Posting on X, formerly Twitter, she said, “I will need to think of another new and unique part of my body to flash on live television!!! So grateful to be honoured for this again, and I will be honoiured to lose to yet another very deserving winner.”<\/p>\n
Olivia Dean and Lola Young are the most nominated acts for year\u2019s Brit Awards ceremony with five each.<\/p>\n
Britpop band Pulp have scored their first nomination in 30 years, in the best group category.<\/p>\n
The nominations were announced on Wednesday evening at a livestreamed event from Co-op Live in Manchester, where Sam Fender, the most recent recipient of the Mercury Prize, received four nominations.<\/p>\n
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\nLily Allen<\/p>\n
Lily Allen, whose album West End Girl caused a stir when it was released last year, is nominated in three categories \u2013 for best album, artist of the year, and pop act.<\/p>\n
Her first album in seven years, it is said to detail the alleged infidelity of her ex-husband, US actor David Harbour.<\/p>\n
Singer-songwriter Dean is up for best pop act, artist of the year, best album for The Art of Loving, and best song for Man I Need.<\/p>\n
Young, whose hit single Messy also earns her a nomination in the best song category, is also up for best pop act and artist of the year, as well as breakthrough act.<\/p>\n
Fender is also nominated for artist of the year, alternative rock act, and best album for his release People Watching, as well as best song for Rein Me In, his collaboration with Dean.<\/p>\n
London-born actress and singer Cynthia Erivo is nominated for best song for Defying Gravity, featuring Ariana Grande, from the film Wicked.<\/p>\n
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\nCynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande<\/p>\n
Dean and Young face tough competition in the artist of the year category, which is dominated by female acts including Jade, Pink Pantheress and Self Esteem.<\/p>\n
Rising star, Lewisham-born rapper, singer and producer Jim Legxacy, receives a nod in the breakthrough category, where he is up against Barry Can\u2019t Swim, EsDeeKid, Young, and Skye Newman, the recent winner of BBC Radio 1\u2019s Sound Of 2026.<\/p>\n
Pulp, who are up for best group \u2013 the same award they were nominated for in 1996 but did not win \u2013 will go head to head with Last Dinner Party, Wet Leg, Wolf Alice and Sleep Token.<\/p>\n
In the best album category Dave is nominated for The Boy Who Played The Harp, alongside Wolf Alice for The Clearing, and the releases from Dean, Allen and Fender.<\/p>\n
Legxacy is also nominated for best hip hop, grime and rap act \u2013 alongside Dave, Central Cee, Little Simz and Loyle Carner \u2013 while he gets a nod for R&B act too.<\/p>\n
That category also has nominations for Kwn, Mabel, Sasha Keable, and Sault.<\/p>\n
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\nEd Sheeran<\/p>\n
In song of the year, Ed Sheeran\u2019s Azizam goes up against Lewis Capaldi with Survive, Raye with Where Is My Husband, and Newman with Family Matters.<\/p>\n
It was also revealed that the public will be able to cast their votes in the song of the year and international song of the year categories via WhatsApp.<\/p>\n
The nomination ceremony was hosted by DJ and radio presenter Sarah Story and influencer Charley Marlowe.<\/p>\n
Marlowe, 25, announced she will be hosting the red carpet coverage for the award ceremony next month, alongside TV presenter Tyler West.<\/p>\n
The awards, hosted by comedian and actor Jack Whitehall, will be broadcast live on 28 February on ITV and ITVX.<\/p>\n
The full list of nominees are:<\/p>\n
Artist of the year:<\/p>\n
Dave<\/p>\n
Fred Again<\/p>\n
Jade<\/p>\n
Lily Allen<\/p>\n
Little Simz<\/p>\n
Lola Young<\/p>\n
Olivia Dean<\/p>\n
Pink Pantheress<\/p>\n
Sam Fender<\/p>\n
Self Esteem<\/p>\n
Group:<\/p>\n
Last Dinner Party<\/p>\n
Pulp<\/p>\n
Sleep Token<\/p>\n
Wet Leg<\/p>\n
Wolf Alice<\/p>\n
Album:<\/p>\n
Dave \u2013 The Boy Who Played The Harp.<\/p>\n
Lily Allen \u2013 West End Girl.<\/p>\n
Olivia Dean \u2013 The Art of Loving.<\/p>\n
Sam Fender \u2013 People Watching.<\/p>\n
Wolf Alice \u2013 The Clearing.<\/p>\n
Breakthrough:<\/p>\n
Barry Can’t Swim<\/p>\n
EsDeeKid<\/p>\n
Jim Legxacy<\/p>\n
Lola Young<\/p>\n
Skye Newman<\/p>\n
International artist:<\/p>\n
Bad Bunny<\/p>\n
Chappell Roan<\/p>\n
CMAT<\/p>\n
Doechii<\/p>\n
Lady Gaga<\/p>\n
Rosalia<\/p>\n
Sabrina Carpenter<\/p>\n
Sombr<\/p>\n
Taylor Swift<\/p>\n
Tyler The Creator<\/p>\n
International group:<\/p>\n
Geese<\/p>\n
Haim<\/p>\n
Huntrix \u2013 EJAE\/Audrey Nuna\/Rei Ami<\/p>\n
Tame Impala<\/p>\n
Turnstile<\/p>\n
Song of the year:<\/p>\n
Calvin Harris and Clementine Douglas \u2013 Blessings.<\/p>\n
Chrystal and Notion \u2013 The Days (Notion Remix).<\/p>\n
Cynthia Erivo featuring Ariana Grande \u2013 Defying Gravity.<\/p>\n
Ed Sheeran \u2013 zizam.<\/p>\n
Fred Again, PlaqueBoyMax, and Skepta \u2013 Victory Lap.<\/p>\n
Lewis Capaldi \u2013 Survive.<\/p>\n
Lola Young \u2013 Messy.<\/p>\n
Maisie Smith \u2013 Nice To Meet You.<\/p>\n
Olivia Dean \u2013 Man I Need.<\/p>\n
Raye \u2013 Where Is My Husband.<\/p>\n
Sam Fender and Olivia Dean \u2013 Rein Me In.<\/p>\n
Skye Newman \u2013 Family Matters.<\/p>\n
International song of the year:<\/p>\n
Alex Warren \u2013 Ordinary.<\/p>\n
Chappell Roan \u2013 Pink Pony Club.<\/p>\n
Disco Lines \u2013 No Broke Boys.<\/p>\n
Gigi Perez \u2013 Sailor Song.<\/p>\n
Gracie Abrams \u2013 That\u2019s So True.<\/p>\n
Huntrix \u2013 Golden.<\/p>\n
Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars \u2013 die with a smile.<\/p>\n
Ravyn Lenae \u2013 Love Me Not.<\/p>\n
Rose and Bruno Mars – APT.<\/p>\n
Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild.<\/p>\n
Sombr – Undressed.<\/p>\n
Taylor Swift – The Fate Of Ophelia.<\/p>\n
Alternative Rock:<\/p>\n
Blood Orange<\/p>\n
Lola Young<\/p>\n
Sam Fender<\/p>\n
Wet Leg<\/p>\n
Wolf Alice<\/p>\n
Pop:<\/p>\n
Jade<\/p>\n
Lily Allen<\/p>\n
Lola Young<\/p>\n
Olivia Dean<\/p>\n
Raye<\/p>\n
Hip hop, grime and rap:<\/p>\n
Central Cee<\/p>\n
Dave<\/p>\n
Jim Legxacy<\/p>\n
Little Simz<\/p>\n
Loyle Carner<\/p>\n
R&B:<\/p>\n
Jim Legxacy<\/p>\n
Kwn<\/p>\n
Mabel<\/p>\n
Sasha Keable<\/p>\n
Sault<\/p>\n
Dance act:<\/p>\n
Calvin Harris and Clementine Douglas<\/p>\n
FKA Twigs<\/p>\n
Fred Again, PlaqueBoyMax, and Skepta<\/p>\n
Pink Pantheress<\/p>\n
Sammy Virji<\/p>\n
Source: Press Association<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Irish pop star CMAT has been nominated in the best International artist category at this year’s Brit Awards…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250752,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[146,85,46,409],"class_list":{"0":"post-250751","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}