ONE. You are Britain's
most popular and most loved performer, you stole the show at Live8, you
played to a quarter of a million people at Glastonbury, this year you
are one of the first performers at, provided it's build in time, the new
Wembly Stadium and still, just like the latest previous years you are
nominated for just one Brit Award. Robbie Williams must feel cheated as
even Shane Ward is up for an award. Even more controversial whispers filled
the walls of Riverside Studios when the nominations were revealed at the
annual Brit Launch which has turned into a glorious TV recording for ITV2.
Before we follow suit and fill space with the list of nominees allow us
to give you a brief overview of the small party itself. Home to the must
missed TFI Friday studio when Chris Evans was welcomed into your living
room the man himself returned to be interviewed by Sarah Cox who has now
replaced Kate Thornton to cover the Satellite viewing of the awards. Sorry
if it's starting to become confusing - it's just that this writer is as
excited about the awards as much as Charles Kennedy in a Brewery. Talking
about drink and people whose life is going down the dumper Anthony from
Blue was seen having a free drink in the reception area where the cream
of the music industry and press were congregating. Many of them missing
the actual launch which took place in the studio next door.
Picking at a few chicken pieces and miniature Yorkshire Puddings with
beef we professionally went to see the show. Peter Jamison introduced
the night proceedings. Jamison is the head of the BPI, the guys behind
the Brits and making life misery for those who dabble in illegally downloading
tunes to their MP3's. Three bands performed two tracks each, KT Turnstall
(Who is playing at the awards), Kiaser Chiefs (Nominated for 5 awards!)
and The Magic Numbers, who are actually playing the rival NME Award tour
on the night!
The front of the audience was reserved for pupils from the Brit School
and at the end of the recording a pair of lucky winners ended up with
tickets for the awards themselves.
February 15th will see the awards being held at Earls Court and ABLE2UK
will bring our annual exclusive report the day after with news of the
after show parties and anything else we can wangle our way into. This
is always the best night of the year for us and we can't bloody wait.
Already lined up to play are James Blunt, Coldplay, Kiaser Cheifs, KT
Turnstall, Kanye West, Kelly Clarkson and the winner of the Outstanding
Contribution to music award, Paul Weller. There is also a very strong
rumor that Madonna will join the lineup and that Oasis may make an appearance.
It's now time to copy every single publication and entertainment broadcast
today and list the nominees which we cleverly copied and pasted from the
BRIT Website and then added highlighting and italics. See you next month!..
British Male Solo Artist
Antony and the Johnsons Rough Trade / Sanctuary
Ian Brown Fiction / Universal
James Blunt Atlantic / Warner Music
Robbie Williams Chrysalis / EMI Music
Will Young S / Sony BMG Music
British Female Solo Artist
Charlotte Church Sony BMG / Sony BMG Music
Kate Bush EMI / EMI Music
Katie Melua Dramatico / Dramatico
KT Tunstall Relentless / EMI Music
Natasha Bedingfield Phonogenic / Sony BMG Music
British Group
Coldplay Parlophone / EMI Music
Franz Ferdinand Domino Recordings / Domino Recordings
Gorillaz Parlophone / EMI Music
Hard-Fi Necessary / Atlantic / Warner Music
Kaiser Chiefs B Unique / Polydor / Universal
MasterCard British Album
Coldplay X & Y Parlophone / EMI Music
Gorillaz Demon Days Parlophone / EMI Music
James Blunt Back To Bedlam Atlantic / Warner Music
Kaiser Chiefs Employment B Unique / Polydor / Universal
Kate Bush Aerial EMI / EMI Music
British Single
Winner chosen by UK Commercial Radio listeners
Coldplay Speed Of Sound
Parlophone / EMI Music
James Blunt You’re Beautiful Atlantic / Warner Music
Shayne Ward That’s My Goal Syco Music / Sony BMG Music
Sugababes Push The Button Island / Universal Music
Tony Christie ft Peter Kay (Is This The Way To) Amarillo UMTV / Universal
Music
British Breakthrough Act
Winner chosen by Radio 1 listeners
Arctic Monkeys Domino Recordings
/ Domino Recordings
James Blunt Atlantic / Warner Music
Kaiser Chiefs B Unique / Polydor / Universal
KT Tunstall Relentless / EMI Music
Magic Numbers Heavenly / EMI Music
British Urban Act
Winner chosen by MTV:Base viewers
Craig David Warner Brothers
/ Warner Music
Dizzee Rascal XL Recordings / Beggars Group
Kano 679 Recordings / Warner Music
Lemar Sony Music / Sony BMG Music
Ms Dynamite Polydor / Universal Music
British Rock Act
Winner chosen by Kerrang! TV viewers
Franz Ferdinand Domino Recordings
/ Domino Recordings
Hard-Fi Necessary / Atlantic / Warner Music
Kaiser Chiefs B Unique / Polydor / Universal
Kasabian RCA / Sony BMG Music
Oasis Big Brother / Sony BMG Music
British Live Act
Nominees chosen by a panel of experts in association with The Live Music
Forum. Winner chosen by Radio 2 listeners
Coldplay Parlophone / EMI
Music
Kaiser Chiefs B Unique / Polydor / Universal
Franz Ferdinand Domino Recordings / Domino Recordings
KT Tunstall Relentless / EMI Music
Oasis Big Brother / Sony BMG Music
Pop Act
Winner chosen by CD:UK viewers, readers of The Sun Bizarre column, and
customers of O2 and Motorola
James Blunt Atlantic / Warner
Music
Katie Melua Dramatico / Dramatico
Kelly Clarkson RCA / Sony BMG Music
Madonna Maverick / Warner Music
Westlife S / BMG / Sony BMG Music
International Male Solo
Artist
Beck Interscope / Universal Music
Bruce Springsteen Columbia / Sony BMG Music
Jack Johnson Island / Universal Music
John Legend Columbia / Sony BMG Music
Kanye West Roc-A-Fella / Mercury / Universal Music
International Female Solo
Artist
Björk One Little Indian / One Little Indian
Kelly Clarkson RCA / Sony BMG Music
Madonna Maverick / Warner Music
Mariah Carey Def Jam / Island / Universal Music
Missy Elliot Atlantic / Warner Music
International Group
Arcade Fire Rough Trade / Sanctuary
Black Eyed Peas A&M / Universal Music
Green Day Reprise / Warner Music
U2 Island / Universal Music
White Stripes XL Recordings / Beggars Group
International Album
Arcade Fire Funeral Rough Trade / Sanctuary
Green Day American Idiot Reprise / Warner Music
Kanye West Late Registration Roc-A-Fella / Mercury / Universal Music
Madonna Confessions On A Dancefloor Maverick / Warner Music
U2 How to Dismantle An Atomic Bomb Island / Universal Music
International Breakthrough
Act
Arcade Fire Rough Trade / Sanctuary
Daniel Powter Warner Brothers / Warner Music
Jack Johnson Island / Universal Music
John Legend Columbia / Sony BMG Music
Pussycat Dolls A&M/ Universal Music
Outstanding Contribution
to music
Paul Weller V2 / V2
Who do YOU think will win? Drop us an email and - no. hang on - every bloody website does that each year. So don't bother!
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