Amazon Music Unveils 2025 Artists To Watch & Originals From Indie Talent

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Amazon Music has revealed its 2025 Artists to Watch list, showcasing emerging talent expected to make waves in the coming year and beyond. The list features artists from a number of different genres who will be featured on Amazon Music’s prominent playlists such as Pop Culture, Rap Rotation, Country Heat and Platino.

Those featured on the Country Heat and Bonfire playlists include Adrien Nunez, Cameron Whitcomb, Carter Faith, Darren Kiely, Graham Barham, Kashus Culpepper, Lanie Gardner, Max McNown, Noeline Hoffman, The Castellows, Vincent Mason, Waylon Wyatt, Willow Avalon and Zach Top.

To celebrate the announcement, the streaming service has released nine new Amazon Music Originals featuring indie and unsigned artists from the list. The collection includes Karen Dió covering Chappell Roan’s “Casual,” Arcy Drive’s take on Marcy Playground’s “Sex & Candy,” Storm Orchestra covering Nelly Furtado’s “Maneater,” Jonah Marais’ version of “Iris” by the Goo Goo Dolls and Jaden Evans’ take on his grandfather Bill Evans’ “Peace Piece”.

Other contributions include French pop-punk band mirabelle. with the original track “it’s fine.,” Royale Lynn’s new song titled “Inside Out,” Memphis-based Sleep Theory’s reimagined single “Gone or Staying,” and jazz vocalist Stella Cole’s version of the standard “I’ve Got a Crush on You.”

“2024 was a landmark year for music, with new stars like Chappell Roan, Doechii, Benson Boone, and countless others breaking out and becoming household names. And this year will be no different.” explains Emily Cohen, principle music curator for Amazon Music. “For this year’s Artist to Watch program, we’ve identified the artists who we believe will define and make waves in 2025.”

The full list of playlist and artists are available for streaming on Amazon Music.

Amazon Music – 2025 Artists to Watch

“Country Heat” (Country)
Adrien Nunez
Graham Barham
Lanie Gardner
Noeline Hoffman
Vincent Mason
Waylon Wyatt
Zach Top

“bonfire” (Country, Folk, Indie Crossover)
Cameron Whitcomb
Carter Faith
Darren Kiely
Kashus Culpepper
Max McNown
The Castellows
Willow Avalon

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