The UK’s very own Official Charts have released a list of what they think will be topping charts in the upcoming year. The list includes Lola Young, Addison Rae and Myles Smith. With the arrival of the new year, new artists to watch also arrive. Artists that maybe have had one or two songs going viral on TikTok in the past year, who had their first single charting in the UK’s top ten, or new bands that have released their debut albums and booked a few festival slots.
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One thing about music, is that it will always have new faces and voices; specifically in the UK, there are many awards and prizes reserved for these new artists that begin to make their way in the hearts and charts of the UK: BBC’s Sound of… Award, the BRITs’ “New Rising Star” category. With British artists like Adele and Sam Fender winning these in previous years, and international stars like Chappell Roan being nominated, UK awards for emerging artists are always spot on to anticipate which new artist will achieve greatness.
Lola Young is an artist from London who has had a very exciting last few weeks: her latest single titled “Messy” has granted her a commercial breakout that her career had long been awaiting after going super-viral on TikTok. It reached position number seven on UK charts over the December period, where usually it is less likely that new artists climb charts since these are mostly taken by Christmas songs. But Lola Young did it, and the single originally released in May and part of her second studio album “This Wasn’t Meant For You Anyway” became a radio hit after a quick climb on charts that begun in late November. The music video currently counts over five million views, and it is clear that 2025 will be a big year for Young
Addison Rae is next on the list, after her single “Diet Pepsi” has convinced the world that she is in fact meant to be a pop star. Rae’s beginnings in the music industry were arguably underwhelming, as the artist was overshadowed by her TikTok persona and the public did not believe much in her possibilities. While her first singles, “I Got It Bad” and “Obsessed” failed to chart in the UK’s top 100, everything changed after the release of “Diet Pepsi”, under the label Columbia, which highlights Rae’s talent as a singer and is exactly the type of music the makes numbers in the market nowadays; the song peaked at number 10 in the UK and was followed by another release, “Aquamarine“, which peaked at 45. The lights are shining on Rae in 2025.
Lastly, Myles Smith makes the list after winning the BRIT’s Rising Star Award Title earlier this month. His single “Stargazing” was his first to reach the UK’s top ten peaking at number four, and remains one of the best releases of the year, then followed by his biggest debut yet with the song “Nice To Meet Ya” which peaked at number twelve and stayed on charts for six weeks. Great things are awaiting Smith in 2025.
