The Beatles land first Brit Award nod in 42 years as 2025 nominations are revealed

You’d beryllium forgiven for wondering what twelvemonth it is erstwhile looking astatine immoderate of the names successful the moving for the 2025 Brit Awards.

This year’s nominations see immoderate superior throwbacks with the likes of Coldplay, Bring Me The Horizon, The Cure, and adjacent The Beatles each getting nods.

The Beatles’ AI-enhanced way Now and Then featuring John Lennon’s rediscovered vocals has landed the icons their second-ever opus of the twelvemonth nomination.

This is the archetypal clip successful 42 years the radical arsenic a full has been nominated for thing astatine each – adjacent honorary awards.

Sir Paul McCartney has landed a fistful of nods implicit the years, but his past information was successful 1990, not including his outstanding publication to euphony honour 17 years ago.

Music legends aside, unsurprisingly Charli XCX was starring the complaint acknowledgment to Brat’s success with 5 nominations; song, artist, album, dance, and pop.

Glastonbury headliner Dua Lipa isn’t acold behind, battling for the apical spot successful each the aforesaid categories – minus creation enactment – with her medium Radical Optimism.

The seven-time Brit victor is tied with Ezra Collective and The Last Dinner Party astatine 4 nominations.

Still somewhat retired of the mainstream, some dominated successful group, caller artist, and alternative/rock categories arsenic good arsenic securing medium of the twelvemonth nominations.

Rising Star winner Myles Smith could beryllium successful for a large nighttime with nominations for champion caller creator and opus of the twelvemonth for breakout tune Stargazing.

Song of the twelvemonth has plentifulness of chart-topping nominations similar Training Season, feelslikei’mfallinginlove, Guess (featuring Billie Eilish), Backbone, and Angel of My Dreams.

Sam Ryder’s festive way You’re Christmas To Me, which was released successful 2023, stands retired among the hits but follows successful the footsteps of Ed Sheeran and Elton John’s Merry Christmas.

Artist of the year, 1 of the astir hotly contested categories, was overwhelmed with pistillate vocal talents aft backlash successful 2023 implicit being excessively male-heavy.

Here, Dua Lipa and Charli XCX volition beryllium competing against grime stars similar Central Cee and Nia Archives for the apical spot, with Fred Again, Beabadoobe and Rachel Chinouriri each successful the running.

Glastonbury favourite Sam Fender gets a motion present arsenic good arsenic successful the alternative/rock enactment category, which is determined by nationalist vote.

The Brits look to person taken a leafage retired of the Mercury Awards publication arsenic champion caller creator sees past year’s Mercury Prize victor English Teacher successful the running.

They toppled The Last Dinner Party for the prize successful September but are present backmost for circular 2 with the added unit of going head-to-head with chap winners Ezra Collective.

Rachel Chinouriri and rising prima nominee Myles Smith circular retired the class aft a stunning year, with some artists besides getting a opus of the twelvemonth nod.

International artist, group, and opus are reasonably expected arsenic pop women are getting their flowers with nods for Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter, Beyonce, Billie Eilish, and Chappell Roan.

Kendrick Lamar, Benson Boone, Teddy Swims, Post Malone, Noah Kahan and Hozier are besides connected the database arsenic good arsenic Stranger Things prima Djo – besides known arsenic Joe Kerry.

Irish set Fontaines D.C. are up for planetary group, on with Linkin Park who released caller euphony for the archetypal clip since Chester Bennington’s decease with caller vocalist Emily Armstrong.

Ariana Grande and her medium eternal sunshine did not person immoderate nominations – a alternatively ample but not wholly unexpected snub for the Wicked superstar.

One astonishing oversight came for Kneecap, who didn’t get a azygous nomination, contempt their acclaimed medium and film.

The R&B class sees the (possibly triumphant) instrumentality of Brits titan Raye, who holds records with her epic six wins successful 1 night, successful her lone information this year.

She’s up against girl radical Flo aft their acclaimed debut album and past year’s Rising Star grant – arsenic good arsenic Jorja Smith, Michael Kiwanuka and Cleo Sol.

Central Cee has besides proved a fashionable prime this year, with 3 nominations, including the coveted opus and creator of the twelvemonth categories.

He’s got pugnacious contention erstwhile it comes to the public-voted hep hop, grime and rap enactment with Stormzy, Dave, and Little Simz – who person antecedently won three, 2 and 1 Brits respectively.

The Band4Band hitmaker has present been nominated for 11 Brits successful 3 years, could helium yet unafraid a win?

While each eyes are connected the nominees, viewers volition spot different acquainted look with Jack Whitehall hosting this year.

This volition beryllium the fifth clip helium has hosted the euphony awards amusement but requested that fans ‘don’t telephone it a comeback’.

The Brit Awards winners volition beryllium revealed connected March 1, starting astatine 8pm connected ITV and ITVX.

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