BBC Sound of 2008?

[paulgilb]

So who do we think will be on this list for 2008? The "Sound of..." chart is a chart of the 10 acts which music 'experts' predict will be big in the coming year. The only eligibility criterion is that the artist must not have had a top 20 single prior to the chart's announcement.

Here are the previous years' charts, with chart positions for the singles that the artists released in the year in question (position in *s means that it was a featured appearance on somebody else's hit, and positions in brackets are for hits prior to the year in question):

2003
1 50 Cent 3-6-5
2 Electric Six 2-5-40
3 Yeah Yeah Yeahs (37)-16-29-26
4 Thrills 18-17-33-45
5 Dizzee Rascal 29-17-*23*-30
6 Interpol (72)-65-41
7 Audio Bullys 15-22
8 Mario 18-28
9 Datsuns (25)-33-55
10 Sean Paul (32)-5-4-*1*-3-*2*

2004
1 Keane 3-4-10-18
2 Franz Ferdinand (44)-3-8-17
3 Wiley 31-45
4 Razorlight (56)-(42)-27-9-18-20
5 Joss Stone 18-18-9-29
6 McFly 1-1-3-5
7 Scissor Sisters (54)-10-17-12-14
8 Ordinary Boys 36-17-27
9 Tali (75)-42-39
10 Gemma Fox 38

2005
1 Bravery 7-43-49
2 Bloc Party (51)-(38)-(26)-5-13-18-7
3 Kano 22-*42*-71-25
4 Game 5-4-8-*33*-46
5 Kaiser Chiefs (66)-(22)-6-10-9-11
6 KT Tunstall 28-13-12-39
7 Dead 60s (30)-24-28-30-25
8 Dears (49)-53
9 Tom Vek 45-60-59
10 Magic Numbers 15-12-24

2006
1 Corinne Bailey Rae (34)-2-40-32
2 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (74)-68
3 Feeling 7-10-9-18
4 Plan B 41
5 Guillemots 23-36
6 Sway (*62*)-38
7 Chris Brown 2-13-23
8 Marcos Hernandez 41
9 Kubb (45)-(25)-18
10 Automatic 32-4-25

2007
1 Mika 1-6-9-7
2 Twang 15-8-34-63
3 Klaxons (29)-7-35-13
4 Sadie Ama 67
5 Enter Shikari 27-75
6 Air Traffic 33-30-45
7 Cold War Kids 57-65
8 Just Jack 2-32-74
9 Ghosts 25-35
10 Rumble Strips 41-46-64

[Maximo Mark]

I would assume Duffy and Adele will be towards the top.

[o]

Yeah, my thought was Adele as well.

[Robin]

I'm thinking the Macabrees, though i'm not a fan.

[Smurfie]

I'm going to have a stab at Foals and David Jordan.

[suedehead]

srsmerdon said:

I'm going to have a stab at Foals and David Jordan.

Foals may well make the list. Perhaps One Night Only as well although that may be wishful thinking.

[o]

Sons and Daughters are still eligible I guess? Ruarri Joseph?

[Robin]

What about Ben's Brother, quite like their last song and they have potential.

[Maximo Mark]

They don't usually put acts in who've had an album out...

[Smurfie]

Well, that counts my David Jordan guess out then.

The "experts" were a bit far out with their Sadie Ama prediction in 2007, weren't they?

[Maximo Mark]

Yes, but to be honest did she release anything else?

Who did they miss? Kate Nash, definitely. Acts like Scouting For Girls, Hoosiers or Calvin Harris I'd say they didn't as it only ever includes acts who've already released a single, are just about to or have had success elsewhere.

[ManicKangaroo]

To be fair, I don't think she released anything else

[Maximo Mark]

Actually there's quite a few - The Enemy, Pigeon Detectives, Fray, Gym Class Heroes, Hellogoodbye, Jamie T (though maybe ineligible?).

Wouldn't count - Plain White Ts, Sean Kingston, Newton Faulkner, Amy MacDonald

[paulgilb]

Notable misses from previous years:

2003: Darkness, Jamie Cullum, Evanescence, Black Eyed Peas
2004: Maroon 5, Kanye West, Natasha Bedingfield
2005: James Blunt, Daniel Powter, Jack Johnson, Arctic Monkeys, Pussycat Dolls
2006: Gnarls Barkley, Lily Allen, Sandi Thom, James Morrison, Kooks
2007: Fray, Pigeon Detectives, Calvin Harris, Gym Class Heroes, Enemy, Reverend & The Makers, Hoosiers, Jack Penate

And Jamie T was ineligible last year, as he had a #13 hit in 2006.

[ManicKangaroo]

Palladium & Laura Critchley

[otctim05]

Palladium, Adele and Duffy

[mizaria]

palladium, adele, foals, elliot minor (do they count), iwasacubscount, paramore (do they count), laura marling, Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong, Operator please (do they count) who's duffy? x

[S1m]

It'd be nice to see Laura Critchley do well. Saw her support Ray Quinn (not my choice of concert!) and she was really good live, with some good material.

[Serge Freeman]

One more big miss for 2007: Robyn!

[RedFox]

sergefreeman said:

One more big miss for 2007: Robyn!

But she'd already had a top 10 hit back in the 90s, making her inelligible.