Three newish Grammy-winning singers are the ladies of fall in the Twin Cities

They performed in Minnesota early in their relatively young careers. Now three of the most acclaimed women performers of the past few years return with Grammy-winning credentials and big gigs.

They hail from all over the map and sing in different music styles, but we’re still trumpeting them as the ladies of fall.

Age: 26

Hometown: Reykjavik, Iceland

Education: Berklee College of Music

First Twin Cities gig: Nov. 27, 2021, 7th St. Entry, Minneapolis

Grammys: 1, best traditional pop vocal album, “Bewitched” (2024)

Recommended: The light bossa nova “From the Start,” the breezy “Lover Girl” and the torch song “Promise.”

The latest: “A Matter of Time,” which is shimmering with swinging instincts and sophisticated downhearted pop, dropped on Aug. 22.

Fun facts: Los Angeles-based Laufey‘s father is Icelandic; her mother is Chinese, and her twin sister, Junia, not only plays violin in Laufey’s band but also serves as her creative director. Her name is pronounced Lay-vay.

Coming soon: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 11, Target Center, 600 1st Ave. N., Mpls., $65 and up, axs.com

Age: 33

Education: One of her high school teachers at Franklin Academy in Franklin Parish, La., asked her to impersonate Hannah Montana for a school project that led to Wilson performing her Hannah Montana tribute act throughout Louisiana.

First Minnesota gig: Aug. 20, 2021, Winstock festival, Winsted

Grammys: 1, best country album, “Bell Bottom Country” (2024)

Mini-review: There’s a good reason she won 2023 CMA Entertainer of the Year Award (among many other trophies): She has mixed twang and the truth with her striking Western hippie image to become country music’s most indelible female star to emerge in the 2020s.

Recommended: Her breakthrough hit about relationship hacks “Things a Man Oughta Know,” the wistful “Watermelon Moonshine” and her heart-wrenching duet with Hardy, “Wait in the Truck.”

Fun facts: In 2024, Wilson opened Bell Bottoms Up, a Cajun restaurant/bar and music venue in downtown Nashville, and this summer she launched a line of Western-inspired jewelry.

Coming soon: 7 p.m. Oct. 18, Grand Casino Arena, 199 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul, $76 and up, ticketmaster.com

Age: 25

Hometown: Bronx, N.Y.

Education: SUNY Purchase College

Grammys: 5, best new artist (2023), best jazz vocal album for “Linger Awhile” (2023) and “A Joyful Holiday” (2025), best jazz performance for “Tight” (2024) and “Twinkle Twinkle Little Me” (2025).

Mini-review: What remarkable range, technique, instincts, maturity, creativity and commitment by this jazz singer with a rich contralto voice. Beloved on social media, she is an old soul at a young age who lets her sidemen shine as much as she does.

Recommended: Her understated reading of “Stardust,” the gently swinging “Everything Happens to Me” and her stunning take on Billie Holiday’s “Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?).”

The latest: “Portrait,” her third album, which arrived in October, features jazz standards and three pieces for which Joy created lyrics. And this summer she released a new single in Portuguese and English, “Flor de Lis (Upside Down).”

Fun facts: In 2019, as Samara Joy McLendon, she triumphed in the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition and two years later released her eponymous album while still in college.