SiriusXM Reveals 2025 ‘Future Five’: Lola Young, Ken Carson, More
variety.comJem Aswad Executive Editor, Music SiriusXM has unveiled its “Future Five” for 2025, five artists who it has supported and predicts to break through this year.
The class of 2025 is Balu Brigada, Hudson Westbrook, Ken Carson, Leon Thomas and “Messy” singer Lola Young. The announcement notes that the satellite radio network “continues to use human insight,” as opposed to data, to support such decisions, with its programming team curating a list that reflects today’s most promising artists.
Past “Future Five” selections include Carly Pearce, Coco Jones, Doja Cat, Gabby Barrett, Lil Uzi Vert, Roddy Ricch and more. “We have seen so many standout musicians breakthrough over the past year and SiriusXM remains dedicated to discovering and developing these artists,” Steve Blatter, Senior Vice President/General Manager, Music Programming, SiriusXM. “We are thrilled to reveal our 2025 Future Five list that consists of artists across all genres that we believe will truly resonate with SiriusXM listeners and make a lasting impact.” The networks’ descriptions of the artists follows below.
Balu Brigada- Alternative (Atlantic) The alt-pop duo from New Zealand has been making its mark on SiriusXM’s Alt Nation since August when the channel identified “So Cold” as “Critical Cut” and became the first outlet to expose the track to North America.
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