Follow her musical journey from the Introducing Uploader to the 2016 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Music Awards...

On Friday 2nd December 2016, Nick Grimshaw announced Izzy Bizu as our newly crowned ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Music Introducing Artist of the Year on the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 1 Breakfast Show.
Izzy performed at the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Music Awards on December 12th. Here's an insight into her journey to the title previously held by Catfish and the Bottlemen and Jack Garratt.
2013 - the all important upload

She first uploaded her music to the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Music Introducing Uploader in 2013, which led to plays on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Introducing in London, a session on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio London and plays on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 1Xtra.
Izzy Bizu on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ London
2014 - Izzy made a sensational debut on the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Introducing stage at Glastonbury and became Introducing artist of the week on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 1
Introducing... Izzy Bizu
2015 - we invited her to perform a session at the legendary Maida Vale studios and she landed a slot on Later... with Jools Holland
2016 - Izzy performed at Radio 1's Big Weekend, wowed us in the Radio 1 Live Lounge and made it onto Sound Of 2016 and 1Xtra's Hot For longlists
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Don't Mind (Radio 1 Live Lounge, 27 Sep 2016)
And did we mention Izzy's quick trip to the USA with Huw Stephens and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Music Presents?
Then there was the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Music Awards!!
What a wonderful journey so far, we can't wait to hear more from Izzy Bizu in 2017.