5. BTS
Also known as the Bangtan Boys, BTS is a 7 member south Korean Boy band. They have won several awards for their hit song, No more dreams. Their first album, Dark and Wild was produced in 2014. In 2015 there new album reached Top 200 in the U.s Billboard.
BTS worked together with UNICEF to sponsor a campaign called #ENDviolence on November 1, 2017. The campaign’s initiative is to raise awareness of violence against children and to help support young victims of abuse
Get a taste of their music by listing to one of their hit songs ‘DNA’
4. Khalid
Khalid Donnel Robinson, born February 11, 1998. Khalid is a singer and songwriter. his debut single, location was released in July 2016 and peaked at number 16 on the billboards Hot 100. He was then certified a quadruple platinum by the RIAA (Recording industry association). he has reached several top 10 hits during his career so far ans has already received 5 Grammy nominations and a number 1 album.
His musical inspiration is primarily R&B and pop. He sings in both baritone and tenor ranges. Khalid has many influences that have inspired his style and passion for music, some include; Lorde, Chance the Rapper, James Blake and his mum and his major musical inspiration.
One of Khalid’s mot recent hits “Talk”
3. Ed Sheeran
Born in 1991 in west Yorkshire. Sheeran’s third studio album, ÷ (“divide”), was released on 3 March 2017. He released the two singles “shape of You” and “Castle on the Hill” in January 2017. “Shape of You” became his first number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 when it entered at the top of the chart. The song has reached number one in several countries around the world, and “Castle on the Hill” has become a top-ten hit.] Sheeran became the first artist to have songs enter at numbers one and two at the same time on the UK Singles Chart when the first single was at the top and “Castle on the Hill” was at number two. His song ”Galway Girl” has reached the number one position in the Scotland and Ireland singles charts. All of the album’s songs were within the top 20 of the UK Singles Chart.
Ed Sheeran has won many awards, this includes Best British Male Solo Artist and has also won four Grammy awards. “Thinking Out Loud” brought Ed Sheeran Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance and Shape of you in 2018 won Best Vocal Pop Album.
One of Sheerans latest musical masterpiece.
2. Post Malone
Austin Richard Post, professionally known as Post Malone is an american singer, rapper, songwriter and record producer, Born in New York, and raised in Texas, He first gained recognition in 2015 following the release of hid debut album “white Inverson” which peaked in the top 20 on the U.S billboard hot 100.
He carried on to release his debut studio album “stoney” followed by “beerbongs & bentlys” which both reached the top 5 in the billboard top 200. As of 2019 he has sold over 60 million records in the US alone! Along with this he has received a diamond certification and has won 2 american music awards, a billboard music award and a MTV video music award.
Have a listen to Post’s most recent single “wow”
1. Billie Eilish
Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O’Connell, born December 18, 2001. she is an American singer, songwriter and model. Her following began to increase in 2016 when she released her debut single “Ocean eyes”, which was later released on the record labels.
In 2017, her debut “Don’t smile at me” reached the top 15 in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. This lead on to her next single “Bellyache”. Eilish has also collaborated with Khalid for the single “Lovely” which was released in 2018. This was added to the soundtrack for the second season of 13 Reasons Why. Her debut studio album “when we all fall asleep, where do we go?”, released 2019, it reached the billboard 200 and reached number 1 in the UK, Canada and Australia. The album featured four US top-40 singles.
Eilish has seven gold and three platinum singles in the USA.
Listen to one of Billie Eilish’s most recent hit: