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29 artists making the music that matters today — hardcore punk out of Baltimore, Afro-fusion out of Port Harcourt, bluegrass selling out arenas, bedroom pop that swept the Grammys. Where they’re from, what they play, and where to hear them.

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BAD BUNNY

Vega Baja, Puerto Rico

Reggaetón Latin Trap

Toglenn · CC BY-SA 4.0

BILLY STRINGS

Lansing, MI

Bluegrass Jam

Christopher Morley · CC BY-SA 4.0

OLIVIA RODRIGO

Murrieta, CA

Pop Pop-Punk

Raph_PH · CC BY 4.0

TURNSTILE

Baltimore, MD

Hardcore Punk Alt-Rock

S. Bollmann · Attribution

BURNA BOY

Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Afro-Fusion

Nuță Lucian from Cluj-Napoca, Romania · CC BY-SA 2.0

ZACH BRYAN

Oologah, OK

Country Americana

Katrina Paisano · Attribution

MOLLY TUTTLE

Palo Alto, CA

Bluegrass Americana

Filberthockey (a.k.a. Forrest L. Smith, III) · CC BY-SA 4.0

SZA

Maplewood, NJ

R&B Alt-R&B

Raph_PH · CC BY 4.0

BOYGENIUS

Los Angeles, CA

Indie Rock Supergroup

Raph_PH · CC BY 2.0

TYLER, THE CREATOR

Ladera Heights, CA

Hip-Hop Alt-Rap

Lygonstreet · CC BY-SA 4.0

CHAPPELL ROAN

Willard, MO

Synth-Pop Camp Pop

Raph_PH · CC BY 4.0

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ADELE

London, England

Pop Soul

Marc E. · CC BY 2.0

FRANK OCEAN

New Orleans, LA

Alternative R&B

Andras Ladocsi · CC BY-SA 4.0

KENDRICK LAMAR

Compton, CA

Hip-Hop

Raph_PH · CC BY 4.0

BRUNO MARS

Honolulu, HI

Pop Funk R&B

slgckgc · CC BY 4.0

BTS

Seoul, South Korea

K-Pop Hip-Hop

The White House · Public domain

TAYLOR SWIFT

Nashville, TN

Country → Pop

iHeartRadioCA · CC BY 3.0

TAME IMPALA

Perth, Australia

Psychedelic Rock Synth-Pop

Raph_PH · CC BY 2.0

CHRIS STAPLETON

Lexington, KY

Country Soul

Steve Kwak - Maryland GovPics · CC BY 2.0

DRAKE

Toronto, Canada

Hip-Hop R&B

GabboT · CC BY-SA 2.0

ROSALÍA

Catalonia, Spain

Flamenco Experimental Pop

Junta de Andalucía · CC BY-SA 2.0

BILLIE EILISH

Los Angeles, CA

Bedroom Pop Alt-Pop

Raph_PH · CC BY 4.0

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EMINEM

Detroit, MI

Hip-Hop

Brendan_linden · CC0

LINKIN PARK

Agoura Hills, CA

Nu-Metal Rap-Rock

James Minchin III (rights holder), CeriRobe… · CC BY-SA 4.0

ALICIA KEYS

New York, NY

R&B Neo-Soul

SHAKIRA

Barranquilla, Colombia

Latin Pop Rock

Junta de Andalucía · CC BY-SA 2.0

BEYONCÉ

Houston, TX

R&B Pop

Raph_PH · CC BY 2.0

GREEN DAY

Berkeley, CA

Punk Rock

CARRIE UNDERWOOD

Checotah, OK

Country

Cosmopolitan UK · CC BY 3.0

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