My faves all over the place usually its more song than a true fave band but these wld be faves:
Slowdive, Holygram, Queens of Stone Age, Deftones, The Black Angels , Kasabian, smashing pumpkins, DeadMau5, bennasai bros, M83, Stromae, Madonna (ray of light era), Kylie Minogue, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Helena Paparizou, Sarah McLachlan, Soft Cell, Little Big, Psy, black eye peas, The Cure, the Wallflowers
Nirvana, Nine InchNails, Linkinpark (hybrid theory expecially), Ricky Martin, Limp Bizkit,Powerman 5000, Sheryl Crow and Adema listened to alot in 90s era
Indian bhajans: Jagit Singh, Anuradha Padwal,
George Harrison x ravi shankar album
i listen to alot of indian classical stuff too although thats more by the raga (scales) than particular artist- Raag Bhairav and Bhairavi, ones with minor scales are faves
Trinidad soca artists: Kes the Band, Farmer Nappy,
Allison Hinds (she is Bajan but used to sing for Trinidad Carnival)
Japan stuff- BuckTick, Shuntaro Okino, The Pillows,
The Black Mages (final fantasy band)
DannyElfman (tnbc soundtrack)