• 25-year-old Celeste Waite has already been tipped for big things, winning both the Brits’ Rising Star Award and the BBC Music Introducing artist of the year. • Born in Los Angeles but raised in Brighton, she grew up listening to jazz and soul greats like Ella Fitzgerald, Otis Redding, Billie Holiday and Aretha Franklin. • She wrote her first song, Sirens, at the age of 17, in tribute to her Jama