In 2016, to help emerging musicians bolster their YouTube presence, the platform launched the YouTube Music Foundry, offering tools, workshops, mentorship, and exposure to up-and-coming artists.
And now, the video giant has named the latest class of 14 artists that it will support through the development program, including London folk-rock star Beabadoobee (pictured above), Atlanta R&b singer Baby Rose, Nigerian rapper Rema, producer Kenny Beats, Norwegian pop star Girl In Red, Edm artist Channel Tres, singer-songwriter Sam Kim, country artist Hardy, 18-year-old French rapper Lean Chihiro, Xicana reggaeton artist La Doña, indie singer Alfie Templeman, Baltimore rapper Jpegmafia, Japanese singer Sanari, and the rapper Guapdad 4000, Rolling Stone reports.
Furthermore, YouTube revamped the Music Foundry program this year to furnish marketing and promotional support in addition to mentoring. It also substantially increased the time scope in which it will support artists -- from roughly a day or two to roughly six months,...
And now, the video giant has named the latest class of 14 artists that it will support through the development program, including London folk-rock star Beabadoobee (pictured above), Atlanta R&b singer Baby Rose, Nigerian rapper Rema, producer Kenny Beats, Norwegian pop star Girl In Red, Edm artist Channel Tres, singer-songwriter Sam Kim, country artist Hardy, 18-year-old French rapper Lean Chihiro, Xicana reggaeton artist La Doña, indie singer Alfie Templeman, Baltimore rapper Jpegmafia, Japanese singer Sanari, and the rapper Guapdad 4000, Rolling Stone reports.
Furthermore, YouTube revamped the Music Foundry program this year to furnish marketing and promotional support in addition to mentoring. It also substantially increased the time scope in which it will support artists -- from roughly a day or two to roughly six months,...
- 9/25/2019
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
YouTube Music announced the addition of 14 new artists on Tuesday — including young stars Kenny Beats, Rema, Baby Rose, and Guapdad 4000 — to Foundry, its three-year-old global development program for independent artists.
Foundry began in 2016 as a way for YouTube to teach emerging artists how to best use its video-sharing platform and build a fanbase on it; graduates included Grammy winner Dua Lipa, Chloe x Halle, Gunna, and Latin Grammy winner Rosalía, who grew her YouTube subscriber base by more than 7,000 percent through the program and went on to also participate in...
Foundry began in 2016 as a way for YouTube to teach emerging artists how to best use its video-sharing platform and build a fanbase on it; graduates included Grammy winner Dua Lipa, Chloe x Halle, Gunna, and Latin Grammy winner Rosalía, who grew her YouTube subscriber base by more than 7,000 percent through the program and went on to also participate in...
- 9/24/2019
- by Amy X. Wang
- Rollingstone.com
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