BEST OF THE BRITISH

Brit nominations are announced.

Published: 19th January 2010

Venue: Indigo at The O2 // Time: 6.00pm // Occasion: Brit nomination party.

Last night record company representatives, members of the Brit School, the UK press and loads of hanger-on's gathered around Fearne Cotton to hear who had made the short list for this year’s thirtieth anniversary of The Brit Awards.

The ceremony itself takes place at Earls Court on 16th February and to celebrate ABLE2 has a few things in the pipeline. We have already secured two exclusive interviews from Record Executives, been invited to the awards themselves and are already on bended knees for any after show party invites the record industry are happy to throw our way.

To start things rolling we should copy every other entertainment website this morning and print the list of nominees which were announced on Monday evening. As for the party itself, well to be honest it was a swanky TV recording with live performances from La Roux, Pixie Lott and the hotly-tipped breakthrough artist for 201, Ellie Goulding. You may have caught it on ITV2 last night. Another Brit related broadcast will be shown on Saturday; BRITs Hits 30 celebrates the past three decades of the prestigious award ceremony.

Before we leave you with the list of nominees the acts performing on the night have also been announced. They are...JLS, Kasabian, Lilly Allen, Cheryl Cole, Jay Z, Florence + The Machine with Dizzee Rascal, Lady GaGa and the winner of this years ‘Outstanding Contribution To Music’ winner, Robbie Williams.

So, here's the list of the full nominees with our predictions highlighted in red. In a month time you can see right/wrong we were!

British Male Solo Artist
Calvin Harris
Dizzee Rascal
Mika
Paolo Nutini
Robbie Williams

British Female Solo Artist
Bat For Lashes
Florence And The Machine
Leona Lewis
Lily Allen
Pixie Lott

British Breakthrough Act
Florence And The Machine
Friendly Fires
JLS
La Roux
Pixie Lott

British Group
Doves
Friendly Fires
JLS
Kasabian
Muse

British Album
Dizzee Rascal – 'Tongue 'N' Cheek'
Florence And The Machine – 'Lungs'
Kasabian – 'West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum'
Lily Allen – 'It's Not Me, It's You'
Paolo Nutini – 'Sunny Side Up'

British Single
Alesha Dixon – 'Breathe Slow'
Alexandra Burke featuring Flo Rida – 'Bad Boys'
Cheryl Cole – 'Fight For This Love'
Joe McElderry – 'The Climb'
JLS – 'Beat Again'
La Roux – 'In For The Kill'
Lily Allen – 'The Fear'
Pixie Lott – 'Mama Do'
Taio Cruz – 'Break Your Heart'
Tinchy Stryder featuring N-Dubz – 'Number 1'

International Male Solo Artist
Bruce Springsteen
Eminem
Jay-Z
Michael Bublé
Seasick Steve

International Female Solo Artist
Lady Gaga
Ladyhawke
Norah Jones
Rihanna
Shakira

International Breakthrough Act
Animal Collective
Daniel Merriweather
Empire of the Sun
Lady Gaga
Taylor Swift

International Album
Animal Collective – 'Merriweather Post Pavilion'
Black Eyed Peas – 'The E.N.D.'
Empire of the Sun – 'Walking On A Dream'
Jay-Z – 'The Blueprint 3'
Lady Gaga – 'The Fame'

BRITs Performance Of 30 Years
Bee Gees- 'Stayin' Alive'/'How Deep is Your Love' (1997)
Bros - 'I Owe You Nothing' (1989)
Coldplay - 'Clocks' (2003)
Eurythmics & Stevie Wonder - 'There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)' (1999)
Girls Aloud - 'The Promise' (2009)
Kanye West - 'Gold Digger' (2006)
Kylie Minogue - 'Can’t Get You Out Of My Head' (2002)
Michael Jackson - 'Earth Song' (1996)
Paul McCartney - 'Live And Let Die' (2008)
Pet Shop Boys - 'Go West' (1994)
Robbie Williams & Tom Jones - The Full Monty medley (1998)
Scissor Sisters - 'Take Your Mama' (2005)
Spice Girls - 'Wannabe'/ 'Who Do You Think You Are' (1997)
Take That - 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand'/ 'A Hard Day’s Night'/ 'She Loves You' Beatles medley (1994)
The Who - 'Who Are You' (1988)

Outstanding Contribution to Music

Robbie Williams