A TEENAGE singing star from Suffolk will be fighting it out with Sting and Sir Paul McCartney for the Album of the Year title at this year's Classical Brit Awards, it was announced last night.

A TEENAGE singing star from Suffolk will be fighting it out with Sting and Sir Paul McCartney for the Album of the Year title at this year's Classical Brit Awards, it was announced last night.

Laura Wright, from Framsden, near Debenham, is part of the hugely successful all-girl group All Angels, who won widespread acclaim with their eponymous first album last year.

They are one of 10 nominations for the classical Album of the Year award alongside the likes of Sting's Songs From The Labyrinth and Sir Paul's classical oratorio, Ecce Cor Meum (Behold My Heart) - a recording in English and Latin with members of the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields.

Other contenders for Album of the Year include Welsh singers Katherine Jenkins and Bryn Terfel, mechanic-turned-tenor Alfie Boe and teen violinist Nicola Benedetti.

Benedetti, 19, leads the field with three nominations in total.

Besides Album of the Year, she is in the running for Young British Classical Performer and Instrumentalist of the Year.

She began playing the violin aged four and is a former BBC Young Musician of the Year.

This Morning presenter Fern Britton will host this year's ceremony from London's Royal Albert Hall on May 3.

The winner of the Album of the Year will be chosen by Classic FM listeners and Classic FM magazine readers.