UK's top 30 power players under 30 (4)
13:14, November 11, 2009 
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1 Matthew Stone, 27, artist
Having graduated from Camberwell College of Arts in 2004, the artist-cum-DJ has found acclaim in his painterly, large-format photography. Elton John is rumored to own one of his epic group portraits, Gareth Pugh gets him to write his show music, and Norman Rosenthal says: he reminds me of a young Damien Hirst.
2 Katherine Jenkins, 29, classical singer
The Valleys girl has made and broken many records: she is the UK's biggest-selling mezzo-soprano ever, the only artist to hold the top four spots simultaneously in the HMV classical-music album charts, and has sold more than 3 million records in the UK alone. Now she is closing in on the pop market. But will her girl-next-door good looks give her crossover appeal? Katherine is the Maria Callas of our day, says Myleene Klass.
3 Sean Adams, 27, founder of Drownedinsound.com
Adams presciently started an online zone/social network for musos from his Weymouth bedroom in 2000, and his website is now the go-to place for 70,000 members, and 400 thousand users per month. With Drowned in Sound Recordings in 2003, he effectively launched the careers of signers Martha Wainwright, Kaiser Chiefs and Bat for Lashes. Sean is an ideas man, says Steve Lamacq, the Radio 1 DJ. He grasped early on that there were communities of fans being drawn together online.
4 Melissa Hamilton, 21, ballerina
Leaping through the ranks of the Royal Ballet, this dancer from Belfast made her debut in a principal role last month (as Mary Vetsera in Mayerling), despite still being in the corps de ballet (the ballet chorus line). In 2007, she won the Youth America Grand Prix, the world's largest ballet scholarship competition. She also has poster-girl appeal as she made the cover of The Sunday Times Culture section earlier this year. A dancer with a dazzling future, says the choreographer Wayne McGregor. She's super-talented, supercharged and super-bright.
5 Lucy Prebble, 28, playwright
The bluestocking Surrey girl was already winning prizes at university and continued to scoop them up with The Sugar Syndrome, on the subject of pedophilia. She relishes taboos: her latest play, Enron, charts the American energy company's downfall. She has sold the rights to Sony Pictures and will write the screenplay herself. She also wrote the screenplay for Secret Diary of a Call Girl. I've been an admirer since her first play in 2003, says the director Patrick Marber. Her construction is exquisite and she's brave and funny as hell.
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1 Matthew Stone, 27, artist
Having graduated from Camberwell College of Arts in 2004, the artist-cum-DJ has found acclaim in his painterly, large-format photography. Elton John is rumored to own one of his epic group portraits, Gareth Pugh gets him to write his show music, and Norman Rosenthal says: he reminds me of a young Damien Hirst.
2 Katherine Jenkins, 29, classical singer
The Valleys girl has made and broken many records: she is the UK's biggest-selling mezzo-soprano ever, the only artist to hold the top four spots simultaneously in the HMV classical-music album charts, and has sold more than 3 million records in the UK alone. Now she is closing in on the pop market. But will her girl-next-door good looks give her crossover appeal? Katherine is the Maria Callas of our day, says Myleene Klass.
3 Sean Adams, 27, founder of Drownedinsound.com
Adams presciently started an online zone/social network for musos from his Weymouth bedroom in 2000, and his website is now the go-to place for 70,000 members, and 400 thousand users per month. With Drowned in Sound Recordings in 2003, he effectively launched the careers of signers Martha Wainwright, Kaiser Chiefs and Bat for Lashes. Sean is an ideas man, says Steve Lamacq, the Radio 1 DJ. He grasped early on that there were communities of fans being drawn together online.
4 Melissa Hamilton, 21, ballerina
Leaping through the ranks of the Royal Ballet, this dancer from Belfast made her debut in a principal role last month (as Mary Vetsera in Mayerling), despite still being in the corps de ballet (the ballet chorus line). In 2007, she won the Youth America Grand Prix, the world's largest ballet scholarship competition. She also has poster-girl appeal as she made the cover of The Sunday Times Culture section earlier this year. A dancer with a dazzling future, says the choreographer Wayne McGregor. She's super-talented, supercharged and super-bright.
5 Lucy Prebble, 28, playwright
The bluestocking Surrey girl was already winning prizes at university and continued to scoop them up with The Sugar Syndrome, on the subject of pedophilia. She relishes taboos: her latest play, Enron, charts the American energy company's downfall. She has sold the rights to Sony Pictures and will write the screenplay herself. She also wrote the screenplay for Secret Diary of a Call Girl. I've been an admirer since her first play in 2003, says the director Patrick Marber. Her construction is exquisite and she's brave and funny as hell.
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