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Beirut-born
singer-songwriter Mika has been named the best new talent in
the BBC's Sound of 2007 music poll.
Birmingham rock band The Twang were second, with new rave group the
Klaxons third.
Mika's debut single ‘Grace Kelly’ has already received
heavy radio airplay and The Twang have been called "Britain's
best new band" by the NME.
More than 130 UK-based music critics and broadcasters took part in
the poll by naming their favourite three new acts.
Artists were not included if they had already had a top 20 single
or album in the UK, or if they were already famous for any reason.
Rapper 50 Cent, Keane and The Bravery have been among previous winners.
Razorlight, the Scissor Sisters, The Feeling, the Kaiser Chiefs and
KT Tunstall are among the others that have appeared on past ‘Sound
of..’. lists before making it big. |
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Predictions
over the last three years have been pretty accurate as can be seen
from some the artists selected.
Sound
of 2006 - Corinne Bailey Rae (1st), The Feeling (3), Guillemots
(5), Chris Brown (7), The Automatic (10)
Sound
of 2005 - The Bravery (1), Bloc Party (2), Kaiser Chiefs (5),
KT Tunstall (6)
Sound
of 2004 - Keane (1), Franz Ferdinand (2), Razorlight (4), Joss
Stone (5), McFly (6), Scissor Sisters (7)
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