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NEW SIGNINGS

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With more than 50 acts showcasing at this year’s ILMC, is dedicating its monthly Spotify new music playlist to further promote their talent. Click on the link above to hear acts from ATC Live, ITB, Paradigm, Primary and UTA, as well as new music from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Portugal and the UK.

THE KID LAROI. (AU)

AGENT Mike G, David Zedeck, Chris Jordan, Matt Meyer & Noah Simon

UTA M ultiplatinum Australian rapper, singer, songwriter, and producer The Kid LAROI. has emerged as one of the hottest rising artists in the hip-hop landscape. His July 2020 debut mixtape F*ck Love peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 200 Albums Chart, while his most recent single Without You ascended to #52 on Billboard’s Hot 100 Singles chart and has been certified gold by the RIAA. It also reached #2 on the Australian charts and has been certified platinum in Canada. Currently working on his highly anticipated debut studio album, The Kid LAROI. first gained mainstream popularity outside Australia in 2019 with his single Let Her Go, and has earned international accolades for his work. Those achievements have helped amass a rapidly expanding social media fanbase with more than 27 million monthly listeners on Spotify.

LAEL NEALE (US)

AGENT Nikita Lavrinenko

Pitch & Smith L ael Neale grew up on a farm in Virginia among acres of clouds, fields, and woods. It was writing and writers close to nature – Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Steinbeck, and Mary Oliver – that she most connected with. In 2009, she moved to California with a rising devotion to music and for nearly ten years she has called Los Angeles home.

Neale has worked with countless musicians, producers and collaborators, making entire records and eventually stowing them away. Despite endless frustration, she never resigned. After discovering a new instrument, the Omnichord, she experienced a moment of illumination and began recording a deluge of emerging songs with the intention to capture them in their truest form. Using a cassette four-track, she recorded most of the songs for her album Acquainted with Night in her bedroom in the early darkening evening.

NEW SIGNING LISTINGS

347Aidan (CA) àB (UK) Aby Coulibaly (IE) Alan Dixon (UK) Alice Low (UK) Avery Lynch (US) BAYLI (US) Billen Ted (UK) Blondes (UK) Blood Wizard (UK) Catie Turner (US) Noah Simon & Adam Sylvester, UTA Andy Clayton & Sol Parker, Paradigm Agency Michael Harvey-Bray, Paradigm Agency Martje Kremers, Primary Talent Sarah Joy, ATC Live Noah Simon, UTA Lucy Atkinson, Earth Agency Ryan Penty, Paradigm Agency Matt Bates, Primary Talent Felipe Mina Calvo, ATC Live Nikos Kazoleas, UTA

Covey (UK) Anna Bewers & Tom Taaffe, Paradigm Agency

Duskee (UK)

Max Lee, Earth Agency Fakear (FR) Steve Nickolls, UTA Frances Forever (US) Anna Bewers & Paul Buck, Paradigm Agency Haich Ber Na (UK) Steve Nickolls, Jules de Lattre, Christian Bernhardt & Adam Ogushwitz, UTA

Happyalone (IE) James Whitting, Paradigm Agency

Hildegard (CA)

Will Church, ATC Live HOKO (US) Matt Bates, Primary Talent Jakob Ogawa (NO) Guillaume Brevers, Hometown Talent Agency JESSIA (CA) Alex Hardee & Mike Malak, Paradigm Agency Juice Menace (UK) Max Lee, Earth Agency Justine Skye (US) Mike Malak, Paradigm Agency KALI (US) Clemence Renaut & Will Church, ATC Live Keep Dancing Inc (FR) Darren James-Thomas, FMLY KeiyaA (US) Guillaume Brevers, Hometown Talent Agency Kxurtnxy (UK) Andy Clayton, Paradigm Agency Lael Neale (US) Nikita Lavrinenko, Pitch & Smith

HOTTEST NEW ACTS

FEBRUARY 2021

THIS MONTH LAST MONTH ARTIST

1 3 MASKED WOLF (AU) 2 1 CAROLESDAUGHTER (US) 3 - LILHUDDY (US) 4 18 DUSTY LOCANE (US) 5 8 POOH SHIESTY (US) 6 4 JANICE (SE) 7 - SPOTEMGOTTEM (US) 8 68 BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD (UK) 9 - ERICA BANKS (US) 10 - NATHAN EVANS (UK) 11 12 YOUNG STONER LIFE (US) 12 - KALI (US) 13 25 PLUG, THE (UK) 14 - ELIO (CA) 15 97 CLINTON KANE (PH)

PREDICTIONS FOR MARCH 2021

LEAH NOBEL (US), CASSANDRA JENKINS (US), REYANNA MARIA (US), TETRARCH (US), NAVOS (UK) Artists not in the current top 15, but growing quickly Matilda Cole (UK) Mike Malak, Paradigm

Monjola (IE)

Michael Harvey-Bray, Paradigm Agency Munii (UK) Craig D’Souza, Primary Talent Nathan Evans (UK) Emily Robbins, Gary Howard & Jeffrey Hasson, UTA Neil Cowley (UK) Angie Rance, UTA NEZ (US) Alex Hardee & Mike Malak, Paradigm Agency Nicole Slack Jones (US) Lucia Wade, ITB NO1-NOAH (US) Ari Bernstein, ICM Partners Noon Garden (UK) Rob Gibbs, Progressive Artists Orlando (UK) Alice Hogg, ATC Live POLICE CAR COLLECTIVE (UK) Matt Bates, Primary Talent Rome Fortune (US) Darren James-Thomas, FMLY Sam Brookes (UK) Rob McGee, FMLY Agency Sega Bodega (UK) Lucy Atkinson, Earth Agency Softcult (CA) Anna Bewers, Paradigm Agency Speedboat (UK) Rob Gibbs, Progressive Artists spill tab (FR/KO) Matt Bates, Primary Talent Sun June (US) Tom Taaffe, Paradigm Agency The Brand New Heavies (UK) Emily Robbins & James Wright, UTA The Howlers (UK) Rob McGee, FMLY Agency The Kid LAROI. (AU) Mike G, David Zedeck, Chris Jordan, Matt Meyer & Noah Simon, UTA The Longest Johns (UK) Beth Morton, Angie Rance & Emily Robbins, UTA Triathalon (US) Guillaume Brevers, Hometown Talent Agency TWO LANES (DE) Paul McQueen, Primary Talent Urban Village (ZA) Darren James-Thomas, FMLY Wallice (US) Matt Bates, Primary Talent Wet Leg (UK) Adele Slater, Paradigm Agency Wild Pink (US) Joren Heuvels, Hometown Talent Agency