One of my resolutions every year is to discover new music. I'm constantly being introduced to new songs and artists, but in 2017 I started to feel like a lot of my old favorites were absolutely killing it and no one was paying attention, so I compiled a list of underappreciated artists who have improved my life a million times over that everyone needs to stop sleeping on, plus a bunch of reccomendations from my Odyssey friends that I'm going to be jamming to all year long.
All the artists I've included fall outside of Spotify's top artists, so they're definitely underappreciated.
1. Jacob Whitesides
2. Greyson Chance
3. Bea Miller
4. Jake Miller
5. 7 Minutes in Heaven
6. Billie Eilish
7. James TW
8. Dodie
9. City and Color
10. Alexander Jean
11. Two Door Cinema Club
12. Anthem Lights
13. Glass Animals
14. The Head and the Heart
15. Colony House
16. Odessa
17. Skylar Grey
18. Wrabel
19. MUNA
20. Ella Mai
21. EDEN
22. Nahko
23. Within Temptation
24. Meg Myers
25. Lacey Sturm
26. Grizfolk
27. Cimorelli
28. The Ready Set
29. Dylan Holland
30. Spencer Sutherland
All of these artists, some new to me, and some old, totally blew me away with the songs I have posted above. Almost all of them have plans for new music in 2018, so get ready and pay attention. You never know which one of these will be this year's break out artist (and a well-deserving one at that.)