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Winner of BBC Music Sound Of 2021 revealed (Ian West/PA) Coventry rapper Pa Salieu has been named the winner of the BBC Music Sound of 2021 poll. The 23-year-old, who released breakout track Frontline in January last year, was selected by a panel of 160 industry experts and artists including Billie Eilish, Stormzy and Jorja Smith. He follows in the footsteps of previous winners including Sam Smith, Ellie Goulding and Adele. Pa Salieu (BBC/PA) Grantham-raised singer Holly Humberstone took second place on the annual list, while Trinidad-born singer and rapper Berwyn was third. Neo-soul singer G...

Credit: Press It feels quite symbolic that BackRoad Gee should bookend 2020, a year defined by two very different parts, with a pair of massive – but starkly contrasting – tracks. The first, ‘Party Popper’, dropped on exactly January 1, in that short hinterland at the start of the year before the pandemic changed the world beyond recognition. The London MC’s breakthrough hit announced him onto the scene – a bassy drill-grime hybrid banger led by BRG’s hypnotic flow and a chorus that refused to get unstuck from your head. Now, his latest single ‘Take Tim...

25 Tracks That Defined 2020 It's been a journey... If 2020 produced nothing else of positivity in our lives, it provided ample time to soak up new music. With gigs, club nights, and festivals largely shuttered, our evenings were instead spent seeking out new artists, and re-visiting releases that might otherwise have passed us by. When the Clash team began collating our Albums Of The Year list, it quickly became apparent just how fertile 2020 had really been - virtually every genre is represented, from underground jazz to nu metal via the burgeoning offshoots of UK rap. ...