The Best New Female Artists Of 2021

Coley Reed
Updated June 7, 2021 9.1K votes 1.6K voters 57.1K views

Who are the best new female artists of the year? From lyrical rappers to indie pop stars, the top up and coming female artists of 2021 are quickly climbing up Billboard and Spotify charts. While a few have been around a bit longer, these rising stars are expected to make it big in 2021.

New female artists to watch in 2021 include former American Idol contestant Remi Wolf, genre-mixing rapper Ashnikko, TikTok star Dixie D'Amelio, and English rapper Bree Runway. Vote up your favorite singers!

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  • Olivia Rodrigo
    1

    Olivia Rodrigo

    Pop
    770 votes
    Olivia Isabel Rodrigo (born February 20, 2003) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She rose to prominence with her lead roles on the Disney television programmes Bizaardvark and High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. After signing with Interscope and Geffen Records, she released her debut single "Drivers License" in 2021, which broke various streaming records and finished as one of the best-selling songs of the year along with its successors "Deja Vu" and "Good 4 U". Rodrigo's debut studio album, Sour (2021), topped charts globally and received widespread critical acclaim. She is nominated in seven categories at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist, Album of the Year for Sour, and Record of the Year and Song of the Year for "Drivers License."
  • Tate McRae
    2

    Tate McRae

    Alt pop
    408 votes
    Tate 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.
  • girl in red
    3

    girl in red

    Indie pop, Bedroom pop
    293 votes
    Marie 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.
  • Ashnikko
    4

    Ashnikko

    Hip hop, Experimental pop
    354 votes
    Ashton Nicole Casey (born February 19, 1996), better known as Ashnikko, is an American singer, songwriter, and rapper. She rose to prominence with her 2019 single "Stupid" with Yung Baby Tate, which gained viral popularity on the video-sharing platform TikTok and was certified gold in the United States and Canada. Preceded by the singles "Cry" and "Daisy", Ashnikko's debut mixtape, Demidevil, was released on January 15, 2021.
  • Daneliya Tuleshova
    5

    Daneliya Tuleshova

    Pop, Hip hop
    411 votes
    Daneliya Tuleshova, born July 18, 2007, is a Kazakhstani singer. She represented Kazakhstan in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Minsk, Belarus with her song "Ózińe sen," finishing sixth. Before Junior Eurovision, she won the fourth season of The Voice Kids Ukraine and was a finalist in Children's New Wave 2015. In 2019, she took part in The World's Best, representing her country alongside Dimash Kudaibergen. She was a finalist on season 15 of America's Got Talent.
  • Flo Milli
    6

    Flo Milli

    Hip hop, Trap
    264 votes
    Tamia 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.