BBC Radio 1’s Sound is aimed, according to its own website, at those artists or groups with “the best chance of mainstream success” in the next 12 months. However, seeing the names of Chappell Roan or Ezra Collective among the nominations, which are already enjoying success, questions arise as to whether they need a nomination.
Barry Can’t Swim, Confidence Man, Doechii, English Teacher, Good Neighbors, KNEECAP, mk.gee, Myles Smith and Pozer also enter the competition. To a greater or lesser extent, many of these artists are also in the prime of their careers.
The Last Dinner Party were the winners of the BCC Sound of 2024. Subsequently, their album went to number 1 and they were nominated for the Mercury Prize. Then there is English Teacher, who have already won it this year and are also nominated for the station’s award.
On the other hand, Barry Can’t Swim is nominated for the Mercury, KNEECAP are nominated for the Oscar for their film of the same name, Confidence Man are going for their third album, mk.gee has just performed on SNL, Doechii is one of the biggest sensations in hip current hop…
The most unknown could be Good Neighbors, Pozer and Myles Smith. However, the latter had a hit in the middle of the year with ‘Stargazing’, which has accumulated more than 500 million listens on Spotify.
