SiriusXM in the present day (March 10) introduced Austin Snell as the newest artist to be amplified in its Artist Accelerator program. Snell is the primary nation artist to be chosen as a part of the coveted program, which develops and breaks new artists by leveraging the large mixed viewers of the corporate’s flagship premium subscription service, SiriusXM, and its ad-supported streaming service, Pandora.
Take a look at Music Row Magazine’s unique piece in regards to the announcement right here.
Amplifying Austin Snell
Final week, Snell was additionally named the most recent “Freeway Discover” on SiriusXM’s The Freeway (Ch. 56), the channel’s ongoing dedication to spotlighting nice new nation music expertise. He joins the likes of earlier “Freeway Finds,” resembling Luke Combs, Gabby Barrett, Maren Morris, Dan + Shay, and Florida Georgia Line. All through the week, listeners can hear Snell’s cowl of Cassadee Pope’s “Losing All These Tears” on The Freeway on the radio and the SXM App.
Along with Snell’s assist on The Freeway, the self-proclaimed “country-grunge” artist can also be being performed on SiriusXM’s Octane (Ch. 37). Thus far, he has been streamed extra on Pandora than some other DSP (with over 2 million streams for “Get There First” and greater than 4.2 million for “Losing All These Tears”).
The Artist Accelerator program places a highlight on rising artists and goals to take away obstacles created by in the present day’s song-first-driven tradition to assist artists develop their listener base and construct fandom. Leveraging the attain of SiriusXM’s broadcast community and Pandora’s personalised radio providing, the Artist Accelerator program is in contrast to some other, exposing chosen artists to over 100 million listeners to assist them succeed.
Final November, SiriusXM launched the Artist Accelerator program with R&B artist Coco Jones. SiriusXM was the primary radio outlet to assist Jones’ single “I.C.U.” from her debut EP, What I Didn’t Inform You, and thus far leads all retailers in whole spins for the music. Moreover, Pandora was the primary DSP to program “I.C.U.” on main editorial locations, with over 1.1 million streams from October 21-November 4 of final yr alone.
About Austin Snell
Initially from Dudley, Georgia, Austin Snell moved to Nashville in Might 2022. He quickly made his mark on Music Metropolis with “Excuse the Mess” in September of the identical yr. “Excuse The Mess” amassed greater than 1 million streams in its first week, due to his enthusiastic TikTok following. Austin’s distinctive mix of rock and nation, which he coined “grunge nation,” grabbed the eye of impartial file label and publishing firm River Home Artists. Austin adopted up his breakout hit along with his “Losing All These Tears” cowl, earlier than releasing his second authentic music, “Get There First” on January 27. Since September of 2022, Snell’s songs have gathered over 36 million streams throughout platforms.