Grammy nominated OneRepublic released their debut set Dreaming Out Loud in 2007. The release included the 20mm selling smash single “Apologize,” which shattered digital sales and airplay records worldwide and received a Grammy nomination. The band’s sophomore album, 2009’s Waking Up, produced the hit singles “All the Right Moves,” “Secrets” and “Good Life.” The certified-platinum album Native followed in 2013, featuring the No.1 hit and 41 million selling single “Counting Stars.” OneRepublic released Oh My My, their fourth full-length album in 2016. OneRepublic has amassed 5B streams on Spotify to date. OneRepublic’s latest album, Human, dropped on August 27, 2021. It features singles, which combined have over 2.5 billion global streams: “Somebody”, “Run”, “Somebody To Love”, “Wanted”, “Didn’t I”, “Better Days” and “Rescue Me”, which has been certified RIAA Gold. They most recently released their new single, “West Coast”.

At the beginning of the Corona pandemic, Sam Ryder started posting video clips of himself interpreting songs by other artists on the Internet. He quickly became a star on TikTok, where he has over 12 million followers. Then, earlier this year, the BBC contacted him and offered to make him the UK Eurovision Song Contest representative for 2022. „In the UK, a lot of artists are cautious. A lot of people I know love Eurovision. But there‘s a fear that you‘re risking something by going. But with me, the enthusiasm is bigger than my fear,“ said Sam Ryder. He reached a sensational 2nd place with his song Space Man.

Snarky Puppy is an American musician collective in the genre of fusion/jazz rock. In 2004 Michael League founded „Snarky Puppy“ together with musician friends from around the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. The group has about 25 members who perform in varying lineups around the world. The troupe is led by its founder, bassist, composer and producer Michael League. In 2014, the group was awarded the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance for the track Something with singer Lalah Hathaway. In each of 2015 through 2017, it was voted Best Jazz Band in Down Beat‘s Readers Poll. In 2016, Snarky Puppy, along with the Metropole Orkest from the Netherlands, won the Grammy for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album for the album Sylva. At the 2017 Grammy Awards, Snarky Puppy received the award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album for Culcha Vulcha. At the 2021 Grammy Awards, Snarky Puppy repeated their success and were again awarded Best Contemporary Instrumental Album for Live at the Royal Albert Hall.

The BossHoss are back with a big Bang! The Berlin 21st Century Cowboys present themselves as modern and energetic as never before – as an appetizer for their new album, the guys around Boss Burns and Hoss Power release the single „Dance The Boogie“, a proper dancefloor thriller. Funky Studio 54 vibes paired with steep BossHoss-boom, transport tired legs directly into the high-voltage-duracell-mode: Shake your booty and dance The BossHoss-Boogie! The single release is thus a damn hot harbinger of the 10th studio album, which bears the sparkling title „Electric Horsemen“ and will be released in spring 2023.

With his characterful voice, shooting star Zian won the hearts of fans with his pop ballads, which are regular Swiss radio super-hits. Zian’s reflectiveness and profundity are at the heart of his music. In doing so, he lets us look deep into his soul and emotional world. The Swiss newcomer with the insane voice keeps the point where it hurts but also healing happens. Healing for himself and others. In January 2022, his long-awaited debut album BURDEN was released, which takes listeners on an emotional journey between darkness and light.

Zoe Wees is considered an absolute exceptional talent from Germany. Her hit singles Control and Girls Like Us reached platinum status in several countries; „Control“ reached top positions in European as well as US airplay charts; „Girls Like Us“ reached pole position in France, among others; her streaming numbers are over 1.6 billion. It‘s not without reason that artists like Jessie J, Lewis Capaldi, Dean Lewis or Kygo are among Zoe‘s fans. She is currently singing on Felix Jaehn‘s current hit single „Do it better“, which is currently among the top 10 on German radio. The 20-year-old can also be particularly proud of her inclusion in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe Class 2021 – an honor that only very few artists receive. In May 2021, her debut EP Golden Wings was released, through which her songs received massive attention through Spotify‘s Radar, Apple‘s UpNext and YouTube‘s Artist On The Rise, among others. In addition to the American Music Awards, „The Late Late Show with James Corden“, „The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon“ or „Jimmy Kimmel Live!“ she performed at the „Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021“ .

Starting on city streets, hip-hop is a culture of partying that eventually gained a spot on the worldwide charts, becoming most popular form of pop music worldwide. Swiss artist Steff la Cheffe has affirmed herself as a rapper and beatbox queen. Her music not only plumbs and exhausts the possibilities of Bernese German, but also stretches and bends the words to a danceable beat. Breathtaking.

In rap there’s a great deal to say, and this genre turns a stream of words into a genuine musical instrument. Troubas Kater bring their modern world music on a brass-band basis, funky, soulful, rhythmic, with the cryptic, effortlessly-rhymed dialect texts from Bern.