Brit Award for Rising Star

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Rising Star Award
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The Last Dinner Party is the latest winner.
Country United Kingdom (UK)
Presented by British Phonographic Industry (BPI)
First awarded2008
Currently held by The Last Dinner Party (2024)
Website www.brits.co.uk

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]

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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 in 2008 to Adele and has been awarded annually since. Tom Odell was the first male recipient, winning in 2013. The Last Dinner Party are the current holders of the award, winning in 2024.

Winners and nominees

Inaugural winner Adele Adele - Live 2009 (4) cropped.jpg
Inaugural winner Adele
2010 winner Ellie Goulding also won British Female Solo Artist Ellie Goulding - Global Citizen Festival Hamburg 07.jpg
2010 winner Ellie Goulding also won British Female Solo Artist
2014 winner Sam Smith also won Best New Artist Sam Smith Lollapalooza 2015-9 (cropped).jpg
2014 winner Sam Smith also won Best New Artist
2015 winner James Bay also won British Male Solo Artist James Bay (21190308916) (cropped).jpg
2015 winner James Bay also won British Male Solo Artist
YearImageRecipientNomineesRef.
2008
(28th)
ADELE LIVE 2016 - HELLO - ST.PAUL - night 1 - Copy.jpg Adele [5]
2009
(29th)
Florence and the Machine.jpg Florence and the Machine [6]
2010
(30th)
POS17 @Kristsll-503 (36005608765).jpg Ellie Goulding [7]
2011
(31st)
Jessie J in NYC2.jpg Jessie J [8]
2012
(32nd)
Emeli Sande OF13 001.jpg Emeli Sandé [9]
2013
(33rd)
Tom.Odell.jpg Tom Odell [10]
2014
(34th)
Sam Smith (Oct. 23, 2014) 02.jpg Sam Smith [11]
2015
(35th)
James Bay (21190308916) (cropped).jpg James Bay [12]
2016
(36th)
Jack Garratt (21993882820) cropped.jpg Jack Garratt [13]
2017
(37th)
2017 RiP - Rag n Bone Man - by 2eight - 8SC1877.jpg Rag'n'Bone Man [14]
2018
(38th)
Jorja Smith 04 18 2018 -31 (41598215302) (cropped).jpg Jorja Smith [15]
2019
(39th)
Sam Fender MTV 2019 3.png Sam Fender [16]
2020
(40th)
Celeste at Royal Variety Performance 2020 (cropped).png Celeste [17]
2021
(41st)
Griff at Fonda Theatre 06.jpg Griff [18]
2022
(42nd)
Holly Humberstone @ The Roxy 10 06 2021 (51782666067) (cropped).jpg Holly Humberstone [19]
2023
(43rd)
FLO at the FLO Live Tour in London (3).jpg FLO [20]
2024
(44th)
Glasto2023 (134 of 468) (53009109504).jpg The Last Dinner Party [21]

Notes

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