January 7, 201510 yr The return of the token rapper at #3! They've snubbed at least one of James Bay, Years & Years and Rae Morris then. To be fair Stormzy is probably more likely to get a hit single than about half of the rest of the list. There is a lot of love / hype for him in grime circles.
January 7, 201510 yr Yes Stormzy!! :yahoo: Not That Deep was one of THE underground smashes of last year and now he's signed he can do even better!
January 7, 201510 yr Shocked to see Stormzy at #3, especially given they didn't shortlist Dot Rotten a few years back. Promising though. Years & Years and Rae Morris for the T2 please!
January 7, 201510 yr Shocked! I can't believe one of the three Bre mentioned have been snubbed. It's Tom Odell all over!
January 7, 201510 yr Was hoping that Kwabs would get a Top 5 placing... I wa going to suggest that I think it will be Rae Morris who gets snubbed but then I realised that would make it an all male Top 5 :o
January 7, 201510 yr Shocked to see Stormzy at #3, especially given they didn't shortlist Dot Rotten a few years back. Promising though. Years & Years and Rae Morris for the T2 please! Dot Rotten got lots of support from Radio 1 in 2012 though. He was on the 'Sound of' longlist and I swear they A Listed 'Are You Not Entertained?' and 'Overload' - both amazing songs.
January 7, 201510 yr James Bay has a Top 20 solo single to his name so surely he should have been ineligible?
January 7, 201510 yr James Bay has a Top 20 solo single to his name so surely he's ineligible? ...he is on the longlist though. :P
January 7, 201510 yr ...he is on the longlist though. :P I realised so I edited my post! :P So why is he on the list despite the Top 20 hit?
January 7, 201510 yr James Bay has a Top 20 solo single to his name so surely he should have been ineligible? Sam Smith and Ella Erye technically had number 1s by the time they were on the Sound Of lists. - I didn't even realise there was a top 20 rule?! Edited January 7, 201510 yr by Joe.
January 7, 201510 yr James Bay has a Top 20 solo single to his name so surely he should have been ineligible? This happened just a day or two before the list was revealed so I presume it was too late to impact his placing in the list. Wouldn't surprise me if the label planned the release carefully for that, same for Years & Years who had a single out the same week (but missed the top 20 due to streaming).
January 7, 201510 yr Sam Smith and Ella Erye technically had number 1s by the time they were on the Sound Of lists. - I didn't even realise there was a top 20 rule?! That was on featured singles though (I'm just going by the first page, this might just be nonsense! :P). This happened just a day or two before the list was revealed so I presume it was too late to impact his placing in the list. Wouldn't surprise me if the label planned the release carefully for that, same for Years & Years who had a single out the same week (but missed the top 20 due to streaming). Ah I see. Sneaky. <_< I would love Rae Morris to appear in the Top 2 but James Bay and Years & Years seem too recognisable already to be snubbed. :(
January 7, 201510 yr REALLY SHOCKED TO SEE STORMZY MAKE THE TOP 5, LET ALONE #3 :o :o :o INEVITABLY YEARS AND YEARS WILL BE #2 AND JAMES BAY WILL BE #1 I'M ALMOST 100% SURE!! UNFORTUNATELY THAT MEANS RAE MORRIS WILL BE SNUBBED, JUST LIKE SHE WAS FOR THE CRITICS CHOICE AWARD!! :( Edited January 7, 201510 yr by mack25
January 7, 201510 yr The return of the token rapper at #3! They've snubbed at least one of James Bay, Years & Years and Rae Morris then. To be fair Stormzy is probably more likely to get a hit single than about half of the rest of the list. There is a lot of love / hype for him in grime circles. If JME features on his single, that is. :lol: It seems to be the only way for grime artists to get top 40 hits.
January 7, 201510 yr I actually think Rae Morris will be #1, I don't know who will miss out (I'm thinking James Bay is more likely to) but I get the feeling, listening to Radio 1 a bit more frequently, they're really trying to drum up hype for her, similarly to how it kind of felt with Haim.
January 7, 201510 yr They all talk non-stop about James Bay though... They could do the reverse of 2013 (Haim, AlunaGeorge, Angel Haze, Chvrches and Laura Mvula) and give us an all male T5 and ignore Rae Morris - though I hope they don't.
January 7, 201510 yr Aww, completely agog that Soak hasn't made the top 5. As much as I'd like it, she's unlikely to be #2 or #1. Oh well, at least her album's going to do things when it's out.
January 7, 201510 yr The top two has leaked, both easily predicted really. Still, I think a pretty strong top 5 from what I've heard of them (not much)!
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