WHAT IT IS: Hailing from Quincy, Ill., female trio Avenue Beat brings bright, fresh melodic elements to the country-pop music scene. Growing up ingesting social-media platforms and theater groups, the Gen-Z collective consisting of Sami Bearden, Savana Santos and Sam Backoff released their debut self-titled EP—produced by Santos alongside David Garcia and Ashley Gorley—in 2019. With the stretched staccato vowels of “Delight,” the female-empowerment anthem “Be a Bro” and the post-breakup track “Broke,” the BFF trio beckons listeners with pillows of narcotic harmony, glistening melody and lyrical insights. Latest tracks “Ruin That for Me,” which is rising at Country radio, and “thank you anxiety,” which serves as a pressure value from the genre-fluid creators, capture Avenue Beat as the fresh face of new feminism.
RELEASE DATE: 7/26/19
SINGLE: “Ruin That for Me”
LIVE: Supported Mason Ramsey on 2019 tour; Rascal Flatts’ Farewell: Life Is a Highway Tour 2020
INTERNET: “Ruin That for Me “ has 8.6m+ streams across all platforms within a year, 880k+ monthly Spotify listeners
RADIO: Single impacted Country radio 3/23
PRESS: The Boot’s 2020 Artist to Watch list, Sounds Like Nashville’s Ones to Watch 2020, MusicRow’s 2020 Next Big Thing, CMT Next Women of Country Class of 2020
BOOKING: Kylen Sharpe & Marc Dennis/CAA
PUBLISHING: Tape Room Music
MANAGEMENT: John Dennis & Charly Salvatore/Dennis Entertainment

WHAT IT IS: Rapper/singer/songwriter Lil Gotit, née Semaja Zair Render, is the latest up-and-comer from the trap capital of Atlanta’s South Side. At just 20 years old, the self-proclaimed “Hood Baby” has quickly assumed the role of one of the next-gen stars out of the YSL circuit. Recently described by The FADER as “the Heir to Atlanta’s Rap Throne,” Lil Gotit took 2019 by storm with co-signs from the music and fashion industry. With strong support from Young Thug, whose distinct vocal style heavily influenced Gotit’s delivery, Gunna, Lil Uzi Vert and his brother, Lil Keed, with whom he released early tracks like “Trap Bunkin,” Gotit has quickly amassed a solid fanbase. His latest project, Superstar Creature, showcases his matter-of-fact rhymes and the artistry that has elevated him to his present position.
ALBUM: Superstar Creature
RELEASE DATE: 2/21
SINGLE: “Bricks in the Attic”
INTERNET: 140m+ collective streams across Spotify and Apple Music; 782k+ monthly Spotify listeners; 115k+ YouTube subscribers, 40.7m+ combined video views; 643k+ Instagram followers, 24.6k+ Twitter followers, 12k Facebook followers, 40k+ SoundCloud followers
PRESS: FADER, Complex, Revolt, XXL, HYPEBEAST, Lyrical Lemonade
PUBLISHING: Pulse
MANAGEMENT: Micah Getzug

WHAT IT IS: L.A.-born, Brighton-bred singer/songwriter Celeste, who started writing music at 17, blends British soul and jazz-tinged blues over subtle R&B melodies to create her distinct sound. Since being named BBC’s Introducing Artist of the Year in late 2019 and winning the BBC Sound of 2020 poll, the BRITs Rising Star award winner has been featured on a variety of Artists to Watch lists. After signing to Lily Allen’s Bank Holiday label, which released her first EP, she inked with Polydor in 2018 and is gearing up to release her self-titled debut album later this year. Single “Stop This Flame,” the title track to Netflix’s They’ve Gotta Have Us, exemplifies what’s yet to come from Celeste.
ALBUM: Celeste
RELEASE DATE: September 2020
SINGLE: “Stop This Flame”
TV: Later…With Jools Holland, Top of the Pops, The Late Late Show with James Corden, 2020 BRITs Awards, The Graham Norton Show, E!
LIVE: 2020 U.S. headline dates to be announced; headlined NYC’s Bowery Ballroom; Performed at Glasonbury, SXSW, Cannes Film Festival; supported Janelle Monáe and Michel Kiwanuka on tour
INTERNET: 11.5m+ Spotify streams on “Stop This Flame,” 25m+ streams on EP Compilation 1.1, 2.1m+ monthly listeners; 11.6m+ combined views on YouTube
PRESS: The Guardian, NYT, GQ, Forbes, Fader, Vogue, Stereogum, Refinery 29, BrooklynVegan, Idolator, NME
BOOKING: Emma Banks & Summer Marshall/CAA
PUBLISHING: Warner Chappell
MANAGEMENT: Duncan Ellis & Ben Smallwood/Atlas Artists