Top 10 Best YouTube Cover Artists

Top 10 Best YouTube Cover Artists

YouTubers are video bloggers who produce unique content ranging from music, gaming, cooking to beauty, pranks, etc. When it comes to original music content on YouTube it has everything from original compositions and instrumentals to covers of popular songs, covers of a song in other languages and instrumental covers. These covers are not amateur quality as most of them are recorded in studio or at home with studio equipments. Here are the Top 10 Best YouTube Cover Artists.

Top 10 Best YouTube Cover Artists

10. Gabrielle Aplin

At number 10 in Top 10 Best YouTube Cover Artists is Gabrielle Aplin. She first became popular when she started posting acoustic covers of songs on her YouTube channel and over the years has garnered a large following online. She is really an underrated gem when compared to the other YouTube cover artists. Her cover of Frankie goes to Hollywood’s “The Power of Love” reached number 1 on UK Singles chart while her debut album English Rain peaked at number 2 on UK albums charts. Her album has since then been certified Gold in UK for having sold more than 100,000 copies.

9. Lindsey Sterling

At number 9 is Lindsey Sterling. She is violinist, composer and performance artist who gained widespread fame due to her YouTube channel where she uploads violin covers of many popular songs along with her own compositions. She was a quarterfinalist on America’s Got Talent Season 5, reached number 2 on Billboard 200 for her second album Shatter Me and as of now has more than 8 million subscribers on YouTube and a cumulative View count of over one billion.

8. Tiffany Alvord

At number 8 in Top 10 Best YouTube Cover Artists is Tiffany Alvord. She was one of the first of the batch of home grown celebs from YouTube who became famous due to her awesome cover of popular songs and has a huge following on social media with 2.8 million subscribers on YouTube. Her covers and fame have even made her to perform on stage with artists like Carly Rae Jepsen, Train, PSY and Taylor Swift.

7. Madilyn Bailey

At number 7 in Top 10 Best YouTube Cover Artists is Madilyn Bailey. This dyslexic singer and songwriter is among the best Cover Artists on YouTube whose album Musebox containing covers of many songs reached 24 on French Chart. She has toured in US and Canada along with Boyce Avenue and her debut album Wiser reached 42 on US Billboard 200 Chart and was as high as 11 on iTunes worldwide chart a day after it was released. Mdilyn is an soulful and pure voice that manages to connect with her listeners and often makes covers that is better than the original itself. She has 2.9 million subscribers on YouTube.

6. The Piano Guys

At number 6 in Top 10 Best YouTube Cover Artists is The Piano Guys. This group shows why YouTube is such an amazing place to be as only here can you find some of the most unique covers to songs. As the name suggests, the group makes piano and cello renditions of popular and classical music. They have also released four major albums all of which reached number one on Billboard New Age Albums and Classical Albums Charts. Despite being offbeat cover artists, they still have nearly 5 million subscribers on YouTube.

5. Alex Goot

At number 5 in Top 10 Best YouTube Cover Artists is Alex Goot. A song writer and multi-instrumentalist, he is not only among the very best cover artists but also among the best young and promising musicians. He can play acoustic guitar, bass guitar, piano, drums and a host of other musical instrument which he employs in his videos to give a new rendition of popular songs and damn they are good. Unlike other flashy YouTube cover artists he not high on show off and his videos have a grounded approach with focus on nothing else than music. He is currently subscribed by 2.6 million people on YouTube.

4. Kurt Hugo Schneider

At number 4 is Kurt Hugo Schneider. He is a video editor, producer, musician, singer and songwriter. Though he might not release his own videos that much often, he is the man behind many of the covers by other famous YouTube artists like Sam Tsui and Max Schneider. While most other Cover Artists give their own rendition of the vocal of the original song, Kurt Hugo gives it an entirely new treatment even changing the music but we don’t complain as he produces some of the finest music there is and it even eclipses that of the original song. It’s no surprise that he has 7.3 million subscribers.

3. Christina Gimmie

At number 3 in Top 10 Best YouTube Cover Artists is Christina Gimmie. Apart from being famous for making some really amazing covers, she is also famous for participating in the hit Musical Reality Show The Voice where she finished third. She got a lot of attention with folks like Lil Wayne and Adam Levine wanting to sign the young artist to their label. On YouTube she made covers of many pop songs and had a loyal following there. She had also released two studio albums. Despite all the promise that she held, she died June 10, 2016 at just 22 years old due to a gunshot wound.

2. Boyce Avenue

At number 2 in Top 10 Best YouTube Cover Artists is Boyce Avenue. Boyce Avenue is one of the biggest success stories of YouTube. It is an alternate rock band which garnered mainstream success on YouTube due to their covers of contemporary and classic songs along with their own original composition. They have collaborated with tons of other YouTube artist catapulting many of them to stardom overnight because of their own popularity. Boyce Avenue have worked with Hannah Tigwell, Kina Grannis, Tiffany Alvord, Megan Nicole, Alex Goot to name a few. They also tour USA, Canada, Europe, Australia and Southeast Asia. They have more than 8 million subscribers on YouTube.

1. Samuel Tsui

At number 1 in Top 10 Best YouTube Cover Artists is Samuel Tsui. Anyone who listens to covers regularly on YouTube, Spotify, Soundcloud, etc doesn’t need any introduction on Samuel Tsui as he is the definitive cover artists of this era. The main reason for his success is his great vocal range that lets him cover a variety of artists and songs and thus the variety of his covers is not restricted by his own limitations. Over the years he has made covers of artists like Adele, Britney Spears, Taylor Swift, Justin Timberlake, Bruno Mars and many more. Apart from making covers he is now also making original songs, mashups and medleys. His YouTube subscriber count of 2.5 million speaks about his vocal talents.

While many people might have dismissed the entertainment industry on YouTube as for amateurs but fast forward to 2016, it is one of the hotly contested industry with artists trying to push the boundaries of their domains and capabilities to engage their audiences and even making celebrities to take notice of the platform and release their songs here. These artists are not only the best cover artists on YouTube but among the very best in the world.

Top 10 Best YouTube Cover Artists