Like pick?ing out Academy Award nom?i?nees at the begin?ning of the year, choos?ing break?out musi?cal acts for the next year is an exer?cise in both obvi?ous and the com?pletely unknown. Some of these are inevitable; oth?ers fall in the ?hope?ful? cat?e?gory. Anything could hap?pen. These are just a?few possibilities.
The Product
Ferris music indus?try man?age?ment junior Wayne Ganor said, ?I think in 2013 the band you?ll see start to rise up is a?band out of Port Huron called The Product. In 2012 they released their sec?ond EP called ?Still Alive,? which was made with the help of engineer-producer Brian Virtue (30 Seconds to Mars, Chevelle), and so far the band has released two sin?gles and music videos off the EP (?My Damage? and ?Light It?Up?).?
Kina Grannis
Kina Grannis won a?con?tract with Interscope through the Doritos Crash the Super Bowl Contest, and has turned that into suc?cess?ful tour?ing and a?good amount of char?ity work. Ferris music indus?try man?age?ment sopho?more Jessica McLean said, ?I?m pretty excited to see what Kina Grannis will release this year. She is due for another album and I?know she?ll release some?thing great. She?s a?won?der?ful exam?ple of an inde?pen?dent?artist.?
Paper Lions
Canadian quar?tet Paper Lions seem poised to take the next step after a?few years of mod?est suc?cess, includ?ing East Coast Music Awards nom?i?na?tions and a?Vancouver Olympics per?for?mance. Ferris music indus?try man?age?ment sopho?more Travis Hodder said, ?The entire EP is very sim?i?lar to Mumford & Sons, although much more upbeat. Considering the cur?rent pop?u?lar?ity of Mumford & Sons, I?don?t feel it would be a?stretch to say that Paper Lions could enjoy equal suc?cess in the com?ing?year.?
Sky Ferreira
The basics of Sky Ferreira?s story will sound very sim?i?lar to Charli XCX?s: tal?ented, touted twenty year old has highly acclaimed EP and sin?gle, is set to blow up with a?2013 debut album. Having had her tele?vi?sion debut only a?few ago, Ferreira still has a?ways to go, but all the pieces are in place to make her one of the next indie/mainstream pop darlings.
Azelia Banks
Banks is the first of many artists on this list, fol?low?ing up buzz-garnering EPs with a?debut full length in 2013 (?Broke With Expensive Taste?). Dynamic and opin?ion?ated with killer flow and a?vicious tongue, the 21?year old out of Harlem makes news with antics both on mic and off (includ?ing a?feud with up-and-comer Angel Haze) in a ?no pub?lic?ity is bad pub?lic?ity? man?ner, and is set to com?pletely infil?trate main?stream music, if she hasn?t already.
Miguel
Frank Ocean may have been 2012?s R&B break?out, but Miguel wasn?t far behind with ?Kaleidoscope Dream,? which secretly gar?nered just as much crit?i?cal acclaim as ?Channel Orange.? While only three months out from ?Dream? and the pos?si?bil?ity of any 2013 mate?r?ial unknown, a?sin?gle catch?ing fire on the radio isn?t at all unlikely.
Haim
A?trendy pick for a?break?out band with a?nigh-unstoppable resume, Haim is a?young Los Angeles four piece (three of whom are sis?ters) mak?ing the kind of indie pop that lis?ten?ers will eat?up.
Charli XCX
Only twenty years old, England?s Charlotte Aitchison is poised to blow up when her debut album finally comes out. Often com?pared to such accom?plished, tal?ented artists as Robyn and Lykke Li and mas?ter?ing a?goth-infused pop sim?i?lar to that of Zola Jesus, Charli XCX already has a?hold on the hearts of many in the indie scene, and that num?ber could sky?rocket should the album?deliver.
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Source: http://www.fsutorch.com/2013/01/23/arts-entertainment/predicting-the-hits/
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