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Laura Marling
Laura Marling
British folk singer-songwriter
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Wild Beasts
Wild Beasts
British rock band
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London Grammar
London Grammar
British indie pop band
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Arctic Monkeys
Arctic Monkeys
English rock band
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Michael Kiwanuka
Michael Kiwanuka
British soul singer-songwriter
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St. Vincent
St. Vincent
American singer-songwriter
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Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
British rock band from Glasgow
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Jessie J
Jessie J
English singer
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PJ Harvey
PJ Harvey
English singer-songwriter
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The xx
The xx
British indie pop band
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Lily Allen
Lily Allen
English singer, songwriter, actress, and television presenter
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David Bowie
David Bowie
British singer, musician, and actor (1947-2016)
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Queen
Queen
British rock band (1970-)
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Adele
Adele
English singer and songwriter
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Kieran Hebden
Kieran Hebden
English musician and DJ
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Fat White Family
Fat White Family
English band
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The Last Shadow Puppets
The Last Shadow Puppets
English supergroup
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Savages
Savages
English rock band
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Cat Power
Cat Power
American singer-songwriter and actress
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Beth Gibbons
Beth Gibbons
British singer
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Razorlight
Razorlight
band
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Kate Nash
Kate Nash
English pop singer and actor
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Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter, record producer and graphic designer (1946-1991)
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Metronomy
Metronomy
British electronic music group
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Lisa Hannigan
Lisa Hannigan
Irish musician
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Mick Ronson
Mick Ronson
English guitarist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, arranger and record producer
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Ladyhawke
Ladyhawke
New Zealand singer-songwriter
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The Kills
The Kills
band
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Elbow
Elbow
English alternative rock band
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Catherine Russell
Catherine Russell
singer
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The Kooks
The Kooks
British rock band
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Foals
Foals
British band
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Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Raitt
blues singer-songwriter and slide guitar player from the United States
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Ben Hudson
Ben Hudson
English singer, songwriter, and producer from Birmingham
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Placebo
Placebo
English alternative rock band
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Anna Domino
Anna Domino
American singer-songwriter
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Bat for Lashes
Bat for Lashes
English singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
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Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey
American recording artist; singer-songwriter
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Justine Frischmann
Justine Frischmann
English musician
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Jessie Ware
Jessie Ware
English singer-songwriter
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Corinne Bailey Rae
Corinne Bailey Rae
British singer and songwriter
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Katy B
Katy B
British singer-songwriter
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Emm Gryner
Emm Gryner
Canadian musician
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Brian May
Brian May
English musician and astrophysicist
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Twiggy Lawson
Twiggy Lawson
British model, actress and singer
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Amy Winehouse
Amy Winehouse
English singer and songwriter
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Mike Garson
Mike Garson
American musician
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Dev Hynes
Dev Hynes
British musician
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Suzi Quatro
Suzi Quatro
American musician, radio host and actress
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Jon Hopkins
Jon Hopkins
English electronic musician and producer
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Anna Margaret Michelle Calvi (born 24 September 1980) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. Her accolades include three Mercury Prize nominations, one Brit Award nomination, and a European Border Breakers Award. She has been noted by some critics as a virtuoso guitarist, as well as for her powerful, wide-ranging operatic contralto voice and sometimes androgynous stage appearance.

Born to therapist parents in London, Calvi graduated from the University of Southampton with a degree in music, having studied violin. She subsequently worked as a private guitar instructor before embarking on a music career. She released her eponymous debut album in 2011 through Domino Records to critical acclaim, earning a Mercury Prize nomination for Album of the Year, a British Breakthrough Act nomination at the 2012 Brit Awards and a European Border Breakers Award.

Her second album, One Breath was released in 2013, earning her a second Mercury Prize nomination. She followed this in 2014 with the EP Strange Weather and subsequently wrote the music for a stage production of the opera The Sandman, directed by Robert Wilson. Calvi released her third full-length album, Hunter, in August 2018 earning her a third Mercury Prize nomination.