Nominations for the 2016 BRIT Awards are in – and there’s plenty of talent who stood out in 2016.
The awards take place in London’s O2 on the 22nd of February this year and is famed to be one of the best award shows in Britain.
The most popular category, Best British Group, sees the year’s biggest chart toppers like Little Mix and Coldplay up against Bastille, Biffy Clyro and The 1975.
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One Direction may have gone on hiatus in 2015 but again, they are nominated in a 2016 awards show for Video Of The Year in the BRITs.
Former bandmate Zayn’s song Pillowtalk has also made it into nominations for Best Single.
Legends who passed in 2016, like David Bowie and Leonard Cohen, have received posthumous nominations in their respective categories.
Watch the awards on ITV from 8pm on February 22nd, 2017.
British Male Solo Artist
Craig David
Skepta
David Bowie
Kano
Michael Kiwanuka
British Female Solo Artist
Ellie Goulding
Lianne La Havas
Anohni
Nao
Emeli Sandé
British Single
‘Pillowtalk’ – Zayn
‘Rockabye’ – Clean Bandit ft. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie
‘Girls Like’ – Tinie Tempah ft. Zara Larsson
‘Fast Car’ – Jonas Blue ft. Dakota
‘Say You Won’t Let Go’ – James Arthur
‘Faded’ – Alan Walker
‘Hymn for the Weekend’ – Coldplay
‘Dancing on my Own’ – Calum Scott
‘Shout Out to My Ex’ – Little Mix
‘This is What You Came For’ – Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna
British Group
Bastille
Biffy Clyro
Radiohead
The 1975
Little Mix
British Breakthrough Act
Anne-Marie
Skepta
Rag’N’Bone Man
Blossoms
Stormzy
British Artist Video of the Year
‘Send My Love (To Your New Lover)’ – Adele
‘This is What You Came For’ – Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna
‘Rockabye’ – Clean Bandit ft. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie
‘Hymn for the Weekend’ – Coldplay
‘Say You Won’t Let Go’ – James Arthur
‘Fast Car’ – Jonas Blue ft. Dakota
‘Hair’ – Little Mix ft. Sean Paul
‘History’ – One Direction
‘Girls Like’ – Tinie Tempah ft. Zara Larsson
‘Pillowtalk’ – Zayn
International Male Solo Artist
Drake
Bon Iver
Bruno Mars
Leonard Cohen
The Weeknd
International Female Solo Artist
Rihanna
Sia
Solange
Christine and the Queens
Beyoncé
International Group
Twenty One Pilots
A Tribe Called Quest
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Drake & Future
Kings of Leon
British Album of the Year
I Like It When You Sleep For You Are Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It – The 1975
Blackstar – David Bowie
Made In the Manor – Kano
Love & Hate – Michael Kiwanuka
Konnichiwa – Skepta