THE BRIT AWARDS 2011 – Nominees!
Tinie Tempah leads the Brit Awards 2011 noms, with the London rapper competing for British Male Solo Artist, British Breakthrough Act, British Single for Pass Out AND MasterCard British Album of the Year for Disc-Overy.
Other nominees in the album category include Plan B, Take That, Mumford & Sons and The xx, and eyes are also on the British Female Solo Artist category, which sees Cheryl Cole, Ellie Goulding, Laura Marling, Paloma Faith and Rumer fighting for the prize.
Notice anything different about the award statuette? The BRITs have opted for a blank canvas trophy which will be restyled each year by a leading British creative person, making the prize unique each year. 2011’s statue has been styled by visionary fashion designer, Vivienne Westwood.
BRITs Chairman David Joseph spoke about the reasons behind this year’s creative choice:
“Vivienne stands for all the things we want to inspire in tomorrow’s generation of artists. She continues to be unique, innovative not to mention massively inspired by music and vice versa. We are honoured she accepted our offer of designing 2011’s trophy.”
The Brit Awards ceremony (hosted by James Corden) will take place at the O2 Arena on Tuesday 15th February 2011, and will be broadcast live on ITV1 at 8pm.
For now, here is the full list of nominees:
BRITISH MALE SOLO ARTIST
Mark Ronson
Paul Weller
Plan B
Robert Plant
Tinie Tempah
BRITISH FEMALE SOLO ARTIST
Cheryl Cole
Ellie Goulding
Laura Marling
Paloma Faith
Rumer
BRITISH BREAKTHROUGH ACT
Ellie Goulding
Mumford & Sons
Rumer
Tinie Tempah
The xx
BRITISH GROUP
Biffy Clyro
Gorillaz
Mumford & Sons
Take That
The xx
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
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
INTERNATIONAL MALE SOLO ARTIST
Bruce Springsteen
Cee Lo Green
David Guetta
Eminem
Kanye West
INTERNATIONAL FEMALE SOLO ARTIST
Alicia Keys
Katy Perry
Kylie Minogue
Rihanna
Robyn
INTERNATIONAL BREAKTHROUGH ACT
Bruno Mars
Glee Cast
Justin Bieber
The National
The Temper Trap
INTERNATIONAL GROUP
Arcade Fire
Black Eyed Peas
Kings of Leon
The Script
Vampire Weekend
INTERNATIONAL ALBUM
Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
Cee Lo Green – The Lady Killer
Eminem – Recovery
Katy Perry – Teenage Dream
Kings of Leon – Come Around Sundown
CRITICS’ CHOICE
Jessie J
James Blake
The Vaccines
BRITISH PRODUCER
Ethan Johns
John Leckie
Markus Dravs
Mike Pela
Stuart Price