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Little Boots tops BBC Sound Of 2009 list
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 9 January 2009
The BBC have announced the final order of their Sound Of 2009 shortlist, which tries to predict which will be the biggest acts of the coming year, and electro-pop singer Little Boots, aka Victoria Hesketh, has come top, having proven most popular by the panel of so-called ‘tastemakers’ (magazine editors, DJs, heads of music, etc) whose votes create the list.
Last year’s list featured Adele, Duffy, The Ting Tings and Glasvegas, and they all had pretty good 2008s, so this year is probably looking pretty good for the aforementioned Hesketh, as well as the likes of White Lies, Florence and The Machine, and Empire Of The Sun, who were also on the 2009 shortlist.
The top ten in order is as follows:
1. Little Boots
2. White Lies
3. Florence and the Machine
4. Empire of the Sun
5. La Roux
6. Lady GaGa
7. VV Brown
8. Kid Cudi
9. Passion Pit
10. Dan Black
Little Boots says this: “It is amazing that so many people want to write about me and give me opportunities, and I’m so grateful for that. For enough of those pundits to pick me as their favourite act is absolutely incredible and really mindblowing. I’m just so happy that it connects to those people. I hope it goes beyond that and translates and it isn’t just some bubble”.
