New Jersey native Audrey Nuna moves with ease between tender R&B ballads and boastful rap tracks. The singer, rapper, and songwriter made her commercial debut in 2018 and inked a major-label deal the next year. A Liquid Breakfast, her first full-length, landed in 2021.

Nuna, born Audrey Chu and known first professionally as simply Audrey, started making music in high school, uploading cover versions to Instagram. While attending the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music in Brooklyn, she connected with producer Anwar Sawyer, who also became her manager. Her initial commercial singles were independently issued in 2018, starting with a trio of distinct ballads before she first displayed her capacity for nonchalant swagger on "Honeypot." After two more singles in 2019, she signed with Arista (coincidentally the label Clive Davis founded in 1974 and ran until 2000) and made her major-label debut that year with "Time," followed by "Paper" and the brash Jack Harlow collaboration "Comic Sans." Changing her stage name to Audrey Nuna, she released in 2020 another handful of singles including "Damn Right" and its DJ Snake-assisted sequel. A ten-track combination of previous singles and new tracks was issued in May 2021 as A Liquid Breakfast. That December, "Damn Right" was heard in an episode of Insecure. Nuna then prepared a 17-cut deluxe version of A Liquid Breakfast, released in January 2022. ~ Andy Kellman

A Grammy-nominated producer, France's DJ Snake is at the forefront of the electronic trap music movement, having taken the genre to the charts with his 2013 single "Turn Down for What" featuring Lil Jon. He scored an additional mainstream hit with 2015's "Lean On," a multi-platinum, global chart-topper that featured Major Lazer and vocalist MØ, before topping that song's success with 2016's Justin Bieber collaboration "Let Me Love You," off Snake's Top Ten Billboard 200-charting debut, Encore. He has remained a chart regular, landing at number one on Billboard's Dance/Electronic Albums list with 2019's Carte Blanche. The record also spawned the dance hits "Taki Taki" with Selena Gomez, Cardi B, and Ozuna, and "Fuego" with Sean Paul, Anitta, and Tainy. In 2021, he again joined Gomez for her song "Selfish Love" before reuniting with Ozuna (as well as Megan Thee Stallion and BlackPink's Lisa) for the Top Ten dance single "SG."

Born William Grigahcine, Snake's production work on Lady Gaga's 2011 effort Born This Way earned him a Grammy nod when it was nominated for Album of the Year in 2012. He signed with Diplo's imprint Mad Decent that year and released the single "Bird Machine" on the label in 2013. The singles "Slow Down" and "Together" also arrived in 2013, along with more work for Gaga on her ARTPOP album. Snake's big break as a solo artist came late in the year when "Turn Down for What," featuring Lil Jon, arrived and became the most popular crossover trap hit since Baauer's "Harlem Shake." In 2014, he collaborated with Dillon Francis on the single "Get Low," while 2015 saw him join MØ and Major Lazer on the worldwide hit "Lean On."

In 2016, DJ Snake delivered his debut album, Encore, which appeared at number eight on the Billboard 200 chart. Included on the record were the singles "Middle" featuring guest vocalist Bipolar Sunshine and "Let Me Love You" with Justin Bieber. The latter track topped the charts and was certified multi-platinum across the globe. More singles followed, including 2017's "A Different Way" featuring vocalist Lauv.

The following year, Snake landed hits first with his solo track "Magenta Riddim," followed by "Taki Taki," a collaboration with Selena Gomez, Cardi B, and Ozuna that charted across the globe, including a number two placement in France. "Try Me" with Plastic Toy and "SouthSide" with Eptic followed in early 2019. All of these singles were included on Snake's sophomore full-length, Carte Blanche, which arrived in July 2019 and hit number four on the Billboard Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart. Also featured on the album were appearances by J Balvin, Anitta, Majid Jordan, Bryson Tiller, Zomboy, and others. A stand-alone track, "Trust Nobody," appeared in June 2020. The following year, he collaborated with Selena Gomez on her song "Selfish Love," and with Rick Ross and Rich Brian on "Run It." Another single, "SG" with Ozuna, Megan Thee Stallion, and BlackPink's Lisa, appeared in 2021 and hit the Top Ten of Billboard's Dance chart. ~ David Jeffries