Sound Of 2016: All about the music stars you'll be loving in 2016
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BBC Music has announced the 15 names on the Sound Of 2016 long list.
The annual event aims to predict who will be the big emerging music acts in the coming year.
Around 100 journalists, DJs and critics put the list together.
In the past it's been topped by Adele, Sam Smith, Jessie J and Years & Years.
We've looked at each of the artists you'll definitely be hearing more about in 2016.
There's more on all the artists on the list on the BBC Sound Of website.
Alessia Cara
Alessia Cara is a 19-year-old singer-songwriter from Canada.
She began her career singing covers on YouTube before being signed to Def Jam Records.
And she already she has one huge fan in Taylor Swift.
The singer tweeted after watching Alessia sing Bad Blood., external
Alessia's already visited the Radio 1 Live Lounge. Watch her performance below.
Video: Alessia Cara's Live Lounge on BBC Radio 1., external
Swift even invited her on stage during her mammoth 1989 tour when she stopped in Tampa, Florida.
See Alessia Cara perform with Taylor Swift on her 1989 tour., external
Blossoms
Blossoms performing at Maida Vale for the BBC
Blossoms are an indie five piece from Stockport in Great Manchester.
They got together in 2013.
Since then they have played the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, and supported The Courteeners at their huge gigs at Heaton Park in Manchester in June.
So how did they come up with their band name?
According to drummer Joe Donovan, in an interview with Northern Noise, external, he was on the bus with singer Tom Ogden when they saw a pub called The Blossoms.
"I was like, 'That'd be such a good name for a band' and then, two weeks later I was doing the same journey with bassist Charlie [Salt] and he said exactly the same thing."
Billie Marten
Billie Marten played for Huw Stephens earlier this year
Billie Marten is another artist who started out on YouTube.
At just 16 years old, she is still juggling school with her burgeoning music career, having recently toured with Lucy Rose.
She also has a few famous fans in the shape of Bastille and Ed Sheeran.
See Bastille's tweet about Billie Marten. , external
Read Ed Sheeran's tweet about her music being stunning. , external
But Billie has another love in her life: alpacas. In an interview with Source Magazine, external she explained her "weird obsession".
"I can't explain it. I think they're beautiful and I love them, so for my birthday I got given a walk with some alpacas as a present.
"The alpaca actually chooses you based on your personality."
See Billie Marten's pictures with the animals she loves the most, alpacas., external
Dua Lipa
Dua Lipa is a London-based Albanian singer-songwriter who is getting a lot of people excited.
The 19-year-old has signed to Lana Del Rey's management team and has been working with Emile Hayne, who produced much of Lana's work and FKA Twigs.
She has covered another artist on the list, Alessia Cara's Here.
Video: Dua Lipa covers Alessia Cara's Here, external
And if you are a massive X Factor fan then you just might recognise her from an advert for the show back in 2013.
Frances
Frances is a bit of a hero as she stood in for The Libertines during BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge month in September.
She was also in the top three artists up for this year's Brit's Critics' Choice Award but lost out to Jack Garrett.
One of her biggest fans is Sam Smith who invited her to support him at his first comeback show after throat surgery.
See Sam Smith's tweet about Frances. , external
Watch her cover of Justin Bieber's What Do You Mean?, external
Izzy Bizu
Izzy Bizu talks first gigs and accidentally being on stage before Ed Sheeran
The 21-year-old singer-songwriter also made it into the Brits Critics' Choice Award top three.
She was discovered at an open mic night and was pulled on stage at a gig - before Ed Sheeran.
Jack Garratt
Watch Jack Garrett's Live Lounge performance on BBC Radio 1, external
This year's winner of the Brit Awards Critics' Choice has certainly had a big year building up to this.
He also won the BBC Introducing prize at the BBC Music Awards.
But before finding critical acclaim a 14-year-old Jack Garratt decided to enter Junior Eurovision to kickstart his musical career.
He reached the British final with a song he wrote himself, That Girl, but came last.
See Jack Garrett's picture of him performing with James Bay., external
J Hus
Watch J Hus on Charlie Sloth's Fire In The Booth., external
This 20-year-old east London rapper has been gaining notoriety over the past year.
He was stabbed five times and then criticised by anti-knife campaigners after he made gang signs from his hospital bed.
J Hus deleted the pictures soon after.
Since then he has said he realises how much his actions can influence others.
Meanwhile, his Fire in The Booth has been watched nearly 1.5 million times.
Loyle Carner
Loyle Carner performing at Glastonbury
Loyle Carner is a rapper from south London who recruited his mum and brother to feature in the video to his track Tierney Terrace.
He got a drama scholarship at the Brit School and went on to do a drama degree at university before focusing on music.
Loyle is a big fan of fellow London poet and rapper Kate Tempest who is described as lyrically, really inspiring.
They got to record a track together as part of London producer Dan Carey's Speedy Wunderground project, where an entire track was cut within 24 hours.
Mabel
Watch Mabel's video for My Boy My Town., external
Mabel McVey is the youngest daughter of one of pop's finest female singers, Neneh Cherry.
If that didn't infuse her body with a natural talent for music, her dad is Cameron McVey, who produces Massive Attack.
See Mabel's Instagram picture of her with her famous Mum Neneh Cherry., external
Mura Masa
Mura Masa is being hailed as the next big UK producer.
But his real name is Alex Crossan and took his alias from a 16th-century Japanese swordsmith who was apparently "possessed of a violent and ill-balanced mind verging on madness".
His latest single, Love for That features Shura, who made it on to the Sound Of 2015 poll.
Listen to Mura Masa's remix of Ed Sheeran's Thinking Out Loud., external
NAO
NAO performing with Mura Masa who is also on the longlist for the Sound Of 2016, performing on Huw Stephens show
You might recognise NAO's vocal talents from Disclosure's second album Caracal.
She was one of the newer featured artists on the record and was delighted with her Disclosure makeover.
See her tweet about being on Disclosure's new album. , external
Rat Boy
Rat Boy is from Essex and being hailed as the voice of his generation by some, drawing a lot of comparisons to Jamie T.
From his social media accounts, he looks like he is having a great time.
He has toured with The 1975 and got a few new tattoos, his most impressive on his inner lip.
Section Boyz
Section Boyz were interviewed by DJ Limelight on BBC Asian Network in August
Section Boyz have a huge fan too, Miss Rita Ora, who says she loves grime.
In an interview, external with RWD magazine she said: "This Section Boyz mixtape is going to be… the sickest."
WSTRN
This west London trio nearly knocked Adele off the top spot with their track In2.
It was outselling Adele's Hello in the midweek charts but eventually landed at number four.
Band member Haile Rei said: "It's amazing to be even mentioned in the same sentence as someone like her."
Tinie Tempah, Years And Years and Joey Essex are all fans.
Read Tinie Tempah's tweet about WSTRN's track In2., external
Read more about WSTRN at the BBC Sound Of website.
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