In a year that Adele has broken every record possible and won so many awards, musical industry newcomer Jack Garratt has slowly but steadily been building up his musical CV and today has won yet another award to go with his current Brit Critics Choice Award.

It was announced that Jack Garratt has won the BBC Sound of 2016, a highly prestigious award wherein a panel of experts judge who they deem to be the best new representative of music for the year. We previously did an article on the nominees; see here.

As you can see from the previous article Jack has done tremendously well to beat other artists such as Frances, Rat Boy, Izzy Bizu and many more.

Jack Garratt took to twitter to detail his delight at winning the award:

Dad, I won the @bbcmusic #Soundof2016 https://t.co/EOYLFz2pFa

— Jack Garratt (@JackGarratt) January 8, 2016

As mentioned in the previous article, past winners of the BBC Sound Of award have nearly always gone on to be remarkably successful, the likes of Florence + The Machine, Ellie Goulding, Sam Smith and James Bay are all past winners.

Jack Garratt had this to say on the matter:

“Winning the BBC Music Sound of 2016 poll has left me feeling pretty stunned at the end of one of the most emotionally and physically intense years of my life. I cannot thank the BBC enough for their continued support, and everyone who voted for me. Every other name on the list is unbelievably talented, and I hope this year will be a great one for all of us,”