TINCHY STRYDER

He’s the biggest selling male singles artist of 2009, a fashion designer, and he raises money for charity and… he’s only 22. It makes you feel sick doesn’t it?

Tinchy Stryder, who got his name from a) the fact that he used to be small and b) the fact that he really liked the 80s arcade hit Strider, emerged from the grime scene that produced the likes of Wiley and Roll Deep. Tinchy’s now outselling both those artists and, with the aptly named ‘Number One’ and ‘Never Leave You’ reaching the chart summit, it seems Tinchy’s got the potential to become bigger than another graduate of the grime scene, Dizzee Rascal.

In fact, the Stryderman’s prominence in the charts is so vast that he’s managed to get in the top 20 with his latest single, ‘You’re Not Alone’, before it’s even been officially released.