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Brit Award for Rising Star

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]

Rising Star Award

United Kingdom (UK)

British Phonographic Industry (BPI)

2008

The Last Dinner Party (2024)

www.brits.co.uk

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.

(2015), Rag'n'Bone Man (2017) also won the Brit Award for Best New Artist

Sam Smith

(2012, 2016), Emeli Sandé (2013, 2017), Ellie Goulding (2014) also won the Brit Award for British Female Solo Artist

Adele

(2016) also won the Brit Award for British Male Solo Artist

James Bay

(2022) also won the Brit Award for British Artist of the Year

Adele

(2022) also won the Brit Award for British Rock Act

Sam Fender