Apple Music Up Next

Apple Music: Up Next is a monthly program published by Apple Music aimed at identifying, showcasing and elevating rising star talent. Each month, Apple Music's editorial team selects an artist to promote in order to raise global awareness of the artist and further to grow the artist's audience.^[4][5][6] In August 2017, Apple Music premiered a monthly mini-documentary series chronicling the artists' journey, inspiration and influences. Each season of the Apple Music-exclusive ends with interviews and live performances called Up Next Sessions.^[7] Each selected artist will receive a performance slot on either The Late Late Show with James Corden,^[5] or Jimmy Kimmel Live!,^[8] in addition to an Apple Music-exclusive extended play of their Up Next live performances.^[9] Artists who have previously been given the title are Billie Eilish,^[10] Khalid,^[11] Jessie Reyez,^[12] Bad Bunny,^[13] Sigrid,^[14] Clairo,^[15] and Daniel Caesar.^[16]

Apple Music Up Next
Promotional titlecard for Apple Music: Up Next
Genre	Reality
Based on	ITunes New Artist Spotlight
Directed by	Taylor Cohen[1]
Presented by	Zane Lowe Jimmy Iovine
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producer	Tara Razavi[2]
Original release
Network	Apple Music (2017–present)
Release	August 17, 2017 (2017-08-17)[3]

The platform also succeeds and is closely related to iTunes New Artist Spotlight which was active during the mid 2010s. Apple Music introduced an equivalent of the program for Sub-Saharan Africa titled "New Artist Spotlight" in 2019.^[17]

Artists

2010s

Year	Artist	Month	Ref
2017	6lack	April 2017	[4]
	Sigrid	May 2017	[18]
	Khalid	June 2017	[11]
	Mr Eazi	July 2017	[19]
	Daniel Caesar	August 2017	[16]
	Billie Eilish	September 2017	[10]
	Sabrina Claudio	October 2017	[20]
	Amy Shark	November 2017	[21]
2018	Stefflon Don	January 2018	[22]
	Bad Bunny	March 2018	[13]
	Bazzi	April 2018	[23]
	Juice Wrld	July 2018	[24]
	Jax Jones	August 2018	[25]
	Greta Van Fleet	September 2018	[26]
	NCT 127	October 2018	[27]
	H.E.R.	November 2018	[28]
2019	Summer Walker	January 2019	[29]
	Tierra Whack	February 2019	[30]
	Dean Lewis	March 2019	[31]
	Pink Sweats	April 2019	[32]
	Koffee	May 2019	[33]
	Megan Thee Stallion	June 2019	[34]
	Burna Boy	July 2019	[35]
	Clairo	August 2019	[15]
	Lunay	September 2019	[36]
	Jessie Reyez	November 2019	[12]

2020s

Year	Artist	Month	Ref
2020	Orville Peck	January 2020	[37]
	Victoria Monét	February 2020	[38]
	Ingrid Andress	March 2020	[39]
	Conan Gray	April 2020	[40]
	Don Toliver	May 2020	[41]
	Rema	June 2020	[42]
	Benee	July 2020	[43]
	Holly Humberstone	August 2020	[44]
	Natanael Cano	September 2020	[45]
	Giveon	October 2020	[46]
	Beabadoobee	November 2020	[47]
2021	Arlo Parks	February 2021	[48]
	Tate McRae	March 2021	[49]
	Zoe Wees	April 2021	[50]
	Morray	May 2021	[51]
	Fousheé	June 2021	[52]
	Amorphous	July 2021	[53]
	Maisie Peters	August 2021	[54]
	Tems	September 2021	[55]
	Parker McCollum	October 2021	[56]
2022	Jay Wheeler	February 2022	[57]
	Shenseea	March 2022	[58]
	Omar Apollo	April 2022	[59]
	Jvck James	May 2022	[60]
	Aespa	June 2022	[61]
	Yahritza y Su Esencia	July 2022	[62]
	Amelia Moore	August 2022	[63]
	Flo	September 2022	[64]
	SoFaygo	October 2022	[65]
2023	Bailey Zimmerman	January 2023	[66]
	GloRilla	March 2023	[67]
	Saint Harrison	May 2023	[68]
	Ice Spice	July 2023	[69]
	Grupo Frontera	October 2023	[70]
2024	Teezo Touchdown	January 2024	[71]

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