Billboard Released Their 21 Under 21 List For 2017

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Billboard has released their ’21 Under 21′ list for 2017.  According to Billboard, “Billboard’s annual ranking of powerful young voices includes arena headliners and promising new talent, familiar names and new musicians quickly rising toward the mainstream. From brand-new stars crashing into the Top 5 to list mainstays still representing the power of youth to the No. 1 artist taking the top spot for the first time.”

SEE WHO MADE THE LIST BELOW: 

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1. SHAWN MENDES, 19

SINGER

 “I can’t believe how fast things have happened and I’m just so honoured that people are able to look to me as a leader.”

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2. LORDE, 20

SINGER

LORDE WILL BE TOURING THE U.S. IN EARLY 2018.

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3. KHALID, 19

RAPPER / SINGER 

“There’s a lot of people who will say they look up to me but I try to be a role model by staying true to being myself, 100 percent.”

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4. LIL YACHTY, 20

RAPPER

HAS ALREADY EARNED A GRAMMY NOMINATION.

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5. CAMILA CABELLO, 20

SINGER

SINCE LEAVING FIFTH HARMONY, CAMILA HAS LANDED SIX SONGS ON THE BILLBOARD CHARTS AND WILL BE RELEASING HER LP SOON.

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6. KODAK BLACK, 20

RAPPER

“I’ve had to learn some hard lessons.  I don’t know if I’ve handled ­everything well, but I’m learning from my mistakes.”

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7. HAILEE STEINFELD, 20

SINGER / ACTRESS 

‘STARVING’ IS HAILEE’S HIGHEST – CHARTING SINGLE TO DATE.

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8. GRACE VANDERWAAL, 13

WON AMERICA’S GOT TALENT.

MORE THAN 81 MILLION SPOTIFY STREAMS AND OVER 1 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS ON HER YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

Says, “Once people get to know me, they change their minds.”

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9. CNCO, 16-21

POP GROUP

HAS OVER 300 MILLION PLAYS ON SPOTIFY AND OVER 1 BILLION YOUTUBE VIEWS.

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10. DESIIGNER, 20

RAPPER

“Being young makes me feel like I’m growing with my success.  I have the chance to entertain the youth and inspire their lives.”

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11. NOAH CYRUS, 17

SINGER

“F*** what everybody else is saying.  You can do whatever you want — that’s how I want to influence young girls and boys.”

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12. DAYA, 18

SINGER

“I’ve been living in the studio for the last five months, getting to focus on my writing for the first time and take control creatively.”

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13. ALAN WALKER, 20

EDM ARTIST

“Never give up on achieving [your] dreams because one can never know what awaits around the corner.” 

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14. BECKY G, 20

SINGER

“What empowers you is acknowledging, ‘I am who I am’ — I feel like that’s the influence I want to be making.”

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15. JAKE PAUL, 20

SINGER

11 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS ON YOUTUBE.

“Artists really have to get creative to start a movement.  There’s a huge market for younger kids with music centered on social ­conversation.”

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16. WHY DON’T WE, 16-19

POP GROUP

MORE THAN 85 MILLION YOUTUBE VIEWS AND 2 MILLION FOLLOWERS ON INSTAGRAM.

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17. ZARA LARSSON, 19

SINGER (‘NEVER FORGET YOU’)

“Music’s been in my life my whole life.”

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18. TWICE, 18-22

MUSIC ARTISTS

“The great love we have been receiving is still ­dreamlike but we still need to grow.”

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19. PRETTYMUCH, 17-20

POP GROUP

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20. CHLOE X HALLE, 17 & 19

MUSIC ARTISTS

“Younger artists are able to take more risks.  We are not afraid and tainted by the world.”

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21. SABRINA CARPENTER, 18

DISNEY STAR (GIRL MEETS WORLD) / SINGER

“These are the strangest years of our lives.  We have to work a bit harder to prove ourselves,” Sabrina on being a teenager.