With any luck, the FIFA blessing could work an absolute treat for some of Britain’s finest musicians – so forget Jools Holland and post-festival streaming bounces, it turns out, this FIFA 17 could be the key to a hit single this year. There’s spots for Beck, Damian Marley Jr., Phantogram and more – but it’s hard to ignore just how prominent Brits are on the playlist, which you can listen to below. Emerging singer-songwriter Declan McKenna appears with his latest track ‘Isombard’ as well as Rat Boy with ‘Get Over It’. Newly coronated indie icons like Bastille and Two Door Cinema Club get a look in with their new material, as do Catfish and the Bottlemen, alongside FIFA stalwarts Kasabian, who look set to debut a currently unannounced track ‘Comeback Kid’. As you’d expect – it’s chockablock with both huge artists and emerging talent. Yesterday, EA (the game’s manufacturer) revealed who will be on this year’s soundtrack, FIFA 17, which is due out at the end of this month. Admittedly, most people don’t buy it for the soundtrack – but it’s become an integral part of the gaming experience. In perspective that puts it just a few hundred thousand behind last year’s best-selling record, Adele’s ‘ 25’. Last year, for example, FIFA 16 shifted over 2.5 million copies in the UK alone. The playlists aren’t tailored to a specific region, so those in the far reaches of Asia will get the same host of music as gamers in the UK or in South America, and so on. The influence of the football video game franchise cannot be underestimated.īy stuffing the world-famous franchise with a looping playlist of both new and established artists, acts like Bloc Party, Franz Ferdinand and CHVRCHES have been able to reach a global audience with relative ease. Seven years later on FIFA 11 (released in Sep 2010), the influence of the game proved fruitful for The Black Keys, who licensed their commercial crossover single ‘Tighten Up’ for the game, and lo and behold, the track started climbing the charts worldwide. Our list of the year’s best songs may begin with Beyonc and end with Drake, but between those two stars you’ll find a multi-genre mix that celebrates all of the music we love.

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