Dua Lipa, Arlo Parks and Celeste lead Brit Awards 2021 nominations

Dua Lipa, Arlo Parks, Celeste, Joel Corry and Young T & Bugsey lead Brit Awards 2021 nominations with three noms apiece. The British album category also features four out of five female nominees for the first time in Brits history, with the aforementioned women joined by Jessie Ware and J Hus. Also, more than half the nominees in key categories are non-white, making the most diverse nominations in the event's history, as Sky emphasizes. Alexis Petridis points out that - "by recognising UK rap and women’s creativity, the Brits are finally in tune".

The nominations in full:

Female solo artist
Arlo Parks
Celeste
Dua Lipa
Jessie Ware
Lianne La Havas

Male solo artist
AJ Tracey
Headie One
J Hus
Joel Corry
Yungblud

Group
Bicep
Yungblud
Little Mix
The 1975
Young T & Bugsey

Breakthrough act
Arlo Parks
Bicep
Celeste
Joel Corry
Young T & Bugsey

Single of the year
220 Kid with Gracey – 'Don’t Need Love'
Aitch x AJ Tracey feat Tay Keith – 'Rain'
Dua Lipa – 'Physical'
Harry Styles – 'Watermelon Sugar'
Headie One feat AJ Tracey and Stormzy – 'Ain’t It Different'
Joel Corry x MNEK – 'Head and Heart'
Nathan Dawe x KSI – 'Lighter'
Regard and Raye – 'Secrets'
S1mba feat DTG – 'Rover'
Young T & Bugsey feat Headie One – 'Don’t Rush'

Album of the year
Arlo Parks – 'Collapsed in Sunbeams'
Celeste – 'Not Your Muse'
Dua Lipa – 'Future Nostalgia'
J Hus – 'Big Conspiracy'
Jessie Ware – 'What’s Your Pleasure?'

International female solo artist
Ariana Grande
Billie Eilish
Cardi B
Miley Cyrus
Taylor Swift

International male solo artist
Bruce Springsteen
Burna Boy
Childish Gambino
Tame Impala
The Weeknd

International group
BTS
Fontaines DC
Foo Fighters
Haim
Run the Jewels

Rising star
Griff