Anthony Fantano

Anthony Fantano
A man with black eyeglasses and a red flannel shirt in a room with a picture on the wall
Fantano in 2016
Personal information
Born
Anthony Nicholas Fantano

(1985-10-28) October 28, 1985 (age 39)
Wolcott, Connecticut, U.S.
Occupations
  • Music critic
  • YouTuber
  • streamer
Websitetheneedledrop.com
YouTube information
Also known as
  • Melon[1]
  • Cal Chuchesta[2]
  • The Internet's Busiest Music Nerd[3]
Channel
Years active2009–present
GenreMusic
Subscribers2.93 million[4]
Total views1.07 billion[4]
100,000 subscribers2012
1,000,000 subscribers2017
Last updated: November 2, 2024

Anthony Nicholas Fantano[5] (/fænˈtænoʊ/ fan-TAN-oh; born October 28, 1985) is an American music critic and internet personality who runs TheNeedleDrop, a YouTube channel with a tie-in website and Twitch[6] streaming channel. Self-appointed as "The Internet's Busiest Music Nerd", 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.

  1. ^ "Anthony Fantano Responds To Alt-Right & Racist Accusations". Kill Your Stereo. Archived from the original on November 9, 2021. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  2. ^ Ingham, Tom (March 23, 2014). "Interview: Anthony Fantano (The Needle Drop)". The Mancunion. Archived from the original on November 28, 2020. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
  3. ^ Veronin, Nick. (February 18, 2014). "The Hardest Working Critic in Show Business Never Stops Hunting for New Music". Wired. Archived from the original on March 15, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  4. ^ a b "About theneedledrop". YouTube.
  5. ^ "Credits / Best Teef? (Anderson .Paak Diss) [feat. Anthony Fantano] / Cal Chuchesta – TIDAL". Tidal. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  6. ^ theneedledrop - Twitch, archived from the original on May 6, 2023, retrieved May 20, 2023