BBC Sound of 2012 list revealed

The list, now in its 10th year, was compiled using tips from more than 180 influential UK tastemakers, who were asked to name their favourite new acts. The Sound of 2012 winner and top five will be unveiled in January.

Jessie J topped last year's list.  Other previous winners include Adele, Ellie Goulding, Corinne Bailey Rae and Keane.  The emerging artists on this year's longlist range from UK hip-hop and grime MC Dot Rotten to blues singer-songwriter Jamie N Commons and attitude-filled female pop trio Stooshe.  Twenty-year-old rapper and singer Azealia Banks and rapper A$AP Rocky, both from Harlem, New York, are included alongside dubstep producers Flux Pavilion and Skrillex.