Pop hitmaker Caity Baser, all-female indie rock band The Final Dinner Get together and teenage pop/soul singer Sekou are the three finalists for the Rising Star Award on the 2024 Brit Awards.
Baser’s “Fairly Boys” reached No. 26 on the Official U.Okay. Singles Chart in February. She has had three different entries on that chart: “X & Y”; “Feels This Good,” a Sigala characteristic which additionally featured Mae Muller and Stefflon Don; and “Dance Round It” with Joel Corry. Baser can be a member of Loud LDN.
The Final Dinner Get together’s “Nothing Issues” reached No. 16 on the Official Singles Gross sales Chart in July. The band, which was shaped in 2021, consists of Abigail Morris (vocals), Lizzie Mayland (vocals, guitar), Emily Roberts (lead guitar, mandolin, flute), Georgia Davies (bass) and Aurora Nishevci (keys, vocals).
Sekou was born in Leicester however is now based mostly in London and Los Angeles. He attracted label curiosity after a video of him performing in a carpark went viral. He lists his essential influences as Beyoncé, Whitney Houston and Stevie Surprise.
Earlier winners of The Rising Star award, which is now in its sixteenth yr, embrace Adele, Sam Smith, Florence + The Machine, Ellie Goulding and final yr’s recipient, FLO. The award is open to British artists who, as of Oct. 31, had not but achieved a prime 20 placement on the Official Album Charts or achieved multiple prime 20 chart placement within the Official Singles Chart.
The shortlist and winner are decided by a panel of music editors and critics from the nationwide press, on-line music editors, heads of music at main radio and music TV stations plus songwriters, producers and stay bookers — these working with new rising expertise regularly.
Whereas the roster of winners contains a number of the greatest British expertise of the previous twenty years, the present has additionally missed a couple of. Lewis Capaldi was nominated in 2019, however misplaced to Sam Fender. Dua Lipa was nominated in 2017, however misplaced to Rag ‘n Bone Man.
Right here’s a full listing of previous winners and different finalists for The Brits’ Rising Star Award.
2008: Adele; different finalists: Duffy, Foals
2009: Florence + the Machine; different finalists: Little Boots, White Lies
2010: Ellie Goulding; different finalists: Delphic, Marina and the Diamonds
2011: Jessie J; different finalists: James Blake, The Vaccines
2012: Emeli Sandé; different finalists: Michael Kiwanuka, Maverick Sabre
2013: Tom Odell; different finalists: AlunaGeorge, Laura Mvula
2014: Sam Smith; different finalists: Ella Eyre, Chlöe Howl
2015: James Bay; different finalists: George the Poet, Years & Years
2016: Jack Garratt; different finalists: Izzy Bizu, Frances
2017: Rag’n’Bone Man; different finalists: Anne-Marie, Dua Lipa
2018: Jorja Smith; different finalists: Stefflon Don, Mabel
2019: Sam Fender; different finalists: Lewis Capaldi, Mahalia
2020: Celeste; different finalists: Beabadoobee, Pleasure Crookes
2021: Griff; different finalists: Pa Salieu, Rina Sawayama
2022: Holly Humberstone; different finalists: Bree Runway, Lola Younger
2023: FLO; different finalists: Cat Burns, Nia Archives
