Elvis Duran's Artist of the Month

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Since 2013, Elvis Duran's Artist of the Month is a regular Today Show feature fronted by American radio broadcaster Elvis Duran in which he chooses 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.

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Duran has his own segment on the 4th hour of NBC's Today show with Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb where Duran presents his selected artists, and after a brief interview with the show's hosts, the selected artists sing a recent song of their own for national public audience in the US. 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. [1]

Although a big majority of the featured artists are American, Duran makes 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

DateArtistSongTypeCountry
May 2013 Nikki Williams "Glowing"Female South Africa
June 2013 A Great Big World "This Is the New Year"GroupUnited States
July 2013 Labrinth "Beneath Your Beautiful"
(feat. Emeli Sandé)		MaleUnited Kingdom
September 2013 Tori Kelly "Dear No One"FemaleUnited States
October 2013 Midnight Red "Take Me Home"GroupUnited States
November 2013 Zendaya "Replay"FemaleUnited States
May 2014 Katy Tiz "The Big Bang"FemaleUnited Kingdom
July 2014 Ferras "Sing in Tongues"MaleUnited States
September 2014 Bebe Rexha "I Can't Stop Drinking About You"FemaleUnited States
October 2014 Lipstick Gypsy "The Cure"DuoUnited States
Cris Cab "Liar Liar"MaleUnited States
November 2014 Vance Joy "Riptide"MaleAustralia
December 2014 Bea Miller "Young Blood"FemaleUnited States
March 2015 Los 5 "Poquito Mas"GroupUnited States
Conrad Sewell "Start Again"MaleAustralia
April 2015 Rozzi Crane "Psycho"FemaleUnited States
Mikky Ekko "Smile"MaleUnited States
June 2015 MAX "Gibberish"MaleUnited States
July 2015 Grace "You Don't Own Me"
(feat. G-Eazy)		FemaleAustralia
American Authors "Best Day of My Life"GroupUnited States
August 2015 Austin Mahone "Dirty Work"MaleUnited States
September 2015 Alessia Cara "Here"FemaleCanada
Skylar Stecker "Crazy Beautiful"FemaleUnited States
Daya "Hide Away"FemaleUnited States
October 2015 Todrick Hall "Wind It Up"
(feat. Vonzell Solomon)		MaleUnited States
November 2015 AudioDamn! "Radar"GroupGermany
Secret Weapons "Something New"GroupUnited States
December 2015 Tyler Ward "Yellow Boxes"MaleUnited States
January 2016 Ben Rector "Brand New"MaleUnited States
February 2016 Shawn Hook "Sound of Your Heart"MaleCanada
Greyson Chance "Hit & Run"MaleUnited States
March 2016 The Revivalists "Wish I Knew You"GroupUnited States
April 2016 Låpsley "Love Is Blind"FemaleUnited Kingdom
Whitney Woerz "6 Second Love"FemaleUnited States
May 2016 Isac Elliot "What About Me"MaleFinland
Laura Marano "Boombox"FemaleUnited States
June 2016 Adam Freedman "Pretty Things"MaleUnited States
July 2016 Jordan Fisher "All About Us"MaleUnited States
August 2016 Jon Bellion "All Time Low"MaleUnited States
September 2016 The Griswolds "Out of My Head"GroupAustralia
October 2016 Lion Babe "She's a Lady"DuoUnited States
November 2016 Parson James "Sad Song"MaleUnited States
Sabrina Carpenter "Thumbs"FemaleUnited States
December 2016 Marina Morgan "Paralyzed"FemaleUnited States
Jake Miller "Overnight"MaleUnited States
January 2017 Gallant "Weight in Gold"MaleUnited States
VÉRITÉ "Phase Me Out"FemaleUnited States
February 2017 Emily Estefan "Reigns (Every Night)"FemaleUnited States
Ocean Park Standoff "Good News"GroupUnited States-based
(US and English artists)
March 2017 MiC LOWRY "Oh Lord"GroupUnited Kingdom
Tom Walker "Just You and I"MaleUnited Kingdom
April 2017 Roy English "Hotel Pools 01101001"MaleUnited States
Olivia Holt "History"FemaleUnited States
May 2017 MAGIC GIANT "Set on Fire"GroupUnited States
June 2017 Chord Overstreet "Hold On"MaleUnited States
Jessie Chris "Burn"FemaleUnited States
July 2017 Spencer Sutherland "Selfish"MaleUnited States
Kirstin Maldonado "Break a Little"FemaleUnited States
August 2017 Saving Forever "Million Ways"GroupUnited States
September 2017 Rachel Crow "Dime"FemaleUnited States
October 2017 JOHN.k "OT"MaleUnited States
November 2017 Donna Missal "Transformer"FemaleUnited States
January 2018 Jack & Jack "Beg"DuoUnited States
Rayvon Owen "Gold"MaleUnited States
March 2018 Arlissa "Hearts Ain't Gonna Lie"FemaleUnited Kingdom
April 2018 Madilyn Bailey "Tetris"FemaleUnited States
May 2018 Elle Winter "One More"FemaleUnited States
July 2018 Aston Merrygold "Get Stupid"MaleUnited Kingdom
August 2018 Juice "Sugar"GroupUnited States
October 2018 New Hope Club "Medicine"GroupUnited Kingdom
November 2018 Alexander Jean "Waiting for You"DuoUnited States
February 2019 Lauren Jenkins "Running Out of Road"FemaleUnited States
March 2019 Damian McGinty "Saltwater"MaleNorthern Ireland

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  1. ↑ "TODAY: Elvis Duran's "Artist of the Month"". Archived from the original on 2016-10-27. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
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