With four each, Harry Styles and Wet Leg lead the nominations for the 2023 BRIT Awards, however no women feature in Best Artist category after the Brits discarded gendered awards.
Both are nominated for the prestigious best album award, as well as Styles getting the nod for Best Artist, and Wet Leg for Best Group.
Stormzy, Cat Burns, The 1975 and the dance producer Fred Again have all received three nominations, while Sam Ryder becomes the first ever Eurovision act to be recognised in the Best Newcomer category.
Harry Styles
Wet Leg
American superstars Beyoncé and Taylor Swift look set to fight it out among the international artists, with Kendrick Lamar, Burna Boy and the Drake & 21 Savage duo also getting nods.
Last year, the Brit Awards made the decision to discard gendered categories, choosing instead to merge everyone into the one award. This year, no female singers have been nominated for Best Artist, with Charli XCX and Florence + The Machine among the big-name stars to have been snubbed.
Charli XCX
Adele was the inaugural recipient of the Best Artist award, and in her acceptance speech she said: “I understand why the name of this award has changed but I really love being a woman and being a female artist!”
A full list of all the nominees for the 2023 Brit Awards can be found below.
The 2022 winner of the Best Artist award was Adele, who used her sppech to say how much she enjoyed being a female artist.
Album of the Year
– The 1975 – Being Funny In A Foreign Language
– Fred Again – Actual Life 3 (Jan 1 – September 9 2022)
– Harry Styles – Harry’s House
– Stormzy – This Is What I Mean
– Wet Leg – Wet Leg
Artist of the Year
– Central Cee
– Fred Again
– George Ezra
– Harry Styles
– Stormzy
Best group
– The 1975
– Bad Boy Chiller Crew
– Nova Twins
– Wet Leg
Song of the Year
– Aitch and Ashanti – Baby
– Cat Burns – Go
– Dave – Starlight
– Ed Sheeran and Elton John – Merry Christmas
– Eliza Rose and Interplanetary Criminal – B.O.T.A. (Baddest Of Them All)
– George Ezra – Green Green Grass
– Harry Styles – As It Was
– Lewis Capaldi – Forget Me
– LF System – Make Me Feel
– Sam Smith & Kim Petras – Unholy
Best international artist
– Beyoncé
– Burna Boy
– Kendrick Lamar
– Lizzo
– Taylor Swift
Best international group
– Blackpink
– Drake & 21 Savage
– First Aid Kit
– Fontaines DC
– Gabriels
International song of the Year
– Beyoncé – Break My Soul
– David Guetta & Bebe Rexha – I’m Good (Blue)
– Fireboy DML & Ed Sheeran – Peru
– Encanto cast – We Don’t Talk About Bruno
– Gayle – ABCDEFU
– Jack Harlow – First Class
– Lizzo – About Damn Time
– Lost Frequencies & Calum Scott – Where Are You Now?
– OneRepublic – I Ain’t Worried
– Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero
Best new artist
– Kojey Radical
– Rina Sawayama
– Sam Ryder
– Mimi Webb
– Wet Leg
Rising Star
– Flo – winners
– Cat Burns
– Nia Archives
Best alternative / rock
– The 1975
– Arctic Monkeys
– Nova Twins
– Tom Grennan
– Wet Leg
Best dance
– Becky Hill
– Bonobo
– Calvin Harris
– Eliza Rose
– Fred Again
Best hip-hop / rap / grime
– Aitch
– Central Cee
– Dave
– Loyle Carner
– Stormzy
– Pop / R&B
– Cat Burns
– Charli XCX
– Dua Lipa
– Harry Styles
– Sam Smith
