It's a growing phenomenon, musicians are cutting out the middleman and gaining followers via MySpace and YouTube. "Look it up on YouTube", cried Nash to thousands of fans at a gig in England a few months ago. This may sound like a backhanded quip, and an unfair one at that. But young Kate Nash has the credentials to back herself. Her debut album, Made of Bricks, hit the top of the charts in the UK in '07. The next year she was awarded Britons Best Female Artist. This girls all about grrl power, and her lyrics are reassuringly real. Did I mention she was only 22?

Kate Nash