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Lenny Kravitz and Disclosure mixed together. And covered…

This is Joel Culpepper doing a Lenny cover and when Disclosure get’s mixed in it’s just… YES!

Sam Smith is crowned winner in this year’s BBC Sound of 2014!

So there we have it. A rightful winner as well- Sam Smith has won the BBC Sound of 2014 poll. And with that comes an unspoken guarantee of stardom (in the UK anyway).

This is the same poll that predicted the likes of Adele, Jessie J, Ellie Goulding and 50 Cent would take over the pop world.

BBC Sound of 2014 longlist released!

I wait all year to see this list get published. Only because it’s interesting to see how many people have already been featured on here.

The BBC Sound of 2014 is often a predictor of what music acts will launch big in over the next twelve months, and has featured the likes of Adele, Jessie J and 50 cent.

This year’s mix is a lot better than last year’s in my opinion, and is definitely more pop-orientated than previous ‘Sounds of’. Here’s the full list:

Banks – first featured February 2013
Chance The Rapper
Ella Eyre – first featured April 2013
George Ezra – first featured December 2012
FKA Twigs
Chloe Howl – first featured December 2012
Jungle – first featured September 2013
Kelela – first featured October 2013
MNEK – first featured May 2010 (also check out the interview)
Nick Mulvey – first featured May 2013
Royal Blood
Sampha
Say Lou Lou – first featured May 2012 (as Saint Lou Lou)
Luke Sital-Singh – first featured July 2012
Sam Smith – first featured January 2013

The top 5 will be revealed daily starting 6th January 6th 2014, with the winner crowned on the 10th. I’m not putting any guesses on who will win this time round though!