6. Ed Sheeran
Having performed a total of 312 gigs in 2009, few can deny singer/songwriter Ed Sheerans commitment to his profession, rewarded with a UK number one for his debut album, +. Though his solo output is somewhat minimalistic in nature (demonstrated in his excellent debut single The A Team), he is also a regular collaborator with R&B artists, such as Devlin, Wiley and Wretch 32, and a Bond theme featuring him could utilise a similar act for a duet, hopefully in a more successful manner than Jack White and Alicia Keys effort, or merely utilise his clean vocals to create a theme in the style of Tom Jones Thunderball. Either way, his enduring popularity in the UK, as well as his growing international popularity, attributable to both Jamie Foxx and Taylor Swift, could make him a strong contender to provide for 007s next outing in 2014.