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In addition to internet hosting the occasion, we launched a contemporary batch of Spotify Singles from the nominees that includes some newly recorded BNA-themed tracks and re-releases of fan favorites.
Get to know just a few of the nominees, and expertise their pleasure simply days earlier than music’s greatest night time.
Anitta
Anitta is a globally famend performer from Brazil. In 2013, Anitta, her debut album, topped the Brazilian charts and was licensed platinum. In November 2021, she launched the only “Envolver.” The music broke a string of information, together with one for most-streamed music in a single day, and it was the primary music ever to put contained in the Top 50 of all Latin international locations on a streaming service.
“I want new fans to know that I like to bring my culture and my country into my music and that it’s not easy to come from Brazil,” Anitta instructed Spotify: Mic Check on the crimson carpet. “The last time a Brazilian person was nominated for Best New Artist was over 57 years ago. It’s like starting over again fresh since the day I decided to sing in another language. I’ve been through all of this, but in another country. To live all of this again, it’s exciting. It’s also an exercise of ego—to understand how big the world is and how much time it takes us to reach other places.” And by way of all of it, Spotify has been a companion in my profession for the reason that starting.”
For her Spotify Singles, Anitta carried out a stripped-down model of Ariana Grande’s hit “thank u, next” and an acoustic rendition of her music “Veneno.” At the get together, Anitta carried out a scorching model of her international single, “Evolver,” in addition to “Boys Don’t Cry.”
Omar Apollo
Known for his laid-back retro-soul and R&B sound, Omar first emerged on-line in 2016. His debut EP, Stereo, appeared in 2018, along with his full-length album, Apolonio, arriving in 2020. In 2021, he garnered two Latin Grammy nominations for Record of the Year and Best Alternative Song for “Te Olvidaste,” his collaboration with Spanish singer C. Tangana. Omar’s sophomore full-length, Ivory, arrived in April 2022 and featured visitor appearances by Daniel Caesar and Kali Uchis. His sultry set on the BNA get together included “Evergreen (You Didn’t Love Me At All).”
Omar re-released stripped-down renditions of his hit music “Go Away,” which he first recorded for Spotify in August 2021, and of The Mammas & The Papas’ “California Dreamin.” “I chose that song because I heard it in Chungking Express by Wong Kar-wai. They played it so many times in the movie that I became obsessed with it. I definitely felt like it was a time machine being at East West [Studios]—it’s cool to know the history behind the song when recording my version.”
DOMi & JD BECK
DOMi & JD BECK are an instrumental keyboard-and-drum duo recognized for his or her hyperactive, future-shock mix of progressive jazz, hip-hop, and R&B. After signing to Anderson .Paak‘s Apeshit label, they released their debut album, 2022’s NOT TiGHT. Anderson made certain to crash their crimson carpet stroll to indicate his admiration for the duo. Later within the night time, the Spotify RADAR artists kicked off the occasion with “SMiLE.”
“We try not to think about [our nomination] too much because it feels weird . . . ” the duo confessed to Spotify: Mic Check. “We usually just stay home, write . . . do absolutely nothing—fun stuff. People have Spotify and they wouldn’t hear our music without it. So thank you.”
Muni Long
Floridian native Muni went from making movies in her bed room to changing into an completed songwriter and solo artist. She discovered success as a cowriter of hits like Rihanna’s “California King Bed,” Fifth Harmony’s “Worth It,” and Pitbull and Kesha’s “Timber,” amongst others. From 2020 by way of 2022, she launched an abundance of refined up to date R&B EPs, with the only “Hrs & Hrs” changing into Muni’s verified platinum hit in April 2022. Last September, she bundled and expanded her Public Display EPs for the full-length Public Displays of Affection: The Album.
For her Spotify Singles, Muni recorded an up to date model of her Grammy-nominated music “Hrs & Hrs” (which she carried out on the occasion) in addition to her personal rendition of the 1971 Best New Artist winner The Carpenters’ music “Superstar.”
“I decided to do a Spanish version of ‘Hours and Hours’’ called ‘Hrs y Hrs,’” Muni defined. “It’s a much more romantic version of the English rendition, and it’s just about being with your partner that you love so much for hours and hours and sharing that intimacy of laying on your chest and taking a shower together and swimming in the waves, as the translation says. So I just love how it sounds in Spanish. It’s so poetic; it’s very telenovela!”
Samara Joy
Samara’s easy, luscious, velvety fashion and throaty alto replicate the golden period of interpretive style vocalists from the Thirties by way of the mid-’60s. Her eponymous debut album was funded with the assistance of GoFundMe contributions and was accomplished in a matter of days. She then signed with Verve and created her label debut, Linger Awhile.
Samara has re-imagined her music “Guess Who I Saw Today,” and he or she recorded a canopy of 2009 Best New Artist winner Adele’s hit “Someone Like You,” placing a jazzy spin on the hit observe. She additionally carried out “Someone Like You” on the BNA get together.
“‘Someone Like You’ is a song I’ve known for a while now. I never thought I’d get the chance to sing it and do my own cover of it,” Samar shared. “But it is a song that, although about a heartbreak, is also about acceptance and moving on and moving forward. I’m glad I’ve had the opportunity to do my own version of this song after hearing it for so many years.”
Latto
After successful a TV competitors as a teen, this Atlanta rapper rapidly signed a deal and began gaining consideration for her witty lyrics and easy fashion. Following the discharge of a number of mixtapes, Latto broke by way of to a wider viewers along with her 2019 anthem “B*tch from Da Souf” and her first correct studio album, 2020’s Queen of Da Souf. That report cracked the Top 50 of the Billboard 200 and paved the best way for 2022’s 777, which hit quantity 15.
At the occasion, Latto introduced the warmth along with her hit single, “Big Energy.” She additionally spoke to Spotify: Mic Check on the crimson carpet, saying: “Spotify has been supporting me from the jump. My first billboard was with Spotify in Times Square. We love Spotify.”
Måneskin
The two full-length albums from Rome-based Måneskin, 2018’s Il ballo della vita and 2021’s Teatro d’Ira, Vol. 1, have each topped the charts and earned quadruple-platinum certifications. Bandmates Damiano David (vocals), Victoria De Angelis (bass), Thomas Raggi (guitar), and Ethan Torchio (drums) met in highschool. They began out as buskers earlier than making an look on Italian X Factor in 2017, the place they got here in second place. The band’s greatest breakthrough, nonetheless, got here in 2021 once they entered the Eurovision Song Contest and received with their observe “ZITTI E BUONI.” At the BNA occasion, they wore matching ivory fits and carried out their cowl “Beggin’.”
“It’s always crazy when you see all the stats and that people are listening from every country in the world,” they instructed Spotify: Mic Check. “It’s something that you can’t really realize and put into real life until it actually is. It’s crazy and it’s super fun too, to share our music with audiences all around the world.”
Tobe Nwigwe
Easily recognizable by his deep but light voice and exceptionally agile rhyming fashion, Houston-based Tobe releases songs and movies weekly, typically that includes his spouse, Ivory Rogers (referred to as Fat Nwigwe), and producer LANELL GRANT. In 2020 his single “TRY JESUS” reached quantity 4 on Billboard’s R&B Digital Song Sales chart and led to his efficiency on the 2020 BET Hip-Hop Awards. Tobe took to the stage with Fat Nwigwe to carry out “FYE” earlier than lovingly sharing that she is now seven months pregnant.
In his Spotify Singles, Tobe threw it again to a hip-hop basic along with his personal tackle 1998 Best New Artist winner Ms. Lauryn Hill’s “Doo Wop (That Thing),” and gave followers an up to date model of his 2018 observe “I Choose You.” “’Doo Wop’ to me just means a lot in the sense that it really gave me a true understanding for the type of music that I wanted to do. I wanted to do music that made people aware of circumstances and situations and give them a heads up on better ways to navigate.”
Molly Tuttle
A gifted acoustic guitarist and banjo participant who has additionally made a reputation for herself as a songwriter and vocalist, Molly rose from taking part in in her father’s bluegrass band to changing into one of many main lights of contemporary folks, bluegrass, and Americana earlier than reaching her mid-20s. In 2015, she launched a crowd-funding marketing campaign to finance the recording of her first solo mission. She launched her seven-song EP Rise in 2017—the identical yr she grew to become the primary girl to win the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Guitar Player of the Year Award. Early 2022 noticed the discharge of the vigorous observe “Crooked Tree,” the lead single from the full-length LP of the identical identify that marked her first outing along with her bluegrass collective Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway.
For her Spotify Singles, she flipped 2021 Best New Artist winner Olivia Rodrigo’s “good 4 u” on its head, giving the pop-punk hit a bluegrass twist. She additionally launched a revamped model of her hit single “Dooley’s Farm,” which she sang on stage.
“I chose to cover ‘Good 4 U’ by Olivia Rodrigo, who won the Best New Artist Grammy last year. When I first heard it, I just thought this was such a great song and I love the teenage angst to it. It kind of reminds me of the pop-punk music that I grew up listening to and playing with my friends back in high school so I thought it would be really fun to cover this song and put a bluegrass spin on it.”
Wet Leg
As Wet Leg, the Isle of Wight’s Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers deliver a refreshing sense of enjoyable to post-punk. On singles akin to 2021’s Mean Girls-quoting viral hit “Chaise Longue” they flip the fashion’s deadpan irony on its head, pairing scrappy guitars and drums with dryly humorous lyrics. Released in 2022, their self-titled debut Wet Leg not solely topped the U.Okay. charts, but additionally fared properly across the globe, bringing the band mainstream notoriety and a handful of Grammy nominations.
For their Spotify Singles, Wet Leg re-imagined their indie-rock observe “Convincing,” giving a softer, airier distinction to the unique. The band additionally put their very own rock and roll spin on Ashnikko’s “Daisy.”
“Most of our album was written in the depths of 2020, and right up to April 2021 when we went into the studio,” the duo shared. “Since live music has opened back up, we play some tracks just as they were recorded, but ‘Convincing’ is one of the songs that has gone through a little shapeshift over time as we’ve been playing gigs for the last year. This version we recorded with James leans into the more mellow and woozy world where it exists in our live sets.”
Wet Leg closed out the night time with “Chaise Lounge,” which impressed the viewers to mosh.
Can’t wait to listen to extra of those rising stars? Check out our Best New Artist playlist.