THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

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

Special Project

Special Project

From the 9th Annual Shorty Awards Muser of the Year

Musical.ly is the new kid on the block, an app where users can post videos of themselves dancing and lip-syncing along to their favorite songs—and it’s insanely popular. Millions and millions of musers show off their skills every day, but our nominees are the ones generating the biggest buzz.

Nominees

AlliCattt
Alli Fitz is the aspiring actress who first rose to fame on Vine, amassing an incredible 5M followe…
Ariana Renee
16-year-old musical.ly phenom Ariana Renee is conquering the social media platform one rap song at …
Ashley Santangelo
Ashley Santangelo doesn’t just lip sync, like a lot of other musers do—she creates unique stop-moti…
finalist
Baby Ariel
Let’s just get this out of the way: Ariel Martin, better known to her social media fans as @babyari…
finalist
Dani and Deven (Perkins Sisters)
Daniella and Devenity Perkins are dancing and lip syncing sisters who have taken musical.ly by stor…
Gangsta Grandma
A retired librarian who boasts that she’s “87 years young,” Gangsta Grandma is a star muser, with h…
finalist
Jacob Sartorius
Move over, Justin Bieber—muser Jacob Sartorius might just be the next big teen heartthrob. His boyi…
Lauren Godwin
Muser Lauren Godwin is many things, or should we say she transforms herself into many different peo…
winner
Lisa and Lena
Twin sisters from Stuttgart, Germany, Lisa and Lena always seem to be smiling. At just 14 years old…
finalist
Loren Gray
American beauty & Musical.ly star, Loren Gray, was born on April 19th 2002 in Landsdale, Pennsylvan…
Mackenzie Davis
Not to be confused with the star of Halt and Catch Fire, Mackenzie Davis, who goes by @raddestredhe…
finalist
Max and Harvey
You know you have a special connection when you start harmonizing together on songs at the age of f…