2024 was a big year for the music industry, with many new stars breaking onto the scene.
Singers including Taylor Swift’s protégé Gracie Abrams and “Espresso” songstress Sabrina Carpenter had wildly successful debuts.
Abrams scored her first No. 1 hit, while Carpenter had multiple hits which were labeled the songs of the summer, not to mention a hugely successful tour.
Here are some of the year’s biggest breakout stars in music.
Gracie Abrams
Gracie Abrams released her debut album in February 2023, but her star power skyrocketed in 2024 with the release of her second album, “The Secret of Us,” in June.
The effort included many popular songs, including “Close to You,” which was featured on the hit Netflix show “Emily in Paris,” and was later used in the trailer for another hit Netflix show, “Nobody Wants This.” Shortly after the release of the album, Abrams dropped a deluxe edition, which included the song “That’s So True,” her highest performing song to date.
“That’s So True” peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S., and topped the charts in the U.K., Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
“It’s nuts,” Abrams told Variety in November about the success of the song. “The concept of even one person anywhere in the world liking the song as much as I do makes my heart crack open and then grow ten sizes. I’m grateful and I’m in disbelief.”
Abrams was an opening act for Swift on “The Eras Tour,” while also gearing up for her highly anticipated “The Secret of Us Tour.” She received her first Grammy nomination at the 2024 Grammy Awards, where she was nominated for best new artist, as well as a nomination for best pop duo performance for her recording of “Us” with Swift.
In addition, 2024 was the year Abrams attended her first Met Gala, and is sure to be back in years to come.
Sabrina Carpenter
She also received Grammy nominations in the record of the year, song of the year, best new artist, best pop solo performance and best pop vocal album categories. Carpenter recently wrapped up the North American leg of her “Short n’ Sweet Tour” and is gearing up to start the European leg in March.
“I never had the plan B, and it wasn’t even a thought in my mind that it wouldn’t work out,” she told Rolling Stone in August. “I just always knew it was about not if it would happen but when it would happen.”
Carpenter was also featured on the cover of Time Magazine’s 100 Next Most Influential Rising Stars issue, and won an MTV VMA honor for the “Espresso” music video.
Richard Goodall
“Everyone in their career hopes you can have something like this happen,” Shaboozey told American Songwriter in May. “I’ve had a rocky career. I’ve had points where I was like, ‘Man, am I really meant to do this?’ To have something like this that’s really working in such a real way shows that I’m meant to be here. I just needed to write the right song, and I just needed to just be consistent.”
“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” was nominated for single of the year at the 2024 CMA Awards, song of the summer at the 2024 MTV VMAs, song of 2024 at the People’s Choice Country Awards and is up for song of the year and best country song at the upcoming Grammy Awards.
In addition to the success of the song, Shaboozey has seen a rise in popularity as well, having won new artist of 2024 honors at the People’s Choice Country Awards, and he was nominated for best new artist at both the CMA Awards and the Grammy Awards. He is also gearing up for the European leg of his headlining tour.
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