Brit Awards 2020: Stormzy, Lewis Capaldi and Dave lead male-dominated nominations
Awards take place at the O2 Arena on 18 February
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Your support makes all the difference.The nominations for the 2020 Brit Awards have been announced, with rapper Dave and singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi leading with four nominations each.
Grime star Stormzy and singer Mabel have three nods apiece, including for Best Male and Best Female Solo Artist, respectively. Stormzy is also up for the Mastercard Album of the Year for Heavy in the Head. He previously won the prize in 2018 for his debut album Gang Signs & Prayer.
Harry Styles received his first solo nomination for Mastercard Album of the Year, for his second record Fine Line, while Michael Kiwanuka, who released his critically acclaimed third album in 2019, was nominated in the same category.
Among the musicians nominated for International Male Solo Art is Bruce Springsteen, who has previously been up in the same category seven times. Also nominated are Burna Boy, Dermot Kennedy, Post Malone and Tyler, the Creator.
This year’s awards are noticeably male-dominated, with no female nominees in either the Best Group or Best Album categories. Mabel is the only woman in the Best New Artist category and the only solo artist up for Song of the Year, which is voted for by the Academy. Normani is featured “Dancing with a Stranger” with Sam Smith, while Miley Cyrus and Mark Ronson are nominated for their collaboration “Nothing Breaks Like a Heart”.
See the nominations in full below:
Male Solo Artist
Dave
Harry Styles
Lewis Capaldi
Michael Kiwanuka
Stormzy
Female Solo Artist
FKA twigs
Freya Ridings
Mabel
Mahalia
Best Group
Bastille
Bring Me the Horizon
Coldplay
D-Block Europe
Foals
Best New Artist
Aitch
Dave
Lewis Capaldi
Mabel
Sam Fender
Rising Star
Celeste (winner, previously announced)
Song of the Year (Voted by the Academy)
AJ Tracey – “Ladbroke Grove”
Calvin Harris and Rag’n’Bone Man – “Giant”
Dave and Burna Boy – “Location”
Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber – “I Don’t Care”
Lewis Capaldi – “Someone You Loved”
Mabel – “Don’t Call Me Up”
Mark Ronson and Miley Cyrus – “Nothing Breaks Like a Heart”
Sam Smith and Normani – “Dancing With a Stranger”
Stormzy – “Vossi Bop”
Tom Walker – “Just You and I”
Mastercard Album of the Year
Dave – Psychodrama
Harry Styles – Fine Line
Lewis Capaldi – Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent
Michael Kiwanuka – Kiwanuka
Stormzy – Heavy is the Head
International Male Solo Artist
Bruce Springsteen
Burna Boy
Dermot Kennedy
Post Malone
Tyler, the Creator
International Female Solo Artist
Ariana Grande
The Brit Awards take place on 18 February 2020 at the O2 Arena in London. Comedian Jack Whitehall will host for the consecutive third year.
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