Around the ELLE office, our annual Women in Music portfolio inspires as much debate as anything we do all year. We pull up Spotify in meetings and send editors to venues large and small in search of artists who are pushing music in fascinating directions—and who are women with something to say offstage, too. There can be no debate that we chose the right cover star for Women in Music 2026: Best New Artist Grammy winner Olivia Dean is creating her own brand of feminist romance with a refreshing retro sound that, as Sylvia Obell writes in her profile, "feels as good to our nervous system as it does to our ears."
You'll also meet six rising artists we're excited about: Annahstasia with her unique brand of folk-soul, dreamy pop artist Floweroflove, the multitalented Charlotte Lawrence, dark storyteller Sofia Isella, Latin pop hitmaker Elena Rose, and Sienna Spiro, whose powerhouse vocals will get you through any heartache. Look out for their stories on ELLE.com soon, then head to our social channels to watch the artists in our Sounding Board video series. I hope you discover new music you love. —Nina Garcia, editor-in-chief
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