Based on tags from its 50 million users.
The Drums, Nicki Minaj, Ellie Goulding, Chase Coy and Delphic. They might be new names to you now, but Shazam reckons they'll be household names this time next year.
The mobile music service has made its prediction for five bands or artists who'll break through in 2010, based on tags from its 50 million-strong user-base.
If you're wondering, The Drums "mix the pop sensibilities of the Beach Boys with the post punk output of Factory Records" - which we think means they spend more on 12-inch sandpits than they make from selling music. Possibly.
Meanwhile, Delphic are a pop-rock band, Nicki Minaj is a Noo Yoik rapper, Chase Coy is a "teenage acoustic troubador, and Ellie Goulding is a Welsh singer-songwriter.
Shazam thinks its users tend to be ahead of the curve when tagging music, and backs up its claim by saying it successfully predicted the success of Kid Cudi, Lady Gaga and Empire of the Sun in the chart it released this time last year - while picking out Duffy and the Ting Tings in its 2008 rundown.
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