Brits 2009 Nominations Announced
Coldplay, Elbow and Kings Of Leon are all up for gongs next month... Get the full list of nominees and see what Scouting For Girls and Florence And The Machine had to say about the whole thing...
Coldplay, Elbow, Kings Of Leon, The Killers and MGMT have all been nominated in the Brit Awards 2009, which were launched tonight (January 20) at London's Roundhouse.
Coldplay and Elbow are to go head-to-head on the big award of the evening, the MasterCard Best British Album - will Guy Garvey and chums follow up their Mercury Music Prize success? The two bands are also both up for Best British Group prize.
Scouting For Girls will be battling it out for Best British Live Act with Elbow, Coldplay, The Verve and, er, Iron Maiden, while they're also in with a shot at British Breakthrough Act. SFG also get a nod for Best British Breakthrough Act, with 'Heartbeat' in with a chance of Best British Single.
The Best International Artist and Best International Album nominations are, interestingly, identical - Kings Of Leon, The Killers, AC/DC, MGMT and Fleet Foxes have all been nominated.
And, as previously reported, Florence And The Machine will receive a Critics' Choice Award at the ceremony at Earls Court on February 18. Comperes on the night will be Kylie Minogue, James Corden and Club Xfm DJ Matthew Horne, with live performances from Coldplay, U2, Pet Shop Boys, Kings Of Leon, Duffy and Girls Aloud. Should be a big night.
Watch Scouting For Girls interviewed at the Brits Launch
Watch Florence And The Machine interviewed at the Brits Launch
The full list of nominees is:
MasterCard British Album
Coldplay - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
Duffy - Rockferry
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
Radiohead - In Rainbows
The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing
British Group
Coldplay
Elbow
Girls Aloud
Radiohead
Take That
British Single
Adele - Chasing Pavements
Alexandra Burke - Hallelujah
Coldplay - Viva La Vida
Dizzee Rascal featuring Calvin Harris and Chrome - Dance Wiv Me
Duffy - Mercy
Estelle ft Kanye West - American Boy
Girls Aloud - The Promise
Leona Lewis - Better in Time
Scouting for Girls - Heartbeat
The X Factor Finalists - Hero
British Male Solo Artist
Ian Brown
James Morrison
Paul Weller
The Streets
Will Young
British Female Solo Artist
Adele
Beth Rowley
Duffy
Estelle
M.I.A.
British Breakthrough Act
Adele
Duffy
The Last Shadow Puppets
Scouting For Girls
The Ting Tings
British Live Act
Coldplay
Iron Maiden
Scouting For Girls
The Verve
International Album
AC / DC - Black Ice
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
The Killers - Day & Age
Kings of Leon - Only By The Night
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
International Group
AC / DC
Fleet Foxes
The Killers
Kings of Leon
MGMT
International Male Solo Artist
Beck
Neil Diamond
Jay-Z
Kanye West
Seasick Steve
International Female Solo Artist
Beyonce
Gabriella Cilmi
Katy Perry
Pink
Santogold
Critics' Choice Award.
British Producer of the Year
Bernard Butler
Brian Eno
Steve Mac
Outstanding Contribution To Music
Pet Shop Boys
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