THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

The Shorty Awards honor the best of social media and digital. View this season's finalists!

From the 8th Annual Shorty Awards Best Vine Musician

Whether they’re layering beats and vocals, doing brilliant covers, or creating instrument inception -- they’re using six seconds of music unlike you’ve ever heard it before. These musicians are talented mix makers and also creative geniuses. Not only are they changing the music game, they’re doing it on specifically on Vine and you WANT to hear their tunes on loop!

Brand entries using social media in this space can be found in the Best in Vine Shorty Award.

Nominees

finalist
80Fitz
Andrew Fitzpatrick, also known as 80Fitz, is best regarded for his mad beatboxing skills, brought t…
Allie Sings
Canadian singer/songwriter, viner, social media enthusiast and “I just want to hug every dog" canin…
Amanda Joy Music
Opening her Adele “Hello" cover with “Overplayed song? Check. Epic hair flip at the beginning? Chec…
Leslie Wai
Prolific multimedia artist, online celebrity, and electronic music producer Leslie Wai has earned a…
finalist
Marcus Perez
Beatboxer extraordinaire Marcus Perez, aka @Markaaay and @Thatbeatboxerguy, introduced his talent t…
Marks Records
Mark Flesch produces videos with a vast array of artists and Vine celebrities like Trench and Allie…
Michele Olivieri
London singer/songwriter Michele Olivieri, aka Mick or Mickey, is impressing music lovers and makin…
finalist
Rachel Bobbitt
Only 16 years old and with 400k followers on Vine and 119 million video loops, Canadian singer/song…
finalist
Ruth B
2015 has been a great year for Canadian singer/songwriter Ruth B. Regaling the internet with captiv…
finalist
Trench
Fingerstyle guitarist, harpist, and multi-instrumentalist Trench has achieved musical heights with …
winner
Us The Duo
Us The Duo artists Carissa and Michael Alvarado are known as the first musicians to become establis…
Will Gittens
Singer and multi-instrumentalist Will Gittens began his Vine page in September 2014, sharing short …