Best New Music Artists of 2011

The Top Ten
1 Foster The People Foster the People is an American indie pop band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 2009. It currently consists of lead vocalist Mark Foster, lead guitarist Sean Cimino, keyboardist Isom Innis, and drummer Mark Pontius.

The only decent artist on this list. Wiz Khalifa is trashy, as is Big Sean. Hot Chelle Rae is moderate, but still lacks true music elements, such as audible instrumental solos. Dev is okay, but still low quality. One Direction makes Justin Bieber look masculine, as their music is absolutely impossible for men to relate to. Foster the People isn't the best in the world for sure, but they deserve credit.

Foster the People are an awesome band. The album torches has a lot of good songs. Pumped Up Kicks is awesome, but all the other songs are really cool as well. They deserve to be number 1 on the list.

Number 1 is their place. These guys are incredible! Their show here in Brazil was awesome, I watched on T.V., too bad I could not go... Maby next time.

Number 1 is where they should be. Period!

All the other kids with their pumped up kicks, youu better run, better run faster than my gun!

2 Hot Chelle Rae
3 Wiz Khalifa Cameron Jibril Thomaz, better known by his stage name Wiz Khalifa, is an American rapper, songwriter, and actor. He was born on September 8, 1987.
4 Bad Meets Evil
5 Big Sean Sean Michael Leonard Anderson, known professionally as Big Sean, is an American hip hop recording artist from Detroit, Michigan.
6 Scotty McCreery Scott Cooke McCreery is an American country music singer. He is also known for winning the tenth season of American Idol on May 25, 2011.
7 Jessie J Jessica Ellen Cornish, better known by her stage name Jessie J, is an English singer and songwriter. Born and raised in London, she began her career on stage, aged 11, with a role in the West End musical Whistle Down the Wind.
8 Dev Devin Star Tailes, better known as Dev, is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, model and radio host. She was discovered by the record label, Indie-Pop, and The Cataracs via Myspace after her friend Shane Crislip, posted her singing.
9 Thompson Square
10 Christina Perri Christina Judith Perri is an American singer and songwriter from Bucks County, Pennsylvania. After her debut single "Jar of Hearts" was featured on the television series So You Think You Can Dance in 2010, Perri signed with Atlantic Records and released her debut extended play, The Ocean Way Sessions. ...read more.
The Contenders
11 One Direction One Direction (commonly abbreviated as 1D) were a British-Irish pop boy band based in London, composed of Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, and previously, Zayn Malik until his departure from the band on 25 March 2015. The group signed with Simon Cowell's record label Syco Records ...read more.
12 Miguel
13 Ghost Ghost is a Swedish heavy metal band that was formed in Linköping in 2008. The band consists of five masked instrumentalists known as the Nameless Ghouls, and a demonic anti-pope known as Papa Emeritus. They have released four studio albums, one live album, and two EPs. Each album introduces a new version of Papa Emeritus... read more
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