The shortlist for The Brit Awards 2013 Critics’ Choice Award has been announced.

There are three hopefuls battling it out for the award; Tom Odell, Laura Mvula and AlunaGeorge.

The award could be the start of great things for its lucky recipient as famous faces who have previously won include Adele, Florence + the Machine, Jessie J and Emeli Sande.

Sande of course has had an excellent year in 2012 with her debut album Our Version of Events currently standing to become the biggest selling album of the year.

The Critics’ Choice Award is unique in that its nominees are chosen by a team of experts including editors of national newspapers, music websites and heads of music at major national radio and TV stations.

Those who have even been nominated can consider themselves lucky as they have been chosen from over 100 possible artists as possibilities to receive the accolade.

The winner will be announced on Thursday 20th December along with who has come second and third.

Nominees for the other awards will be announced closer to the time.

The awards themselves will be taking place on Wednesday, 20th February 2013 at The O2 in London and as always, will be shown live on ITV.

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