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Jack Garratt tops BBC Sound of 2016 list | Musique Non Stop

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Thursday, January 7, 2016

Jack Garratt tops BBC Sound of 2016 list

The Buckinghamshire singer follows Sam Smith, Ellie Goulding and Adele as the latest winner of an award that has been a reliable predictor of success

Jack Garratt has been named winner of the BBC Music Sound of 2016 list. The annual award, which aims to predict the artists who are likely to have a fruitful 12 months ahead of them, has previously been won by Sam Smith, Ellie Goulding and Adele, among others.

Garratt, who hails from Little Chalfont in Buckinghamshire, mixes elements of folk, electronica and R&B to create a soulful but often minimal pop sound. He’s not unlike a less experimental James Blake, which admittedly might not set pulses racing, but then the BBC poll is not known for uncovering genre-shredding mavericks. Garratt is to release his debut album, Phase, in February, and won the other prize that tends to accurately predict stardom – the Brits critics’ choice award – in December.

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