Elvis Duran's Artist of the Month is a segment which ran regularly from 2013 to 2019 on Today with Kathie Lee and Hoda, the fourth hour of NBC's Today. It was fronted by American radio broadcaster Elvis Duran, in which he chose an upcoming solo singer (and at times duos and groups) to spotlight them each month as "Artist(s) of the Month". In certain months, two different artists may be featured during the same month.
During his segment, Duran presented his selected artists, and after a brief interview with the show's hosts Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb, the selected artists sang a recent song of their own for Todays national audience. Past artists who have appeared on the segment include American bands like A Great Big World, American Authors, Juice, Los 5, MAGIC GIANT, Midnight Red, Ocean Park Standoff, The Revivalists, Saving Forever, the duos Alexander Jean, Jack & Jack, Lion Babe and Secret Weapons, independent and emerging American artists like Madilyn Bailey, Jon Bellion, Cris Cab, Sabrina Carpenter, Greyson Chance, Jessie Chris, Rachel Crow, Rozzi Crane, Daya, Mikky Ekko, Roy English, Emily Estefan, Ferras, Jordan Fisher, Gallant, Todrick Hall, Olivia Holt, Parson James, Lauren Jenkins, Tori Kelly, Austin Mahone, Kirstin Maldonado, Laura Marano, MAX, Bea Miller, Jake Miller, Spencer Sutherland, VÉRITÉ, Tyler Ward, Elle Winter and Zendaya and more.
Although a big majority of the featured artists were American, Duran made a point of introducing some non-Americans acts as well giving them big exposure in the American markets. Such international artists include Grace, Vance Joy, Conrad Sewell and The Griswolds (Australia), Alessia Cara and Shawn Hook (Canada), Isac Elliot (Finland), AudioDamn! (Germany), Nikki Williams (South Africa), Arlissa, Låpsley, Katy Tiz, Labrinth, Damian McGinty, Aston Merrygold, Tom Walker and the bands MiC LOWRY, New Hope Club (UK) and others.
List of artists
Date Artist Song Type Country May 2013 Nikki Williams "Glowing" Female South Africa June 2013 A Great Big World "This Is the New Year" Group United States July 2013 Labrinth "Beneath Your Beautiful" (feat. Emeli Sandé) Male United Kingdom September 2013 Tori Kelly "Dear No One" Female United States October 2013 Midnight Red "Take Me Home" Group United States November 2013 Zendaya "Replay" Female United States May 2014 Katy Tiz "The Big Bang" Female United Kingdom July 2014 Ferras "Sing in Tongues" Male United States September 2014 Bebe Rexha "I Can't Stop Drinking About You" Female United States October 2014 Lipstick Gypsy "The Cure" Duo United States Cris Cab "Liar Liar" Male United States November 2014 Vance Joy "Riptide" Male Australia December 2014 Bea Miller "Young Blood" Female United States March 2015 Los 5 "Poquito Mas" Group United States Conrad Sewell "Start Again" Male Australia April 2015 Rozzi Crane "Psycho" Female United States Mikky Ekko "Smile" Male United States June 2015 MAX "Gibberish" Male United States July 2015 Grace "You Don't Own Me" (feat. G-Eazy) Female Australia American Authors "Best Day of My Life" Group United States August 2015 Austin Mahone "Dirty Work" Male United States September 2015 Alessia Cara "Here" Female Canada Skylar Stecker "Crazy Beautiful" Female United States Daya "Hide Away" Female United States October 2015 Todrick Hall "Wind It Up"(feat. Vonzell Solomon) Male United States November 2015 AudioDamn! "Radar" Group Germany Secret Weapons "Something New" Group United States December 2015 Tyler Ward "Yellow Boxes" Male United States January 2016 Ben Rector "Brand New" Male United States February 2016 Shawn Hook "Sound of Your Heart" Male Canada Greyson Chance "Hit & Run" Male United States March 2016 The Revivalists "Wish I Knew You" Group United States April 2016 Låpsley "Love Is Blind" Female United Kingdom Whitney Woerz "6 Second Love" Female United States May 2016 Isac Elliot "What About Me" Male Finland Laura Marano "Boombox" Female United States June 2016 Adam Freedman "Pretty Things" Male United States July 2016 Jordan Fisher "All About Us" Male United States August 2016 Jon Bellion "All Time Low" Male United States September 2016 The Griswolds "Out of My Head" Group Australia October 2016 Lion Babe "She's a Lady" Duo United States November 2016 Parson James "Sad Song" Male United States Sabrina Carpenter "Thumbs" Female United States December 2016 Marina Morgan "Paralyzed" Female United States Jake Miller "Overnight" Male United States January 2017 Gallant "Weight in Gold" Male United States VÉRITÉ "Phase Me Out" Female United States February 2017 Emily Estefan "Reigns (Every Night)" Female United States Ocean Park Standoff "Good News" Group United States-based (US and English artists) March 2017 MiC LOWRY "Oh Lord" Group United Kingdom Tom Walker "Just You and I" Male United Kingdom April 2017 Roy English "Hotel Pools 01101001" Male United States Olivia Holt "History" Female United States May 2017 MAGIC GIANT "Set on Fire" Group United States June 2017 Chord Overstreet "Hold On" Male United States Jessie Chris "Burn" Female United States July 2017 Spencer Sutherland "Selfish" Male United States Kirstin Maldonado "Break a Little" Female United States August 2017 Saving Forever "Million Ways" Group United States September 2017 Rachel Crow "Dime" Female United States October 2017 JOHN.k "OT" Male United States November 2017 Donna Missal "Transformer" Female United States January 2018 Jack & Jack "Beg" Duo United States Rayvon Owen "Gold" Male United States March 2018 Arlissa "Hearts Ain't Gonna Lie" Female United Kingdom April 2018 Madilyn Bailey "Tetris" Female United States May 2018 Elle Winter "One More" Female United States July 2018 Aston Merrygold "Get Stupid" Male United Kingdom August 2018 Juice "Sugar" Group United States October 2018 New Hope Club "Medicine" Group United Kingdom November 2018 Alexander Jean "Waiting for You" Duo United States February 2019 Lauren Jenkins "Running Out of Road" Female United States March 2019 Damian McGinty "Saltwater" Male Northern Ireland
References
External links Official Elvis Duran's Artist of the Month page Apple Music Preview - Elvis Duran's Artist of the Month