Billie Eilish remains one of the biggest stars to emerge in the 21st century. Her third studio album, HIT ME HARD AND SOFT features 10 tracks written and recorded in her hometown of Los Angeles, with her brother and producer FINNEAS. In 2019, her debut album WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? debuted at No. 1 in 18 countries, and was the most streamed album of that year. In 2021, her sophomore album 'Happier Than Ever’ debuted at #1 in 20 countries. Both albums were critically acclaimed worldwide and were written, produced, and recorded entirely by Billie Eilish and FINNEAS. 9-time GRAMMY® Award-winning Billie Eilish has made history as the youngest artist to receive nominations and win in all the major GRAMMY® categories, receiving an award for Best New Artist, Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Vocal Album, and is the youngest artist to write and record an official James Bond theme song, ‘No Time To Die,’ which won an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2022. In 2023, Eilish also wrote and released the critically acclaimed song “What Was I Made For?” for the Greta Gerwig-directed motion picture Barbie, which also won Academy and Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, two GRAMMY® Awards for Song of the Year and Best Song Written For Visual Media, and has solidified Billie Eilish yet again in the history books as the youngest person ever to win two Academy Awards.
Tyler, The Creator is a rapper and producer distinguished above all other singular qualities by his gravelly voice and an irascible disposition befitting a collision-shop owner. He appeared in the late 2000s as a founding member of Odd Future, an outlandish teenaged alternative rap crew that gradually permeated the mainstream as it begat a multitude of related projects. Most of these recordings, including Earl Sweatshirt's Earl, Odd Future's Top Ten The OF Tape, Vol. 2, and Frank Ocean's Grammy-winning Channel Orange, were made with Tyler's deep involvement. Amid this whirlwind, Tyler started building a solo discography that has gleefully swung from purposefully distasteful and crude to charming and sophisticated, sometimes blurring the distinction between the extremes. Goblin (2011), Wolf (2013), Cherry Bomb (2015), and Flower Boy (2017), his first four solo albums, all debuted within the Top Five of the Billboard 200. The widespread embrace of the kaleidoscopic Flower Boy, a number two hit nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best Rap Album, led to chart-topping, Grammy-winning success with IGOR (2019) and CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST (2021). The latter lengthened Tyler's stylistic reach while reaffirming his devotion to hip-hop with a raw lyrical approach.
Grammy-Award winning band, Twenty One Pilots, have shifted music and culture with an ever-evolving vision. The Columbus, OH duo—Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun— have tallied over 34 billion global streams, sold four million tickets worldwide, notched dozens of multi-Platinum certifications, and even claimed a spot in the Guinness® Book of World Records. In historic fashion, their quadruple-Platinum breakout LP, Blurryface, took flight as “the first album to notch a RIAA Gold or Platinum certification for every one of its songs,” while Vessel followed suit and achieved the same distinction. They elevated to rarified air as “one of only 18 artists to earn multiple RIAA Diamond certifications,” going Diamond with “Stressed Out” and “Heathens.” 2018’s Platinum-certified Trench delivered the multi-Platinum and Platinum singles: “Chlorine,” “My Blood” and the GRAMMY® Award-nominated “Jumpsuit.” They followed Trench with their Gold-certified LP Scaled And Icy, achieving #1 on the Billboard Top Rock Albums and Top Alternative Albums charts and crashing the Top 3 of the Billboard 200. Beyond rapturous headline shows at arenas and festivals worldwide, Twenty One Pilots have notably architected an immersive world, originating a multi-album conceptual arc across Blurryface, Trench, Scaled And Icy, and completing this story on their seventh full-length offering, Clancy which marked the biggest week for any rock album in 2024 and the band’s fourth consecutive Top 3 debut on the Billboard 200.
Chappell Roan specializes in jubilant, femme-positive pop that combines a strong romantic streak with a hunger for grand experiences. Kayleigh Rose Amstutz (born in 1998 in Willard, MO) began posting cover-song videos online in her teens, and after releasing her first EP, School Nights, in 2017, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue her pop-star dreams. In early 2020 she connected with producer Dan Nigro, and that April she released “Pink Pony Club,” a torchy ballad about thriving at “a special place/where boys and girls can all be queens every single day.” Roan released a smattering of singles, including the writhing “My Kink Is Karma” and the yearning “Casual,” before putting out her first full-length, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, in September 2023. Roan’s unbridled, lusty pop songs became an online phenomenon—or, as she might put it, a “femininomenon”—and she hit the arena circuit when she opened for Olivia Rodrigo on the latter’s GUTS tour in early 2024.
SZA (Solána Imani Rowe) is a global icon reshaping the landscape of modern music. SZA has become a defining artist of her generation; born in St. Louis and raised in New Jersey. She first captured the world’s attention with her groundbreaking debut album Ctrl (2017), in which she earned acclaim for blending vulnerability with genre-blurring melodies. In 2022, her chart-topping sophomore album SOS pushed boundaries, and its deluxe edition, SOS Deluxe: LANA (2024), solidified her place among music’s greats with 15 new tracks showcasing her evolution. From Grammy wins to sold-out tours and iconic collaborations with Kendrick Lamar, Doja Cat, and Travis Scott, SZA continues to inspire and connect deeply with fans worldwide through her music about love, self-discovery, and empowerment.
Born and raised in L.A., Doja Cat made her first upload to Soundcloud in 2013 at just 16-years-old. She developed a knack for music by studying piano and dance as a kid and listening to the likes of Busta Rhymes, Erykah Badu, Nicki Minaj, Drake, and more. Soon, she went from obsessing over Catwoman (the Halle Berry version) to “crate digging” on YouTube. Signed to Kemosabe/RCA during 2014, she unveiled her acclaimed Purrr! EP. Its lead single “So High” impressively racked up over 30 million cumulative streams and garnered praise from tastemakers such as Fader, Vibe, Paper, Pigeons & Planes, and more. Cooking up vibrantly, candy-coated beats, dropping bars doubled-up on double entendre, and singing with claws out, Amala unlocks a sweetly sexy world soundtracked by wild hip-hop, twisted pop, and smoked-out R&B. Asserting a feline-esque dominance and a style that can only be described as every color in a box of crayons, Doja Cat’s unapologetic charisma, charm, and confidence immediately take center stage. In August 2018, she released what would become her viral hit “Mooo!” which enjoyed over 10 million views on YouTube and Twitter in just a couple of days and was met with critical acclaim. In March 2019, she released the Amala Deluxe album which included her brand new song “Juicy.” With the releases of Hot Pink, Planet Her, Scarlet, and Scarlet 2 CLAUDE, Doja’s ability to create hit records that are uniquely her own are what will continue to make her a standout act.
Raised between Virginia and Colombia, Kali Uchis is a Grammy, Billboard Latin Music, Billboard Music, American Music, Premios Nuestra Tierra and Univision Premios Juventud award winner and Variety Hitmakers honoree. Alternating between English and Spanish-language projects with unparalleled fluidity, she has released several of the most lauded albums of the past decade: her breakout 2015 mixtape Por Vida, her massively acclaimed 2018 debut album Isolation, 2020’s Grammy-nominated Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios) ∞—featuring her smash hit “telepatía” which has been streamed more than 2 billion times to date and is the Billboard Hot 100’s longest running Spanish song by a solo act this decade with a 23-week streak—last year’s Red Moon In Venus and most recently Orquídeas, her critically acclaimed second Spanish-language LP. Kali has collaborated and shared stages with today’s biggest artists in both the English and Latin music spaces, toured the world over, selling out arenas and playing much-lauded sets at festivals including Tropicalia, Coachella, Governors Ball, Bonnaroo, Austin City Limits, Lollapalooza and many others.
For Omar Apollo, longing is an art form—and he’s mastered it. The young singer/songwriter’s aching, visceral musings on love and heartbreak have earned him connection with a devoted fanbase as well as industry-wide recognition, including a GRAMMY nomination for Best New Artist, two Latin GRAMMY nominations for Record of the Year and Best Alternative Song (“Te Olvidaste,” with C. Tangana), Variety’s Future Icon award, and most recently his first RIAA-certified platinum record for viral hit “Evergreen (You Didn’t Deserve Me at All)”—which was his Billboard Hot 100 debut. He ushers in his next chapter with a new EP, Live for Me. Born in Hobart, Indiana, to parents who immigrated from Mexico, he often felt isolated as a minority in his hometown. At age 11, he discovered comfort in a guitar and never looked back. A pair of EPs (2018s Stereo and 2019s Friends) earned him critical praise and he later went on to perform on TV programs like Late Night with Seth Meyers and The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. Apollo’s long-awaited debut album, IVORY (2022), brought him to a new level. Crossing genre lines and language barriers, it showcases even greater musical diversity from the already boundless creator, juxtaposing heartfelt ballads with Latin trap and alt-rock. By year’s end, he had completed yet another sold-out tour and performed on NPR’s Tiny Desk series, Coachella, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and Good Morning America. As he draws on another year of life, Apollo’s promise is limitless.