Gallant (Washington, D.C.)

Genre:R & B

With sold out debuts in Los Angeles and New York City, Gallant's unparalleled voice has been labeled as the "breakthrough artist of 2015" and "The voice that will redefine R&B" by Billboard and NME respectively. The young Los Angeles artist describes his music as future soul, bridging contemporary productions with old school songwriting.After a year spent developing the next chapter of his career, Gallant's music has peaked on Spotify's viral charts and HYPEM rankings, where he has been the most popular blogged about artist three times. His first single from his upcoming album "Weight in Gold" was handpicked by Zane Lowe as his inaugural 'Worlds First' and then the 'Single of the Week' on the Beats 1 radio show during Apple music's widely anticipated launch.Showcasing sultry vocals with a beautiful blues instrumental, this newest ballad has been widely showcased by other tastemakers like Annie Mac as the smash single for potentially the next star in music, drawing comparisons to the great vocalists of our time. Coverage from publications like fader and entertainment weekly catapulted the song into a trending topic on Twitter.From the same record label - Mind of a Genius - that broke last year's Grammy-Nominated darling Zhu, Gallant is establishing himself as the artist to watch. With immense growth demonstrated from the release of his Zebra EP last year, Gallant shows he's only headed for the stars with his upcoming album debut -_ology - due out in early 2016.