Melanie Martinez

Known for her highly stylized "Cry Baby" alter ego, Melanie Martinez has carved out a distinctive niche in the pop landscape, crafting arty, often dark anthems inspired by her adolescence and infused with folk, electronic, and hip-hop flourishes. After initially earning fans as a contestant on The Voice in 2012, she brought her conceptual pop to full flower on her Top Ten debut album, 2015's Cry Baby. Her second album, K-12, was issued in 2019 and continued the adventures of Cry Baby. Both records hit number one on the Top Alternative Albums chart. Following an extended hiatus...