All Access Special: Year-End Hot Picks: The Best Of 2018!

While it's true that recent BEC/Tooth & Nail Records' pop signee Tasha Layton will be lumped into the "New Artist" category, she's hardly an industry newbie. Having performed on American Idol Season 10 (alongside Tori Kelly and Lauren Daigle), then going on to spend four years on the road, standing 20 feet from Katy Perry on-stage as a background vocalist, the South Carolina-native and current Nashville resident certainly isn't short on artist experience. Her debut radio single, a mega-joyful pop explosion "Love Lifting Me" is currently impacting all Christian formats and serves as the lead track to her full-length "Love Running Wild."