Man, you need to learn more about Olivia Dean.
The British singer was recently nominated in two Grammy categories, including Best New Artist and Songwriter of the Year in the non-classical group for her hit “Man I Need.” However, her star has been rising for quite some time.
Olivia attended The Brit School—yes, the same performing arts school that counts Adele, Jessie J and the late Amy Winehouse as alumni. And by 2021, Amazon Music had named her Breakthrough Artist of the Year.
Two years later, she dropped her debut album Messy, which rocketed to the No. 4 spot on the U.K. charts and contained hits like “Dive.” She went on to release her sophomore album The Art of Loving in 2025, which soared to No. 1. In fact, her bio notes Olivia became the first British female to have 3 U.K. top 10 singles since Adele.
As for how she’d describe her style?
“I’ve always just made music that I hopefully would want to listen to. It’s really as simple as that,” Olivia explained to ELLE in September. “I love soul music. I love jazz. I love bossa nova. I am listening to it all the time. I’m not like, ‘I’m going to make this jazzy, soul music because that will be cool.’ I just like it.”
