2022 BEST NEW ARTIST

Allen has also broken through on country radio as a solo artist, sending the singles Best Shot - his first top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 - and Make Me Want To to the top of the Country Airplay chart. The 18-year-old native of Murrieta, Calif., spent 2021 graduating high school, filming the second season of High School Musical and achieving pop culture ubiquity with "drivers license" and follow-up No. 1 hit "good 4 u." Her debut album, Sour, topped the Billboard 200 upon its May release, and Rodrigo made a range of prestigious appearances, from a Saturday Night Live performance to a White House visit to promote youth vaccinations. ARLO PARKS Over the past year, London's Parks has become one of the most critically acclaimed new British artists, collecting accolades for her storytelling, lyricism and blend of folk and R&B. Collapsed in Sunbeams, the singer-songwriter's debut album, received raves upon its January release, landing a BRIT Awards nod for album of the year and earning Parks a win for best new artist at the ceremony; the full-length also won the Mercury Prize in the United Kingdom earlier this year. Parks collaborated with fellow best new artist nominees Glass Animals on their song "Tangerine," and like Japanese Breakfast, she is nominated in the category while Collapsed in Sunbeams is up for best alternative music album.