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The 2025 BRIT Award nominations are here and many are buzzing over the nominations.
The nominations were unveiled on Jan. 23 and Charli XCX leads the list with five nominations, including an Album of the Year nod for her acclaimed Brat album. Dua Lipa is another major nominee at this year’s award show, having been nominated for each of her three albums including her most recent one, Radical Optimism.
In a surprise turn, The Cure received a major comeback at the awards show having been nominated for the first time in 30 years. Their album, Songs in a Lost World, is up for Album of the Year and was met with acclaim upon its release last year.
Another notable surprise was former Little Mix member Jade being nominated, scoring two nominations for Best Pop Act and her song “Angel of My Dreams” was nominated for Song of the Year.
Notably absent from a major category was Taylor Swift, whose album The Tortured Poets Department was nowhere to be found in the list of nominations for Album of the Year despite it being the biggest album in the United Kingdom last year. The Official Charts Company ranked it as No. 1 on their year-end list of the biggest album, coming above such projects as Brat and Radical Optimism which both scored nominations in the field.
Check out the full list of nominations below:
Artist of the year
Beabadoobee
Central Cee
Charli XCX
Dua Lipa
Fred Again
Jamie xx
Michael Kiwanuka
Nia Archives
Rachel Chinouriri
Sam Fender
Group of the year
Bring Me The Horizon
Coldplay
The Cure
Ezra Collective
The Last Dinner Party
Album of the year
Charli XCX – Brat
The Cure – Songs Of A Lost World
Dua Lipa – Radical Optimism
Ezra Collective – Dance, No One’s Watching
The Last Dinner Party – Prelude to Ecstasy
Song of the year
Artemas – i like the way you kiss me
The Beatles – Now And Then
BL3SS x CamrinWatsin (feat. bbyclose) – Kisses
Central Cee (feat. Lil Baby) – BAND4BAND
Charli XCX Ft Billie Eilish – Guess featuring Billie Eilish
Chase & Status / Stormzy – Backbone
Coldplay – feelslikeimfallinginlove
Dua Lipa – Training Season
Ella Henderson (feat. Rudimental) -Alibi
JADE – Angel Of My Dreams
Jordan Adetunji- KEHLANI
KSI (feat Trippie Redd) – Thick Of It
Myles Smith – Stargazing
Sam Ryder – You’re Christmas To Me
Sonny Fodera/Jazzy/D.O.D – Somedays
Best new artist
English Teacher
Ezra Collective
The Last Dinner Party
Myles Smith
Rachel Chinouriri
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 group of the year
Amyl and The Sniffers
Confidence Man
Fontaines D.C.
Future & Metro Boomin
Linkin Park
International song of the year
Benson Boone – Beautiful Things
Beyoncé – Texas Hold ‘Em
Billie Eilish – Birds of a Feather
Chappell Roan – Good Luck, Babe!
Djo – End of Beginning
Eminem – Houdini
Hozier – Too Sweet
Jack Harlow – Lovin On Me
Noah Kahan – Stick Season
Post Malone (Feat. Morgan Wallen) – I Had Some Help
Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso
Shaboozey – A Bar Song (Tipsy)
Taylor Swift (feat. Post Malone) – Fortnight
Teddy Swims – Lose Control
Tommy Richman – Million Dollar Baby
Best alternative/rock act
Beabadoobee
The Cure
Ezra Collective
The Last Dinner Party
Sam Fender
Best hip-hop/grime/rap act
Central Cee
Dave
Ghetts
Little Simz
Stormzy
Best dance act
Becky Hill
Charli xcx
Chase & Status
Fred again..
Nia Archives
Best pop act
Charli xcx
Dua Lipa
JADE
Lola Young
Myles Smith
Best R&B act
Cleo Sol
Flo
Jorja Smith
Michael Kiwanuka
Raye
Rising star
Winners: Myles Smith
Elmiene
Good Neighbours
