Starting our final week of Ones To Watch 2026 before Christmas is one of the year’s most compelling new talents,...
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Iona Luke
Back To Ground
Starting our final week of Ones To Watch 2026 before Christmas is one of the year’s most compelling new talents, Iona Luke. We first discovered the 22-year-old in September with her striking murder ballad 'Cowboy Boots', and since then, she’s...
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Rising British-Indian singer-songwriter RIKA is our final Ones To Watch 2026 this week. With more than 55m streams to date,...
RIKA
Exotic
Rising British-Indian singer-songwriter RIKA is our final Ones To Watch 2026 this week. With more than 55m streams to date,...
Next up on our Ones To Watch 2026 is rising Scottish singer-songwriter Blair Davie. We first tipped them in 2022 with...
Blair Davie
Happy New Year
Next up on our Ones To Watch 2026 is rising Scottish singer-songwriter Blair Davie. We first tipped them in 2022 with...
Continuing our Ones To Watch 2026 is British singer-songwriter Jack Cullen, who first came onto our radar with his uplifting breakout...
Jack Cullen
All I Need
Continuing our Ones To Watch 2026 is British singer-songwriter Jack Cullen, who first came onto our radar with his uplifting breakout...
Today's Ones To Watch 2026 is 21-year-old Manchester rapper Nemzzz, who is in the midst of a defining year both...
Nemzzz
8PM
Today's Ones To Watch 2026 is 21-year-old Manchester rapper Nemzzz, who is in the midst of a defining year both...
Opening our new week of Ones To Watch 2026 is multi-talented artist, singer-songwriter and classically trained saxophonist Charlie Jeer. It’s...
Charlie Jeer
Mona Lisa
Opening our new week of Ones To Watch 2026 is multi-talented artist, singer-songwriter and classically trained saxophonist Charlie Jeer. It’s...
Closing out this week’s Ones To Watch 2026 is masked alt-rap force EsDeeKid. The enigmatic Merseyside MC has turned anonymity...
EsDeeKid
Century
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...
Continuing our Ones To Watch 2026 is Nigerian-born, UK-based rising talent Ossi Grace, who is fast becoming one of Afro-Soul’s...
Ossi Grace
Love Like This
Continuing our Ones To Watch 2026 is Nigerian-born, UK-based rising talent Ossi Grace, who is fast becoming one of Afro-Soul’s...
Today's Ones To Watch 2025 is rising R&B star kwn (pronounced kay-one). It’s been a phenomenal year for the east...
kwn
do what i say
Today's Ones To Watch 2025 is rising R&B star kwn (pronounced kay-one). It’s been a phenomenal year for the east...
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