Brit Award for Rising Star

Rising Star Award
Myles Smith is the 2025 winner.
Country	United Kingdom (UK)
Presented by	British Phonographic Industry (BPI)
First award	2008
Currently held by	Myles Smith (2025)
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]

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. Myles Smith is the current holder of the award, winning in 2025.

Year	Image	Recipient	Nominees	Ref.
2008 (28th)		Adele	Duffy Foals	[5]
2009 (29th)		Florence and the Machine	Little Boots White Lies	[6]
2010 (30th)		Ellie Goulding	Delphic Marina and the Diamonds	[7]
2011 (31st)		Jessie J	James Blake The Vaccines	[8]
2012 (32nd)		Emeli Sandé	Michael Kiwanuka Maverick Sabre	[9]
2013 (33rd)		Tom Odell	AlunaGeorge Laura Mvula	[10]
2014 (34th)		Sam Smith	Ella Eyre Chlöe Howl	[11]
2015 (35th)		James Bay	George the Poet Years & Years	[12]
2016 (36th)		Jack Garratt	Izzy Bizu Frances	[13]
2017 (37th)		Rag'n'Bone Man	Anne-Marie Dua Lipa	[14]
2018 (38th)		Jorja Smith	Stefflon Don Mabel	[15]
2019 (39th)		Sam Fender	Lewis Capaldi Mahalia	[16]
2020 (40th)		Celeste	Beabadoobee Joy Crookes	[17]
2021 (41st)		Griff	Pa Salieu Rina Sawayama	[18]
2022 (42nd)		Holly Humberstone	Bree Runway Lola Young	[19]
2023 (43rd)		FLO	Cat Burns Nia Archives	[20]
2024 (44th)		The Last Dinner Party	Caity Baser Sekou	[21]
2025 (45th)		Myles Smith	Elmiene Good Neighbours	[22]

1. ^ "We're back!". BRIT Awards. Archived from the original on 2019-11-17. Retrieved 16 December 2019. Rising Star (previously the Critics' Choice Award)
2. ^ "About the BPI". British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Archived from the original on 6 December 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
3. ^ "BRIT Awards". British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
4. ^ "And the nominees are..." Brits.co.uk. British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Retrieved 5 January 2017.
5. ^ "Adele receives Critics' Choice award at the Brits". NME. 20 February 2008. Archived from the original on 25 December 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
6. ^ "Florence and the Machine wins Brits Critics' Choice Award 2009". The Guardian. 11 December 2009. Retrieved 11 December 2008.
7. ^ "Ellie Goulding Wins Critics' Choice BRIT Award". Billboard. 9 December 2010. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
8. ^ "Jessie J wins 2011 Brits Critics' Choice Award". NME. 15 December 2010. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
9. ^ "Emeli Sande wins Brits Critics Choice award". BBC News. 2011-12-15. Retrieved 2011-12-15.
10. ^ "Laura Mvula, Tom Odell and AlunaGeorge for BRITs Critics' Choice 2013?". Digital Spy. 6 December 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
11. ^ "BRIT Awards 2014: The full list of winners and nominees". Official Charts Company. 7 February 2017. Archived from the original on 26 February 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
12. ^ "Brit Awards 2015: Winners list". BBC. Retrieved 26 February 2015
13. ^ "Jack Garratt wins Brits Critics Choice 2016". Guapmag. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
14. ^ "Critics' Choice Winner 2017". Brit Awards. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
15. ^ Savage, Mark (2017-11-29). "Brits Critics' Choice list is all-female". BBC News. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
16. ^ "Critics' Choice Award Shortlist Announced!". BRIT Awards. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
17. ^ Snapes, Laura (6 December 2019). "Soul singer Celeste named winner of Brits rising star award". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
18. ^ "Brit Awards 2021: Pop singer Griff wins Rising Star prize". BBC News. 19 March 2021.
19. ^ Daly, Rhian (December 10, 2021). "Holly Humberstone Wins BRITs 2022 Rising Star Award". uDiscoverMusic. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
20. ^ "Girl band Flo win the Brits rising star award". BBC News. 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
21. ^ "BRIT Awards announce Rising Star shortlist for 2024". NME. 2023-11-28. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
22. ^ "Elmiene, Good Neighbours and Myles Smith shortlisted for 2025 BRITs Rising Star award". The Line of Best Fit. 2023-11-28. Retrieved 2024-11-26.

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