Perhaps the most high profile music ceremony on the British calendar, the BRIT Awards are almost upon us.
Clash is on site at the O2, with the BRITs already providing plenty of surprises. Pharrell Williams is here, chatting backstage with Nile Rodgers. Who’s missing? Well, rumour has it that Daft Punk have just arrived…
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Those nominations in full:
BRITISH FEMALE SOLO ARTIST
Birdy
Ellie Goulding
Jessie J
Laura Marling
Laura Mvula
BRITISH MALE SOLO ARTIST
David Bowie
Jake Bugg
James Blake
John Newman
Tom Odell
BRITISH GROUP
Arctic Monkeys
Bastille
Disclosure
One Direction
Rudimental
BRITISH BREAKTHROUGH ACT
Bastille
Disclosure
Laura Mvula
London Grammar
Tom Odell
CRITICS’ CHOICE
Sam Smith (Winner)
Chlöe Howl
Ella Eyre
BRITISH SINGLE
Bastille – Pompeii
Calvin Harris/Ellie Goulding – I Need Your Love
Disclosure ft AlunaGeorge – White Noise
Ellie Goulding – Burn
John Newman – Love Me Again
Naughty Boy ft Sam Smith – La La La
Olly Murs – Dear Darlin’
One Direction – One Way Or Another (Teenage Kicks)
Passenger – Let Her Go
Rudimental ft Ella Eyre – Waiting All Night
MASTERCARD BRITISH ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Arctic Monkeys – AM
Bastille – Bad Blood
David Bowie – The Next Day
Disclosure – Settle
Rudimental – Home
BRITISH PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Ethan Johns
Flood (Mark Ellis) & Alan Moulder
Paul Epworth
INTERNATIONAL FEMALE SOLO ARTIST
Janelle Monae
Katy Perry
Lady Gaga
Lorde
Pink
INTERNATIONAL MALE SOLO ARTIST
Bruno Mars
Drake
Eminem
John Grant
Justin Timberlake
INTERNATIONAL GROUP
Arcade Fire
Daft Punk
Haim
Kings of Leon
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis