tastemaker
noun
taste·mak·er
ˈtāst-ˌmā-kər 
: one who sets the standards of what is currently popular or fashionable
Examples of tastemaker in a Sentence
She is one of the most powerful tastemakers in the fashion world.
Recent Examples on the Web
Evil special screening Paramount+ hosted a tastemaker screening event in anticipation of the final season of Evil in New York on Tuesday.
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Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2024
Country music tastemakers united in Dallas for the second annual Billboard Country Live and all eyes were on Lainey Wilson as the country titan accepted the Record Breaker award presented by Lone River.
—James Dinh, Billboard, 15 May 2024
Over the past 15 years, Drake has picked up this mantle as music’s great arbitrageur, using his singular celebrity to produce collaborations with then-emerging talent such as Migos and the Weeknd that cemented his own reputation as a tastemaker.
—W. David Marx, The Atlantic, 1 May 2024
In the past, tastemakers in the worlds of fashion, art, and music established careers through this sort of arbitrage—plucking interesting developments from subcultures to dangle as novelties in the mass market.
—W. David Marx, The Atlantic, 1 May 2024
In the early ’00s, Dim Mak became a tastemaker by signing acts like The Kills, Bloc Party and Gossip.
—Mitchell Kuga, Billboard, 26 Apr. 2024
Brian Quincy Newcomb, a music journalist and pastor who was well-known in the Christian rock community for decades as a key tastemaker in the alternative scene, died in Centreville, Ohio on April 15 at age 67.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 22 Apr. 2024
Costume designer, designer and tastemaker June Ambrose will receive this year’s Vanguard Award in salute to her decades as a pioneer in the fashion industry.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 14 Mar. 2024
Best known for his records with Lil Yachty, Trippie Redd, Rico Nasty and Lil Peep, Shuffler has been a tastemaker since the early days of SoundCloud rap.
—Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 28 Mar. 2024
Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2024
Country music tastemakers united in Dallas for the second annual Billboard Country Live and all eyes were on Lainey Wilson as the country titan accepted the Record Breaker award presented by Lone River.
—James Dinh, Billboard, 15 May 2024
Over the past 15 years, Drake has picked up this mantle as music’s great arbitrageur, using his singular celebrity to produce collaborations with then-emerging talent such as Migos and the Weeknd that cemented his own reputation as a tastemaker.
—W. David Marx, The Atlantic, 1 May 2024
In the past, tastemakers in the worlds of fashion, art, and music established careers through this sort of arbitrage—plucking interesting developments from subcultures to dangle as novelties in the mass market.
—W. David Marx, The Atlantic, 1 May 2024
In the early ’00s, Dim Mak became a tastemaker by signing acts like The Kills, Bloc Party and Gossip.
—Mitchell Kuga, Billboard, 26 Apr. 2024
Brian Quincy Newcomb, a music journalist and pastor who was well-known in the Christian rock community for decades as a key tastemaker in the alternative scene, died in Centreville, Ohio on April 15 at age 67.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 22 Apr. 2024
Costume designer, designer and tastemaker June Ambrose will receive this year’s Vanguard Award in salute to her decades as a pioneer in the fashion industry.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 14 Mar. 2024
Best known for his records with Lil Yachty, Trippie Redd, Rico Nasty and Lil Peep, Shuffler has been a tastemaker since the early days of SoundCloud rap.
—Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 28 Mar. 2024
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“Tastemaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tastemaker. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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