Sound of...

Sound of... is a yearly BBC poll of music critics and industry figures. The people polled say who they think is the most promising new music talent. It was first done by the BBC News website in 2003. It is now widely covered by the corporation's online, radio and TV outlets, as well as other media. A longlist of 15 artists is published each December. A ranked shortlist and the yearly winner is announced the following January.

Winners

Poll Year	Winner	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth	Seventh	Eighth	Ninth	Tenth
Sound of 2003	50 Cent	Electric Six	Yeah Yeah Yeahs	The Thrills	Dizzee Rascal	Interpol	Audio Bullys	Mario	The Datsuns	Sean Paul
Sound of 2004	Keane	Franz Ferdinand	Wiley	Razorlight	Joss Stone	McFly	Scissor Sisters	The Ordinary Boys	Tali	Gemma Fox
Sound of 2005	The Bravery	Bloc Party	Kano	The Game	Kaiser Chiefs	KT Tunstall	The Dead 60s	The Dears	Tom Vek	The Magic Numbers
Sound of 2006	Corinne Bailey Rae	Clap Your Hands Say Yeah	The Feeling	Plan B	Guillemots	Sway	Chris Brown	Marcos Hernandez	Kubb	The Automatic
Sound of 2007	Mika	The Twang	Klaxons	Sadie Ama	Enter Shikari	Air Traffic	Cold War Kids	Just Jack	Ghosts	The Rumble Strips
Sound of 2008	Adele	Duffy	The Ting Tings	Glasvegas	Foals	Vampire Weekend	Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong	Black Kids	MGMT	Santigold
Sound of 2009	Little Boots	White Lies	Florence and the Machine	Empire of the Sun	La Roux	Lady Gaga	VV Brown	Kid Cudi	Passion Pit	Dan Black
Sound of 2010	Ellie Goulding	Marina and the Diamonds	Delphic	Hurts	The Drums	Two Door Cinema Club	Not announced
Sound of 2011	Jessie J	James Blake	The Vaccines	Jamie Woon	Clare Maguire	Not announced
Sound of 2012	Michael Kiwanuka	Frank Ocean	Azealia Banks	Skrillex	Niki & The Dove	Not announced

Other websites

• Sound of... at bbc.co.uk