IAMDDB

Manchester vocalist IAMDDB merges multiple urban styles into her self-described "Urban Jazz." Her initial traction arrived via the underground breakout "Shade," which preceded a third-place finish in the BBC Sound of 2018 poll. After issuing several mixtapes that included 2019's Swervvvvv.5, she issued her first official studio album with 2024's Love Is War, Vol. 6.

Born Diana De Brito in Lisbon, Portugal, she relocated to Manchester, U.K., while still a child. De Brito layers harmony, ad-libs, and rapping across shimmering, hazy beats to produce her voice-collage effect within the same "Urban Jazz" framework. Although she began writing at age seven, her first single did not surface until 2016's "Leaned Out," uploaded the same day she left university. That year also brought her opening project, Waeveybby, Vol. 1, followed in 2017 by Vibe, Vol. 2. The infectious "Shade" became her breakthrough in 2017, spreading virally across the U.K. and accumulating tens of millions of streams. Further installments in the series—Hoodrich, Vol. 3 (2017), Flightmode, Vol. 4 (2018), and Swervvvvv.5 (2019)—sustained momentum and helped secure her BBC Sound placement. The Kare Package EP appeared the same year, alongside later standalone tracks such as 2020's "God's Work" (featuring iLL BLU), 2021's "Silver Lines," and 2023's "Stop Playing with Me" (featuring Len). "Vibration" preceded the full-length Love Is War, Vol. 6 in 2024.