Charli XCX, Dua Lipa, The Last Dinner Party And Ezra Collective Lead 2025 BRIT Award Nominations
Friday, 24 January 2025
Written by Jon Stickler
The nominees for the 2025 BRIT Awards have been revealed.
Charli XCX dominates the pack with five nods: Artist of the Year, Pop Act, Dance Act, Album of the Year for 'Brat' and Song of the Year for Guess with Billie Eilish. Other acts set to face off for multiple awards include Dua Lipa, The Last Dinner Party and jazz group Ezra Collection, who all have four nominations each.
More than 30 years since their last BRIT nomination, The Cure have received three; Album of the Year, Group of the Year, and Alternative/Rock Act, while Coldplay are up for Group of the Year and Song of the Year, bringing their total number of nominations to 30. The Beatles have also received their first nomination since 1977 for their final song, Now and Then, which is up for Song of the Year.
Fans can vote for their favourite artists in the Alternative/Rock Act, Dance Act, Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Act, Pop Act, and R&B Act categories via WhatsApp. Head here for more details and the full list of nominees.
Back in December, Myles Smith was announced as the winner of the 2025 BRITs Rising Star award.
The Brit Awards ceremony will take place on March 1 at the O2 Arena in London, with Jack Whitehall returning to host the event after previously taking the helm in 2022. Tickets are on sale now. The show will also be broadcast live on ITV1 and streaming service ITVX.
Cat Burns, Joy Crookes, Rachel Chinouriri, Frank Turner, Nova Twins, Kasabian, Clean Bandit, Tom Walker, Soft Play and Rag'n'Bone Man are all set to headline intimate shows for BRITs Week for War Child in February and March. Tickets for those dates are already on sale.
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
Artist of the Year
Beabadoobee, Dirty Hit
Central Cee, Columbia/Sony Music
Charli XCX, Atlantic/Warner Music
Dua Lipa, Warner/Warner Music
Fred Again.., Atlantic/Warner Music
Jamie xx, Young/XL Beggars
Michael Kiwanuka, Polydor/Universal Music
Nia Archives, Island/Universal Music
Rachel Chinouriri, Parlophone/Universal Music
Sam Fender, Polydor/Universal Music
Group of the Year
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
Best New Artist
English Teacher, Island/Universal Music
Ezra Collective, Partisan Records
Myles Smith, RCA/Sony Music
Rachel Chinouriri, Parlophone/Universal Music
The Last Dinner Party, Island/Universal Music
Song of the Year
I Like the Way You Kiss Me - Artemas, Parlophone/Warner Music
Kisses - BI3SS x CamrinWatsin (ft. Bbyclose), Atlantic/Warner Music
BAND4BAND - Central Cee (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/Merky/Universal Music
Feelslikeimfallinginlove - 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 - Myles Smith, RCA/Sony Music
You’re Christmas to Me - Sam Ryder, East West/Rhino/Warner Music
Somedays - Sonny Fedora/Jazzy/D.O.D, Solotoko/Ada Warner Music
Now and Then - The Beatles, Apple/UMR
BRITs Rising Star
Myles Smith [WINNER], RCA/Sony Music
Elmiene, Polydor/Universal Music
Good Neighbours, Polydor/Universal Music
International Artist of the Year
Adrianne Lenker, 4AD/XL Beggars
Asake, YBNL Nation
Benson Boone, Warner/Warner Music
Beyoncé, Columbia/Parkwood Entertainment/Sony
Billie Eilish, Interscope/Universal Music
Chappell Roan, Island/Universal Music
Kendrick Lamar, Interscope/Universal Music
Sabrina Carpenter, Island/Universal Music
Taylor Swift, EMI/Universal Music
Tyler, the Creator, Columbia/Sony Music
International Group of the Year
Amyl and The Sniffers, Rough Trade Records/XL Beggars
Confidence Man, Chaos/Universal Music
Fontaines D.C., 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! - Chappell Roan, Island/Universal Music
End of Beginning - Djo, AWAL/Djo/The Orchard
Houdini - Eminem, Interscope/Universal Music
Too Sweet - Hozier, Island/Universal Music
Lovin On Me - Jack Harlow, Atlantic/Warner Music
Stick Season - Noah Kahan, Republic Records/Universal Music
I Had Some Help - Post Malone (ft. Morgan Wallen), Republic Records/Universal Music
Espresso - Sabrina Carpenter, Island/Universal Music
A Bar Song (Tipsy) - Shaboozey, 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
Alternative/Rock Act
Beabadoobee, Dirty Hit
Ezra Collective, Partisan Records
Sam Fender, Polydor/Universal Music
The Cure, Polydor/Universal Music
The Last Dinner Party, Island/Universal Music
Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Act
Central Cee, Columbia/Sony Music
Dave, Def Jam/Universal Music
Ghetts, Warner/Warner Music
Little Simz, AWAL/Sony Music
Stormzy, 0207 Records/EMI/Merky/Universal Music
Dance Act
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
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