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The BRIT Awards will be held tonight, at London's O2, celebrating 12 months of huge success for the UK music industry, and beyond.
Confirmed performers at the event are Bastille, Arctic Monkeys, Lorde, Disclosure, Rudimental, Bruno Mars and Bastille - with some seriously strong rumours that Beyonce will also be joining the line-up for a special performance at the show. Sources claim the US superstar has been spotted rehearsing at London's O2 Arena today (19 February 2014) ahead of tonight's event.
Organisers of the show have promised an improved experience from the 2013 event, when the show lacked any big performances from superstars of note, with BRITs chairman Christian Tattersfield telling The Guardian: "Last year could have been better... we lacked superstars... so that took a bit of the edge off."
He also adds that he hopes the 2014 BRIT Awards will be "an important event of gravitas, rather than just a shoddy knees-up."
The BRIT Awards will be broadcast live(ish) on ITV tonight, 19 February from 8pm. The full list of nominees is:
British Male Solo Artist
David Bowie
Jake Bugg
James Blake
John Newman
Tom Odell
British Female Solo Artist
Birdy
Ellie Goulding
Jessie J
Laura Marling
Laura Mvula
British Group
Arctic Monkeys
Bastille
Disclosure
One Direction
Rudimental
Watch the video for 'Things We Lost In The Fire' by Bastille below
British Breakthrough Act
Bastille
Disclosure
Laura Mvula
London Grammar
Tom Odell
Critics' Choice
Sam Smith (WINNER)
Chlöe Howl
Ella Eyre
British Single
Bastille - 'Pompeii'
Calvin Harris/Ellie Goulding - 'I Need Your Love'
Disclosure ft AlunaGeorge - 'White Noise'
Ellie Goulding - 'Burn'
John Newman - 'Love Me Again'
Naughty Boy ft Sam Smith - 'La La La'
Olly Murs - 'Dear Darlin''
One Direction - 'One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)'
Passenger - 'Let Her Go'
Rudimental ft Ella Eyre - 'Waiting All Night'
Mastercard British Album of the Year
Arctic Monkeys - AM
Bastille - Bad Blood
David Bowie - The Next Day
Disclosure - Settle
Rudimental - Home
Watch the video for 'The Stars (Are Out Tonight)' by David Bowie below
British Producer of the Year
Ethan Johns
Flood (Mark Ellis) & Alan Moulder
Paul Epworth
International Male Solo Artist
Bruno Mars
Drake
Eminem
John Grant
Justin Timberlake
International Female Solo Artist
Janelle Monae
Katy Perry
Lady Gaga
Lorde
Pink
International Group
Arcade Fire
Daft Punk
Haim
Kings of Leon
Below: the nominated artists who almost certainly won't win at The BRITs 2014
