Top 10 Songs Made by Young Artists
11-year old Michael reached #5 on the Billboard chart with the album this was on, although he was part of a band that was made up of his older brothers. Pretty respectable, considering he was just a kid, and at that time, the Beatles, Elvis Presley, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, the Doors, and many other luminaries of musical history were also on the charts at the same time.
Complete crap. - Gehenna
Are you joking?
Michael's solo album hit #5 on Billboard when he was just 14 years old, but the Beatles had already broken up, and Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison had all died by then.
Gibson is the youngest artist to have a Billboard #1 for a song they sang, wrote, and produced themselves- age 17.
With her first major label album at 10 years old, Jackie Evancho was the youngest artist in US chart history to have an album that hit #2 and also the youngest to have a Platinum album. Her second album was also recorded when she was 10, and also hit #2 on the Billboard 200, only slightly missing out on hitting #1 behind an Eminem album. She also hit #1 several times on the Billboard Classical albums chart.
Youngest artist in US chart history to have a #1 album on the Billboard 200; age 13.
The Hanson brothers were 17, 15, and 11 when this single and the album Middle of Nowhere hit it big.
Youngest artist to win a Grammy, at age 14.
This came out when she was almost 20 years old. What qualifies as a "young artist"?
All members of the band were under 20 years old when this was recorded.
Taylor was 16 when she recorded this for her first album.