SiriusXM at present (March 10) introduced Austin Snell as the newest artist to be amplified in its Artist Accelerator program. Snell is the primary nation artist to be chosen as a part of the coveted program, which develops and breaks new artists by leveraging the huge mixed viewers of the corporate’s flagship premium subscription service, SiriusXM, and its ad-supported streaming service, Pandora.
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Amplifying Austin Snell
Final week, Snell was additionally named the most recent “Freeway Discover” on SiriusXM’s The Freeway (Ch. 56), the channel’s ongoing dedication to spotlighting nice new nation music expertise. He joins the likes of earlier “Freeway Finds,” corresponding to Luke Combs, Gabby Barrett, Maren Morris, Dan + Shay, and Florida Georgia Line. All through the week, listeners can hear Snell’s cowl of Cassadee Pope’s “Losing All These Tears” on The Freeway on the radio and the SXM App.
Along with Snell’s help on The Freeway, the self-proclaimed “country-grunge” artist can be being performed on SiriusXM’s Octane (Ch. 37). Up to now, he has been streamed extra on Pandora than another DSP (with over 2 million streams for “Get There First” and greater than 4.2 million for “Losing All These Tears”).
The Artist Accelerator program places a highlight on rising artists and goals to take away obstacles created by at present’s song-first-driven tradition to assist artists develop their listener base and construct fandom. Leveraging the attain of SiriusXM’s broadcast community and Pandora’s personalised radio providing, the Artist Accelerator program is in contrast to another, exposing chosen artists to over 100 million listeners to assist them succeed.
Final November, SiriusXM launched the Artist Accelerator program with R&B artist Coco Jones. SiriusXM was the primary radio outlet to help Jones’ single “I.C.U.” from her debut EP, What I Didn’t Inform You, and thus far leads all shops in whole spins for the music. Moreover, Pandora was the primary DSP to program “I.C.U.” on main editorial locations, with over 1.1 million streams from October 21-November 4 of final 12 months alone.
About Austin Snell
Initially from Dudley, Georgia, Austin Snell moved to Nashville in Might 2022. He quickly made his mark on Music Metropolis with “Excuse the Mess” in September of the identical 12 months. “Excuse The Mess” amassed greater than 1 million streams in its first week, because of his enthusiastic TikTok following. Austin’s distinctive mix of rock and nation, which he coined “grunge nation,” grabbed the eye of unbiased file label and publishing firm River Home Artists. Austin adopted up his breakout hit along with his “Losing All These Tears” cowl, earlier than releasing his second authentic music, “Get There First” on January 27. Since September of 2022, Snell’s songs have gathered over 36 million streams throughout platforms.