Brit Award for Rising Star

The Critics’ Choice Award (previously Rising Star Award)^[1] is an award given by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), an organisation which represents record companies and artists in the United Kingdom.^[2] The accolade is presented at the Brit Awards, an annual celebration of British and international music.^[3] The winners and nominees are determined by the Brit Awards voting academy with over one-thousand members comprising record labels, publishers, managers, agents, media, and previous winners and nominees.^[4]

The nominees are British artists who the academy believe will make the biggest impact on music in the coming year. The award was first presented at the 28th Brit Awards in 2008 to Adele and has been awarded annually since. Tom Odell was the first male recipient, winning in 2013. Jacob Alon is the current holder of the award, winning in 2026.