Someday

It's that time of year again....

The Brit Awards have returned!
The nominees were announced this week at a very exclusive pre-party at Indigo2 hosted by the ever insufferable Fearne Cotton. Tinie Tempah stole the show bagging himself FOUR nominations! However, he has been nominated for British Male and British Breakthrough so I'm not quite sure how that works... How he can be new and established I don't quite get...
Any who, here is the full list on nominees!

BRITISH MALE SOLO ARTIST:

• Mark Ronson
• Paul Weller
• Plan B
• Robert Plant
• Tinie Tempah

I reckon Mark Ronson should win this but I think Tinie will edge it. Don't get me wrong he's a worthy winner, I just think Ronson has had more impact and therefore more deserving this year plus he has better hair.

BRITISH FEMALE SOLO ARTIST:

• Cheryl Cole
• Ellie Goulding
• Laura Marling
• Paloma Faith
• Rumer

Ellie for me closely followed by Laura. Both worthy winners. I hope to God Cheryl doesn't win...

 

BRITISH BREAKTHROUGH ACT:

• Ellie Goulding
• Mumford & Sons
• Rumer
• Tinie Tempah
• The XX
• Tinie Tempah will win this by a country mile. He's had such an amazing year. This would just be the icing on the cake for him.

 

BRITISH GROUP:

• Biffy Clyro
• Gorillaz
• Mumford & Sons
• Take That
• XX

Mumford all the way.

 

BRITISH SINGLE

• Alexandra Burke ft Pitbull - All Night Long
• Cheryl Cole - Parachute
• Florence & The Machine - You’ve Got The Love
• Matt Cardle - When We Collide
• Olly Murs - Please Don’t Let Me Go
• Plan B - She Said
• Scouting For Girls - This Ain’t A Love Song
• Taio Cruz - Dynamite
• Tinie Tempah - Pass Out
• The Wanted - All Time Low
• Florence and You've Got The Love is the most fabulous cover ever (save for maybe Muse and Feeling Good) and would easily be my choice here. Pass Out second. I am offended that Parachutes is in this list - makes me slightly worried about the panel.

 

MASTERCARD BRITISH ALBUM OF THE YEAR

• Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
• Plan B - The Defamation of Strickland Banks
• Take That - Progress
• Tinie Tempah - Disc - Overy
• The XX - XX

I fancy that the XX will have a Brit Award to sit alongside their Mercury Prize for their stunning debut album.

 

INTERNATIONAL MALE SOLO ARTIST

• Bruce Springsteen
• Cee Lo Green
• David Guetta
• Eminem
• Kanye West
• Eminem. He will always be my Best International Solo Male, even when he's addled his brain through drugs and starts rapping about the fairies and elves that are now looking after Hayley.

 

INTERNATIONAL FEMALE SOLO ARTIST

• Alicia Keys
• Katy Perry
• Kylie Minogue
• Rihanna
• Robyn

Got to be Rihanna.

 

INTERNATIONAL BREAKTHROUGH ACT

• Bruno Mars
• Glee Cast
• Justin Bieber
• National
• Temper Trap
• As much as I haven't fallen in love with Justin Bieber the rest of the world has and I concede that he really is the International Breakthrough Act of the year. It is crazy how Bieber fever has taken over!

 

INTERNATIONAL GROUP

• Arcade Fire
• Black Eyed Peas
• Kings of Leon
• The Script
• Vampire Weekend
• Kings of Leon everyday of the week for me, however, I am not impressed with their new album nor their corporate sell-out clad-in-their-own-label-leather-jacketed selves. I really want them to win to make up for the lack of recognition they got when they were in their prime.

 

INTERNATIONAL ALBUM

• Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
• Cee Lo Green - The Lady Killer
• Eminem - Recovery
• Katy Perry - Teenage Dream
• Kings Of Leon - Come Around Sundown
• Arcade Fire's album is the best one here. Actually as I type this 'Suburbs' has just come on XFM and just confirmed to me how brilliant this album is.

 

CRITICS’ CHOICE

• Jessie J (Winner)
• James Blake
• The Vaccines
• All of these nominees will have brilliant years but I think Jessie J does edge it for me. The right choice I think.

 

BRITISH PRODUCER

• Ethan Johns 
• John Leckie
• Markus Dravs 
• Mike Pela
• Stuart Price
• Tough call here between Ethan and Stuart though I think Stuart might get it due to the fact he produced more albums last year. However Ethan produced Laura Marling's album (fabulous) and the Kings' first three (and best) albums. Tricky.

Also check out this wicked performance of Tinie Tempah's new song Wonderman featuring Ellie Goulding at the Brit Awards Launch party.

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