The LA-born musician has now picked up where she left off, surpassing indie-quintet
Easy Life to win the BBC Sound Of 2020 poll, which is judged by 170 music critics, broadcasters, festival bookers and previous nominees, which include
Lewis Capaldi,
Chvrches and
Billie Eilish.
Winning both accolades also means she joins just a handful of artists, including
Adele,
Sam Smith and
Ellie Goulding, to have won both the BRITs Rising Star award and the BBC Sound poll. Prior to this, Celeste picked up the Vevo DSCVR Artist To Watch award at the 2019 A&R Awards in November, presented by MBW and Abbey Road Studios.
We spoke to Celeste when she came to Studio Three to record her live version of
Strange. Watch her talk about her beginnings in the industry, recording at Abbey Road and the music she's currently listening to: