Hayley Williams, solo artist

Back in the days when Riot! was the debut album of a hot young band, and not a daily news headline, Paramore blew my mind. I was working at a media store, and I was discovering great music all the time, from Flyleaf to The Frames to My Brightest Diamond, while my wide-ranging tastes were ever-growing. Paramore became perhaps the most popular of those ba…