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BBC sound of 2015提名出来咯~

左边那个男人还挺像绵羊的，我说真的绵阳

George The Poet
Age 23
From London
George Mpanga grew up on the Stonebridge Park estate, one of the roughest areas of Harlesden in North West London. He listened to a lot of hip-hop and grime, but also discovered the poetry of Black Ice, Maya Angelou and George Watsky – people who understood that struggle was overcome by talking about it.
A keen student, he won a place at King’s College Cambridge, where he studied politics while pursuing his performance poetry. In 2012, his poem My City was singled out by Channel 4 and The Huffington Post as an alternative account of London during the Olympics.
Since then he’s performed a sell-out show at the Royal Albert Hall, worked with Luther star Idris Elba on his forthcoming album Mi Mandela, and released his own spoken word EP The Chicken And The Egg.
He’s already much-sought-after by artists wanting to add his unique sparkle of street-savvy verse and thoughtful wordplay to their work. Emeli Sande, Paulo Nutini, Labrinth, Naughty Boy & Wretch 32 have all given him guest spots, and he’s supported Nas on tour and performed on the BBC’s Later… with Jools Holland.

James Bay（个人最心水这个）
Age 24
From Hitchin, Herefordshire
Allegedly discovered after a fan uploaded a video of him performing in a Kentish Town pub, James Bay has gained attention for his gravelled voice and uplifting, gospel-tinged choruses.
An acoustic performer, born in Hitchin Herefordshire, Bay has gained a loyal fanbase thanks to stints at Communion's monthly night at Notting Hill Arts Club in London. He also opened for the Rolling Stones in Hyde Park in 2013.
The BBC Introducing artist wowed Radio 1 listeners in September when he stepped in at the last minute to play a Live Lounge set, after US superstar Lana Del Ray pulled out.
Minutes after he came off air, the 23-year-old was trending on Twitter and his song, Let It Go, became the most-searched track on music discovery service Shazam.
He’s been called “a folksier Ed Sheeran”, but also has a lot in common with fellow acoustic songwriter George Ezra – with whom he shares a management team.

Kwabs
Age 24
From Bermondsey, London
Kwabs possesses a voice to be reckoned with, a deep baritone vocal that rumbles and reverberates, an instrument of both power and vulnerability.
Born and raised in Bermondsey, Kwabena Adjepong's musical education was a wide-ranging one. He studied blues at school and listened to everything from classic soul (Aretha Franklin, Donnie Hathaway) to alternative rock (The Strokes) and innovative electro-pop (Hot Chip). But it was the rhythms and improvisational scope of jazz that Kwabs gravitated towards.
Remarkably for a kid from a South London comprehensive whose childhood had been spent in and out of state care, he won a place at the Royal Academy of Music, one of the most prestigious hothouses of young musical talent in the world.
His soulful take on “synth&B” has seen him christened “the new Seal” by The Guardian; while singles like Walk and Last Stand have gained a legion of fans, including Jessie Ware, Plan B and BBC DJs MistaJam, Annie Mac and Zane Lowe.

Låpsley
Age 18
From Merseyside, UK
Låpsley’s minimalist electro pop radiates an intimate warmth, fuelled by her heartfelt lyrics.
Born Holly Lapsley Fletcher in Southport, the 18-year-old is a multi-instrumentalist with a classical background, playing the oboe, piano and guitar.
Her ethereal songs were discovered by the most organic of processes - a handful of people engaging so closely with it they couldn’t help but pass them on, write about them or play them. Cue up support from the likes of BBC Radio 1’s Huw Stephens, mentions in the NME and online support from the likes of Disco Naivete and Pigeons & Planes.
Her achingly beautiful voice wowed the BBC Introducing crowd at Glastonbury 2014 and over the course of 2014 she has become one of the most hotly-tipped new UK artists around.

Novelist
Age 17
From Lewisham, London
Producer and MC Novelist hails from Lewisham, South London, where he works to perfect his lyrical and production skills with his crew The Square.
The 17-year-old, whose real name is Kojo Kankam, grew up immersed in the grime scene, and built a following through appearances on underground radio stations such as Flex, NTS and Rinse – where he played solo for an hour.
His collaboration with Mumdance, Take Time became one of 2014’s biggest Grime tracks and he recently signed to XL records – home to Adele and Radiohead – where he has already recorded a collaboration with Jamie xx.
A former candidate to be Lewisham’s young mayor (he came second), the teenage prodigy has been widely praised for his skilful delivery and ear for musical innovations.
Grime lynchpin DJ Logan Sama said Novelist was “representative of a generation that has had Grime around them for the entire time they have been aware of the existence of music. That’s really exciting, because that’s a first. He’s a product of Grime, musically.”

Raury
Age 18
From Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Singer, songwriter, guitarist, rapper, producer: Raury is a musical prodigy, who wrote his first song - Oh Little Fishy - at the age of three.
Born Raury Tullis in the suburb of Stone Mountain, East Atlanta, he taught himself to play guitar at the age of 11 using YouTube videos, and schooled himself in the history of popular music – from Phil Collins to Kanye West.
He described his music as “genreless”, explaining that “the internet has changed music” for his generation.
“People like me grow up listening to everything and the genres begin to blend and disappear.”
His empowering, adventurous lyrics and musical wanderlust have caught the attention of his peers, with fellow Atlanta band OutKast giving him their seal of approval, and Lorde inviting him to contribute to the Hunger Games: Mockingjay soundtrack.

Slaves
Age Isaac: 23, Laurie 21
From Kent, UK
Slaves' Isaac Holman and Laurie Vincent are not afraid of hard graft. They might now be signed to a major label and appearing on the 2015 NME Awards tour, but they earned their chops dragging themselves around the dingy venues of the British toilet circuit, booking their own tours after sending hundreds of emails every night, then heading out onto the road.
Like this year’s breakout rock band, Royal Blood, Slaves are a duo. And like the Brighton band they make a lot of noise for just two people.
Precision targeted at the mosh pit, their music is a mixture of rockabilly and tight, un-scruffy grunge, combining the forthright hooks of The Jam with the cadence of British geezer hip hop.
Vincent says that their songs, few of which exceed three minutes, are deliberately sparse "I don't think you should be afraid to just be really simple". This directness extends to Slaves' lyrics, too.
"The more we do it the more we realise that our band is based around the mundane," says Holman. "People mistake it for political, but it's not, its social observation and personal. It’s all about what you can do with yourself."

Shura
Age 23
From London
Shura is a singer, producer, remixer and video editor from Shepherd’s Bush in West London. She was born in Moscow to a Russian actress and an English documentary filmmaker.
Her passion for music came from her brother, who would DJ drum-and-bass at the weekends. Shura began building her own songs, immersing herself in the textured sounds of Janet Jackson, Blood Orange and early Madonna.
After her studies, Shura spent some time in South America, where her songwriting found its focus through contemplation of past relationships, future music, and walking pumas round The Amazon.
The first taste of music from Shura was Touch, a post-break-up anthem with a DIY video of her close friends kissing on camera, which hit the internet in February 2014 to wide acclaim.
With fans ranging from Jungle and Jessie Ware (who Shura recently remixed) to actress Chloe Moretz and Radio 1 DJ Huw Stephens, attention now turns eagerly to the release of Shura’s forthcoming debut album on Polydor Records.

SOAK
Age 18
From Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Bridie Monds-Watson's delicate tales of adolescence, family and friendship have won widespread praise since she started performing aged 14.
As a student she’d split her time between studying, the local skate park, and her burgeoning songwriting career - touring in the school holidays, and launching Derry’s City of Culture hours before sitting for a GCSE exam.
“I’m not the typical singer-songwriter who gets on stage and explains every heartfelt word,” she says. “I just get up and play the song as I wrote it, and in between I talk about something completely off-topic.”
“Sometimes I dig a massive hole for myself and I spend the rest of the show trying to get out of it.”
She played live on the BBC Introducing stage when Radio 1’s Big Weekend came to her hometown in 2013. It was at this point that she caught the attention of CHVRCHES, who heard her music on Radio 1 and then signed her as the first act on their singles label Goodbye Records.
The BBC invited her back to play at Glastonbury 2014, and since then she’s toured with George Ezra and Tegan & Sara, and signed a deal to release her debut album via Rough Trade Records.

Stormzy
Age 21
From South London, UK
21-year-old South London ambassador Stormzy has ignited a new generation of UK rap with his neo-grime flow and his progressive attitude towards commercial music. The rapper has gained an unprecedented amount of support from his contemporaries – from Wiley and Skepta to Wretch 32 and Lethal B, who he’s supporting on tour.
Raised in Croydon, Stormzy calls himself “a child of grime” who rejected slick US hip-hop for Britain’s harder, grittier scene. At the age of 11, he was winning rap battles at his local Youth Club, Rap Academy, and his charismatic freestyles have earned him a huge following on YouTube.
The first unsigned rapper to play Jools Holland, he also won a MOBO award this year on the strength of a solitary EP – The Dreamer’s Disease.
Citing R&B craftsmen like Frank Ocean and Lauryn Hill as influences on his songwriting, if not his musical style, he is poised to reinvigorate the grime scene in 2015.
“I couldn’t imagine doing anything other than music,” he has said. “Some people love money, some people love girls, but I love progressing, elevating and getting closer to your dreams.”

Sunset Sons
From Hossegor, France
Members Rory, Jed, Pete & Rob
Sunset Sons are a band brought together by a love of music, surfing and snowboarding.
They formed when Bournemouth-born singer Rory was singing cover songs on the piano at a bar in the French surfing resort of Soorts-Hossegor, where he worked washing dishes. His repertoire – everything from Coldplay to D12 to Queens Of The Stone Age – intrigued Newcastle native Jed. Along with two other friends the pair formed a touring covers band, roaming the Alps and playing to winter holidaymakers.
The band then started writing songs themselves, and found themselves in a flurry of record label hype. Music industry bosses were coming to Val d'Isère to watch them play. “We were told they rarely leave London,” says Australian bassist Pete, “but there they were, up in the mountains with the snowboarding crowd, who can get pretty wild.”
Two years later, sitting outside the very same beach bar and with a collection of their own original material, they signed their deal with Polydor Records. The plan now is to take the songs on the road, both in Britain and abroad. And, of course, to find time to squeeze in some surfing.

Wolf Alice
From London, UK
Age Ellie - 22, Joff - 23, Theo - 22, Joel - 24
The Wolf Alice story begins with songs that started as wistful acoustic numbers in frontwoman Ellie Rowsell’s North London bedroom, brought to life with a selection of intimate gigs and followed by a lot of industry attention.
Their name was taken from Angela Carter’s short story, in which Ellie saw a likeness in “my big teeth, and Joff’s innocent curiosity – he was the Alice to my Wolf and I the Wolf to his Alice.”
Their sound has been compared to The Joy Formidable and Hole, and was described by Clash Magazine as “the lovechild of folk and grunge”. They also have fans in Radio 1, XFM, NME & iTunes.
After signing to Dirty Hit (the label responsible for launching The 1975), Wolf Alice went to Belgium to record their debut EP Creature Songs, which was unleashed in May 2014.
“We want to see people jump around and have fun,” says Ellie. “We all went to heavy gigs when we were younger and it’s just so nice to know people are doing that to your music.”
In January, Wolf Alice will play their biggest show to date, supporting Alt-J at London’s O2 Arena.

最后附上去年冠军
1. Sam Smith
You may not know his face, but you definitely know his voice
From Cambridgeshire
Age 21
You may not yet be familiar with his face but chances are that if you turned on the radio in 2013, you’ll have heard Sam Smith’s voice.
The 21-year-old gave dance duo Disclosure their first chart hit, on the sinewy Latch; while La La La, his hook-up with Naughty Boy, landed at number one this summer.
Along the way, the Cambridgeshire export has been releasing a series of well-judged solo songs online – showcasing his extraordinary voice, which he honed singing along to Aretha Franklin and Whitney Houston in his family’s car.
“Nobody knows who I am, but most of the people in this country have heard me sing” -- Sam Smith

BBC之声是怎么比赛的？

近几年的结果
2011
冠军Jessie J
亚军James Blake
3~5The Vaccines 、Jamie Woon 、Clare Maguire
6~15Anna Calvi, Daley, Esben and the Witch, Jai Paul, Mona, Nero, The Naked and Famous, Warpaint, Wretch 32, Yuck
2012
冠军 Michael Kiwanuka
亚军Frank Ocean
3~5Azealia Banks 、Skrillex 、Niki & The Dove
6~15 ASAP Rocky, Dot Rotten, Dry the River, Flux Pavilion, Friends, Jamie N Commons, Lianne La Havas, Ren Harvieu, Spector, Stooshe
2013
冠军 Haim
亚军 AlunaGeorge
3~5 Angel Haze 、Laura Mvula 、Chvrches
6~15 A*M*E, Arlissa, King Krule, Kodaline, Little Green Cars, Palma Violets,Peace, Savages, The Weeknd, Tom Odell
2014
冠军 Sam Smith
亚军 Ella Eyre
3~5 Banks 、Sampha 、George Ezra
6~15 Chance The Rapper, Chlöe Howl, FKA Twigs, Jungle, Kelela, Luke Sital-Singh, MNEK, Nick Mulvey, Royal Blood, Say Lou Lou

YEARS &YEAS主场是SKIN第七季的演员，WOF ALICE终于也能评上年度之声了啊···这都多少年了·