{"id":140271,"date":"2025-11-18T18:30:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T18:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/140271\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T18:30:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T18:30:11","slug":"tate-mcrae-kpop-demon-hunters-alex-warren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/140271\/","title":{"rendered":"Tate\u00a0McRae, KPop Demon Hunters, Alex Warren"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tToday,\u00a0Variety\u00a0announces\u00a0eight honorees for its ninth annual Hitmakers celebration<\/a>. Spanning a wide range of musical genres and experience, all recipients are being recognized for their breakthrough success over the past year.\u00a0All of\u00a0the artists and producers being honored are\u00a0also\u00a0nominated for\u00a02026\u00a0Grammy Awards.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tTate McRae<\/a> \u2014 Powerhouse of the Year\u00a0
EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI, the singing voices of HUNTR\/X \u2014\u00a0KPop\u00a0Demon Hitmakers<\/a> of the Year\u00a0
Buddy Guy \u2014 Living Legend \/ Iconic Collaboration in Film Award\u00a0\u00a0
Alex Warren \u2014\u202fBreakthrough of the Year\u202f\u00a0
The\u00a0Mar\u00edas\u00a0\u2014 Anti-Hit Hitmakers of the Year\u00a0
Sounwave, Mustard and Jack Antonoff \u2014\u202fProducers of the Year\u202f\u00a0
Republic Records \u2014 Label of the Year\u202f\u00a0
Interactive Music in Media Award\u202f\u2014 Riot Games\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe above honorees will join\u00a0previously\u00a0announced 2025 Hitmaker of the Year Sabrina Carpenter<\/a> at the event, an invitation-only brunch held on Saturday, December\u00a06, in Los Angeles.\u202f<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe\u2019re so excited to shine a light on\u00a0some of the biggest talents of the past year, from 22-year-old pop powerhouse Tate McRae to the creators of the music of \u2018KPop\u00a0Demon Hunters\u2019 to 89-year-old blues legend Buddy Guy, who we\u2019re honoring for his iconic presence in Ryan Coogler\u2019s film \u2018Sinners\u201d as well as his immeasurable contributions to music over the decades,\u201d\u00a0said\u00a0Variety\u2019s executive music editor Jem Aswad.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cLikewise, Alex Warren and the\u00a0Mar\u00edas\u00a0both had enormous hits with songs that are well outside the pop mainstream, and producers of the year\u00a0Sounwave, Mustard and Jack Antonoff played key roles in Kendrick Lamar\u2019s\u00a0vital and culture-shifting body of work over the past\u00a018 months,\u00a0including\u00a0his blockbuster album \u2018GNX\u2019\u00a0and the chart-topping single \u2018Not Like Us.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe also honor Republic Records as Label of the Year for an incredible sixth time in nine years \u2014 they released eight of Luminate\u2019s top 25 songs of 2025\u00a0to date\u00a0\u2014 and Riot Games for their curation as a platform and promoter of\u00a0new music\u00a0over the past two decades.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tTikTok, Riot Games and Cash App Visa will be Premier Partners of the event, while Eternal Water will be the Official Water Partner. More honorees and details will be announced in the coming weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Hitmakers Interactive Music in Media Award honors Riot Games for its pioneering work in creating and highlighting music that moves from gaming and streaming platforms to immersive live and viral experiences. For over 15 years, Riot Games has been a leader in connecting recording artists and composers to the gaming world, producing iconic collaborations that celebrate the power of music and interactive storytelling. <\/p>\n

\n\tMore honorees and details will be announced in the coming weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today,\u00a0Variety\u00a0announces\u00a0eight honorees for its ninth annual Hitmakers celebration. Spanning a wide range of musical genres and experience, all…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140272,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[146,86819,85,46,409,3051],"class_list":{"0":"post-140271","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-hitmakers","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-music","13":"tag-tate-mcrae"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}