On Saturday night, the Brit Awards announced the full list of nominations for this year's ceremony. We don't need to revisit last year's shambles and the #BritSoWhite campaign. Suffice to say, kicking up a stink and telling them how wrong they were seems to have worked. With Skepta and Craig David leading the charge (as well as nominations for Kano, Michael Kiwanuka, NAO, Stormzy and more still in the international categories), our complaints about a lack of diversity have at least been taken on board and the voting system shakeup seems to have worked.
The winner of the Critics' Choice award has already been announced as Rag N Bone Man, but the rest of the categories are very tightly contested. Best album, for example, could go to pretty much anyone, though Bowie and Skepta are the favourites. Those two are also in the running for Best Male Solo Artist against Craig David, Kano and Michael Kiwanuka, with no clear winner in sight yet. Whoever wins, and it looks likely that Skepta will win something, it's encouraging to see the Brits moving towards a more representative awards ceremony for British music.
Mastercard British Album of the Year
The 1975 - i like it when you sleep for you are beautiful yet so unaware of it
David Bowie - Blackstar
Kano - Made In The Manor
Skepta - Konnichiwa
Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate
British Male Solo Artist
David Bowie
Craig David
Kano
Michael Kiwanuka
Skepta
British Female Solo Artist
Anohni
Ellie Goulding
Lianne La Havas
Nao
Emeli Sandé
British Group
The 1975
Bastille
Biffy Clyro
Little Mix
Radiohead
British Breakthrough Act
Anne-Marie
Blossoms
Rag 'N' Bone Man
Skepta
Stormzy
Critics' Choice
Rag 'N' Bone Man - winner
Anne-Marie
Dua Lipa
British Single
James Arthur - "Say You Won't Let Go"
Clean Bandit - "Rockabye"
Coldplay - "Hymn For The Weekend"
Jonas Blue f/ Dakota - "Fast Car"
Calvin Harris f/ Rihanna - "This Is What You Came For"
Little Mix - "Shout Out To My Ex"
Callum Scott - "Dancing On My Own"
Tinie Tempah f/ Zara Larsson - "Girls Like"
Alan Walker - "Faded"
Zayn - "Pillowtalk"
British Artist Video of the Year
Adele - "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)"
James Arthur - "Say You Won't Let Go"
Clean Bandit - "Rockabye"
Jonas Blue f/ Dakota - "Fast Car"
Coldplay - "Hymn For The Weekend"
Calvin Harris f/ Rihanna - "This Is What You Came For"
Little Mix - "Hair"
One Direction - "History"
Tinie Tempah f/ Zara Larsson - "Girls Like"
Zayn - "Pillowtalk"
International Male Solo Artist
Bon Iver
Leonard Cohen
Drake
Bruno Mars
The Weeknd
International Female Solo Artist
Beyonce
Christine and the Queens
Rihanna
Sia
Solange
International Group
A Tribe Called Quest
Drake and Future
Kings of Leon
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Twenty-One Pilots
