2Cellos (Sulic & Hauser)

Crafty Croatian cello duo 2Cellos first garnered public attention after uploading a cello-only cover of Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal" to social media. Their debut LP, 2011's 2Cellos, drew heavily on arena-filling alternative acts and topped the Billboard Classical Albums chart. They returned to number one with 2015's Celloverse, the 2017 movie theme album Score, and 2018's Let There Be Cello, which went back to covers of pop/rock hits. The like-minded Dedicated went to number two in 2021. Formed by longtime friends and seasoned players Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser, th...