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BRIT Awards 2023: Harry Styles and Wet Leg lead nominations

Here's the whole list of artists vying for glory at next month's ceremony

By Nick Reilly

Harry Styles and Wet Leg (Picture: Rolling Stone UK)

The nominations for this year’s BRIT Awards have been revealed – with the likes of Harry Styles and Wet Leg leading the pack.

The Isle of Wight band are first-time nominees and will go directly up against Styles in the album of the year category, where they are joined by The 1975, Fred Again and Stormzy. Both Wet Leg and Styles have received four nominations each.

While the ceremony ditched the best British male and female awards in 2022, the gender-neutral artist of the year category is entirely male this year – with Styles joined by Central Cee, Stormzy, Fred Again and George Ezra.

Elsewhere, Sam Smith has received a nod for song of the year for Unholy – the singer’s hit collaboration with Kim Petras, with the category determined by a TikTok vote.

Other artists joining Wet Leg as first time nominees include Nova Twins, Bad Boy Chiller Crew, Eliza Rose, LF System, Kim Petras, Blackpink, Fireboy DML, Gayle, Jack Harlow, Lost Frequencies and Bonobo.

You can check out the nominees in full below, ahead of the ceremony on February 11.

Brit award nominations 2023

Mastercard album of the year

The 1975 – Being Funny in a Foreign Language
Wet Leg – Wet Leg
Harry Styles – Harry’s House
Stormzy – This Is What I Mean
Fred Again – Actual Life 3

Artist of the year

Central Cee
Fred Again
George Ezra
Harry Styles
Stormzy

Group of the year

The 1975
Arctic Monkeys
Bad Boy Chiller Crew
Nova Twins
Wet Leg

Best new artist

Kojey Radical
Mimi Webb
Rina Sawayama
Sam Ryder
Wet Leg

Song of the year with Mastercard

Aitch/Ashanti – Baby
Cat Burns – Go
Dave – Starlight
Ed Sheeran and Elton John – Merry Christmas
Eliza Rose/Interplanetary Criminal – BOTA
George Ezra – Green Green Grass
Harry Styles – As It Was
Lewis Capaldi – Forget Me
LF System – Afraid to Feel
Sam Smith and Kim Petras – Unholy

International artist of the year

Beyoncé
Burna Boy
Kendrick Lamar
Lizzo
Taylor Swift

International group of the year

Blackpink
Drake and 21 Savage
First Aid Kit
Fontaines DC
Gabriels

International song of the year

Beyoncé – Break My Soul
David Guetta and Bebe Rexha – I’m Good
Fireboy DML and Ed Sheeran – Peru
Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero and Stephanie Beatriz – 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

Alternative/rock act

The 1975
Arctic Monkeys
Nova Twins
Tom Grennan
Wet Leg

Hip-hop, grime and rap act

Aitch
Central Cee
Dave
Loyle Carner
Stormzy

Dance act

Becky Hill
Bonobo
Calvin Harris
Eliza Rose
Fred Again

Pop/R&B act

Cat Burns
Charli XCX
Dua Lipa
Sam Smith
Harry Styles