New York, NY, [October 16th, 2018]: Deezer, the world’s most personal music streaming service, has announced Sofi Tukker as the fourth and final global priority artist of the 2018 Deezer NEXT lineup. Sofi Tukker are an American house and EDM duo based in New York that intrigued fans with their track ‘Best Friend’.
The Deezer NEXT program is designed to champion emerging talent from around the world and will see Sofi Tukker join electronic duo The Blaze, soulful vocalist Jorja Smith and pop singer Zak Abel as global priority artists. All selected NEXT artists are supported with profile development, playlisting and take part in creative Artist Marketing campaigns for 12 months.
Sofi Tukker commented: “We are so honored to be part of Deezer NEXT. We love Deezer and everyone listening! Can’t wait to share all our new music with you all!”
Sulinna Ong, Global Vice President of Artist Marketing comments: “In our second year of the NEXT programme we’re continuing to support a brilliant and diverse range of emerging talent. Already, the artists involved have all seen a demonstrable growth of their global audiences, and we are looking forward to working with our latest lineup. Sofi Tukker are a duo we’ve seen blossom on Deezer over the last few years and we are delighted to support them as our final Global pick for 2018 and help push their remarkable music to new levels.”
The global priority acts are joined by a diverse range of local acts from seven countries, including new regions to the program and two new Latin artists for the USA.
Leslie Grace is a Dominican-American Latin pop singer and songwriter with a mesmerizing voice and a lot of soul. Her multi-platinum single “Duro y Suave” featuring Noriel expanded her to a new audience and helped Leslie achieve the highest performing single of her career thus far. Recently, she was the first Latin artist to collaborate with a K-Pop band on the single, “Lo Siento,” with Super Junior.
Leslie Grace commented: “Hey Deezer family, it’s your girl Leslie Grace and I’m so excited to be a part of Deezer’s 2018 Deezer Next campaign. Thank you Deezer family so, so, so much for all the support and I’m so excited to share all the new music with you guys.”
Johann Vera, of Ecuadorian descent, is a bi-lingual artist and actor based in Miami. Last August, Johann had the honor to be the first Ecuadorian solo performer on Univision’s Premios Juventud. Johann’s next single “Astronauta” is a blend Miami based pop sounds with the combination of Spanish and English that is instinctual to him.
Johann Vera commented:“No puedo esperar a ser parte de Deezer Next!!” “I can’t wait to be part of Deezer Next!!”
The full list of the local artists can be found below.
Since its first launch in January 2017, Deezer NEXT global and local artists have seen a huge increase in both fans and streams. In just three months, global priority acts The Blaze have seen a boost of over 366% in streams and more than 100% growth, while Zak Abel has seen an impressive jump of 2,074% in fan growth since February 2018 and Jorja Smith streams grew 632% with 3,593% fan growth since January 2018.
Local acts have also experienced similar success since joining the program, with Cynthia Luz (Brazil) streams growing 650% since January, Gashi (US) and Moha La Squale (France) increasing fans by 1,530% and 921% respectively since December 2017 and February 2018. EUT (Netherlands) also experienced an impressive stream boost of 5,030% since December 2018.
The latest local artists that are joining the Deezer NEXT 2018 lineup include: