{"id":21422,"date":"2013-12-03T16:51:12","date_gmt":"2013-12-03T20:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=21422"},"modified":"2013-12-03T16:51:12","modified_gmt":"2013-12-03T20:51:12","slug":"shazam-names-jhene-aiko-lucy-hale-2014-artists-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2013\/12\/03\/shazam-names-jhene-aiko-lucy-hale-2014-artists-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"Shazam Names Jhen\u00e9 Aiko, Lucy Hale 2014 Artists to Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aiming to again prove there is a democratic science behind identifying the next breakout artists, music discovery Shazam this week revealed its 2014 &#8220;Artists to Watch&#8221; list.<\/p>\n<p>According to the list, which cross-checks critical favorites against insights into which songs users are Shazaming, the artists set to break in 2014 are Action Bronson, August Alsina, Banks, Jhen\u00e9 Aiko, Kid Ink, Lucy Hale, Martin Garrix, Rich Homie Quan, Sam Smith and Vance Joy.<\/p>\n<p>Shazam&#8217;s full assessment:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Action Bronson \u2013 Queens native Bronson lists early influences as Wu-Tang Clan.  He launched his first album 2011 but gained huge Shazam tags in 2013 after releasing several hotly tipped mix tapes.<br \/>\nAugust Alsina \u2013 August\u2019s single \u201cI Luv This Shit\u201d has been one of the most Shazamed rap tracks of 2013 and his mix tape tracks are also gaining traction with hip hop heads<br \/>\nBanks \u2013 Born Jillian Banks, she started writing music as a teenager in suburban LA and released an acclaimed EP in 2013.<br \/>\nJhen\u00e9 Aiko \u2013 Collaborations with Drake and Big Sean thrust her into the public eye in 2013.  Now, after releasing a mix tape, \u2018Sail Out\u2019, Aiko looks set for big things.<br \/>\nKid Ink \u2013 XXL Magazine listed Kid Ink among artists like Danny Brown and Macklemore in its 2012 Freshman Class feature.  Signed with RCA\/Epic, Kid Ink is set to release his first album under a major label this year.<br \/>\nLucy Hale \u2013 Best known for her role as Aria Montgomery on the ABC Family series, Pretty Little Liars, Hale is set to be the next country star.<br \/>\nMartin Garrix \u2013 Dutch DJ best known for his track, \u201cAnimals,\u201d Garrix is the youngest person ever to top the Beatport charts.<br \/>\nRich Homie Quan \u2013 Georgia native and artist for the Island Jam label, Quan has been named by the New York Times as one of \u201cAtlanta\u2019s rising generation of rappers \u2026 who deliver lines with melody and heart, like singers on the verge of a breakdown.\u201d<br \/>\nSam Smith \u2013 London-born Smith contributed the soaring vocals on Disclosure\u2019s 2013 hit, \u201cLatch\u201d and Naughty Boy\u2019s \u201cLa La La.\u201d He prefers the raw soul style in the vein of his favorite artists, Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan and Aretha Franklin.<br \/>\nVance Joy \u2013 Originally from Melbourne, Vance Joy has already achieved success in his native Australia with his single, \u201cRiptide,\u201d and is set to break globally this year.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Insofar as Lucy Hale has a preexisting fanbase from her work on &#8220;Pretty Little Liars&#8221; and names like Martin Garrix, Jhen\u00e9 Aiko and Kid Ink have already made waves on the sales charts, Shazam did not necessarily reach in selecting its picks to click.<\/p>\n<p>After all, if songs from these artists are driving users to Shazam en masse, they are clearly already on the radar.<\/p>\n<p>Still, given the list&#8217;s track record of identifying breakouts like HAIM, French Montana, A$AP Rocky and Lana Del Rey, there are worse places for an up-and-coming artists to be than on the Shazam &#8220;Artists to Watch&#8221; list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1047,206],"tags":[1350,1209,1351,1348,1349,1347],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Shazam Names Jhen\u00e9 Aiko, Lucy Hale 2014 Artists to Watch<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Aiming to again prove there is a democratic science behind identifying the next breakout artists, music discovery Shazam this week revealed its 2014\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2013\/12\/03\/shazam-names-jhene-aiko-lucy-hale-2014-artists-watch\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Shazam Names Jhen\u00e9 Aiko, Lucy Hale 2014 Artists to Watch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Aiming to again prove there is a democratic science behind identifying the next breakout artists, music discovery Shazam this week revealed its 2014\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2013\/12\/03\/shazam-names-jhene-aiko-lucy-hale-2014-artists-watch\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Headline Planet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-12-03T20:51:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brian Cantor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cantorpedia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@headlineplanet\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2013\/12\/03\/shazam-names-jhene-aiko-lucy-hale-2014-artists-watch\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2013\/12\/03\/shazam-names-jhene-aiko-lucy-hale-2014-artists-watch\/\",\"name\":\"Shazam Names Jhen\u00e9 Aiko, Lucy Hale 2014 Artists to Watch\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-12-03T20:51:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-12-03T20:51:12+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\"},\"description\":\"Aiming to again prove there is a democratic science behind identifying the next breakout artists, music discovery Shazam this week revealed its 2014\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2013\/12\/03\/shazam-names-jhene-aiko-lucy-hale-2014-artists-watch\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/\",\"name\":\"Headline Planet\",\"description\":\"Music News &amp; 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