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As both musicians and music fans, you've undoubtedly been thinking, who is going to rock my world in 2011? Rest assured, we've been pondering that same, most pressing issue, more than you can imagine, in fact.

To that end, we've come up with a list of 15 artists - some of them you know quite well, others you've probably never heard of - that we're sure will be worth keeping a close eye on over the next 12 months. Oh, and why 15 acts, you may ask? Because everybody else does 10 - we're different that way!

Powerdove

Although they're a trio (there's Jason Hoopes on bass and Alex Vittum on percussion), Powerdove centre around Annie Lewandowski, whose haunting vocals and parlor guitar stylings will rattle your heart and soul. The group's full-length debut, Be Mine (due out 15 February), recorded by Deerhoof's John Dieterich, is a bewitching blend of '60s girl-group love songs and intoxicating, ethereal, pastoral folk. The song Paint is from the band's self-titled debut EP, which can be ordered here.

James Blake

Over the course of 2010 James Blake made quite a name for himself among dance music circles. A string of jaw-droppingly accomplished releases - like Air And Lack Thereof and CMYK - marked him out as one of the UK's most promising young producers.

Blake's earliest releases sat at the more leftfield end of dubstep, but as time has gone on his work has become more vocal-heavy. His recent cover of Feist and Chilly Gonzales's Limit To Your Love - which features Blake's impressive vocals throughout - is a good indicator of the direction he is heading in.

His debut album, which is set for a February release, takes influence as much from Bon Iver and Antony And The Johnsons as it does Blake's dubstep roots. We've heard it, and can tell you it's one worth getting very excited about.

Anna Calvi

Anna Calvi's debut single Jezebel was first made famous by no less than Edith Piaf, and comparisons to that legendary French songstress are already swirling around the young Brit-based singer/guitarist, who has also been likened to Jeff Buckley and Polly Harvey.

Longtime Harvey conspirator Rob Ellis produced Calvi's eponymous debut album, although it doesn't include Jezebel, so you'll have to download it separately. Nonetheless, we've heard the LP, and it's a wonderful debut, packed with dark, sensual anthems,sultry vocals and stunning guitar atmospherics.

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