Since 2013, Elvis Duran's Artist of the Month is a regular Today Show feature fronted by American radio broadcaster Elvis Duran in which he chooses an upcoming solo singer, and at times duos and groups, to spotlight them each month as "Artist(s) of the Month". In certain months, two different artists may be featured during the same month.
Duran has his own segment on the 4th hour of NBC's Today show with Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb where Duran presents his selected artists, and after a brief interview with the show's hosts, the selected artists sing a recent song of their own for national public audience in the US. Past artists who have appeared on the segment include American bands like A Great Big World, American Authors, Juice, Los 5, MAGIC GIANT, Midnight Red, Ocean Park Standoff, The Revivalists, Saving Forever, the duos Alexander Jean, Jack & Jack, Lion Babe and Secret Weapons, independent and emerging American artists like Madilyn Bailey, Jon Bellion, Cris Cab, Sabrina Carpenter, Greyson Chance, Jessie Chris, Rachel Crow, Rozzi Crane, Daya, Mikky Ekko, Roy English, Emily Estefan, Ferras, Jordan Fisher, Gallant, Todrick Hall, Olivia Holt, Parson James, Lauren Jenkins, Tori Kelly, Austin Mahone, Kirstin Maldonado, Laura Marano, MAX, Bea Miller, Jake Miller, Spencer Sutherland, VÉRITÉ, Tyler Ward, Elle Winter and Zendaya and more.[1]
Although a big majority of the featured artists are American, Duran makes a point of introducing some non-Americans acts as well giving them big exposure in the American markets. Such international artists include Grace, Vance Joy, Conrad Sewell and The Griswolds (Australia), Alessia Cara and Shawn Hook (Canada), Isac Elliot (Finland), AudioDamn! (Germany), Nikki Williams (South Africa), Arlissa, Låpsley, Katy Tiz, Labrinth, Damian McGinty, Aston Merrygold, Tom Walker and the bands MiC LOWRY, New Hope Club (UK) and others.
List of artists
[edit]Date | Artist | Song | Type | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
May 2013 | Nikki Williams | "Glowing" | Female | South Africa |
June 2013 | A Great Big World | "This Is the New Year" | Group | United States |
July 2013 | Labrinth | "Beneath Your Beautiful" (feat. Emeli Sandé) |
Male | United Kingdom |
September 2013 | Tori Kelly | "Dear No One" | Female | United States |
October 2013 | Midnight Red | "Take Me Home" | Group | United States |
November 2013 | Zendaya | "Replay" | Female | United States |
May 2014 | Katy Tiz | "The Big Bang" | Female | United Kingdom |
July 2014 | Ferras | "Sing in Tongues" | Male | United States |
September 2014 | Bebe Rexha | "I Can't Stop Drinking About You" | Female | United States |
October 2014 | Lipstick Gypsy | "The Cure" | Duo | United States |
Cris Cab | "Liar Liar" | Male | United States | |
November 2014 | Vance Joy | "Riptide" | Male | Australia |
December 2014 | Bea Miller | "Young Blood" | Female | United States |
March 2015 | Los 5 | "Poquito Mas" | Group | United States |
Conrad Sewell | "Start Again" | Male | Australia | |
April 2015 | Rozzi Crane | "Psycho" | Female | United States |
Mikky Ekko | "Smile" | Male | United States | |
June 2015 | MAX | "Gibberish" | Male | United States |
July 2015 | Grace | "You Don't Own Me" (feat. G-Eazy) |
Female | Australia |
American Authors | "Best Day of My Life" | Group | United States | |
August 2015 | Austin Mahone | "Dirty Work" | Male | United States |
September 2015 | Alessia Cara | "Here" | Female | Canada |
Skylar Stecker | "Crazy Beautiful" | Female | United States | |
Daya | "Hide Away" | Female | United States | |
October 2015 | Todrick Hall | "Wind It Up" (feat. Vonzell Solomon) |
Male | United States |
November 2015 | AudioDamn! | "Radar" | Group | Germany |
Secret Weapons | "Something New" | Group | United States | |
December 2015 | Tyler Ward | "Yellow Boxes" | Male | United States |
January 2016 | Ben Rector | "Brand New" | Male | United States |
February 2016 | Shawn Hook | "Sound of Your Heart" | Male | Canada |
Greyson Chance | "Hit & Run" | Male | United States | |
March 2016 | The Revivalists | "Wish I Knew You" | Group | United States |
April 2016 | Låpsley | "Love Is Blind" | Female | United Kingdom |
Whitney Woerz | "6 Second Love" | Female | United States | |
May 2016 | Isac Elliot | "What About Me" | Male | Finland |
Laura Marano | "Boombox" | Female | United States | |
June 2016 | Adam Freedman | "Pretty Things" | Male | United States |
July 2016 | Jordan Fisher | "All About Us" | Male | United States |
August 2016 | Jon Bellion | "All Time Low" | Male | United States |
September 2016 | The Griswolds | "Out of My Head" | Group | Australia |
October 2016 | Lion Babe | "She's a Lady" | Duo | United States |
November 2016 | Parson James | "Sad Song" | Male | United States |
Sabrina Carpenter | "Thumbs" | Female | United States | |
December 2016 | Marina Morgan | "Paralyzed" | Female | United States |
Jake Miller | "Overnight" | Male | United States | |
January 2017 | Gallant | "Weight in Gold" | Male | United States |
VÉRITÉ | "Phase Me Out" | Female | United States | |
February 2017 | Emily Estefan | "Reigns (Every Night)" | Female | United States |
Ocean Park Standoff | "Good News" | Group | United States-based (US and English artists) | |
March 2017 | MiC LOWRY | "Oh Lord" | Group | United Kingdom |
Tom Walker | "Just You and I" | Male | United Kingdom | |
April 2017 | Roy English | "Hotel Pools 01101001" | Male | United States |
Olivia Holt | "History" | Female | United States | |
May 2017 | MAGIC GIANT | "Set on Fire" | Group | United States |
June 2017 | Chord Overstreet | "Hold On" | Male | United States |
Jessie Chris | "Burn" | Female | United States | |
July 2017 | Spencer Sutherland | "Selfish" | Male | United States |
Kirstin Maldonado | "Break a Little" | Female | United States | |
August 2017 | Saving Forever | "Million Ways" | Group | United States |
September 2017 | Rachel Crow | "Dime" | Female | United States |
October 2017 | JOHN.k | "OT" | Male | United States |
November 2017 | Donna Missal | "Transformer" | Female | United States |
January 2018 | Jack & Jack | "Beg" | Duo | United States |
Rayvon Owen | "Gold" | Male | United States | |
March 2018 | Arlissa | "Hearts Ain't Gonna Lie" | Female | United Kingdom |
April 2018 | Madilyn Bailey | "Tetris" | Female | United States |
May 2018 | Elle Winter | "One More" | Female | United States |
July 2018 | Aston Merrygold | "Get Stupid" | Male | United Kingdom |
August 2018 | Juice | "Sugar" | Group | United States |
October 2018 | New Hope Club | "Medicine" | Group | United Kingdom |
November 2018 | Alexander Jean | "Waiting for You" | Duo | United States |
February 2019 | Lauren Jenkins | "Running Out of Road" | Female | United States |
March 2019 | Damian McGinty | "Saltwater" | Male | Northern Ireland |
References
[edit]- ^ "TODAY: Elvis Duran's "Artist of the Month"". Archived from the original on 2016-10-27. Retrieved 2017-01-12.