Elle Varner

Chart-topping superstars Elle Varner, Bruno Mars and Alicia Keys nabbed three nominations apiece in various music categories for the 2013 NAACP Image Awards. The annual event honors diversity and excellence in the fields of music, television, literature and film.

Elle Varner is still relatively new on the music circuit but she's already experienced a shift in her signature style. The 23-year-old RCA signee debuted as the funky girl-next-door in 2011, sporting brightly colored layers and funky shoes -- all a part of her '80s-inspired wardrobe...

Elle Varner came out of nowhere in 2011, and gave us a radio-friendly love jam with 'Only Want to Give It to You,' which still has our fingers snapping to this day. Comparisons to Alicia Keys were inevitable for Varner -- since she is being managed by Keys' former manager Chris Robinson -- but that is so unfair...

In 2012, R&B has shifted and changed. There's been a move from the soulful essence of what the genre once was. Veteran artists like Usher embraced the sounds of electronic dance music, crooning over thumping beats that were previously absent from his catalog of hits. But jus...