Jessie Ware

Jessie Ware mixes pop and R&B with rare levels of command and sophistication. An assortment of guest appearances and solo singles in the early 2010s situated the singer/songwriter in a line of U.K. soul and left-field pop luminaries ranging from Sade Adu, Lisa Stansfield, and Caron Wheeler to Tracey Thorn. The potential Ware displayed through featured appearances on songs by the likes of SBTRKT, Sampha, and Joker reached full fruition with Devotion (2012), her Top Ten U.K., Mercury Prize-nominated debut. By the end of the decade, she had two additional and distinctive full-len...