Which musicians/ensembles will be featured in the Grand Theft Auto VI soundtrack at release?

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(Bet on the radio tracklist here!)

Previous entries in the Grand Theft Auto series are renowned for their selection of licensed songs, which play diegetically through car radios in the game world. For Vice City and San Andreas, these soundtracks set their mood and sense of place as period pieces. In IV and V, they reflected contemporary cultural trends and the musical cultures of the cities they're based on. (For instance, GTA 4 featured local NY indie bands and a dedicated station for Eastern European music, which grounded the player in Niko Bellic's immigrant community. GTA 5, meanwhile, emphasized West Coast subgenres and added a country music station for its more rural locations.)

For GTA 5, R* also commissioned an original score that plays as atmospheric BGM during gameplay and accentuates various story moments. This score was developed by Woody Jackson, Tangerine Dream, Oh No, and The Alchemist.

Artists listed in this market will resolve YES if they have at least one complete credited song on the in-game soundtrack or a songwriting credit for the original score.
- To resolve YES, R*'s credit must name the artist or ensemble specifically. E.g., if "Old Town Road" is credited to "Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus," it counts for both of those artists but not for YoungKio or NIN. Likewise, even if Nirvana and Foo Fighters both have songs in the game, "Dave Grohl" resolves NO unless he has another credit under his own name.
- A song by "[X] feat. [Y] & [Z]" resolves YES for X and Y and Z, even if they are all listed on this market individually. (Please list them individually!)
- If a musician appears as a voice actor, or even as a radio DJ, they do not resolve YES unless their actual music is featured in the game.
- This market counts only tracks that appear in the game on launch day for all then-supported platforms and users. Songs that appear as DLC, pre-order bonuses, console exclusives, "dummied out" or cut content, etc. resolve NO.

Previous radio stations in the series (and the songs they play) are listed here. R* also keeps a mostly-complete set of Spotify playlists for them.

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