Hailey Whitters
This year, Hailey Whitters’ career skyrocketed as she kicked off 2023 with her late-night TV debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, soon followed by performances on The Kelly Clarkson Show and The Today Show. In May, Whitters took home the Academy of Country Music Award for New Female Artist of the Year and performed her hit single “Everything She Ain’t” during the broadcast. The breakthrough single appeared on her 2022 studio album Raised, which, like her 2020 album The Dream, appeared on over 15 year-end best-of lists, and was named Rolling Stone’s #1 country album of the year. “Everything She Ain’t” marked her first ever top 20 single at country radio, which debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart earlier this year and has been played more than 175 million times on TikTok, inspiring multiple trends on the platform. Following a headline tour and tours with Shania Twain and Dierks Bentley, Whitters in the midst of a festival-packed summer season before touring with Eric Church and Luke Bryan later this year. This summer, Whitters followed her critically acclaimed album Raised with a brand new six-song EP I’m In Love. Where The Dream focused on Whitters’ experience in Nashville and Raised looked back on her life in the heartland, I’m In Love finds her tapping into her ‘90s country influences while exploring relationships, heartbreak, and finding love.