With the millions of singer-songwriters, garage bands, rookie rappers, parlor poppers and wannabe stars vying for a spot on your musical radar, how are you supposed to stay in the know? How can you figure out which new artists are actually worth listening to and who's...
New Artists
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Ke$ha Brash, driven pop singer and songwriter Kesha (Kesha Rose Sebert) was born in Los Angeles but moved at the age of four to Nashville, when her mother...
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Melanie Fiona Melanie Fiona is a bright, young R&B; artist and Kanye West protégé from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Born Melanie Hall, the singer grew up in...
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Priscilla Renea The internet is, by its very nature, an open forum; it's manna for aspiring music artists looking to cultivate an instant fanbase. Of course, with...
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Young Money Young Money are a rap group affiliated with Lil Wayne who made their commercial debut in 2009 after years of mixtape appearances. Led by Lil Wayne...
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Owl City Owl City is the electronic brainchild of Adam Young, who launched the project in 2007 while living at his parents' home in Owatonna, MN. Troubled...
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Jason Derulo At the tender age of 19, Florida native Jason Derulo has already experienced feats that many veterans in the game aspire to. A multi-talented...
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Kristinia DeBarge When a 12-year-old Kristinia DeBarge told her father, James DeBarge (the youngest member of DeBarge), that she wanted to become a singer, the two...
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Justin Bieber A super precocious, multi-talented and self-taught musician (drums, guitar, piano and trumpet) 15-year-old Justin Bieber was already a...
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Theophilus London Theophilus London is an alternative rap artist from Brooklyn, NY, whose genre-bending approach draws from a range of styles, from soul-pop and...
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With the millions of singer-songwriters, garage bands, rookie rappers, parlor poppers and wannabe stars vying for a spot on your musical radar, how are you supposed to stay in the know? How can you figure out which new artists are actually worth listening to and who's just aural waste?
Let MTV do it for you! We keep tabs on the best and brightest of all of the new artists, groups and bands out there -- from underground rappers and emcees to Brit pop groups, to basement indie rock bands and emerging acts just breaking onto the scene -- so you can stay in the know. That means MTV is the place to find out about new artists as they're emerging from their shells and taking their shot at the big time.
MTV filters out the noise, gives you the good stuff and hooks you up with everything you need to get started on your way to becoming a die-hard fan of the best new artists on the scene. You get videos, song and album previews, video interviews, exclusive live performances, backstage footage, concert info and more. Plus, you get exclusive MTV content like Playlibs, where we sit down with new artists and ask them about their favorite songs, guiltiest pleasures and the music that inspired them, and show you all the videos too. And A.D.D. Bio, an online show where you get the super-speedy story behind brand-new artists.
When the world is just starting to buzz about artists like Amy Winehouse, Mika, Klaxons, Cold War Kids, Madina Lake, MIMS, Mastodon, Gym Class Heroes and Lily Allen, MTV already had the goods on all of 'em for you, online at MTV.com. So when you're getting sick of everything on your MP3 player and looking to discover new music, MTV.com gives you all you need to know about the new artists you need to know about.