Less mouthy than Amy Winehouse, less manufactured than Girls Aloud or Leona Lewis, and more creatively original than Adele or Duffy. Young, glamorous, eccentric and borrowing heavily from 80s style, a host of new female pop artists are now dominating leaving the more traditional guitar-toting indie bands by the wayside. Here's our guide to the new generation of girl power....
Little Boots
Otherwise known as Victoria Christina Hesketh from Lancashire, this 25 year old counts Jean Michele Jarre and Gary Numan amongst her influences. Has insisted on maintaining creative control of her career and relies heavily on MySpace to get her
music out there.
Elly Jackson
One half of electropop duo La Roux. Looks more 80s than anyone actually did in the 80s and turned up to sign her record deal wearing a T shirt emblazoned with the phrase "I'm a C—t” on it. Influences are Human League, Yazoo and Erasure.
Lady Gaga
Quite literally in a world of her own, 23 year old Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta cites everyone from Queen and David Bowie to Madonna and Michael Jackson as influences. With six Grammys, two Brits and 8 million album sales under her belt she's already a bona fide megastar.
Florence Welch
Flying the flag for the redheads, the 23 year-old face of Florence and the Machine cites Annie Lennox, Kate Bush and the Velvet Underground as influences. Described by The Times as “the most peculiar and most highly acclaimed female singer of the moment" and "the latest in a line of great English pop eccentrics"
Marina Lambrini Diamandis
Of Marina and the Diamonds, currently making waves with debut single Hollywood. The 24 year old was born in Wales of Greek parentage and definitely one to look out for in 2010.
Ellie Goulding
The 23 year old from Hereford is the current hot tip of everyone in the biz, as exemplified by her Critics Choice Brit Award. Debut album Lights comes out this month. Will it live up to it's hype? Probably....
Lissy Trullie
One from across the pond. This 25 year old's sassy power pop has received production help from former Suede guitarist Bernard Butler who helped Duffy's ascent to fame. Has yet to make a huge impact on these shores but the climate is certainly ripe.
Ladyhawke
The 31 year multi-instrumentalist from New Zealand took her name from the 1985 film starring Matthew Broderick and Michelle Pfeiffer. Think Kim Wilde meets ELO. Her eponymously titled debut album is a work of genius. Check it out now!
Bat For Lashes
Stage name for Mecury Prize nominated Natasha Khan who references Siouxsie Sioux, PJ Harvey and Bjork to great effect. Critically acclaimed in all the right circles. Radiohead love her so much they asked her to open for them.
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