Thank you for voting in The Current’s Top 89 countdown! We’ll air your favorite songs of 2021 on Dec. 31 from 5 p.m. to midnight and again on Jan. 1 from noon to 7 p.m. In the meantime, enjoy The Current’s Best New Artists of 2021. For further music discovery, explore our staff’s Top 89 lists.

Best New/Breakthrough Artists of 2021

1. Wet Leg

2. Olivia Rodrigo

3. Genesis Owusu

4. Arlo Parks

5. Dry Cleaning

6. Remi Wolf

7. Amythyst Kiah

8. Little Simz

9. The Linda Lindas

10. The Marías

11. Arooj Aftab

12. Noga Erez

13. Bakar

14. Tamar Aphek

15. Geese