BRIT Awards 2016 Nominations - Adele, Years & Years And Jess Glynne Lead The Pack

14 January 2016, 18:00 | Updated: 30 March 2016, 13:50

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The nominations for this year's awards are officially in... and it's no wonder comeback queen Adele is joint most-nominated along with Years & Years!

Yes, it's that time of year again - the BRIT Awards are back and the nominations are in... and it's no wonder our girl Adele is firmly on top of the pile after her huge comeback in the past couple of months. 

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Adele raked in a huge FOUR nominations, including British Female Solo Artist, British Single With Capital and MasterCard British Album Of The Year too. 

Joining Adele with four nominations are Years & Years who got a nod for British Single With Capital, British Group and British Breakthrough Act among the awards they're up for on the night. 

Jess Glynne followed up with a very impressive three nominations, and Little Mix are up for two of the coveted BRIT Awards at this year's show.

 

The full list of nominations are: 

BRITISH MALE SOLO ARTIST

  • Aphex Twin
  • Calvin Harris
  • James Bay 
  • Jamie XX
  • Mark Ronson 

BRITISH FEMALE SOLO ARTIST

  • Adele
  • Amy Winehouse
  • Florence + the Machine
  • Jess Glynne
  • Laura Marling 

BRITISH GROUP

  • Blur 
  • Coldplay 
  • Foals
  • One Direction 
  • Years & Years

BRITISH BREAKTHROUGH ACT

  • Catfish and the Bottlemen 
  • James Bay
  • Jess Glynne 
  • Wolf Alice
  • Years & Years 

CRITICS’ CHOICE

  • Winner - Jack Garratt
  • Izzy Bizu
  • Frances

BRITs GLOBAL SUCCESS AWARD

Identified by the global sales success of British Acts of their latest project/album. Sales achieved in the period 1st January 2015 to 31st December2015 will be counted.

BRITISH SINGLE WITH CAPITAL

  • Adele – 'Hello'
  • Calvin Harris & Disciples – 'How Deep Is Your Love'
  • Ed Sheeran & Rudimental – 'Bloodstream'
  • Ellie Goulding – 'Love Me Like You Do'
  • James Bay – 'Hold Back The River'
  • Jess Glynne – 'Hold My Hand'
  • Little Mix – 'Black Magic'
  • Olly Murs Feat. Demi Lovato – 'Up'
  • Philip George – 'Wish You Were Mine' 
  • Years & Years – 'King'  

MASTERCARD BRITISH ALBUM OF THE YEAR

  • Adele - '25' 
  • Coldplay - 'A Head Full of Dreams'
  • Florence + the Machine - 'How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful'
  • James Bay - 'Chaos and the Calm'
  • Jamie XX - 'In Colour'

BRITISH PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

  • Charlie Andrew 
  • Mark Ronson 
  • Mike Crossey 
  • Tom Dalgety

BRITISH ARTIST VIDEO OF THE YEAR

  • Adele - 'Hello'
  • Calvin Harris & Disciples - 'How Deep Is Your Love'
  • Ed Sheeran - 'Photograph'
  • Ellie Goulding - 'Love Me Like You Do'
  • Jessie J - 'Flashlight'
  • Little Mix - 'Black Magic' 
  • Naughty Boy Feat. Beyonce & Arrow Benjamin - 'Runnin' (Lose It All)' 
  • One Direction - 'Drag Me Down'
  • Sam Smith - 'Writing’s On The Wall'
  • Years & Years - 'King'

INTERNATIONAL MALE SOLO ARTIST

  • Drake
  • Father John Misty
  • Justin Bieber
  • Kendrick Lamar
  • The Weeknd

INTERNATIONAL FEMALE SOLO ARTIST 

  • Ariana Grande
  • Björk
  • Courtney Barnett 
  • Lana Del Rey  
  • Meghan Trainor 

INTERNATIONAL GROUP

  • Alabama Shakes 
  • Eagles of Death Metal 
  • Major Lazer 
  • Tame Impala 
  • U2

The BRIT Awards 2016 takes place on 24th February at London’s O2 Arena - keep it Capital for your chance to win tickets to the show!