I wonder what you mean by recording...official studio album? Because I can think of some who have released their first official studio album this decade, but released other albums prior.
Beautiful graphics. Good work Little X and HERMES.
As for Linda - I'm unfamiliar with her discography but I know a couple of her songs and they're great. So far it looks like these results will actually be pretty diverse and interesting.
From the beginning, Ellie has worked on fusing the indie folk scene with electronic productions. Her debut album featured familiar folk inspired lyrics with dreamy electro-pop tendencies. It was the hit crossover single "Lights" that really thrust Ellie into the spotlight (in the U.S. at least) while over in her native UK it was her cover of Elton John's "Your Song" in both countries the excitement of a new unique popstar emerged as admittedly, the songs were quite different from what was on the radio at the time. Her next album had Ellie seeking more experimental, harder production, however it was ultimately the Halcyon album's extension - Halcyon Days - that firmly established Ellie as a major British pop girl. Through the process she ventured much further into the pop realm and released arguably her biggest hit with "Burn", and yet with Ellie basically being full blown pop now, she still maintains that small spark of indie that are, basically, her roots.