(Born Oct. 09, 1969) Polly Jean Harvey is a British singer and songwriter. She has cultivated a reputation for eccentricity to match her music. Rolling Stone named her 1992's Best New Artist and Best Singer Songwriter and 1995's Artist of the Year, and placed two of her albums on its 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. She was also rated the number one female rock artist by Q magazine in a 2002 reader poll.