Warner Music India

Rising British-Indian singer-songwriter RIKA is our final Ones To Watch 2026 this week. With more than 55m streams to date,...

Giant Music

Next up on our Ones To Watch 2026 is rising Scottish singer-songwriter Blair Davie. We first tipped them in 2022 with...

RCA

Continuing our Ones To Watch 2026 is British singer-songwriter Jack Cullen, who first came onto our radar with his uplifting breakout...

self release

Today's Ones To Watch 2026 is 21-year-old Manchester rapper Nemzzz, who is in the midst of a defining year both...

Capitol Records

Opening our new week of Ones To Watch 2026 is multi-talented artist, singer-songwriter and classically trained saxophonist Charlie Jeer. It’s...

XV Records/Lizzy Records through ADA

Closing out this week’s Ones To Watch 2026 is masked alt-rap force EsDeeKid. The enigmatic Merseyside MC has turned anonymity...

Since ‘93

Continuing our Ones To Watch 2026 is Nigerian-born, UK-based rising talent Ossi Grace, who is fast becoming one of Afro-Soul’s...

AWAL Recordings/RCA Records

Today's Ones To Watch 2025 is rising R&B star kwn (pronounced kay-one). It’s been a phenomenal year for the east...

Big Loud Rock/Parallel Vision

Next up on our Ones to Watch is fast-rising American rock duo Girl Tones. Formed by classically trained sisters Kenzie...

Parlophone

Starting this week's Ones To Watch 2026 is rising post-punk pop group My First Time. Since breaking through with last...

Truth Music Group/RCA

Our final Ones To Watch artist this week is Burnley-born non-binary musician, illustrator, and tattoo artist Cody Frost. Since their...

Polydor

Next up on our Ones To Watch 2026 is rising dance-pop force Rose Gray. Born on New Year’s Eve and raised...

Columbia UK

Continuing our Ones To Watch 2026 is fast-rising pop auteur Chloe Qisha. The Malaysian-born, UK-based artist has packed an extraordinary amount into...

self-released

Today's Ones To Watch is American singer-songwriter Matt Hansen. At just 25, the LA-based artist has quietly become one of...

Atlantic Records UK

Starting this week's Ones To Watch 2026 is the burgeoning self-taught alt-pop singer, songwriter, and producer Erin LeCount. She first...

Capitol/Polydor

Next up in our Ones To Watch 2026 spotlight is emerging pop force Alessi Rose, who has carved out one...

Since93/RCA UK

Kickstarting our Ones To Watch 2026 is rising British-Ghanaian soul star Nectar Woode. The 25-year-old Milton Keynes-raised, London-based artist has...

unsigned

We were seriously impressed when this gorgeous, soulful alt-R&B cut dropped into our inbox last month from east London’s Malunga....

indepdendent

South London’s Amity pushes his remarkable rise forward with 'To Make A Man', an anthemic, piano-led salvo against toxic masculinity...

Polydor Label Group

Fresh from their instantly sold-out UK dates last month, rising girlband XO return with their punchy debut EP 'Fashionably Late',...

Strum Records

With Christmas fast approaching and the sound of Mariah Carey et al already on the air, Alexis Strum steps up...

independent

Glasgow-based singer-songwriter Quiet Man continues his impressive trajectory with 'Treading Water', a hauntingly introspective track that drifts between melancholy and...

self-release

North London sister duo Hot Stamp deliver their blistering new single 'Better Taste', the sharp and swaggering follow-up to debut...

777 Music

Norwegian alt-pop auteur Iris Caltwait has completely captivated us with her new album 'Again, for the first time', released last...

independent

Wrapped in a youthful, infectious energy, 'Rosie' is the emotionally charged pop banger from Sunderland's Lottie Willis. Raised through We...

Four44 Records

It’s Friday, and we’re heading into the weekend with a club-ready, '90s-inspired banger from Son Of Rocky. Following his BBC...

Pal Records

Currently en route to Iceland Airwaves, Italian/Punjabi sisters Veronica and Jess Pal, aka Baby Said, round off a breakthrough year...

Zesty Records

We last featured RotD fave Blakey in 2023 with the UK garage-inspired 'Need', after championing him since 2018's 'Future Skies'....

self-release

South Milan's MaveriX have spent two years perfecting their volatile blend of melodic punk and country grit. 'I Hate You...

MNRK

It's been over two and a half years since we last featured the stunning vocals of British/Greek singer-songwriter Eleni Drake...

At Last

Opening with just acoustic guitar and vocal, ‘Things’ by London-born singer-songwriter Henry Grace gently expands into a lush soundscape of...