Any love for Paloma will be nice

I'd say Taylor Swift is probably nailed-on for International Female now unless Iggy or Nicki has a big hit between now and January. Ariana Grande is probably not quite there yet to compete with her and she's only really riding on 'Problem'; whereas Nicki has the ubiquitous 'Anaconda' and her feature and presenting work and Iggy has 'Fancy', 'Problem' and 'Black Widow' and has just re-released her album.

Rita Ora doesn't deserve to be nominated purely for releasing one song in the space of a year

I think the eligibility has to be that you release an album as well, which she hasn't

That's if Taylor is willing to show up, if she doesn't then it'll go to whoever showed up unfortunately


I see what you mean but this is The Brits, they don't have any rules and pretty much do what they want, which I'm sure they'll want Rita to show up to do a performance and get one nomination regardless of her state, so to ensure 1D get their yearly award

Lana Del Ray won it despite not having a huge hit so im sure its very open

British Male Solo

Calvin Harris
Ed Sheeran
George Ezra
Paolo Nutini
SAM SMITH

British Female Solo

CHERYL
Ella Henderson
Jessie J
Paloma Faith
Rumer

British Group

Coldplay
Jungle
One Direction
ROYAL BLOOD
Take That

International Group

Foo Fighters
Maroon 5
OneRepublic
THE SCRIPT
5 Sos

British Breakthrough

Clean Bandit
Ella Henderson
George Ezra
Royal Blood
SAM SMITH

British Album

Caustic Love – Paolo Nutini
In The Lonely Hour – Sam Smith
Royal Blood – Royal Blood
Wanted on Voyage – George Ezra
X – ED SHEERAN

British Single
Budapest – George Ezra
Ghost – Ella Henderson
How Long Will I Love You – Ellie Goulding
I Got U – Duke Dumont feat. Jax Jones
I Will Never Let You Down – Rita Ora
MY LOVE – ROUTE 94 FEAT. JESS GLYNNE
Rather Be – Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne
Sing – Ed Sheeran
Stay With Me – Sam Smith
Summer – Calvin Harris

International Male

Bruce Springsteen
Chris Brown
Hozier
Michael Jackson
PHARELL

International Female

Ariana Grande
Beyonce
IGGY AZALEA
Kiesza
Taylor Swift

British Video

Don’t – Ed Sheeran
Ghost – Ella Henderson
RATHER BE – CLEAN BANDIT
Steal My Girl – One Direction
I’m Not the Only One – Sam Smith

British Global Success

SAM SMITH

British Male (5 nominations)
Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith, George Ezra, Calvin Harris, Paolo Nutini

British Female (5 nominations)
Ella Henderson, Jessie J, Charli XCX, Paloma Faith, Rita Ora

British Group (5 nominations)
Clean Bandit, Coldplay, One Direction, Bastille, Take That

British Breakthrough (5 nominations)
Ella Henderson, Sam Smith, George Ezra, Clean Bandit, Charli XCX

British Single (15 nominations)
Rather Be, Thinking Out Loud, Ghost, Stay With Me, Budapest, My Love, Nobody To Love, I Will Never Let You Down, Only Love Can Hurt Like This, A Sky Full of Stars, Steal My Girl, Crazy Stupid Love, Boom Clap, Wrapped Up, Me and My Broken Heart

British Album (5 nominations)
X, In The Lonely Hour, Wanted On Voyage, Caustic Love, Ghost Stories

British Video (5 nominations)
Not a clue.

International Male (5 nominations)
Pharrell Williams, John Legend, Aloe Blacc, Jason DeRulo, David Guetta

International Female (5 nominations)
Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Ariana Grande, Sia, Iggy Azalea

International Group (5 nominations)
A Great Big World, OneRepublic, 5 Seconds of Summer, Haim, Imagine Dragons

International Breakthrough (5 nominations)
Meghan Trainor, Ariana Grande, Iggy Azalea, 5 Seconds of Summer, Hozier

International Album (5 nominations)
1989,

Surely Paloma will get best british female? Her album has sold near 600 000, she had a successful tour, and is touring again but arenas this year!?

I think she has a best single nomination too - with Only Love Can Hurt Like This. But she wont win that.

Album of the year, maybe?

For Fall To Grace wasnt she nominated for Best Female and Best Album? - surely shes a shoe in for at least one this year she deserves it

British Male: Ed Sheeran
British Female: Paloma Faith
British Group: Clean Bandit
British Breakthrough: Sam Smith
British Single: Thinking Out Loud
British Album: X
British Video: Not The Only One
International Male: Hozier
International Group: 5SOS
International Female: Taylor Swift
International Breakthrough: Ariana Grande
International Album: 1000 Forms Of Fear - Sia

No idea but expect Taylor Swift to win for something so they can shoehorn a performance in. The winners will be dullsville anyway:Ed SHeeran,Coldplay Sam Smith Zzzzz

International breakthrough :Lorde

Best British Male:
Ben Howard
Ed Sheeran
Paolo Nutini
Robert Plant
Sam Smith

Best British Female:
Cheryl
Ella Henderson
Jessie J
Katy B
Paloma Faith

Best British Group:
alt-J
Bombay Bicycle Club
Coldplay
Elbow
Royal Blood

Best British Breakthrough Act:
Charli XCX
Ella Henderson
George Ezra
Royal Blood
Sam Smith

Album of the Year:
Elbow - The Take Off and Landing of Everything
Ella Henderson - Chapter One
Ed Sheeran - X
Paolo Nutini - Caustic Love
Royal Blood - Royal Blood

Single of the Year:
Calvin Harris - "Summer"
Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne - "Rather Be"
Charli XCX - "Boom Clap"
Cheryl featuring Tinie Tempah - "Crazy Stupid Love"
Ed Sheeran - "Thinking Out Loud"
Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj - "Bang Bang"
Katy B - "Crying for No Reason"
Rita Ora - "I Will Never Let You Down"
Sam Smith - "Stay With Me"
Sigma featuring Paloma Faith - "Changing"

International Male Solo Artist:
Bruce Springsteen
Enrique Iglesias
Lenny Kravitz
Michael Jackson
Pharrell Williams

International Female Solo Artist:
Beyonce
Kylie Minogue
Shakira
Sia
Taylor Swift

International Group:
5 Seconds of Summer
Foo Fighters
Maroon 5
Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga
U2

International Breakthrough:
Ariana Grande
5 Seconds of Summer
Iggy Azalea
Kiesza
Meaghan Trainor

British Video:
Calvin Harris - "Summer"
Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne - "Rather Be"
Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj - "Bang Bang"
One Direction - "You and I"
Sam Smith - "Stay with Me"

My money for the Global Sucess award is Charli XCX because she has been successful over in the USA and done lots of work with her album plus lots of publicity and has thousands of fans (inculding me) or Sam Smith may win it because he had a excellent 2014 started his career by winning BBC Sound Of 2014 at the start of the year and ending 2014 with lots of albums and singles sold and he had most nominations in the Grammys than anybody else ever in the history of the Grammys.

I predict on the night there will be lots of posts on DS stating how rubbish the Brit awards are and how its not as good as it use to be.