The BBC has a Sound Of 2008 poll, which tags the artists mostly likely to succeed in the coming year, according to 150 or so British rock journos. The list has had some success as a predictor, with Mika as last year's winner, Corrine Bailey Rae taking the prize in 2006, as well as the Beatles in 1963, and Edward Elgar in 1899. It might be worth checking out some of the names at the top of the list, like Adele, who is apparently our less frightening replacement for Amy Winehouse. But the really disturbing news is that many of these journalists are apparently taking their cues from the charts over at Hype Machine.
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