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It's a Brat winter as Charli XCX scoops the most nominations for this year's BRIT Awards

23 January 2025, 17:30 | Written by The Line of Best Fit

In a shock to nobody, Charli xcx leads the nominations at this year's BRIT Awards in five categories including Best Song, Artist and Album.

She's also up for Best Pop Act and Best Dance Act, while last year's Rising Star winners The Last Dinner Party are named in four categories, including album, group and new artist. Partisan-signed Ezra Collective are also four-times nominated.

It's largely a fallow year for the likes of Dua Lipa whose mediocre Radical Optimism record is somehow nominated for Best Album and goes up against Songs of a Lost World by The Cure, Dance, No One’s Watching by Ezra Collective, Prelude To Ecstasy by the Last Dinner Party as well as Charli's brat.

In other pleasant surprises are nominations for Kendrick Lamar, Tyler, Adrianne Lenker, Rachel Chinouriri, Amyl and The Sniffers and Fontaines D.C.

The BRIT Awards takes place on 1 March at the O2 Arena in London and ahead of that, Charli xcx will head to the Grammys where she's nominated eight times – including album and record of the year.

Check out the full list of BRITs nominations below.

Song of the Year
“Guess” by Charli xcx featuring Billie Eilish
“Backbone” by Chase and Status featuring Stormzy
“feelslikeimfallinginlove” by Coldplay
“Training Season” by Dua Lipa
“Alibi” by Ella Henderson featuring Rudimental
“Angel of my Dreams” by JADE
“Kehlani” by Jordan Adentunui
“Thick of it” by KSI feat Tripppie Redd
“Stargazing “ by Myles Smith
“You’re Christmas To Me” by Sam Ryder
“Somedays” by Sonny Fodera, Jazzy and D.O.D.
“I like the way you kiss me“ by Artemas
“Now and Then” by The Beatles
“Kisses” by BL3SS x CamrinWatsin featuring bbyclose
“band4band” by Central Cee

Best New Artist
The Last Dinner Party
English Teacher
Ezra Collective
Myles Smith
Rachel Chinouriri

British Artist of the Year
Charli xcx
Beabadoobee
Central Cee
Dua Lipa
Fred again..
Jamie xx
Michael Kiwanuka
Nia Archives
Rachel Chinouriri
Sam Fender

Group of the Year
The Cure
Bring Me The Horizon
Coldplay
Ezra Collective
The Last Dinner Party

International Group of the Year
Fontaines D.C.
Amyl and The Sniffers
Confidence Man
Future & Metro Bommin
Linkin Park

Best Dance Act
Charli xcx
Becky Hill
Chase and Status
Fred again..
Nia Archives

Best Pop Act
Dua Lipa
Charli xcx
JADE
Lola Young
Myles Smith

Best Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Act
Central Cee
Dave
Ghetts
Little Simz
Stormzy

Best R&B Act
Cleo Sol
FLO
Jorja Smith
Michael Kiwanuka
RAYE

Best Rock/Alternative Act
Beabadoobee
The Cure
Ezra Collective
The Last Dinner Party
Sam Fender

International Artist of the Year
Adrianne Lenker
Asake
Benson Boone
Beyoncé
Billie Eilish
Chappell Roan
Kendrick Lamar
Sabrina Carpenter
Taylor Swift
Tyler, The Creator

International Song
"Beautiful Things" by Benson Boone
"Texas Hold 'Em" by Beyoncé
"Birds of a Feather" by Billie Eilish
"Good Luck, Babe!" by Chappell Roan
"End of Beginning” by Djo
“Houdini” by Eminem
“Too Sweet” by Hozier
“Lovin on Me” by Jack Harlow
“Stick Season” by Noah Kahan
“I Had Some Help” by Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen
“Espresso” By Sabrina Caropenter
“A bar song” by Shaboozey
“Fortnight” by Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone
“Lose Control” by Teddy Swims
“Million Dollar Baby” by Tommy Richman

British Album of the Year
brat by Charli XCX
Songs of a Lost World
by The Cure
Radical Optimism
by Dua Lipa
Dance, No One’s Watching
by Ezra Collective
Prelude To Ecstasy
by the Last Dinner Party

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