◇ image via WikipediaA Great Big World
A Great Big World is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Ingrid Michaelson, Five for Fighting and Christina Aguilera. Those roots explain a lot about how A Great Big World arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as American Authors, BANNERS, Dean Lewis, James Bay and fun., sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Alex & Sierra, Faouzia and Shawn Mendes, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 34 connections around A Great Big World, reaching back through Ingrid Michaelson and forward to Alex & Sierra. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
A Great Big World is an American musical duo from New York made up of singer/songwriters Ian Axel and Chad King. The group is best known for their single "This Is the New Year", which was performed by the cast in an episode of Glee and reached the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart in May 2013, and their worldwide hit "Say Something", particularly after recording it as a duet collaboration with Christina Aguilera. The duet peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100.
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A Great Big World connections
A Great Big World grew out of Ingrid Michaelson, Five for Fighting and Christina Aguilera, shares an orbit with American Authors, BANNERS, Dean Lewis and James Bay, went on to shape Alex & Sierra, Faouzia and Shawn Mendes. 34 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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