The Prospect Music Award is the UK's most innovative new music competition. Founded in 2013, Prospect internally selects 25 artists of any genre from anywhere around the world from thousands of artists who we believe to the best new musicians out there in the world music scene who we think are going to take on the world.

The Prospect Music Award is different to most new music awards (eg. The BRITs Rising Star Award, BBC Music Sound of...) as only 50% of the verdict is made up by music critics, but the other 50% comes from general music listeners from all around the world. We have seen that this helps the public discover new music more effectively than other articles as with the interaction of a public vote and with how the voting side works.

Previous winners have included Sam Smith, Years & Years, The Amazons, Pale Waves, Arlo Parks, Ashnikko and our reigning champion, Wet Leg, but it doesn't end there... Artists who have previously been nominated include Wolf Alice, Dua Lipa, Lewis Capaldi, Alfie Templeman, FKA twigs, Anne-Marie, girl in red, Blossoms, Billie Eilish and many more...

See below some of all 240 artists who've been nominated for the Prospect Music Award since 2014:

THE ACES / ADELPHI MUSIC FACTORY / AGAINST THE CURRENT / AIRWAYS / AJ TRACEY / ALESSIA CARA / ALEWYA / ALEXANDRA SAVIOR / ALFIE TEMPLEMEN / / ALICE MERTON / ALICE SHONE / ALMA / THE AMAZONS / AMBER MARK / ANNE-MARIE / ANOTHER SKY / APRE / ARLO PARKS / AS DECEMBER FALLS / ASHNIKKO / AU/RA / AURORA / BABY QUEEN / BANKS / BEABADOOBEE / BEACH WEATHER / BEBE REXHA / BENEE / BETSY / BERWYN / THE BIG MOON / BIIG PIIG / BILLIE EILISH / BILLIE MARTEN / BLOSSOMS / BLOXX / BØRNS / BREE RUNWAY / BROOKS / BUGZY MALONE / C CANE / CAITY BASER / CASSYETTE / CAT BURNS / CATFISH AND THE BOTTLEMEN / CATHERINE MCGRATH / CELESTE / CHANNEL TRES / CHAPPAQUA WRESTLING / THE CHASE / CHLÖE HOWL / CIGARETTES AFTER SEX / CIRCA WAVES / CMAT / COURTING / CRAWLERS / CREEPER / CRUEL SISTER / CUT THE HEROICS / DAD SPORTS / DAGNY / DARLIA / DE'WAYNE / DECLAN MCKENNA / DECLAN WELSH AND THE DECADENT WEST / DELLAXOZ / DERMOT KENNEDY / DEXTER / DISCIPLES / DO NOTHING / DODIE / DOECHII / DREAM WIFE / DUA LIPA / DUA SALEH / DYLAN / DYLAN JOHN THOMAS / EASY LIFE / ELLA EYRE / ELLA MAI / EMILY BURNS / ENNY / EZRA WILLIAMS (FORMALLY SMOOTHBOI EZRA) / FENNE LILY / FENG SUAVE / FETTY WAP / FICKLE FRIENDS / FKA TWIGS / FLO / FLOHIO / FRANCES / FRANCES BAKER / FRENSHIP / GEORGE EZRA / GEORGE KWALI / GEORGIE / GIRL IN RED / GRANDSON / GREENTEA PENG / GRIFF / HALSEY / HAMZAA / HIGH TYDE / HMLTD / HOLLY HUMBERSTONE / HOT MILK / IDKHOW / INDIANA / INK. / IVORIAN DOLL / IZZY BIZU / J HUS / JACK GARRATT / JADE BIRD / JAMES BAY / JESS GLYNNE / JESSICA WINTER / JGRREY / JOESEF / JORJA SMITH / JOSEPH J. JONES / JOY CROOKES / JUNGLE / KABBA (FORMALLY A*M*E) / KAWALA / KHALID / KID KAPICHI / KING NUN / KING PRINCESS / KOFFEE / KWABS / L DEVINE / LAURAN HIBBERD / LEWIS CAPALDI / LIME GARDEN / LION BABE / LIV DAWSON / LOLA YOUNG / LOYLE CARNER / LYNKS / MAISIE PETERS / MARSICANS / MARTHA HILL / MARTHA SKYE MURPHY / MASTER PEACE / MATILDA MANN / MEDUULLA / MEET ME @ THE ALTAR / MELANIE MARTINEZ / M(H)AOL / MICHAEL ALDAG / MNEK / MØ / MURA MASA / MXMTOON / NACTUS KUNAN / NANA ROGUES / NAO / NASTY CHERRY / NEWDAD / NIMMO / THE NINTH WAVE / NOAH CYRUS / NOAHFINNCE / NOTHING BUT THIEVES / NOVA TWINS / OLIVER TREE / OLIVIA DEAN / ORLA GARTLAND / PALE WAVES / THE PALE WHITE / PINKPANTHERESS / PIP MILLETT / PIRI & TOMMY / POUNDZ / PUMAROSA / RACHEL CHINOURIRI / RAE MORRIS / R.A.E. / RAG'N'BONE MAN / RAINING BLUE (FORMALLY CAMILLE CHRISTEL) / RAT BOY / RAURY / RAYE / REDFACES / ROYAL BLOOD / SAD NIGHT DYNAMITE / SADHAPPY (FORMALLY AARON SMITH) / SAM FENDER / SAM SMITH / SAMPHA / SARAH WALK / SAY LOU LOU / SHAWN MENDES / SHYGIRL / SIGRID / SINEAD O'BRIEN / SLAVES / THE SNUTS / SOAK / SOFI TUKKER / SOPHIE AND THE GIANTS / SOPHIE FRANCIS / SPRING KING / SQUID / STANAJ / STEAM DOWN / STORMZY / SUNDARA KARMA / SUNFLOWER BEAN / SUNSET SONS / SUPERFOOD / TALK SHOW / TOM GRENNAN / TOM WALKER / TONES AND I / TORI KELLY / TOVE LO / TRINIDAD CARDONA / TROYE SIVAN / TSHA / UNINVITED / THE VAMPS / VANT / VINYL STAIRCASE / VIOLA BEACH / VISTAS / VOODOOS / WARGASM (UK) / WET LEG / WHITE ROOM / WILLOW KAYNE / WOLF ALICE / YARD ACT / YEARS & YEARS / YEBBA / YIZZY / YONAKA / YOUNG T & BUGSEY / ZIEZIE