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"With 2014 just around the corner, it&amp;#039;s time to start looking ahead at some of the new acts that could make it big next year. Read on to find out our ten top for 2014, including Sam Smith, MNEK, Ella Eyre and more.   Sam Smith Sound: Emosh-pop-soul About: He&amp;#039;s the man who&amp;#039;s made just about everyone&amp;#039;s Ones to Watch lists for next year, and judging by his output so far, it&amp;#039;s easy to see why. You should already be familiar with his guest spots on Naughty Boy&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;La La La&amp;#039; and Disclosure&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Latch&amp;#039;, but his own tracks - including &amp;#039;Lay Me Down&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;Safe With Me&amp;#039; - prove that he doesn&amp;#039;t need to rely on others for hits. The 21-year-old was originally trained as a jazz singer and lists his inspirations as Whitney Houston and Chaka Khan, which might explain why he can often be heard singing in falsetto.  Download: &amp;#039;Safe With Me&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;Lay Me Down&amp;#039;  Listen to &amp;#039;Money On My Mind&amp;#039; below:        Ella Eyre Sound: Fiery R&amp;amp;B-pop About: 19-year-old Ella Eyre hasn&amp;#039;t been on the circuit for long after signing to Virgin Records last summer, but she&amp;#039;s been quickly building a name for herself in recent months after touring with Rudimental and featuring on their hit &amp;#039;Waiting All Night&amp;#039;. She&amp;#039;s all about big choruses and even bigger vocals; in other words a younger, grittier version of Emeli Sand\u00C3\u00A9.  Download: &amp;#039;Deeper&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;Going On&amp;#039;       MNEK Sound: dance-pop-R&amp;amp;B-soul About: Serious pop fans will already be well aware of the 19-year-old producer-turned-singer, in part for his work with The Saturdays (&amp;#039;All Fired Up&amp;#039;), Misha B (&amp;#039;Home Run&amp;#039;) and in part for his features on Duke Dumont&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Need U (100%)&amp;#039; and Rudimental&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Spoons&amp;#039;. We bumped into him at an event a few months ago and he told us he was working on his own debut album and that it will be amazing. And given his track record, we&amp;#039;re inclined to believe him.  Download: Handily, he&amp;#039;s put together a Soundcloud playlist of his production work and guest features, which you can listen to below.    Joel Compass Sound: Alt-R&amp;amp;B About:The alt-R&amp;amp;B landscape is a pretty crowded place at the moment with the likes of Miguel, The Weeknd and Frank Ocean dominating the market, but we still reckon Joel Compass&amp;#039;s chances of making it big time are pretty strong. The 20-year-old Polydor signee&amp;#039;s recent single &amp;#039;Run&amp;#039; has gained him a massive following in recent months including one Pusha T, who enjoyed the track so much he offered to record a skit for it. Download: His &amp;#039;Astronaut EP&amp;#039; is worth a listen, but &amp;#039;Run&amp;#039; feels like his big breakout moment.        Skaters Sound: Aggressive punk-pop About: The New York-based trio have spent most of 2013 impressing tastemakers and bloggers with their punk-rock sound that feels like a poppier version of The Ramones. Digital Spy saw them in a very crowded pub at this year&amp;#039;s Great Escape festival in Brighton and they were easily the most exciting rock band we&amp;#039;ve seen or heard of in a while.  Download: Their most recent single &amp;#039;Deadbolt&amp;#039; was released in November, but our favourite track from them thus far is &amp;#039;I Wanna Dance (But I Don&amp;#039;t Know How)&amp;#039;.        Chloe Howl Sound: No bulls**t pop About: Chloe Howl signed a record deal with Sony&amp;#039;s Columbia mere weeks after leaving school. The star released a handful of popular EPs throughout 2013, gaining a following for her edgy, no bulls**t pop. Howl then joined John Newman as a support act for his UK tour, while recently being nominated for the Brits Critics&amp;#039; Choice Award. If we had to pick another artist to compare her to, it would probably be Lily Allen. Download: &amp;#039;No Strings&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;Paper Heart&amp;#039;      Foxes Sound: Rousing pop About: Foxes has actually been around for a while, but her very good single &amp;#039;Youth&amp;#039; only recently got the attention it deserves thanks to a festive advert from Debenhams. The star already boasts collaborations with Fall Out Boy and Zedd, while her debut album Glorious is currently penciled in for a March release. If you like Florence + the Machine, you&amp;#039;ll probably like Foxes. Download: &amp;#039;Youth&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;Beauty Queen&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;Echo&amp;#039;       The Vamps Sound: McFly pop About: They might look like a pint-sized pop band, but their tracks pack a whole lot of oomph. &amp;#039;Can We Dance&amp;#039; has already claimed them a number-two hit, while their upcoming single &amp;#039;Wild Heart&amp;#039; will entertain all of those Taylor Swift fans when they support her during her UK tour in February. They sound a bit like McFly, which comes as no surprise considering they have hung out with them while working on their debut album. Expect big chart anthems from these guys throughout 2014. Download: &amp;#039;Can We Dance&amp;#039;   Saint Raymond Sound: Wistful indie rock About: Saint Raymond - real name Callum Burrows - released an EP on Gabrielle Aplin&amp;#039;s Never Fade Records earlier this year and quickly gained an online following. The teen played the BBC Introducing stage at Reading and Leeds Festival earlier this year and we imagine he&amp;#039;ll be a permanent fixture across lineups come summer 2014. Like Jake Bugg, Saint Raymond hails from Nottingham, so they&amp;#039;re already being compared, but we&amp;#039;d say SR&amp;#039;s music soars just a little bit higher. Download: &amp;#039;Letting Go&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;Fall At Your Feet&amp;#039;       Banks Sound: That trendy alt-R&amp;amp;B vibe About: When we first heard Banks earlier this year we couldn&amp;#039;t help but draw comparisons to The Weeknd, which is quite a good thing actually. Lo and behold, the female British star went on to support the Canadian crooner on his &amp;#039;Kiss Land&amp;#039; tour. Banks&amp;#039; songs are stripped back, haunting and very very good, so we&amp;#039;d quite like to see her music go on to achieve big things. Download: &amp;#039;Waiting Game&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;This Is What It Feels Like&amp;#039;      Which new acts are you excited about for 2014? Leave your comments in the box below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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