Pop star Skye Newman wins the BBC Sound of 2026

BBC Skye Newman sits in front of a backdrop of flight cases embossed with the BBC Radio 1 Sound of 2026 logo. She has one hand raised to her white-rimmed glasses, which perch on the tip of her noseBBC

Skye Newman was born and raised in Southeast London, and pours her life story into her visceral, vulnerable pop songs

Mark SavageMusic correspondent

Loud, raw, and strikingly honest: Pop singer Skye Newman has won BBC Radio 1’s Sound of 2026.

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