Sabrina Claudio

Miami’s Sabrina Claudio emerged in the latter half of the 2010s with an R&B-rooted sound that favored low-key, aching balladry. She put up big streaming numbers with songs like “Belong to You” and “Unravel Me,” which appeared on About Time, her debut mixtape. 2018′s “Don’t Let Me Down” featuring Khalid made a strong showing on the R&B charts, after which she released 2019′s Truth Is and the 2020 holiday set Christmas Blues. The studio album Based on a Feeling arrived in 2022, and the compilation Archives & Lullabies was released in 2023.
As a youngster, Claudio first soaked up the dance music she heard in her native Miami and was eventually drawn to pop-oriented contemporary R&B like Mariah Carey and Destiny's Child. Her first major steps as a recording artist were made in 2016, when she appeared on songs by the Classmatez (“No Titles”) and Duckwrth (“I’m Dead”), and uploaded an EP titled Confidently Lost. Within the span of half a year, her track-play count was in the millions. Her debut full-length, About Time, offered a couple tracks from the EP, as well as the pre-release singles “Unravel Me” and “Belong to You”; the digital-only “mixtape” charted in 31 countries. Claudio released her sophomore full-length effort, No Rain, No Flowers, in 2018, with the singles “All to You,” “Don’t Let Me Down” (featuring Khalid), “All My Love” (featuring Wale), and “As Long As You’re Asleep” arriving in early 2019, the latter of which appeared later that year on her sophomore long-player, Truth Is. 2020 saw Claudio issue her first holiday album, Christmas Blues. She remained quiet during 2021, but returned in January 2022 with the sultry single “Put On Repeat.” The track appeared on her next full-length, Based on a Feeling. Archives & Lullabies, including several acoustic tracks, appeared in 2023. ~ Andy Kellman