Wrabel

While it's not unique for artists to go from unknown to known thanks to their music landing in television commercials, Stephen Wrabel's story involves a song ("Ten Feet Tall"), a commercial (Bud Light), a superstar DJ (Afrojack), and exposure to 100 million viewers (it premiered during the Super Bowl). Thanks to transient parents, Wrabel grew up all over the U.S., but he put down some roots when he attended Boston's Berklee College of Music. A move to Los Angeles came next, as did gigs writing songs for artists like Phillip Phillips and Adam Lambert, but Wrabel was still working on his own career, and landed a deal with Island thanks to a demo recording of "Ten Feet Tall." He recorded the cut with Dutch EDM DJ Afrojack and it premiered in early 2014 thanks to Bud Light's Super Bowl commercial. It also landed on Afrojack's debut album, Forget the World.