Girl band Flo win the Brits rising star award

R&B vocal harmony radical Flo person won the Brits rising prima award.

The London-based trio lone released their debut single, Cardboard Box, successful March, but won instant praise for their retro-styled miss set sound.

Formed successful 2021, they comprise singers Stella Quaresma, and Renée Downer, who met astatine the Sylvia Young Stage School, and Jorja Douglas, who they discovered connected Instagram.

They are the archetypal set ever to triumph the rising prima award.

The prize, formerly known arsenic the Critics' Choice award, has antecedently tipped the likes of Adele, Florence + the Machine and Sam Fender for success.

Last year's victor was singer-songwriter Holly Humberstone.

Flo were nominated alongside jungle creator Nia Archives and torch vocalist Cat Burns, who scored a fig 2 deed earlier this twelvemonth with her break-up ballad Go.

All 3 were besides nominated for champion newcomer astatine past week's Mobo Awards; and diagnostic connected the BBC's Sound Of 2023 longlist - which was unveiled connected Monday.

Flo said they were "shocked and grateful" to person won a Brit truthful soon aft releasing their debut EP, The Lead.

"As a kid, I was ambitious and I had a plan, and a Brit was connected it," Stella told BBC Radio 1's Clara Amfo. "But not arsenic a radical and not this young!"

Asked what made the set special, Jorja replied: "We're the sisters we ne'er had. That's virtually what it is."

Already this year, the set person amassed 70 cardinal streams, gained 319,000 followers connected TikTok and been fixed the stamp of support by US R&B stars Missy Elliott, Brandy and Kelly Rowland.

Appropriately enough, their dependable harks backmost to the staccato, stuttering beats of 1990s girls bands similar TLC and Destiny's Child, implicit with lyrics chastising immoderate "trifling good-for-nothing benignant of brother".

Cardboard Box was followed up with the similarly-catchy Not My Job; and the set were booked to execute connected Jimmy Kimmel's speech amusement successful the US, arsenic good arsenic Later... with Jools Holland successful the UK.

Speaking to BBC News astatine the Mobos, the set said their signature dependable was fundamentally a tribute to their mums.

"They brought america up connected 90s music," Jorja explained, "so it's hard to marque euphony that's not influenced by Brandy, oregon Faith Evans, oregon SWV.

"All the miss groups, each the lad groups. It happens people due to the fact that that euphony is truthful ingrained successful us."

Flo volition person their Brit Award erstwhile the ceremonial takes spot connected Saturday 11 February astatine London's O2 arena.

In caller years, winners of the rising prima grant person besides been fixed the accidental to execute astatine the ceremony.

The shortlist for the prize is selected by a sheet of euphony manufacture experts including mag editors, critics, songwriters, producers and festival bookers.

All 3 nominees performed exclusive unrecorded sessions for the Brits aft receiving their nominations, which you tin ticker below.