Nigerian Afrobeats singers Burna Boy, Asake and Rema have been nominated for the BRIT Awards 2024, scheduled to broadcast live on March 2, 2024 on ITV1 and ITVX.
The nominations for the annual music awards were revealed on Wednesday during ‘Bring on The BRITs with Mastercard: The 2024 Nominations’, a 30-minute special broadcast on the BRITs’ official Instagram and Facebook.
The BRIT Awards are the British phonographic industry’s annual popular music awards.
Burna Boy and Asake were nominated in the International Artist of the Year category.
Rema’s ‘Calm Down’ was nominated in the highly coveted International Song of the Year category.
Burna Boy and Asake will battle for the International Artist of the Year category with global superstars such as Caroline Polachek, CMAT, Kylie Minogue, Lana Del Rey, Miley Cyrus, Olivia Rodrigo, SZA and Taylor Swift. Olivia, Miley and SZA.
Rema’s ‘Calm Down’ will compete in the International Song of the Year category with global hits such as Billie Eilish’s ‘What Was I Made For’, David Kushner’s ‘Daylight’, Doja Cat’s ‘Paint The Town Red’, ‘Giving Me’ by Jazzy, ‘People’, ‘Made You Look’ by Meghan Trainor, ‘Flowers’ by Miley Cyrus, ‘Stick Season’ by Noah Kahan, ‘Miss You’ by Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz, ‘vampire’ by Olivia Rodrigo, ‘ (It Goes Like)’ by Peggy Gou Nanana’, ‘Kill Bill’ by SZA, ‘greedy’ by Tate McRae and ‘Water’ by Tyla.
According to the BRIT Awards, British singer Rachel Agatha Keen, known as RAYE, broke the awards record after receiving the most nominations of any artist in one year.
RAYE surpassed a record previously held jointly by Gorillaz, Craig David and Robbie Williams, who had each been nominated for six awards in one year.
In 2002 Gorillaz were nominated in six categories, Craig David in 2001 and Robbie Williams in 1999.
According to the awards organizer, the number of nominees for both Artist of the Year and International Artist of the Year increased from five to ten, a change aimed at improving representation and inclusivity.
Additionally, a new genre awards category, R&B Act, was introduced along with Alternative/Rock Acts, Dance Acts, Pop Acts, Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Act, with the goal of showcasing versatility, creativity and diverse styles. of music in the United Kingdom.
See the full list of nominations below:
Mastercard Album of the Year
Blur – The Ballad of Darren
J Hus – Beautiful and brutal garden
Little Simz – NO, THANK YOU
RAYE – My 21st century blues
Young Parents – Heavy Heavy
Artist of the Year
Arlo Parks
Central EEC
David
Dua Lipa
Fred again.
J Hus
Jessie Ware
little simz
Olivia Dean
RAY
the song of the year
Calvin Harris/Ellie Goulding – Miracle
cassö/RAYE/D-Block Europe – Prada
Central Cee – Let it go
Dave and Central Cee – Sprinter
Dua Lipa – Dance The Night (From the album Barbie)
Ed Sheeran – Eyes Closed
J Hus ft Drake – Who Told You?
Kenya Grace – Strangers
Lewis Capaldi – I wish you the best
PinkPantheress – The boy is a liar
RAYE ft. 070 Shake – Escapism.
Rudimental/Charlotte Plank/Vibe Chemistry – Dancing is healing
Stormzy with Debbie – Firebabe
Switch Disco and Ella Henderson – REACT
Venbee & Goddard – Messy in the Sky
year group
Blur
Persecution and status
Headie Uno and K-Trap
Jungle
young fathers
Best New Artist
mahalia
Olivia Dean
Pink Panther
RAY
Yusef Dayes
International Artist of the Year
asake
burned boy
Carolina Polachek
CMAT
Minogue Kylie
King’s wool
Miley Cyrus
Olivia Rodrigo
SZA
Taylor Swift
International song of the year
Billie Eilish – What was I made for?
David Kushner – Daylight
Doja Cat – Paint the town red
Jazzy – Giving me
Libyanca – People
Meghan Trainor – Made you look
Miley Cyrus – Flowers
Noah Kahan – Stick Season
Oliver Tree and Robin Schulz – I miss you
Olivia Rodrigo – vampire
Peggy Gou – (says) Nanana
Rema – Calm down
SZA – Kill Bill
Tate McRae – greedy
Tyla – Water
International Group of the Year
Blink-182
boygenius
Foo Fighters
gabriels
Paramore
alternative rock act
Blur
Bring me The Horizon
The Rolling Stones
young fathers
Yusef Dayes
Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Law
ALMOST DEAD
Central EEC
David
J Hus
little simz
dance act
Barry can’t swim
becky hill
Calvin Harris
fred again
Romy
pop law
Calvin Harris
Charli XCX
Dua Lipa
Olivia Dean
RAY
R&B Law
Cleo Sol
Jorja Smith
mahalia
RAY
SAULT
Rising Star
Caity Baser
Sekou
The Last Supper