Just a few short days after the Brits Critics Choice Award winner was announced (see here) the next big prestigious award shortlist in British music has been announced. The BBC Sound of award is certainly similar to the Brits Critics Choice Award in that the winner is often guaranteed future success  within the industry; past winners include Adele, Ellie Goulding, Jessie J, Haim, Sam Smith and many more.

The similarities continue when considering the nominees, the three finalists for the Brits Critics Choice Award are all nominated for the BBC Sound of 2016 award. Those three are of course, Critics Choice winner Jack Garratt, Frances and Izzy Bizu. The full list of nominees can be found below:

Alessia Cara
Billie Marten
Blossoms
Dua Lipa
Frances
Izzy Bizu
Jack Garratt
J Hus
Loyle Carner
Mabel
Mura Masa
NAO
Rat Boy
Section Boyz
WSTRN

For detailed information on each of the artists visit the BBC Sound of 2016 webpage here.

It is worth mentioning that even just being nominated for the BBC Sound of award seemingly works a charm for up and coming musicians, with past nominees being the likes of James Blake, Frank Ocean, The Vaccines, Chvrches, George Ezra, The Weeknd, Everything Everything and many many more. See this video of the 2014 nominees below:

The voting process includes 144 hand picked workers in the British music industry, who then vote for who they believe deserves the award.