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NEW & DEVELOPING ARTISTS: FLASHCARDS FOR WHAT'S NEXT

March 18, 2016

Our recent New & Developing Artists spread—in which we give you crucial stats about acts on the verge of breaking—is now online. Just follow the links within to learn all about Columbia Nashvile's Maren Morris (pictured), Glassnote's The Strumbellas, Interscope's Tory Lanez, Capitol's Catfish and the Bottlemen and a whole bunch more.

Prior HITS New & Developing issues have spotlighted artists like Adele, Katy Perry, Lorde, Mumford & SonsJames BayX AmbassadorsHozier, Chris Stapleton, Elle King and Alessia Cara. Our latest sampling of up-and-coming acts includes buzzing singer/songwriters (Warner Bros.' Bebe RexhaColumbia’s Ruth B), Pop heartthrobs and sirens (Hollywood’s Shawn Hook, RCA’s GRACE, Republic’s Grace Mitchell), hip-hop hybrids (Interscope’s Tory Lanez), EDM-leaning genre-benders (Interscope’s Jack Garratt, Columbia U.K./RCA's Snakehips), Country rule-breakers (Columbia Nashville’s Maren Morris, Valory/BMLG's Tara Thompson, Zone 4/RCA Nashville’s Kane Brown) and melodic alt-rockers (Glassnote’s The Strumbellas, Elektra's KaleoCapitol's Catfish and the Bottlemen).

Which of these promising artists will be the next to blow up? Hey, that’s above our pay grade. But when they do, remember you saw ’em here first. Just follow the links below for the rundown on each act.

 

Maren Morris 

The Strumbellas

Tory Lanez

Catfish and the Bottlemen

 GRACE Shawn Hook
Ruth B  Flume

Aubrie Sellers

Jon Pardi

Bibi Bourelly

Keke Palmer

Kaleo

Tara Thompson

The Greeting Committee

Bebe Rexha

Big Grams

Joywave

Walking on Cars

Jack Garratt

Nathan Sykes

Tucker Beathard

Transviolet

Matt Simons

Eric Paslay

Snakehips

Ria Mae

Paper Route

That Poppy

Kane Brown

Joseph

Moxie Raia

Desiigner

BJ the Chicago Kid

Hailey Reinhart

Grace Mitchell

Alan Walker

DMA's

Audiodamn!

Brett Young

Bobby Bones and the Raging Idiots

Sebastian Kole

SNBRN

DJ Mustard

LÉON

Anderson .Paak