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Songs have been judged over the last couple of months

Alice Merton’s debut album ‘MINT’ saw the London-based musician achieve phenomenal success. A fixture on Top 10 charts across Europe, Alice has accumulated 1 billion streams and was the winning judge of the German edition of The Voice. Now Alice is set for wider international recognition as she prepares to release her eagerly anticipated sophomore album ‘S.I.D.E.S.’ on June 17th via her own Paper Plane Records Int. label. The album is launched with its single ‘Same Team’ as well as the track’s accompanying video. Watch below.

Building upon 200 million streams and two Radio 2 A-listed Records of the Week, Albin Lee Meldau today shares his brand new single ‘Forget About Us’ - his first English-language release in three years, and his first under a new deal with the indie powerhouse Glassnote Records. The song previews a new studio album which will follow later this year, and is released as he commences a sold-out arena tour in his homeland of Sweden. Listen below.

Busking her way to superstardom, 23-year-old Liv Harland enjoyed a huge and unconventional breakthrough year in 2021. Her busking performances have shown her ability to create emotionally engaging memorable IRL moments with people from all walks of life. Remarkably, several of those moments have gone viral on a huge scale, resulting in over 1.5 million followers and 28 million likes on TikTok alone.

Beau Diako’s recent singles have marked him out as a distinctive rising talent. The young artist possesses a rare portfolio of skills: he’s an intriguing producer with an eclectic take on songwriting as well as a warm organic tone as a guitarist. Best of all, he’s an exemplary collaborator, as demonstrated by recent work with Bas, Etta Bond, Tobi Tunis and emawk.

Equally as influenced by inspirational current artists such as Kacey Musgraves and HAIM as she is by the timeless sounds of Fleetwood Mac and Joni Mitchell, 18-year-old newcomer Maya Lane possesses a talent for songwriting that’s rarely heard from such a young artist. Maya today shares the official video for her debut single ‘Still The Same’ as she builds towards the release of her debut EP later this year. Watch below. 

Hungarian virtuoso violinist, Bernadett has been touring the world since she was 18 years old, so it’s surprising that only now she is releasing her debut single. Bernadett has made it her life’s mission to entertain audiences on a global scale, proving that there are no limits when it comes to music, least of all, the violin. 

Equally as influenced by inspirational current artists such as Kacey Musgraves and HAIM as she is by the timeless sounds of Fleetwood Mac and Joni Mitchell, 18-year-old newcomer Maya Lane possesses a talent for songwriting that’s rarely heard from such a young artist. Maya today shares her debut single ‘Still The Same’ as she builds towards the release of her debut EP later this year. Listen below.

From his breakthrough moment ‘Berlin’ to his 2019 studio album ‘Unfurl’, RY X has captivated audiences worldwide with songs that simultaneously simmer with confessional intimacy, hypnotic musical motifs, and a palpable sense of cinematic drama. Having amassed over 700 million streams and sold-out shows wherever he has travelled, RY X now builds anticipation for his upcoming third album by sharing his brand-new single ‘Let You Go’. Listen below.

George Cosby poetically explores the varied fortunes of romance through a widescreen lens. Applying a modern pop elegance to this everlasting emotion enamoured an expanding fanbase with his debut EP ‘We Stand Alone’. Its title track was B-listed at Radio 2, while further airplay for the project came from BBC Introducing, Jo Whiley at Radio 2 and Laura Whitmore at Radio 5.

After a 4 year absence, singer songwriter Kent Holmes has recorded his best song ever "Butterflies Dance", which is designed for everyone, and especially those who need a "pick me up". It brings you out of your sometimes, daily struggles with routine life.   

GRAMMY Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician Aaron Raitiere will release his highly anticipated debut album, Single Wide Dreamer, on May 6th via Dinner Time Records/Thirty Tigers (pre-order). Raitiere launches it by sharing the new song “For The Birds”—Listen below. 

The reality rapper from the Southside of Richmond, VA, SK33T recently announced that he dropped his second Street Mixtape “Texaco Dreaming” off the launch of his new single “Errbody”.

JUNO Award winning singer-songwriter Donovan Woods releases a new single, “I Won’t Mention It Again” today, to announce the Big Hurt Boy EP, out on March 18th  via his own End Times Music. Woods will head out on tour across Canada in support, with U.S. dates to be announced in the coming weeks [all dates below]. Pre-save Big Hurt Boy.

The Shires are the UK’s biggest country music export. Their achievements speak for themselves: three consecutive UK Top 3 albums, four #1 UK Country albums, 100 million+ streams, two Gold-certified records, and countless sold-out headline shows, including filling the prestigious Royal Albert Hall. Now The Shires announce the release of their soul-stirring new album ‘10 Year Plan’ out on 11th March 2022 and launch it by sharing its lead single ‘I See Stars’. Listen below.

New Zealand’s dreamiest band Mild Orange today share the final taste of their forthcoming album Looking For Space - before its release on Thursday 10 February. ‘Oh Yeah’ is accompanied by a beautifully shot music video of a couple exploring the surf town of Biarritz, France. Watch below.

Consisting of two singular but equally accomplished talents, the collaboration between Fyfe & Iskra Strings shows how two disparate talents can create something with a strength well beyond the sum of their parts. Together they create pop music with a cinematic twist, using songcraft as the foundation for their experimental fusion of electronica and post-classical. 

Los Angeles songwriter Scott Oatley (aka Vân Scott) won the Overall Grand Prize as well as the first prize of the Gospel/Inspirational category of the 26^th Annual USA Songwriting Competition with his song “What’s Coming Next?” He co-wrote the winning song with songwriters Jorge Mhondera and Jay Speight.

The composer community Sum Of All Music has released their new compilation album, Sum Of All Christmas 2, now available on all music platforms.

The 20-year-old South African songwriter and musician Will Linley is making a big impact with his debut single ‘miss me (when you’re gone)’. The song has already reached 1.5 million streams and picked up 5 million views on TikTok, while extensive playlist support has included 5 international New Music Fridays at Spotify and 21 Today’s Hits at Apple Music. KFM DJ Darren Simpson has already described Will Linley as South Africa’s answer to Justin Bieber or The Kid LAROI.