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Experts have crowned Croydon the musical capital of the UK for the stream of amazing south London talent coming from the borough.

More than anywhere else in the country, experts have said, Croydon has made its mark on the charts.

From their home borough top talents have become household names and the new musical powerhouse has now been recognised by experts.

Croydon is home to the BRIT School which seems to keep producing amazing acts.

Past students at the school include stars Adele, Amy Winehouse and – more recently – Ella Eyre and Loyle Carner.

Major talents who have shot to musical stardom also include Stormzy and Krept and Konan, who had their beginnings in the borough.

Croydon pipped other London boroughs and entire cities across the country to the title.

There seems no end to the prodigious list of stars which Croydon has – and will – produce.

It is for this reason that the global streaming service Deezer and music journalist Robbie Wojociechowski named the borough top, after researching the birthplaces of artists and the number of streams played.

He told the Mirror: “Music from the South of England has dominated over the last few years. Where once much of Britain’s music scenes might have been found north of the Watford gap, cities like Liverpool, Manchester and Sheffield, we seem to be turning towards inner London boroughs like Lambeth and Croydon for inspiration.

“In recent years, London has been a real hotbed of breaking new music, with many MCs and rappers taking the limelight.

"This shows how we’ve come to embrace previously non-commercial genres such as grime, rap, and trap music.

“Better gender balance and more locally-celebrated artists mean good things for the British music scene in the future.”

(Image: AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

Croydon tops the list of music hotspots beating of the competition in London – and the rest of the country.

The top ten musical hotspots in the UK are: