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Brit Awards Nominees 2017

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16 February 2017

By Alex Khalil

The Brit awards are next week, people! An entire evening celebrating British talent and Katy Perry trying to sing on stage – who wouldn’t want to watch it? The awards will be held on 22nd February, and there looks to be some fierce competition.

Beyoncé kicked some serious butt last year, sweeping up a number of awards, but this year, she’s up against the likes of Sia, Rihanna, and even her sister!

Here are the nominees:

Best British Single

  • Alan Walker – ‘Faded’
  • Calum Scott – ‘Dancing On My Own’
  • Calvin Harris feat. Rihanna – ‘This Is What You Came For’
  • Clean Bandit feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie – ‘Rockabye’
  • James Arthur – ‘Say You Won’t Let Go’
  • Jonas Blue feat. Dakota – ‘Fast Car’
  • Little Mix – ‘Shout Out To My Ex’
  • Tinie Tempah feat. Zara Larsson – ‘Girls Like’
  • ZAYN – ‘Pillowtalk’

Mastercard British Album Of The Year

  • The 1975 – ‘I Like It When You Sleep For You Are Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It’
  • David Bowie – ‘Blackstar’
  • Kano – ‘Made In The Manor’
  • Michael Kiwanuka – ‘Love & Hate’
  • Skepta – ‘Konnichiwa’

British Female Solo Artist

  • Anohni
  • Ellie Goulding
  • Emeli Sandé
  • Lianne La Havas
  • Nao

British Male Solo Artist

  • Craig David
  • David Bowie
  • Kano
  • Michael Kiwanuka
  • Skepta

British Artist Video Of The Year

  • Adele – ‘Send My Love To Your New Lover’
  • Calvin Harris feat. Rihanna – ‘This Is What You Came For’
  • Clean Bandit feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie – ‘Rockabye’
  • Coldplay – Hymn For The Weekend’
  • James Arthur – ‘Say You Won’t Let Go’
  • Jonas Blue feat. Dakota – ‘Fast Car’
  • Little Mix feat. Sean Paul – ‘Hair’
  • One Direction – ‘History’
  • Tinie Tempah feat. Zara Larsson – ‘Girls Like’
  • ZAYN – ‘Pillowtalk’

British Breakthrough Act

  • Anne-Marie
  • Blossoms
  • Rag’n’Bone Man
  • Skepta
  • Stormzy

British Group

  • The 1975
  • Bastille
  • Biffy Clyro
  • Little Mix
  • Radiohead

International Male Solo Artist

  • Bon Iver
  • Bruno Mars
  • Drake
  • Leonard Cohen
  • The Weeknd

International Female Solo Artist

  • Beyoncé
  • Christine and the Queens
  • Rihanna
  • Sia
  • Solange

International Group

  • A Tribe Called Quest
  • Drake & Future
  • Kings of Leon
  • Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
  • Twenty One Pilots

That’s a lot of people.

Be sure to be in on it! Next week, 22nd February.

(That’s Wednesday).

Let’s be honest, if RiRi turns up with a flask again, she’ll have won me over.

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Yaaaaas Queen.

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