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One thing about music, is that it will always have new faces and voices; specifically in the UK, there are many awards and prizes reserved for these new artists that begin to make their way in the hearts and charts of the UK: BBC’s Sound of… Award, the BRITs’ “New Rising Star” category. With British artists like Adele and Sam Fender winning these in previous years, and international stars like Chappell Roan being nominated, UK awards for emerging artists are always spot on to anticipate which new artist will achieve greatness.

Lola Young is an artist from London who has had a very exciting last few weeks: her latest single titled “Messy” has granted her a commercial breakout that her career had long been awaiting after going super-viral on TikTok. It reached position number seven on UK charts over the December period, where usually it is less likely that new artists climb charts since these are mostly taken by Christmas songs. But Lola Young did it, and the single originally released in May and part of her second studio album “This Wasn’t Meant For You Anyway” became a radio hit after a quick climb on charts that begun in late November. The music video currently counts over five million views, and it is clear that 2025 will be a big year for Young

Addison Rae is next on the list, after her single “Diet Pepsi” has convinced the world that she is in fact meant to be a pop star. Rae’s beginnings in the music industry were arguably underwhelming, as the artist was overshadowed by her TikTok persona and the public did not believe much in her possibilities. While her first singles, “I Got It Bad” and “Obsessed” failed to chart in the UK’s top 100, everything changed after the release of “Diet Pepsi”, under the label Columbia, which highlights Rae’s talent as a singer and is exactly the type of music the makes numbers in the market nowadays; the song peaked at number 10 in the UK and was followed by another release, “Aquamarine“, which peaked at 45. The lights are shining on Rae in 2025.

Lastly, Myles Smith makes the list after winning the BRIT’s Rising Star Award Title earlier this month. His single “Stargazing” was his first to reach the UK’s top ten peaking at number four, and remains one of the best releases of the year, then followed by his biggest debut yet with the song “Nice To Meet Ya” which peaked at number twelve and stayed on charts for six weeks. Great things are awaiting Smith in 2025.

‘’ANNOUNCEMENT playing Saturday in the Big Top at #iow2023 we have @brits Rising Star & @bbcradio1 Sound of 2023 winners @flolikethis Grab your tickets now!”

The Isle of Wight 2023 headliners were announced as Pulp, George Ezra, The Chemical Brothers and Robbie Williams. FLO has since joined the line-up with other announced performers, NDubz, Example, Anne Marie, Sam Ryder, Blondie, Niall Horan, James Bay, One Republic, Sugababes, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Ella Henderson, Scouting For Girls and many more. The festival is scheduled to take place 15-18 June at Seaclose Park in Newport, Isle of Wight.

The British girl group from London, who were formed in 2019, consists of Renée Downer, Jorja Douglas and Stella Quaresma. Their debut single ‘’Cardboard Box’’ was released 24 March 2022, after they signed with record label, Island Records. Throughout their career so far, they have worked closely with UK chart topper, Mnek, with him producing their debut EP, except from the track ‘’Another Guy’’ . The trio released their debut EP, The Lead, in July 2022. The ‘Happi remix’ of their debut single ‘’Cardboard Box’’ become the number one used sound on Tik Tok UK, when a creators dance routine went viral. The song on Tik Tok now has 1.2 million videos using the sound. The group made their television debut performing their single ‘’Cardboard Box’’ on US late night talk show, Jimmy Kimmel Live and later performed the song the following month on UK show, Later…with Jools Holland.

At the end of January, FLO announced their 2023 North American Tour. Before heading to the states, FLO will perform in London at the Here at the Outernet venue and at Manchester’s New Century Hall. The North American tour will kick off in Atlanta, Georgia in April. They announced the news to their social media, with the caption

‘’Cats out the bloodclart bag!
We’re heading out on our first NORTH AMERICAN HEADLINE TOUR and we couldn’t be more excited to share it with you!
Sign up for pre-sale access to our tickets across the states! We can’t wait to see you’’

FLO recently won the Rising Star award at the Brits 2023. Nia Archives and Cat Burns were also short listed for this years award. The previous winners of the award have gone on to form incredible careers, such as Adele (2008), Emeli Sandé (2012), Florence and the Machine (2009), Ellie Goulding (2010), Sam Smith (2014), Jessie J (2011) and Tom Odell (2013).

In a statement to the Brits, the girl group reflected on their big win: “From growing up watching the BRITs, to finding each other and forming FLO, releasing our first body of work in 2022 and winning a BRIT award in the same year!! We are so shocked and grateful. We are the first group to win the BRITs Rising Star! We’ve just made history and couldn’t have done it without our wonderful fans and supportive families. It’s truly a dream come true. We feel so empowered creating the music we love and we hope others feel that too.”

To access tickets for the Isle of Wight festival, click here.