The BRIT Awards have released their nominations list for the year. Charli XCX and Dua Lipa managed to lead the race with five and four nods, respectively.
Additionally, the Beatles will be returning to the awards ceremony for the first time in 50 years after being nominated in the Song of the Year category for Now and Then.
Scroll down to read the full list of nominations.
artist of the year
- Dirty Hit
- Central C, Colombia/Sony Music
- Charli XCX, Atlantic/Warner Music
- Dua Lipa, Warner/Warner Music
- Fred Again.., Atlantic/Warner Music
- Jamie XX, Young/XL Beggar
- Michael Kiwanuka, Polydor/Universal Music
- Nia Archives, Island/Universal Music
- Rachel Chinouri, Parlophone/Universal Music
- Sam Fender, Polydor/Universal Music
Best New Artist
- English teacher, Island/universal music
- Ezra Collective, Partisan Records
- Miles Smith, RCA/Sony Music
- Rachel Chinouri, Parlophone/Universal Music
- The Last Dinner Party, Island/Universal Music
year group
- Bring Me the Horizon, RCA/Sony Music
- Coldplay, Parlophone/Warner Music
- Ezra Collective, Partisan Records
- The Cure, Polydor/Universal Music
- The Last Dinner Party, Island/Universal Music
Mastercard Album of the Year
- Charli XCX – Brat, Atlantic/Warner Music
- Ezra Collective – Dance, No One’s Watching, Partisan Records
- Dua Lipa – Radical Optimism, Warner/Warner Music
- The Cure – Songs of a Lost World, Polydor/Universal Music
- The Last Dinner Party – Prelude to Ecstasy, Island/Universal Music
brits rising star
- Miles Smith (Winner), RCA/Sony Music
- Elmine, Polydor/Universal Music
- Good Neighbors, Polydor/Universal Music
International Artist of the Year
- Adrian Lenker, 4AD/XL Beggars
- Asake, YBNL Nation
- Benson Boone, Warner/Warner Music
- Beyoncé, Columbia/Parkwood Entertainment/Sony
- Billie Eilish, Interscope/Universal Music
- Chapelle Rhone, Island/Universal Music
- Kendrick Lamar, Interscope/Universal Music
- Sabrina Carpenter, Island/Universal Music
- Taylor Swift, EMI/Universal Music
- Tyler, the Creator, Columbia/Sony Music
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song of the year
- “I Love the Way You Kiss Me,” Artemas, Parlophone/Warner Music
- “Kiss,” BI3SS x Camrynwatsin (ft. Biclose), Atlantic/Warner Music
- “BAND4BAND,” Central C (ft. Lil Baby), Columbia/Capitol/Motown/Sony Music
- “Guess,” Charli XCX (ft. Billie Eilish), Atlantic/Interscope/Warner Music
- “Backbone,” Chase & Status (ft. Stormzy), 0207 Records/EMI/Murky/Universal Music
- “Feels Like Falling in Love,” Coldplay, Parlophone/Warner Music
- “Training Season,” Dua Lipa, Warner/Warner Music
- “Alibi,” Ella Henderson (ft. Rudimental), Atlantic/Warner Music
- “Angel of My Dreams,” Jade, RCA/Sony Music
- “Kehlani,” Jordan Adetunji, Warner/Warner Music
- “Thick of It,” KSI (ft. Trippie Redd), Atlantic/Warner Music
- “Stargazing,” Miles Smith, RCA/Sony Music
- “You’re Christmas to Me,” Sam Ryder, East West/Rhino/Warner Music
- “Someday,” Sonny Fedora/Jazzy/DOD, Solotoko/Ada Warner Music
- “Now and Then,” The Beatles, Apple/UMR
International Group of the Year
- Amyl & The Sniffers, Rough Trade Records/XL Beggars
- Confidence Man, Chaos/Universal Music
- Fontaines DC, XL Recordings/XL Beggars
- Future & Metro Boomin, RCA/Sony Music
- Linkin Park, Warner/Warner Music
international song of the year
- “Beautiful Things,” Benson Boone, Warner/Warner Music
- “Texas Hold ‘Em,” Beyoncé, Columbia/Parkwood Entertainment/Sony
- “Birds of a Feather,” Billie Eilish, Interscope/Universal Music
- “Good luck, babe!” Chapelle Rhone, Island/Universal Music
- “The End of the Beginning,” Djo, AWAL/Djo/The Orchard
- “Houdini,” Eminem, Interscope/Universal Music
- “Too Sweet,” Hoosier, Island/Universal Music
- “Lovin’ on Me,” Jack Harlow, Atlantic/Warner Music
- “Stick Season,” Noah Kahn, Republic Records/Universal Music
- “I Got Some Help,” Post Malone (ft. Morgan Wallen), Republic Records/Universal Music
- “Espresso,” Sabrina Carpenter, Island/Universal Music
- “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” Shaboozie, American Dogwood/Empire
- “Fortnight,” Taylor Swift (ft. Post Malone), EMI/Universal Music
- “Lose Control,” Teddy Swims, Atlantic/Warner Music
- “Million Dollar Baby,” Tommy Richman, ISO Supremacy/Pulse/Stem Disintermedia
Hip-hop/grime/rap act
- Central C, Colombia/Sony Music
- Dave, Def Jam/Universal Music
- Gates, Warner/Warner Music
- Little Simz, AWAL/Sony Music
- Stormzy, 0207 Records/EMI/Murky/Universal Music
dance acting
- Becky Hill, Polydor/Universal Music
- Charli XCX, Atlantic/Warner Music
- Chase & Status, 0207 Records/Universal Music
- Fred Again.., Atlantic/Warner Music
- Nia Archives, Island/Universal Music
pop act
- Charli XCX, Atlantic/Warner Music
- Dua Lipa, Warner/Warner Music
- Jade, RCA/Sony Music
- Lola Young, Island/Universal Music
- Miles Smith, RCA/Sony Music
Alternative/rock act
- Dirty Hit
- Ezra Collective, Partisan Records
- Sam Fender, Polydor/Universal Music
- The Cure, Polydor/Universal Music
- The Last Dinner Party, Island/Universal Music
R&B Act
- Cleo Soul, AWAL/Sony Music
- Flow, Island/Universal Music
- Jorja Smith, FAMM/The Orchard/Sony
- Michael Kiwanuka, Polydor/Universal Music
- Ray, Human Resources/The Orchard/Sony
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