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THE GRAMMY SHORT LIST
Who's already a lock?
COUNTRY'S NEWEST DISRUPTOR
Three chords and some truth you may not be ready for.
AI IS ALREADY EATING YOUR LUNCH
The kids can tell the difference... for now.
ALL THE WAY LIVE
The players, the tours, the enormous beers.
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WHAT IT IS: Growing up between Cameroon and Minnesota, 22-year-old Libianca has melded the sounds of her childhood to create her own Afro-pop-leaning music. The singer-songwriter dropped her breakout global hit, “People,” last November and its video at the top of the year via 5K Records/Sony Music U.K./RCA. Since its release, “People” has garnered 50m+ streams globally across platforms; at presstime, it’s #72 on Spotify’s Global chart and has spent eight days at #1 on the Daily Viral Songs Global chart. It’s also #2 on the U.S Afrobeats Songs chart and boasts 812k TikTok creations. More new music is on the way.
SINGLE: “People”
INTERNET: 8.5m+ monthly Spotify listeners, (5.8m+ new listeners in the past two weeks); #3 iTunes Nigeria; #15 Shazam Global chart, #29 U.S.; 174k+ Instagram followers (+121k in two weeks); 812k+ TikTok creations on “People,” 224m+ views; 1.4m+ YouTube views since video premiered (1/19); added to over 7k Spotify playlists (Today’s Top Hits, Pop Rising, Viral Hits) and 120 Apple Music playlists (Today’s Hits, A-List Pop, Viral Hits), more
PRESS: Rolling Stone, Okayafrica, Entertainment Tonight, American Songwriter, Hip Hop Wired, more