NEW & DEVELOPING ARTISTS: FLASHCARDS FOR WHAT'S NEXT

Our Q1 Roundup of Acts Poised to Break Big

Prior HITS New & Developing issues have spotlighted artists like Adele, Katy Perry, Lorde, Mumford & Sons, James Bay, X Ambassadors, Hozier, Chris Stapleton, Elle King and Alessia Cara. Our latest sampling of up-and-coming acts includes buzzing singer/songwriters (Warner Bros.' Bebe Rexha, Columbia’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 Kaleo, Capitol'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

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