989), is an American DJ and singer who has been active since the beginning of 2014, signed to Mind of a Genius Records. Until mid-2014, Zhu remained anonymous, asking to be judged by his music alone. His debut album, Generationwhy, was released on July 29, 2016 and first premiered at Coachella during his closing set in the Sahara Tent. Zhu's Coachella performance was praised, with a writer for the New York Observer suggesting that he could be "the next Daft Punk". Since then, He has performed at major festivals around the world including Lollapolooza, Outsidelands, Governor's Ball, Electric Daisy Carnival, Hard Summer, Austin City Limits, Sziget, Ultra Music Festival, and many more.
Biography from the ZHU article on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Most played tracks
The tracks Spotify surfaces first for ZHU, with its own 0–100 popularity score alongside.
FadedTHE NIGHTDAY · 2014662Cocaine ModelTHE NIGHTDAY · 2014573
Working For ItGENERATIONWHY · 2016614Good LifeGENERATIONWHY · 2016615In the MorningGENERATIONWHY · 2016596
Faded (Blacklizt Version) - HNTR RemixFaded (Blacklizt Version)(HNTR Remix) · 2025597
My LifeRINGOS DESERT · 2018578
Start It All Againfeel · 2026549
TransatlanticZHU · 20265710
Faded - Odesza RemixFaded (The Remixes) · 201444Latest releases
19 recent albums and singles. Cover art links through to Spotify.
Transatlantic2026 · single
BLACK MIDAS DLXZZZ2026 · album
Sun Goes Down2026 · single
BLACK MIDAS2026 · album
LEVELZZZ2026 · single
BURN2026 · single
Smoke Up In The Air2025 · single
3AM IN ???????2025 · singleFaded (Blacklizt Version)(HNTR Remix)2025 · single
Afraid To Live (Blacklizt Version)2024 · single
Settle For Less (Club Mix)2024 · single
GRACE2024 · albumPost this ranking
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How many monthly Spotify listeners does ZHU have?
ZHU has 3,600,000 monthly Spotify listeners in the week of Sep 28, 2026, as published on their public Spotify artist page.
What is ZHU's world ranking?
ZHU is ranked #181 of 4408 electronic music artists in the DJ INDEX, which ranks purely by monthly Spotify listeners.
Where is ZHU from?
ZHU is from United States, where they rank #30 among the acts we track.
What kind of music does ZHU make?
ZHU is categorised as House and Tech House in the DJ INDEX. Spotify tags them as edm.
Snapshot from the week of Sep 28, 2026. Listener figures come from Spotify's own public artist page and are rounded.