Just wondering who people regard as the best new and representative amazing music artists/acts of the 10s ?

nb. the debut album release counts them as their decade

I guess my choices would be:

Lana Del Rey
Natalia Kills
Kasey Musgraves
Disclosure
Lorde
avicii
miguel
frank ocean
marina and the diamonds
katy b
tom odell
kodaline
rebecca fergusson
emeli sande
polly scattergood
birdy
naked and famous
frida sundemo
ed sheeran
ellie goulding
bruno mars
little mix
jessie j
nicki minaj

[one direction has to be included owing to their success surely?]

Lana del rey
Katy B
Nicki Minaj
Birdy
Ed sheeran
Bruno Mars
Ellie Goulding
Emeli Sande
Kesha (hit the big time in 09 with tik tok, but 2010 was when her debut and other songs followed so i count her as a 2010 artist)
Lorde
Gabrielle Aplin
Little Mix

thanks lil monster - hadn't thought of some of them and your right they have released their debut album from 2010+

Little Mix
Cher Lloyd
Ariana Grande
Clean Bandit
The Pretty Reckless
Emblem3
Kat Dahlia
Tinashe
Lorde
Ellie Goudling

Julia Holter
Misha B
Stooshe
Little Mix

One Direction

Lana Del Rey and Haim for me. I like Vampire Weekend and The XX quite a bit atm too but they're both from the tail end of the 00's. Lorde is pretty good too.

Ellie Goulding, Marina & The diamonds, Lana Del Rey.

Com Truise
Twin Shadow
Grimes
AgesandAges
Gardens & Villa
Temples
The Bilinda Butchers
Little Comets
Soft Metals
Museum of Bellas Artes
Ice Choir
Wild Nothing

My sister thinks Frank Ocean is very good and from what I have seen he pretty good.

Little Mix
Lana Del Rey
Marina and the Diamonds
Natalia Kills
Charli XCX
Future Perfect
Katy B
Caro Emerald
Loreen
AlunaGeorge
Pixie Lott (ok she came out in mid 09 but most of her music was released in 2010 onwards)

Can't think of any others right now...

That's a really good list.
I just wonder how many of these artists could get a bigger audience?
I'm a My bloody Valentine fan so I like the name of The Bilinda Butchers if nothing else!

for me...

Lana Del Rey
Lorde
grimes
Sky Ferreira
Charli XCX
Frank Ocean
Florence & The Machine (launched in 2009 but broke out 2010 onwards)
Blood Orange
Solange

Forgot about him for my list. I enjoyed his first album but I've not listened to it for a while. Does he have new stuff on the way?

Katy B
Olly Murs
Ellie Goulding
Rudimental
Disclosure
John Newman
Rita Ora
Sam Smith
Little Mix

Honorary mention for Becky Hill! The 2 songs she's featured on so far have been superb and her voice is incredible. So excited for her upcoming Debut album!

Birdy
Nina Nesbitt
Ellie Goulding
Gabrielle Aplin
Ariana Grande

Frank Ocean
Drake (his mixtape came out in 09, but his debut album was released in 2010)
Katy B
Disclosure
Miguel
Kendrick Lamar
Ariana Grande

Even though they have both been around since the early 2000's I would include Solange and JoJo as they are completely different artists today and it feels like they are really only launching themselves now.

No she isn't. Her debut and three singles were released in 2009, but more were released in 2010. She is a 09 artist as her album was released that year. Not a 2010 artist.

Sky Ferreira
Charli XCX
Iggy Azalea
Nicola Roberts
Marina and the Diamonds
Tove Lo
Lorde
Lana Del Rey
Cher Lloyd
Diana Vickers
Florrie
Hurts
Olly Murs
Icona Pop
Azealia Banks
Natalia Kills
Zowie
Le Kid
Oh My!
SoundGirl
Ke$ha
Amelia Lily
Neon Jungle
Stooshe

I'm not going with favourites but here is my two pennies on who has come out last few years and will have made the most impact on the music scene by the end of the decade.

Jake Bugg has to be on there even if only because the music industry seems to view him as the second coming. I know Ed Sheeran has been mentioned above. Mumford & Sons broke out in 2010 I think. Although they are taking a break so whether they will have any impression on the music industry for the rest of this decade is in question. They brought the folk sound to the mainstream. Adele's first album was out in the 00s but she broke through to mainstream massive success in 2010-2011.

Naughty Boy, Disclosure, Calvin Harris and Rudimental for producing other acts and therefore impacting on the sound in the charts. I think Naughty Boy (deservedly) will have a big impact on what we listen to this decade as his album had many several styles on it. Unfortunately I have to add will.i.am to the producer list.

Little Mix for the R&B / dance combination and harmonies. One Direction for pop-culture impact, although besides What Makes You Beautiful and Story Of My Life they haven't had breakout / radio hits. They're aiming their future music at more mature audiences (and men - good luck with that!) so they may have more radio hits and gain a foothold as a music act. If any boyband is going to impact beyond a 3 year push it'll be them.

Best:

AlunaGeorge *

CHVRCHES

Disclosure *

Grimes *

HAIM

Janelle Monâe

Jessie Ware *

Katy B *

Kelela

Lorde *

Miguel

Purity Ring

Rustie *

SBTRKT *

Zedd *



The ones with little stars beside them indicate artists that I believe people will cite when people start retrospectively discussing and characterising this decade.

i agree with

janelle monae - need to add that to my list


oh no ...her debut was 2008? so she's not original to 2010's

The OP says that the artist's debut album must have been released from 2010 onwards.

The ArchAndroid, Janelle Monâe's "debut studio album" , was released in 2010.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_ArchAndroid

I hope Charli XCX has a successful pop-career whilst maintaining the consistency in quality she has more or less had up until now.

SuperLove and Boom Clap are fantastic, I hope the latter winds up on her new album.

Lana Del Rey
Jessie Ware
John Newman
Sam Smith
Ellie Goulding
Katy B
Grimes
Lorde
Ed Sheeran