Brit Award for Rising Star
The Rising Star Award (previously Critics' Choice Award)[1] is an award given by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), an organisation which represents record companies and artists in the United Kingdom.[2] The accolade is presented at the Brit Awards, an annual celebration of British and international music.[3] The winners and nominees are determined by the Brit Awards voting academy with over one-thousand members comprising record labels, publishers, managers, agents, media, and previous winners and nominees.[4]
Rising Star Award | |
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Country | United Kingdom (UK) |
Presented by | British Phonographic Industry (BPI) |
First awarded | 2008 |
Currently held by | Holly Humberstone (2022) |
Website | www |
The nominees are British artists who the academy believe will make the biggest impact on music in the coming year. The award was first presented at the 28th Brit Awards and has been awarded annually since. Holly Humberstone is the current holder of the award.
Winners and nominees
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Year | Image | Recipient | Nominees | Ref. |
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2008 (28th) |
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Adele | ||
2009 (29th) |
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Florence and the Machine | ||
2010 (30th) |
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Ellie Goulding | ||
2011 (31st) |
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Jessie J | ||
2012 (32nd) |
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Emeli Sandé | ||
2013 (33rd) |
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Tom Odell | ||
2014 (34th) |
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Sam Smith | ||
2015 (35th) |
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James Bay | ||
2016 (36th) |
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Jack Garratt | ||
2017 (37th) |
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Rag'n'Bone Man | [5] | |
2018 (38th) |
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Jorja Smith | [6] | |
2019 (39th) |
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Sam Fender | [7] | |
2020 (40th) |
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Celeste | [8] | |
2021 (41st) |
Griff | [9] | ||
2022 (42nd) |
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Holly Humberstone |
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Notes
- Sam Smith (2015), Rag'n'Bone Man (2017) also won the Brit Award for Best New Artist
- Adele (2012, 2016), Emeli Sandé (2013, 2017), Ellie Goulding (2014) also won the Brit Award for British Female Solo Artist
- James Bay (2016) also won the Brit Award for British Male Solo Artist
- Adele (2022) also won the Brit Award for British Artist of the Year
- Sam Fender (2022) also won the Brit Award for British Rock Act
References
- "We're back!". BRIT Awards. Archived from the original on 2019-11-17. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
Rising Star (previously the Critics’ Choice Award)
- "About the BPI". British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- "BRIT Awards". British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- "And the nominees are..." Brits.co.uk. British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- "Critics' Choice Winner 2017". Brit Awards. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- Savage, Mark (2017-11-29). "Brits Critics' Choice list is all-female". BBC News. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
- "Critics' Choice Award Shortlist Announced!". BRIT Awards. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
- Snapes, Laura (6 December 2019). "Soul singer Celeste named winner of Brits rising star award". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
- "Brit Awards 2021: Pop singer Griff wins Rising Star prize". BBC News. 19 March 2021.
- Daly, Rhian (December 10, 2021). "Holly Humberstone Wins BRITs 2022 Rising Star Award". uDiscoverMusic. Retrieved December 10, 2021.