Billboard 21 Under 21

21 Under 21 is an annually ranking by American music magazine Billboard beginning in 2010. It honours young musicians under the age of 21 in the music for impact over the previous and their potential to "rule pop culture zeitgeist over the next 12 months".

Taylor Swift topped the first ranking in 2010 at age 20. Justin Bieber (2011), Lorde (2014) and Billie Eilish (2019) are the youngest acts to be #1 (all aged 17). Willow Smith is the youngest act to appear on any ranking, (aged 9 in 2010). Smith also has the longest period of inclusion, appearing on five rankings across 11 years (2010, 2011, 2017, 2019 and 2021). Bieber; Camila Cabello; Billie Eilish; Lorde; Shawn Mendes; Smith and Grace VanderWaal are tied for the most appearances, with five each. Bieber and Mendes are the only acts to top the ranking more than once (twice each).

Poll results by year

Place	2010^[1]	2011^[2]	2012^[3]	2013^[4]	2014^[5]
1	Taylor Swift	Justin Bieber		One Direction	Lorde
2	Justin Bieber	Tyler, the Creator	One Direction	Justin Bieber	5 Seconds of Summer
3	Selena Gomez		Demi Lovato	Miley Cyrus	Justin Bieber
4	Jake Zyrus ^[a]	Scotty McCreery		Ariana Grande	Martin Garrix
5	Soulja Boy	Jackie Evancho	Mac Miller	Earl Sweatshirt	Fifth Harmony
6	Nick Jonas	Mac Miller	Selena Gomez	Lorde	Austin Mahone
7	Willow Smith	Demi Lovato	Porter Robinson	Austin Mahone	Earl Sweatshirt
8	Demi Lovato	Nick Jonas	Cher Lloyd	Scotty McCreery	Shawn Mendes
9	Greyson Chance	Rye Rye	Earl Sweatshirt	Cody Simpson	Becky G
10	Miley Cyrus	Victoria Justice	Nick Jonas	Emblem3	Chief Keef
11	Lex Lugler		Jackie Evancho	Cher Lloyd	Luis Coronel
12	Taylor Momsen	Il Volo	Cody Simpson	Chief Keef	Meghan Trainor
13	Chris Colfer	Cody Simpson	Mindless Behaviour	Bridgit Mendler	Cody Simpson
14	Miranda Cosgrove	Willow Smith	Megan & Liz	Miguelito	Madeon
15	Diggy Simmons	Greyson Chance	IU	Joey Bada$$	Bobby Shmurda
16	Wonder Girls	Mindless Behaviour	Bridgit Mendler	Tori Kelly	Scotty McCreery
17	Never Shout Never	HyunA	3Ball MTY	Martin Garrix	Troye Sivan
18	New Boyz	Porter Robinson	Miley Cyrus	Mindless Behaviour	Rae Sremmurd
19	Nikki Yanofsky	One Direction	Madeon	Matty B	Akdong Musician
20	Cody Simpson	Miguelito	Ross Lynch	Lee Hi	The Vamps
21	Sean Kingston	Miley Cyrus	Victoria Justice	Fifth Harmony	Unlocking the Truth

Place	2015^[7]	2016^[8]	2017^[9]	2018^[10]	2019^[11]
1	5 Seconds of Summer	Fifth Harmony	Shawn Mendes		Billie Eilish
2	Fifth Harmony	Shawn Mendes	Lorde	Khalid	Lil Nas X
3	Lorde	Desiigner	Khalid	Lil Pump	Juice WRLD
4	Shawn Mendes	Martin Garrix	Lil Yachty	Billie Eilish	Lil Pump
5	Rae Sremmurd	Daya	Camila Cabello	Juice WRLD	Chloe x Halle
6	Troye Sivan	Alessia Cara	Kodak Black	Bhad Bhabie	Lil Tecca
7	Martin Garrix	5 Seconds of Summer	Hailee Steinfeld	Daya	Mason Ramsey
8	Maddie & Tae	Lorde	Grace VanderWaal	Sabrina Carpenter	Bhad Bhabie
9	Joey Bada$$	Hailee Steinfeld	CNCO	Jaden Smith	Christian Nodal
10	Hailee Steinfeld	Zendaya	Desiigner	Why Don't We	Daya
11	Alessia Cara	Jaden Smith	Noah Cyrus	CNCO	Why Don't We
12	Becky G	Lil Yachty	Daya	Chief Keef	Noah Cyrus
13	Zendaya	Sabrina Carpenter	Alan Walker	Grace VanderWaal	NCT Dream
14	Austin Mahone	Zara Larsson	Becky G	PrettyMuch	Sabrina Carpenter
15	Jack and Jack	Austin Mahone	Jake Paul	Whethan	King Princess
16	Luis Coronel	Kodak Black	Why Don't We	Mason Ramsey	PrettyMuch
17	Silento	Kungs	Zara Larsson	Christian Nodal	Grace VanderWaal
18	SEVENTEEN	CNCO	TWICE	Willow
19	Echosmith	Chloe x Halle	PrettyMuch	Madison Beer	Manuel Turizo
20	Kehlani	Lennon & Maisy	Chloe x Halle	NCT Dream	Snail Mail
21	Shamir	Grace VanderWaal	Sabrina Carpenter	Snail Mail	Paloma Mami

Place	2020^[12]	2021^[13]	2022^[14]	2023^[15]
1	24kGoldn	The Kid Laroi	Olivia Rodrigo	Ángela Aguilar
2	beabadoobee	Billie Eilish	BoyWithUke	Ayra Starr
3	Billie Eilish	24kGoldn	Eslabon Armado	Chloe Moriondo
4	BENEE	Pinkpantheress	Lil Tecca	D4vd
5	Carlie Hanson	Willow	Ángela Aguilar	DannyLux
6	Chloe x Halle	Olivia Rodrigo	The Kid LAROI	Flo
7	Gabby Barrett	NLE Choppa	Callista Clark	GAYLE
8	jxdn	Lil Huddy	Billie Eilish	Iván Cornejo
9	The Kid Laroi	The Linda Lindas	347aidan	Kidd G
10	Koffee	Eslabon Armado	Tiago PZK	The Kid LAROI
11	Lil Mosey	Lil Tjay	Lauren Spencer-Smith
12	Lil Tecca	Griff	NLE Choppa	Lil Tecca
13	Lil Tjay	jxdn	Moore Kismet	The Linda Lindas
14	Lunay	Callista Clark	Tate McRae	Luh Tyler
15	Manuel Turizo	Nessa Barrett	GAYLE	Nessa Barrett
16	Mason Ramsey	Baby Keem	Kidd G	NLE Choppa
17	Moore Kismet	Joshua Bassett	DannyLux	Olivia Rodrigo
18	Natanael Cano	Moore Kismet	The Linda Lindas	Riovaz
19	NCT Dream	Grace VanderWaal	Yahritza y Su Esencia	Stephen Sanchez
20	NLE Choppa	Luis Vazquez	Lamorn	Tate McRae
21	Noah Cyrus	Tate McRae	Chloe Moriondo	Yunè Pinku

Musicians with multiple wins

2 wins

Justin Bieber (consecutive)
Shawn Mendes (consecutive)

People with multiple nominations

5 placements

Justin Bieber (2010–2014)
Billie Eilish (2018–2022)
Lorde (2013–2017)
Shawn Mendes (2014–2018)
WILLOW (2010–2011, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Grace VanderWaal (2016–2019, 2021)

4 placements

Chloe x Halle (2016–2017, 2019–2020)
Fifth Harmony (2013–2016)
The Kid Laroi (2020–2023)
Mindless Behavior (2011–2013, 2017)
NLE Choppa (2020–2023)
Sabrina Carpenter (2016–2019)

3 placements

CNCO (2016–2018)
The Linda Lindas (2021–2023)
Moore Kismet (2020–2022)
NCT Dream (2018–2020)
Olivia Rodrigo (2021–2023)
One Direction (2011–2013)
PrettyMuch (2017–2019)
Tate McRae (2021–2023)

2 placements

Ángela Aguilar (2022–2023)
Chloe Moriondo (2022–2023)
DannyLux (2022–2023)
GAYLE
(2022–2023)
Jxdn
(2020–2021)
Kidd G (2022–2023)
Lauren Spencer-Smith (2022–2023)
Lil Tecca (2022–2023)
Manuel Turizo (2019–2020)
Snail Mail (2018–2019)
Eslabon Armado (2021–2022)
Callista Clark (2021–2022)

Notes

^ Known as Charice until his gender transition in 2017.^[6]

References

^ Billboard Staff (September 23, 2010). "21 Under 21: Music's Hottest Minors". Billboard. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
^ Billboard Staff (September 27, 2011). "21 Under 21: Music's Hottest Minors". Billboard. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
^ Billboard Staff (September 18, 2012). "21 Under 21: Music's Hottest Minors". Billboard. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
^ Billboard Staff (September 25, 2013). "21 Under 21: Music's Hottest Minors 2013". Billboard. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
^ Billboard Staff (September 25, 2013). "21 Under 21: Music's Hottest Young Stars 2014". Billboard. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
^ "'Charice's journey'". 3 July 2017. inquirer.net. Archived from the original on July 2, 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
^ Billboard Staff (October 30, 2015). "21 Under 21: Music's Hottest Young Stars 2015". Billboard. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
^ Billboard Staff (September 29, 2016). "21 Under 21: Music's Hottest Young Stars 2016". Billboard. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
^ Billboard Staff (September 28, 2017). "21 Under 21: Music's Hottest Young Stars 2017". Billboard. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
^ Billboard Staff (October 12, 2018). "21 Under 21: Music's Hottest Young Stars 2018". Billboard. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
^ Billboard Staff (September 12, 2019). "21 Under 21 2019: Billie Eilish, Lil Nas X, Mason Ramsey & More of Music's Next Generation". Billboard. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
^ Billboard Staff (November 6, 2020). "21 Under 21: See Who Made the 2020 List". Billboard. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
^ Billboard Staff (October 8, 2021). "21 Under 21: See who made the list". Billboard. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
^ Billboard Staff (May 13, 2022). "21 UNDER 21: SEE WHO MADE THE 2022 LIST". Billboard. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
^ Rouhani, Rania Aniftos,Katie Atkinson,Katie Bain,Stephen Daw,Griselda Flores,Josh Glicksman,Lyndsey Havens,Carl Lamarre,Cydney Lee,Jason Lipshutz,Jessica Nicholson,Jessica Roiz,Neena; Aniftos, Rania; Atkinson, Katie; Bain, Katie; Daw, Stephen; Flores, Griselda; Glicksman, Josh; Havens, Lyndsey; Lamarre, Carl (2023-05-15). "Billboard's 21 Under 21: See Who Made the 2023 List". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-11-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[a-7] Known as Charice until his gender transition in 2017.^[6]

[1] Billboard Staff (September 23, 2010). "21 Under 21: Music's Hottest Minors". Billboard. Retrieved October 10, 2021.

[2] Billboard Staff (September 27, 2011). "21 Under 21: Music's Hottest Minors". Billboard. Retrieved October 10, 2021.

[3] Billboard Staff (September 18, 2012). "21 Under 21: Music's Hottest Minors". Billboard. Retrieved October 10, 2021.

[4] Billboard Staff (September 25, 2013). "21 Under 21: Music's Hottest Minors 2013". Billboard. Retrieved October 10, 2021.

[5] Billboard Staff (September 25, 2013). "21 Under 21: Music's Hottest Young Stars 2014". Billboard. Retrieved October 10, 2021.

[6] "'Charice's journey'". 3 July 2017. inquirer.net. Archived from the original on July 2, 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2017.

[8] Billboard Staff (October 30, 2015). "21 Under 21: Music's Hottest Young Stars 2015". Billboard. Retrieved October 10, 2021.

[9] Billboard Staff (September 29, 2016). "21 Under 21: Music's Hottest Young Stars 2016". Billboard. Retrieved October 10, 2021.

[10] Billboard Staff (September 28, 2017). "21 Under 21: Music's Hottest Young Stars 2017". Billboard. Retrieved October 10, 2021.

[11] Billboard Staff (October 12, 2018). "21 Under 21: Music's Hottest Young Stars 2018". Billboard. Retrieved October 10, 2021.

[12] Billboard Staff (September 12, 2019). "21 Under 21 2019: Billie Eilish, Lil Nas X, Mason Ramsey & More of Music's Next Generation". Billboard. Retrieved October 10, 2021.

[13] Billboard Staff (November 6, 2020). "21 Under 21: See Who Made the 2020 List". Billboard. Retrieved October 11, 2021.

[14] Billboard Staff (October 8, 2021). "21 Under 21: See who made the list". Billboard. Retrieved October 11, 2021.

[15] Billboard Staff (May 13, 2022). "21 UNDER 21: SEE WHO MADE THE 2022 LIST". Billboard. Retrieved May 14, 2022.

[16] Rouhani, Rania Aniftos,Katie Atkinson,Katie Bain,Stephen Daw,Griselda Flores,Josh Glicksman,Lyndsey Havens,Carl Lamarre,Cydney Lee,Jason Lipshutz,Jessica Nicholson,Jessica Roiz,Neena; Aniftos, Rania; Atkinson, Katie; Bain, Katie; Daw, Stephen; Flores, Griselda; Glicksman, Josh; Havens, Lyndsey; Lamarre, Carl (2023-05-15). "Billboard's 21 Under 21: See Who Made the 2023 List". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-11-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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