Anthony Fantano
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| Born | Anthony Nicholas Fantano October 28, 1985 Wolcott, Connecticut, U.S. | |||||||||
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| Website | theneedledrop | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2009–present | |||||||||
| Genre | Music | |||||||||
| Subscribers | 3 million | |||||||||
| Views | 1.1 billion | |||||||||
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Last updated: April 17, 2025 | ||||||||||
Anthony Nicholas Fantano (/fænˈtænoʊ/ fan-TAN-oh; born October 28, 1985) is an American music critic and internet personality who runs The Needle Drop, a YouTube channel with a tie-in website and Twitch streaming channel. Self-billed as "The Internet's Busiest Music Nerd", as a social media influencer Fantano discusses and reviews music from a variety of genres online.
He also runs the channel Fantano where he talks about events in the music industry solo or with guests and conducts interviews.