The Best New Female Artists Of 2024
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Vote on the up-and-coming artists based on recent releases and performances.
Latest additions: Reneé Rapp, Kenya Grace, Tyla
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Over 200 Ranker voters have come together to rank this list of The Best New Female Artists Of 2024
Who are this year's best new female artists, you might ask? From bedroom pop masters PinkPantheress and girl in red to viral TDE signee DOECHII, all of 2024's new female singers are unapologetically shattering glass ceilings one hit song at a time. TikTok influencers Nessa Barrett and Jessie Murph are dominating the alternative pop space and multi-talented rapper and vocalist Baby Tate is back with more empowering releases through Warner Records.
Which trending new female musicians are you most excited to see live, and whose records are you currently listening to? Vote below for the best new female artists of 2024, and be sure to come back to see new additions throughout the year!
- 1Alt popTate Rosner McRae is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and dancer. McRae caught the attention of RCA Records in 2019 after her original song "One Day" went viral on YouTube, subsequently releasing her debut EP, All the Things I Never Said, in January 2020.
- 2Pop, Bedroom pop, DancePinkPantheress (born 2001) is an English singer, songwriter, and record producer. In 2021, while attending university in London, she posted several songs to TikTok that went viral, including "Break It Off", and she subsequently signed to Parlophone and Elektra Records. Her singles "Pain" and "Just for Me" peaked in the top 40 of the UK Singles Chart. Her debut mixtape, To Hell with It, was released in 2021.
- Lauren Spencer-Smith (born September 28, 2003) is a British-born Canadian singer-songwriter from Vancouver Island. She appeared as a contestant on the eighteenth season of American Idol in 2020, placing in the top twenty in the competition. In 2021, Spencer-Smith became further known internationally when her self-released song "Fingers Crossed" reached the top 20 in numerous countries, including the US, and peaked within the top ten of the charts in numerous countries including Australia, New Zealand and Spencer-Smith's native United Kingdom. This was on the back of a demo of the song going viral on TikTok. Spencer-Smith's rise to popularity and success on social media has been compared to that of American singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo.
- 4Indie pop, Bedroom popMarie Ulven Ringheim (born 16 February 1999), known professionally as Girl in Red (often stylized in all lowercase as girl in red), is a Norwegian indie pop singer-songwriter. Her single "I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend" has gained over 40 million streams on Spotify, and was listed at No. 9 on The New York Times list of "The 68 Best Songs of 2018". Since 2018, Ringheim has released two extended plays from her bedroom studio and has amassed over 3 million monthly streamers on Spotify.
- 5PopAmelia Webb (born 23 July 2000) is a British singer-songwriter. She is known for her singles "Before I Go" and "Good Without", the latter of which peaked at number eight on the UK Singles Chart. In October 2021, she released her debut EP Seven Shades of Heartbreak.
- 6R&B, Pop, AfrobeatsTyla Laura Seethal (born January 30, 2002), known as Tyla, is a South African singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Johannesburg, she signed with Epic Records in 2021 after the domestic success of her 2019 debut single, "Getting Late" featuring Kooldrink.
- 7Trap R&B, Alternative popJessie Murph (born September 22, 2004) is an American singer-songwriter and social media personality who fuses trap R&B with alternative pop. She rose to fame through TikTok and is currently signed with Columbia Records.
- 8Pop, R&BRachel Agatha Keen (born October 24, 1997), known professionally as Raye (stylised in all caps), is an English singer, songwriter, and record producer. Her debut studio album, My 21st Century Blues (2023) was released independently to critical and commercial success and won Album of the Year at the 2024 BRIT Awards. Among five other awards for which she was a recipient, RAYE broke the record for most wins and nominations received at the ceremony in a single year.
- 9PopReneé Mary Jane Rapp (born Reneé Jane Rapp; January 10, 2000) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Rapp gained recognition for starring as Regina George in the Broadway musical Mean Girls (2019–2020). She reprised the role in the 2024 film Mean Girls and also contributed to its soundtrack. Rapp has also starred in the Max comedy series The Sex Lives of College Girls (2021–present).
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PopSarah Faith Griffiths (born 21 January 2001), known professionally as Griff, is an English singer and songwriter. In 2019, she released her debut single, "Mirror Talk", through Warner Records. This was followed by her debut extended play, The Mirror Talk, later that year. - 11Pop, pop rock, Alternative rockJanesa Jaida Barrett, known professionally as Nessa Barrett is an American singer and songwriter. Barrett rose to prominence on the video sharing app TikTok in 2019. Barrett began her music career in mid-2020 with the release of her debut single "Pain." Barrett released her debut EP Pretty Poison on September 10, 2021. Her song "I Hope Ur Miserable Until Ur Dead" entered the US Billboard Hot 100 at number 88 in August 2021, becoming her first entry on the chart.
- 12Dylan Conrique (born April 13, 2004) is an American singer-songwriter from Gilroy, California. She specializes in pop and is known for her studio hit single "Birthday Cake," released on February 2, 2022 through KYN Entertainment.
- 13Hip hop, TrapTamia Monique Carter (born January 9, 2000), known professionally as Flo Milli, is an American rapper and songwriter. Born and raised in Mobile, Alabama, she began making and releasing music in 2015. After her singles "Beef FloMix" and "In The Party" went viral on the social media platform TikTok, she signed a recording deal with RCA Records. Flo Milli released her debut mixtape, Ho, Why Is You Here?, on July 24, 2020, to critical acclaim.
- 14Pop, Pop rockTaylor Gayle Rutherford (born June 10, 2004), known professionally as GAYLE, is an American singer-songwriter. After signing with Atlantic Records, she released the single "ABCDEFU" in 2021, which has charted worldwide including reaching number one in the United Kingdom and in Ireland.
- 15PopAlexis Jayde Burnett (born August 19, 2002) is an American singer-songwriter and actress known for her latest studio hit single "drunk text me," released on January 6, 2022, via Artist Partner Group. She starred in the films Lucky Dog and Secrets in the Water.
- 16Pop, House, UK funkyRebecca Claire Hill (born February 14, 1994) is a British singer and songwriter from Bewdley. She rose to prominence after appearing on the first series of The Voice UK, auditioning with John Legend's "Ordinary People". She joined Jessie J's team and reached the semi-final of the competition. On June 29, 2014 she became the first (and only thus far) The Voice UK contestant to score a UK number 1 when the song, "Gecko (Overdrive)" with Oliver Heldens topped the UK Singles Chart. In 2022, she received two Brit Awards nominations, including British Song of the Year for "Remember" with David Guetta, and Best Dance Act, which she won.
- 17PopZoe Wees (born May 13, 2002) is a German singer-songwriter. Her debut single "Control" charted in several nations including number 1 in France (SNEP Radio) and the top 10 in Belgium.
- 18Country, Country popMickey Guyton (born Candace Mycale Guyton; June 17, 1983) is an American country music artist. Raised in Texas, Guyton was exposed to various types of music at a young age, and her material subsequently incorporates elements of contemporary country and R&B music. Moving to Nashville, Tennessee in 2011, she would later sign a recording contract with Capitol Records Nashville. In 2015, the label released Guyton's debut extended play (EP), Unbreakable. In 2015, Capitol released her debut single, titled "Better Than You Left Me". The song reached number 34 on the US Country Airplay chart and helped her receive a nomination from the Academy of Country Music Awards. The same year, her second self-titled EP was released. In 2020, Guyton released the single "Black Like Me", which speaks on her experiences as a Black woman in country music. It was released in the wake of the George Floyd protests and Black Lives Matter movement. Her debut album Remember Her Name followed in 2021.
- 19Hip hop, Alternative rapJaylah Hickmon, known by her stage name DOECHII, is an American rapper from Tampa, Florida. She rose to fame as a YouTube content creator and transitioned into the music industry with her debut singles "Girls" (2018) and "Spookie Coochie" (2019).
- 20PopEmeline Easton Herreid (known mononomously as EMELINE) is a pop singer-songwriter from Providence, Rhode Island. She is known for her latest hit singles "what it means to be a girl," "this is how I learn to say no," and "6 foot deep."
- 21Punk rockThe Linda Lindas are a punk rock band from Los Angeles. The all-girl group comprises Bela Salazar, Eloise Wong, Lucia de la Garza, and Mila de la Garza, who identify as Asian-American and Latina.
- 22PopSadie Jean (born October 12, 2001) is an American singer-songwriter and social media personality based in New York City and Los Angeles. She rose to fame through TikTok and released her debut studio single "WYD Now?" via SELENE on December 10, 2021.
- 23CountryCallista Clark (born September 29, 2003) is an American country music singer from Zebulon, Georgia. She released her debut EP, Real to Me, on February 12, 2021, with the EP's lead single "It's 'Cause I Am" peaking at 30 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
- 24Hip hop, TrapRubi Rose Benton (born October 2, 1997) is an American rapper, songwriter and model from Lexington, Kentucky. Rose first gained fame as the main model for hip-hop group Migos' music video for the single "Bad and Boujee". Around this time, she started regularly featuring on a Twitch stream with Jamaican-born East Coast Hip Hop Commentator DJ Akademiks. Rose started releasing her own music and made traction in 2019 with her single "Big Mouth". Rose made a cameo appearance in American rapper Cardi B's music video for her single "WAP", which was released on August 7, 2020. In 2019, she was signed by A&R Chris Turner to LA Reid's record label Hitco Entertainment. On December 25, 2020, Rose released her first official mixtape, For the Streets, featuring guest appearances from Future and PartyNextDoor. Rose was featured in the 2021 XXL Freshman List.
- 25Holly Ffion Humberstone is a British singer-songwriter from Grantham, England. In 2021, she signed a record deal with Interscope and Polydor Records. Her first EP following the signings, The Walls Are Way Too Thin, was released on November 12, 2021.
- 26Indie popCat Burns is a British singer-songwriter from Streatham, London who attended the BRIT School and fuses gospel influence with indie acoustic pop.
- 27R&B, Gospel, Neo jazzYebba is an American Grammy-award-winning singer and songwriter from West Memphis, Arkansas. She first became known for her backing vocal performance on Chance the Rapper's SNL performance of the song "Same Drugs" in 2016 and releasing her debut single "Evergreen" in 2017. She has also collaborated with a number of artists, including PJ Morton, Sam Smith, Mark Ronson, Stormzy and Ed Sheeran.
- 28Indie pop, Neo soul, R&BAnaïs Oluwatoyin Estelle Marinho (born 9 August 2000), known professionally as Arlo Parks, is a British singer-songwriter and poet from West London. Known for her singles "Cola" and "Black Dog", she was longlisted as a breakthrough act of 2020 in an annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2020. Parks will release her debut studio album, Collapsed in Sunbeams, through Transgressive Records in January 2021.
- 29Jazz PopLaufey Lín Bing Jónsdóttir (born April 23, 1999), known mononymously as Laufey, is an Icelandic singer-songwriter and record producer. She achieved prominence in the early 2020s for her success as a jazz-inspired pop artist, with critics noting that her jazz-inflected songs have received considerable success for a genre that has largely declined commercially.
- 30Alternative rock, Punk rock, Rap rockNova Twins are an English rock duo formed in London, England, in 2014, consisting of vocalist/guitarist Amy Love and bassist Georgia South.
