Brittany Kwasnik

When she was just a young child, Canadian artist Brittany Kwasnik was told by doctors that she would never be able to sing. Proving them wrong, she pushed through her vocal cord dysfunction and gained attention from music lovers and industry professionals when she posted her song "Breathe," which went viral on YouTube. What makes Brittany's songs stand apart in this age of manufactured stardom is the striking fact that she writes them, both the words and the music, and she has been at it since she was fourteen.