It was revealed during the BRITs nominations that four acts have been nominated for four awards each. The nominations for the 2022 BRIT awards were announced on Saturday 18th December 2021 during The BRITs Are Coming one-hour special broadcasted via ITV and ITV hub. For the very first time, the event was also available to stream via The Official BRIT Awards YouTube channel. Within the televised event, the nominations for the 13 categories were announced and viewers were treated to performances by Anne-Marie, Joel Corry & Gracey, Glass Animals and Mimi Webb.
Along with the annual announcements, presenters Clara Amfro and Maya Jama also confirmed the upcoming race between multiple acts. The list includes two of the nation’s most popular artists, Adele and Ed Sheeran will both be competing for Artist of The Year in association with YouTube shorts, Song of The Year with Mastercard, Mastercard Album of The Year and Pop/RnB Act. Adele’s quadruple nomination was announced via Twitter.
Adele is nominated for four #Brits Awards! pic.twitter.com/y7fi7keAes
— Adele Access (@AdeleAccess) December 18, 2021
Little Simz and Dave also join the pair in the running for Artist of the Year and Mastercard Album of the year, and both are also shortlisted for Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Act. Dave is no stranger to accolades; the British rapper won Album of the year at last year’s ceremony and also won the Mercury prize in 2019. The award-winning artist is also shortlisted for Song of the Year, Dave was also nominated for the award in 2020 for the single “Location”. Little Simz is also in the running for multiple awards, the 27-year-old rapper has secured her fourth nomination for Best New Artist.
Tom March 2022 BRITs chair and co-president of Polydor records have given the following statement concerning the recently announced nominations. “I am delighted to see such a brilliant spread of artists across the categories this year. It is great to see so many of the artists that have defined this past year have been recognised, all exemplifying enormous talent and creativity. It is a true testament to the power and vibrancy of British and international music right now. We look forward to what the public vote for as winners in the four new genre award categories, introduced to create even more opportunities for artists to be recognised when the voting opens in January. I thank our Voting Academy for providing such inspirational nominees for the 2022 BRITs.”
The upcoming BRITs promise to return with a bang, as the 2022 ceremony includes four new genre-based awards. The British institution will now recognise and award acts for their work within pop, rock, dance and hip-hop. The winners of the new categories will be determined via a public vote on the popular app TikTok. The 2022 awards will also welcome some changes within its organisation and ceremony. A new ruling will be enacted which means that featured artists are now eligible to be nominated in their own right for the Song of the year and international song of the year categories. The nomination list for this year has also seen some changes, the docket includes more female artists than previously seen in over a decade.
The winners will be announced during the BRIT Awards ceremony held on Tuesday 8th February 2022 at London’s O2 Arena. The event will be presented by Mo Gilligan and will be broadcast via ITV and ITV Hub.
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