vibe-raters
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LW: 12W: 13W: 1Ella Langley
SAWGOD/Columbia
booking: The Neal Agency
mgmt: Bradley Jordan & Megan Hinde/Painted Rock Management
Album: Dandelion
Track: Choosin' Texas & Be Her
Earned nine CMA noms; Dandelion debuted #1; “Choosin’ Texas” #1 Spotify U.S., hit #1 Country, #7 Pop, #6 Hot AC, #7 AC; longest-running #1 on Hot 100; “be her” hit #1 Country, #39 Hot AC; “I Can’t Love You Anymore” #1 Country, “Loving Life” #7; platinum “you look like you love me” hit #1 Country; 12x ACM winner (7 this year); sold out 30-date still hungover tour.
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LW: 22W: 23W: 3Malcolm Todd
Columbia
booking: Kate Arenson & Ronald Jordan/CAA
mgmt: Julian Swirsky/Outlier
Album: Do That Again
Track: Breathe & Earrings
2b+ global streams; “Earrings” hit #1 Spotify U.S. and Global, #14 at Top 40 radio, #17 Hot AC; 5m+ first-week streams on “Breathe”; three songs on Spotify U.S.; 17b+ TikTok views across catalog; 2026 North American Tour; wrapped Wholesome Rockstar Tour (44 sold out NA dates, 8 EU/U.K.), Laneway Festival (AUS, 5 dates), Osheaga ‘26, Outside Lands ‘26; Kimmel; featured in Rolling Stone, NYLON, CLASH, more.
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LW: 32W: 33W: 4SIENNA SPIRO
Capitol
booking: Kirk M. Sommer, Stephen Schulcz & Lucy Dickins/WME
mgmt: Jack Street & Miriam Maslin/Method UK
Album: Visitor
Track: Die on This Hill & Great Expectation
Visitor debuted Top 10. 1b+ global streams; “Die on This Hill” hit #8 on Spotify Global, #12 U.S.; “Great Expectation” #1 U.K. Singles chart, #24 Spotify Global, #34 U.S. chartbound at Top 40; sold out NA tour in March, UK/EU in May; appeared on Fallon, Colbert, more; shortlisted for BRITs Critics’ Choice; “You Stole the Show” 2b+ TikTok views; featured in Rolling Stone, more.
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LW: 42W: 43W: 5STELLA LEFTY
Atlantic Outpost
booking: Lee Goforth & Mary Harrington/CAA
Album: IS THIS HEAVEN?
Track: Boston
16.8m+ monthly listeners; 600m+ global streams; "Boston" #2 Hot Country Songs, hit #6 Spotify U.S., hit #1 Country radio, #12 Pop, #10 Hot AC, #15 AC; added to Spotify’s TTT, Hot Country, more; “Something to Lose” w/Vincent Mason hit #11 Hot Country Songs; sold out first-ever North American headline tour; supporting Tucker Wetmore, Mumford & Sons; CMA Fest, ACL, Osheaga, Lollapalooza, Red West.
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LW: 52W: 53W: 12ADÉLA
Capitol Records
booking: Shirin Nury, Rick Roskin, Allison McGregor, Sydney Weltman & Allyna Sanchez/CAA
mgmt: Sam Jacobson, Brandon Creed & Dani Russin/Good World Management
Album: PRIMA
Track: Ain’t in LA & Nicole Kidman
PRIMA 2026’s top debut for a new artist; 27m+ monthly listeners; “Aint in LA” hit #7 Spotify U.S., #3 Global, added to Apple’s A-List Pop, Spotify’s TTT, more; “Nicole Kidman” hit #1 Spotify U.S., #2 Global; headlining Red Bottoms tour through 10/16; Lollapalooza, Reading and Leeds, Portola, more; featured in Vogue, Rolling Stone, more.
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LW: 62W: 63W: 6Dexter and the Moonrocks
Big Loud Rock/Severance Records
booking: Mike Krug/WME
mgmt: Jackson Stubner & James Robinson/Shelter Music Group
Album: Friends That I Don't Like
Track: Freakin’ Out
Debut album Friends That I Don’t Like out now; 664m+ global career streams; 320m+ on platinum “Freakin’ Out,” was #1 at Alt for five straight weeks, #36 Top 40; #1 U.S. Shazam Top 200 for several weeks; 2.3b+ TikTok views, 3m+ creations; Spotify’s TTH/Viral Hits, Apple’s Today’s Rock/ALT CTRL, more; 12 Steps headline tour Summer/Fall; ACL, Rocklahoma, more; Fallon debut 8/20; featured in NYT, NPR, VICE, more.
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LW: 72W: 73W: 7Temper City
Thirty Knots
booking: THE•TEAM
mgmt: Adam Harrison & Brandon Phelps/Full Stop
Album:
Track: Self Aware
850m+ global streams on “Self Aware,” hit #1 at Alt radio, #5 Spotify Global, #17 U.S., added to Todays Top Hits, Apple Music’s Future Hits, more; YouTube Artist on the Rise; hit #25 U.K. Singles chart, #1 Indie Singles Breakers; Radio 1 Future Artist; hit #1 Emerging Artists chart, #8 Hot Rock and Alternative chart; reached #4 Shazam Global, #1 Global Alt; featured in National Today, KROQ, #Happens, more.
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LW: 82W: 83W: 9Audrey Hobert
RCA
booking: CAA
mgmt: Sophie Lev
Album: Who's the Clown?
Track: Sue Me
320m+ global streams; “Sue Me,” added to Today’s Top Hits, 220m+ streams; peaked Top 25 at Pop last fall, now #16, 70+ new adds, including HITS1, KIIS-FM and Audacy's LAUNCH program; on Staircase to Stardom tour (North America), U.K./EU late August; Lollapalooza, Hinterland, Outside Lands, All Points East; TV debut Jimmy Fallon (Oct 2025); 2026 iHeartRadio Music Award nom for Favorite Debut Album; featured in Rolling Stone, L.A Times, Vogue, more.
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LW: 92W: 93W: 11Phoebe Bridgers
Dead Oceans
booking: Dave Rowan (N&S America)/High Road Touring; Josh Javor (ROTW)/WME
mgmt: Darin Harmon/Blue Raincoat Music
Album: Lost Weekend
Track: Lost Boys
Lost Weekend debuted #2; 6.8b+ Spotify streams, 15.3m+ monthly listeners; “Lost Boys” hit #1 at AAA radio, was #1 Most Added upon debut; was #3 Most Added at Alt (12+ adds), currently #20; added to Spotify’s my life is a movie (~5m saves), Apple’s Superbloom; U.S., Canada, EU arena tour, 31 sold-out U.S./Canada dates (Sep.), 14 EU (Nov.); won four Grammys, 11 noms.
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LW: --2W: --3W: --LISA
LLOUD Co./RCA
booking: Tom Windish, James Rubin & Cristina Baxter/THE•TEAM
mgmt: LLOUD
Album:
Track: SaWaDiKa
“SaWaDiKa” debuted #13 Spotify Global, #53 U.S., charting in 28 countries; debuted #69 Hot 100; video earned 70.8m+ first-day YouTube views, 2026’s biggest debut; November VIVA LA LISA residency at the Colosseum, a K-pop first, sold out in under 10 minutes; appeared on Fallon; performed at VMAs and won Best Pop; Always Lalisa documentary premiered at TIFF, theatrical release 10/12; featured in Vanity Fair (cover), Vogue Korea, more.
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LW: 102W: 103W: 8Bella Kay
Atlantic
booking: Shirin Nury, Alli McGregor, Julie Greenberg, Olivia Mirabella & Cameron Kaiser/CAA
mgmt: Adam Mersel & Priscilla Felten/Immersive Management
Album: My Reckless Abandon
Track: iloveitiloveitiloveit & Steady
12.3m+ monthly listeners; 780m+ streams; “iloveitiloveitiloveit,” #hit 12 Spotify Global, #4 U.S., 3b+ TikTok views; wrapped her sold-out North American, EU/U.K. headlining tours; supporting Noah Kahan’s U.K./Ireland arena tour; supporting Gracie Abrams; Lollapalooza, The Great Escape, All Things Go Toronto; Capital UK’s Buzz Artist of the Month (March); featured in NPR (“Steady”), more.
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LW: 112W: 113W: 15Julia Wolf
AWAL
mgmt: Tanner Barry/NuWorld Industries
Album: PRESSURE
Track: In My Room
8.4m+ monthly Spotify listeners; 580m+ global streams; RIAA gold “In My Room currently #5 at Alt radio; #1 U.S. Viral Chart, hit #57 Hot 100; sold-out Deep End World Tour (33 cities across North America, U.K., EU) kicks off this fall, including 2x Fonda and 2x Irving Plaza; Lollapalooza, Reading & Leeds, Hinterland; featured in NY Times, L.A. Times, Rolling Stone, Teen Vogue, more.
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LW: 122W: 123W: 10Hudson Westbrook
River Houst Artists/Warner Music Nashville
booking: Andrew McWilliams & Jodi Cockrell/Evergreen Artist Group
mgmt: Zebb Luster/River House Artists
Album: Texas Forever
Track: Pretty Privilege
1b+ global streams; “House Again” hit Top 10 at Country radio, “Painted You Pretty” #15 and rising; headline tour across U.S., nearly sold-out Texas Forever Fall Tour; supporting Bailey Zimmerman 2026; Spotify 2025 Artist to Watch; SiriusXM’s all-genre Future Five 2025, a “Highway Find”; featured in Country Now, Holler, more.
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LW: 132W: 133W: --BE:FIRST
BMSG
mgmt: BMSG
Album: WATCH ME
Track: WATCH ME
2.1m+ monthly Spotify listeners; lead single “BRUCE WAYNE” f/Flo Milli & ATL Jacob hit #49 at Top 40 radio; previous performances at HITC (L.A.), Summer Sonic (Tokyo), Lalala Festival (Jakarta), more; upcoming Hello82 festival slot, shows in NYC, more; 1m+ Instagram followers, 1.4m+ TikTok followers, 57.4m+ likes; 1.3m+ YouTube subs, 1.7b+ views; achieved 12 #1 singles in Japan; featured in Forbes, Hollywood Reporter, more. Mgmt: BMSG
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LW: 142W: 143W: 13Alyssa Grace
Artist House
booking: Kate Arenson, Julie Greenberg & James Simmons/CAA
mgmt: Ian LaPlace, Adina Friedman & Jade Ehlers/AH Management Collective
Album: spilling my guts
Track: bloodstream
10.6m+ monthly Spotify listeners; “bloodstream” chart bound at Alt; 1.5b+ views on 1.5m+ UGC TikTok videos; supporting Alex Warren on sold-out Australia & New Zealand dates; debut headline dates in L.A., New York and London (September); “bloodstream” added into regular rotation on iHeart’s TikTok radio and Sirius XM HITS1; featured in Ones to Watch, Inquirer.
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LW: 152W: 153W: 14Yung Miami
Uptown
booking: Justin Nabors/WME
mgmt: Leighton "Lake" Morrison & Patrick Afeku/Generation Now and Lisa Amponsah/Caresha Please
Album:
Track: Spend Dat
"Spend Dat" hit #1 Urban radio (first solo Top 10) and #1 Rhythm; 70m+ global streams, 1.5m+ TikTok creates, 80k weekly consumption; hit #1 iTunes Hip-Hop, #1 Shazam U.S. Hip-Hop, hit #2 Hot Rap, more; co-headlining BossMan DLow’s Motion Party Tour; presenter at 2026 BET Awards; featured in GQ, Complex, more; interviews on Genius Verified, The Breakfast Club, Funky Friday, more.