Florence and the Machine

Don't look now but UK artists are changing the face of American hip-hop, pop and R&B.

Don Emmert, Getty Images CRISTINA JALERU, Associated Press: Various Artists, "Music From Baz Luhrmann's Film The Great Gatsby" (Interscope Records) "The exhilarating ripple of her voice was a wild tonic in the rain." Daisy Buchanan from "The Great Gatsby" gets to be reincarnated on the film's soundtrack under the guise of artists such as Beyonce, Lana Del Rey, Sia and

Drake has already learned that sometimes the best way to make a pop hit is to actually go outside the box and embrace the unexpected. For his most recent trick, the rapping heartthrob has announced that he is working on a track with evocative vocalist Florence Welch...

According to Kid Cudi, his new album is beautiful, emotional, and very deep. "I want my s--t to be like you're reading a novel, not a Dr. Seuss book," Cudi explained. "I felt like the last album was too short. This one is a little bit longer, it's 18 tracks and counting...