1. Normani

Normani has been in the game for the last six years from being in the girl group, Fifth Harmony, but now she is making way through the industry as a solo artist. She has had an amazing year being featured on the Love Simon Movie Soundtrack with Khalid on the song Love Lies which is still on the Top 50 Music Charts. She was also featured on a song on Quavo's album called "Swing" with Nigerian artist Davido. She's released three singles from her upcoming solo album that's set to come out next summer and the music video for her next single "Waves" is set to come out before the end of the year.

2. Anitta

Anitta is a Latin artist on the rise and is getting ready to cross over to the US mainstream music. She's known for being the "Beyonce of Brazil" for the last ten years and she's only twenty-five years old. She's been popular in Latin music within the last year with collaborations with J Balvin and Maluma as well as releasing a tri-lingual EP in Spanish, Portuguese and English. She currently has ten English projects set for release in 2019 with artists such as DJ Khaled, Madonna, Rita Ora, and Camila Cabello.

3. Gunna

This Atlanta native popped up on my radar late this year. Gunna is a new rapper in the mainstream music that's been doing mixtapes for the last five years. He's featured on many albums with his fellow rap artists and was recently on the Creed 2 Soundtrack. He's released his joint mixtape with Lil Baby, Drip Harder, this past fall and is planning to release a follow up next summer in 2019.

4. Billie Eilish

Billie Eilish is only seventeen and is breaking barriers and rules in the music game. She was discovered on Tumbler and released her first two albums at sixteen, signed to Interscope Records, made her first music video and went on her first headlining tour all before here seventeenth birthday this year. She has another tour set for 2019 and planning to release her third album as well as several musical collaborations in the works.

5. Black Pink

Black Pink popped onto the scene this year in the wave of K-POP artists and groups. They went viral with their single DDU-DU and dropped a collaboration with Dua Lipa, "Kiss And Make Up" for her album. They release her EP this summer and embarked on a South Asian tour that sold out at every stop. They're to not only release another album in 2019 but also drop individual projects throughout the year.

6. 6LACK

Another Atlanta native that's become a local and national favorite. 6LACK has made his name and music known this year. The dropped his album East Atlanta Love Letter in September that featured Khalid, Future, and J.Cole. 2019 is planned to be a busy year for the Atlanta rapper as he plans to do a national tour and release a follow-up EP to his album.