Every day, Shazam gets millions of requests from users around the world who are curious about the artist behind a song. These requests come from all over—TikTok videos, car commercials, overhearing something in the wild—which makes it a powerful tool for predicting tomorrow’s heavy hitters. For 2025, we’ve assembled six genre-focused playlists—based on Shazam data and reviewed by our editors—that feature artists poised to have a breakthrough year. On the horizon for hip-hop and R&B: more hits from the swaggering, raspy-voiced French rapper IDS, master of silky slow jams Gabriel Jacoby, and South London MC Stepz, whose track “Rock” swept TikTok in late 2024. Have a listen and add the ones you love to your library before the world catches on.