Wet Leg, Yard Act, Baby Queen, PinkPantheress, Priya Ragu and more have all made the 10 act long-list for this year’s BBC Sound of 2022 poll.
The annual prize – selected by polling “a panel of impartial music industry experts from around the world” (Hi, that includes us; yes, we’re ‘experts’ – Ed) – picked Pa Salieu as the winner for 2021, and will reveal this year’s top 5 in January.
Others in the running for 2022 include ENNY, Tems, Mimi Webb, Lola Young and Central Cee.
Introducing the Radio 1 #SoundOf2022 long-list! ✨
— BBC Radio 1 (@BBCR1) December 6, 2021
Expect big things from these 10 amazing artists next year:@babyqueen
Central Cee@ennyintegrity@lolayounggg@mimiwebb@pinkpantheress2@PRIYARAGUMUSIC@temsbaby@wetlegband@YardActBand
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You can check out the full long-list below, and check out our own 2022 tips in our Hype List 2022 issue, out now.
The Sound of 2022 long-list reads:
Baby Queen
Central Cee
ENNY
Lola Young
Mimi Webb
PinkPantheress
Priya Ragu
Tems
Wet Leg
Yard Act