Brits critics' choice award won by Sam Fender

Sam Fender has been announced as the winner of the Brits critics’ choice award. Figures in the media and music industry are asked to nominate artists they believe will enjoy future success but who haven’t yet scored a UK Top 40 album. Fender specialises in energetic, glossy garage-rock topped with his soulful vocals, the lyrics tending towards social commentary about masculinity, depression and vice. The industry-voted prize was previously won by Adele, Sam Smith and Ellie Goulding. Independent...