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Best new artists for 2021

From pop to drill, ambient, hardcore punk and more, our writers pick out 30 new artists to keep an eye on this year

  • David Balfe, AKA For Those I Love.

    For Those I Love: Ireland's potent new poet of grief

  • First use in Film & Music 1 January please Ivorian Doll Press publicity portrait Credit: Fireshone

    'I'm not wearing tracksuits, I'm sexy!' Ivorian Doll, drill's first female star

  • Amaarae Press publicity portrait Credit: Philipp Raheem

    Ghanaian pop star Amaarae: 'I'm presenting black women as deities'

  • Clockwise from bottom left: KMRU, As Everything Unfolds, Zola Mennenöh, Holly Humberstone, Aquiles Navarro, Enny, Genesis Owusu.

    Irish drill, jazz violin and supermarket musicals: 30 new artists for 2021

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