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The best new artists, albums, and hits for your 2021 playlists, ranked by over 1 million votes. Click to make your opinion heard.

Singers

New male singers come from a wide variety of platforms in terms of genre, background, and style. These famous, young singers are making big waves in the entertainment industry. You can also find new rappers and DJs here. Wondering what <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-new-male-artists-2019/ranker-music" target="_blank">male artists to watch</a>? Browse this list to find out. If you haven&#39;t already&nbsp;heard of these artists, you&#39;re likely to soon.&nbsp;How do these musicians compare&nbsp;to the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-new-female-artists/ranker-music" target="_blank">best new female artists</a>?

Some up-and-coming male singers have accomplished a lot at a relatively young age. Nominated for Best New Artist at the 2018 Grammys, Khalid&#39;s single &quot;Location&quot; went quadruple platinum and has been featured on many Billboard chart topping songs. Other new male artists&nbsp;to watch include Troye Sivan, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/famous-friends-of-shawn-mendes/celebrity-lists" target="_blank">Shawn Mendes</a>, MAX, Bryson Tiller, and Charlie Puth. For hip-hop heads, new&nbsp;rappers, like Lil Pump, Post Malone, and 21 Savage, are also featured on this list. Young actors who are singers&nbsp;are also on here, like Ansel Elgort. Don&#39;t forget about new country singers Devin Dawson and Morgan Evans.

Who were the best male pop singers in 2018 and 2019? Which rising male music stars are the best? Vote below to help decide, and be sure to add anyone you think is missing.&nbsp;

Rising female stars represent a diverse range of voices in the current music industry. From country to rap to pop, new female singers&nbsp;are impressing both critics and fans with their quality, engaging music. You can also find female DJs and&nbsp;girl rappers here.&nbsp;If you're looking for some up-and-coming female <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-movies-for-artists-to-watch/ranker-film?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">artists to watch</a>, browse this list. How do these musicians compare&nbsp;to the <a href="/list/best-new-male-artists/ranker-music" target="_blank">best new male artists</a>?Some of these musicians will surprise you with how much they've achieved at such a young age. Some female singers are under 25&nbsp;or still in their teenage years!&nbsp;The 20-year-old Zara Larson, for example,&nbsp;has been big in Sweden since winning a talent competition in 2008. She's just now making her debut in the United States, launching her into international fame. Other female artists&nbsp;to watch include Dua Lipa, SZA, Halsey, and Alessia Cara. New female rappers, like CL, Bhad Bhabie, and Kodie Shane, are also featured on this list. Young actresses who are making music are also on here, like Hailee Steinfeld and Bella Thorne.&nbsp;Out of all of these talented young singers, which one is the best? Vote up your favorites to the top. Did we miss any? Feel free to add them at the bottom of the list.

2021

Who is the best new artist of the year? This is a list of the top up and coming artists 2021 has to offer. You&#39;ll find a lot of talented <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-rappers-of-all-time" target="_blank">rappers</a>, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-pop-artists-2020/kareem-gantt" target="_blank">singers</a>, bands, and producers down below. Some have been working under the radar for the past few years, while others just began making music in the past few months. Either way, these artists are expected to blow up in 2021.

Rising stars Tate McRae and Powfu&nbsp;became hugely popular after their songs were&nbsp;featured on millions of&nbsp;TikTok videos.&nbsp;Meanwhile, <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/indie-pop-bands-and-musicians/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">indie pop artists</a> Dayglow, boy pablo, and girl in red have been racking up streams on Spotify thanks to their homegrown fanbase. Also keep an eye out for social media stars Alaina Castillo&nbsp;and Dixie D&#39;Amelio, whose music careers are about to take off this year.

Keep reading to find out the most popular new artists 2021 is waiting for. Vote up the musicians you think have what it takes to make it to the top.

Country Singers

Here are the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/top-country-artists-of-all-time/samantha-dillinger?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best country artists</a> of 2021, ranked by fans everywhere. Only including popular artists releasing&nbsp;new music today, this list of current country singers&nbsp;features rising stars, like&nbsp;Parker McCollum and American Idol third place winner Gabby Barrett, as well as the most famous names of the genre, like Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert. And don&#39;t forget country music&#39;s biggest bands, like Lady A and Old Dominion. Who are the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-new-country-artists/ranker-music?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">top country artists</a> dominating the charts in 2021?&nbsp;

Vote up the best country artists of the year, and add your favorites if they deserve a spot&nbsp;on this list.

Will 2021 be the poppiest year yet as artists head back to the studio and crank out powerful bangerz? From electrifying ballads to playful hit singles, this year&#39;s chart-topping pop music includes a wide range of talent and artistry. Industry moguls Ariana Grande, Dua Lipa, Lady Gaga, and The Weeknd&nbsp;may have dominated 2020&#39;s pop scene, but Olivia Rodrigo and Sabrina Carpenter&#39;s musical feud has already sparked the flames to a lit 2021, with &quot;drivers license&quot; and &quot;Skin&quot; blowing up everyone&#39;s newsfeeds and the Top 40.&nbsp;

Which popular songs do you think will next take the world by storm, or better yet, have their&nbsp;own&nbsp;TikTok dance?&nbsp;Vote up your favorite new&nbsp;songs from 2021 below, and feel free to add any that are missing from this list.&nbsp;

The music industry has long been a place for rising young stars&mdash;with many of today&#39;s top singers under 25 years old. In fact, a great deal of pop singers and stars come to rise long before their 20s. Even the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/most-famous-singers-right-now/celebrity-lists" target="_blank">most popular singers</a> of the last few decades hit the scene at a young age. No matter the reason these kids get discovered so young, they&#39;ll all be more than established artists as they pass the quarter century mark. And while some may fade away and&nbsp;others will only accelerate through their careers, these are the best singers under 25 right now. Whether you&#39;re talking young female singers or top male artists, who do you think has the most talent?&nbsp;&nbsp;

From the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-new-country-artists/ranker-music" target="_blank">top country artists</a> like Kane Brown to new pop singers such as Zendaya, this list of singers under 25 features a broad range of young sensations&mdash;as well as some well-established artists who are still in their prime, including Justin Bieber and Halsey. Then you have kids like Jacob Sartorius and Loren Gray who are still teenagers. In short, all of these great young singers have made a name for themselves in the business, and they could all have long careers ahead of them. Of all the singers on this list of 25 under 25, do you have a favorite?

Check out all the singers under 25 years old below and vote up whoever you think are the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-current-pop-groups-and-singers/ranker-music" target="_blank">best artists out right now</a>. Of course, you can also add others who may be missing from the list, just ensure they&#39;re no older than 24.&nbsp;

Rock

The best rock songs of 2021 are making noise around the world. From punk and alternative&nbsp;to indie and metal, these new rock songs are dominating the charts (and our hearts). Which 2021 rock songs have you been adding to your playlist?

Vote up the top rock songs of 2021, and other popular new releases we might&#39;ve missed.&nbsp;

Hip-Hop / Rap

From emo rap to <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/alternative-hip-hop-bands-and-musicians/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">alternative hip hop</a>, the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-young-rappers/ranker-hip-hop?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best new rappers</a> of 2021 are taking the genre to new heights. How many of these new artists do you already know? This list of up and coming rappers features Billboard chart toppers, talented lyricists, and Spotify&nbsp;favorites&nbsp;from all over the&nbsp;world.&nbsp;

<a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/female-rappers/whatevayoulike?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Popular female rappers</a>, like Ashnikko and Flo Milli,&nbsp;dropped new music to kick off 2021. After their hit single &quot;Mood,&quot; rapper-singers 24KGoldn and Iann Dior are looking to continue their success with upcoming albums. Other new rappers to watch for in 2021 include Baby Keem, Bree Runway, Fivio Foreign, and Erica Banks.

Vote up the top new hip hop artists of 2021, and add other new rappers who are coming up next.

Songs

Here are the most played songs on Spotify, ranked by fans everywhere. In the modern music industry, there is perhaps no better barometer for an artist&#39;s popularity than how many streams their most popular songs boast. In 2020, going triple-platinum is a big achievement, but&nbsp;snagging triple commas is the real white whale for the most popular artists in the world. Indeed, of the top songs in Spotify&#39;s&nbsp;seemingly never-ending library, just over 50 tracks have crossed the 1 billion stream threshold.

The three comma club is an elite one, and while a number of&nbsp;rap, rock,&nbsp;and EDM&nbsp;hits have made it in, the list skews heavily toward pop. Ed Sheeran&#39;s&nbsp;&quot;Shape Of You&quot; has long been the most listened to song on Spotify, with over 2 billion plays since its release in 2017. And, with four total tracks holding over a billion plays each and three in the top 10, the British singer dominates the list of the most-streamed songs. Post Malone, too, has four 10-figure&nbsp;songs to his name, as does Justin Bieber (though, including features, he&#39;s responsible for six).&nbsp;

Unsurprisingly, the most played songs on Spotify&nbsp;are, overwhelmingly, from the 2010s. Of all the songs with 1 billion streams or more, the second oldest track, Passenger&#39;s &quot;Let Her Go,&quot; was released in 2012. The oldest, and the only entry from another decade thus far to rack up a billion Spotify plays, is Queen&#39;s &quot;Bohemian Rhapsody,&quot; released in 1975. Quite the age gap.&nbsp;

Because&nbsp;quality and quantity are, all too often, not one and the same, we&#39;ve compiled all 58 songs that have reached the milestone of 1 billion or more plays, so that you can decide which of the most popular songs on Spotify are actually the best.

Have you had Drake&#39;s &quot;God&#39;s Plan&quot; on repeat since it dropped in 2018? Did you listen to&nbsp;Billie Eilish&#39;s &quot;bad guy&quot; so much that it topped&nbsp;the Spotify-curated &quot;Your Top Songs 2019&quot; playlist? Vote up the most streamed songs on Spotify that deserve all the hype, and vote down the ones that you think are overrated, or flat-out bad.&nbsp;

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Here are the&nbsp;most anticipated albums of 2021, ranked by hype.&nbsp;One of the most discussed albums coming out in 2021 is <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-drake-albums/ranker-music" target="_blank">Drake</a>&#39;s Certified Lover Boy, dropping in January. Back in October, the artist shared a <a href="https://variety.com/2020/music/news/drake-teaser-certified-lover-boy-january-2021-1234815224/" target="_blank">teaser trailer</a> for the upcoming album, adding to its hype.<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-kanye-west-songs-of-all-time/voteable" target="_blank"> Kanye West </a>has had quite a year, from winning Top Christian and Gospel awards at the Billboard Music Awards to appearing on the ballot for vice president. All of this leads up to his new album, Donda: With Child, which will hopefully&nbsp;be released&nbsp;sometime in 2021.

<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-lana-del-rey-albums/ranker-music" target="_blank">Lana Del Rey</a> stunned listeners with her critically acclaimed 2019 album Norman F&ndash;&ndash;ing Rockwell!. In spring 2021, she&#39;ll be back with a new LP titled Chemtrails over the Country Club. Both Rihanna and Adele have teased new albums for next year, although neither have revealed the titles of their upcoming releases.

Vote up the new album releases you&#39;re most looking forward to in 2021, and look out for surprise drops.&nbsp;

Who are the best new female artists of the year? From lyrical rappers to indie pop stars, the top&nbsp;up and coming female artists of 2021 are quickly climbing up Billboard and Spotify charts. While a few have been around a bit longer, these rising stars are&nbsp;expected to make it big&nbsp;in 2021.

New female <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-movies-for-artists-to-watch/ranker-film?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">artists to watch</a> in 2021 include former American Idol contestant&nbsp;Remi Wolf, genre-mixing rapper Ashnikko, TikTok star Dixie D&#39;Amelio, and English rapper Bree Runway. Vote up your favorites and add other new singers who deserve a bigger spotlight.

Pop Music

Our list of the&nbsp;best new pop artists of 2021 features &quot;bedroom musicians,&quot; familiar faces, and rising stars. TikTok celebs Dixie D&#39;Amelio and&nbsp;Jxdn recently kicked off&nbsp;their pop music careers with big name collaborations. English singer Gracey, who has written songs for Lorde and Kylie Minogue, is quickly making her rise in the genre. Other up and coming pop singers to watch for in 2021 include Tate McRae, Curtis Waters, Olivia Rodrigo, and Joshua Bassett.

Vote up the top new pop stars of 2021, and add other new favorites who deserve their time to shine.

2021 Music

Who are the best new male artists of the year? From young&nbsp;rappers to SoundCloud sensations, the top&nbsp;up and coming male artists of 2021 are quickly becoming popular&nbsp;favorites&nbsp;on Spotify. While some of the artists have been steadily working independently,&nbsp;these rising stars are looking to have a big 2021.

New male <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-movies-for-artists-to-watch/ranker-film?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">artists to watch</a> in 2021 include &quot;Mood&quot; rapper 24KGoldn, alternative rock singer-songwriter&nbsp;KennyHoopla, TikTok star Lil Huddy, and indie pop musician&nbsp;Alfie Templeman. Vote up the best&nbsp;new singers&nbsp;and rappers who deserve more fans.

Whether you&#39;re turning up at home or crying in the club, the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-rap-songs-of-all-time/ranker-hip-hop?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best rap songs</a> of 2021 showcase today&#39;s biggest hits on the hip hop charts.&nbsp;Featuring new music from Cardi B, DaBaby, G-Eazy, and more, the most&nbsp;popular rap songs of the year include Billboard number ones, summer bops, and hidden gems.

Vote up the top rap songs of 2021 and add your favorites if they belong on this list.

Alternative Music

Looking for new music with that special something? The <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/greatest-90s-alternative-songs/ranker-music?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best alternative songs</a> of 2021 brings you the&nbsp;most popular hits in alternative rock along with some&nbsp;genre-blending singles. From famous bands to indie up-and-comers, today&#39;s hottest artists are showing us the very best of new alternative music.&nbsp;

Vote up the top alternative rock songs of 2021, and feel free&nbsp;to add other new releases missing from our&nbsp;list.

Relationships

From pop ballads to smooth R&amp;B jams, the best love songs of 2021 feature the&nbsp;most romantic new music.&nbsp;Whether you&#39;re crushing on someone or in a loving relationship, these&nbsp;new songs about love are great for your ears and your heart. If you&#39;re looking for sad songs, check out our <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-breakup-songs-2021/music-lover" target="_blank">2021 breakup song playlist</a>.

Grab some wine and chocolates, and vote up the top love songs of&nbsp;2021.

Put on the best dance songs of 2021 and make&nbsp;your&nbsp;room the dance floor! Whether you&#39;re turning up, working out, or taking a break,&nbsp;this 2021 dance music playlist features the most popular upbeat music&nbsp;across all genres.&nbsp;

Vote up the top&nbsp;dance songs of 2021, and add other new releases we might&#39;ve missed.&nbsp;

Crank it up and rock out to the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-heavy-metal-bands-that-i-know?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best heavy metal</a> songs of 2021. From progressive to speed and everything in between, the most popular metal songs of 2021 has something for every metalhead. Which new releases did you repeat over and over again?&nbsp;

Vote up the top metal songs of 2021, and feel free to add other new music&nbsp;we might&#39;ve missed.

You Gotta Hear This

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If you listened to the new DaBaby&nbsp;album, make your&nbsp;Kirk&nbsp;review by ranking all the songs&nbsp;from best to worst. The second studio album from the North Carolina rapper features singles, like &quot;Intro&quot; and &quot;Gospel&quot; with collaborations from Nicki Minaj, Chance the Rapper, Migos, and Gucci Mane.&nbsp;This votable&nbsp;tracklist includes song names, featured artists, and music videos. What are the best songs on&nbsp;Kirk?&nbsp;

Vote up the best tracks on DaBaby&#39;s album&nbsp;Kirk. How does his new songs compare to his older stuff?

Ranking All Songs On DaBaby's 'Kirk', Best to Worst

The Best Songs on DaBaby's Album 'Kirk'

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Gospel (feat. Chance the Rapper, Gucci Mane & YK Osiris)

There He Go

If you listened to the new DaBaby&nbsp;album, make your&nbsp;Kirk&nbsp;review by ranking all the songs&nbsp;from best to worst. The second studio album from ... (Page 3)

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Gospel (feat. Chance the Rapper, Gucci Mane & YK Osiris)

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