February 11Feb 11 I gotta say, i high key love it. Last year by the time of the brits, she had 0 weeks in the top 10, and 8 weeks in the top 40 in her career, most of them coming in the weeks leading up to the ceremony. Her numbers in the year since: 21 weeks at #1, 56 weeks in top 10, 95 weeks in top 40 across 6 songs. And because of that, she's a no-brainer and we're saying yeah someone of this caliber deserves whatever it takes to get her to perform, she'll do huge numbers. Things changed quick
February 11Feb 11 If Sabrina is performing, I hope she performs Bed Chem or one of the songs from the deluxe edition of her album and if Chappell performs, I hope she performs Pink Pony Club like she did at the Grammys
February 11Feb 11 I know you have an obsession with everything having to be the newest or latest, but let's keep in mind the whole point of the Brits is to celebrate and look back on their 2024 so don't be surprised if they perform their bigger hits from the year.
February 11Feb 11 My dream performer list would be: JADE - IT girl / Angel of My Dreams / sneak preview of FUFN :kink: Chappell - Pink Pony Club Sabrina - Taste/Espresso/PPP medley Benson - Beautiful Things/Cry The Last Dinner Party - Nothing Matters Charli - Girl, So Confusing with Lorde / 365 :cheeseblock: Sam Fender - People Watching Hozier - Too Sweet Teddy Swims and Shaboozey to have their flights delayed.
February 11Feb 11 No way in hell would she perform bed chem it’s the only one of her singles not to go #1
February 11Feb 11 not sure if its been announced by the brits yet but lola young will be performing; she has just said on her story she has to move 2 of her tour dates to a week later because she's been given the opportunity to perform at the brits and those two dates are required for rehersals!
February 11Feb 11 So was the Outstanding Contribution To Music honour until they gave it to P!nk in 2019. :P People always want to drag P!nk for this but U2 won it in 2001 so she wasn’t the first non British act to win. I do hate the snobbery of the Brits that they’re always so focused on British acts and do their best to ignore anyone non British. Award ceremonies in other countries don’t seem to have the same attitude, says it all about the UK I guess…
February 11Feb 11 I do hate the snobbery of the Brits that they’re always so focused on British acts and do their best to ignore anyone non British. Award ceremonies in other countries don’t seem to have the same attitude, says it all about the UK I guess… Traditionally the biggest countries in Western music were the States and the UK, most countries had no other choice but to embrace how big these two were, explaining why they're more open. Meanwhile the UK had enough big worldwide stars to warrent an award show dedicated exclusively to British acts. Unfortunately in 2024 that was no longer the case as UK acts suffered and were completely dominated by US talent bar Charli XCX and at a push Myles Smith
February 11Feb 11 Traditionally the biggest countries in Western music were the States and the UK, most countries had no other choice but to embrace how big these two were, explaining why they're more open. Meanwhile the UK had enough big worldwide stars to warrent an award show dedicated exclusively to British acts. Unfortunately in 2024 that was no longer the case as UK acts suffered and were completely dominated by US talent bar Charli XCX and at a push Myles Smith It's been happening for a while, we've not really had any new talent cross over to America on a huge level since Dua Lipa in 2020. There's a bit of a dearth in British superstars at the moment, which is probably down to TikTok. Even look at the big American acts to come out recently outside of Chappell - they're all Disney stars or massive neopolitism products!
February 11Feb 11 People always want to drag P!nk for this but U2 won it in 2001 so she wasn’t the first non British act to win. I do hate the snobbery of the Brits that they’re always so focused on British acts and do their best to ignore anyone non British. Award ceremonies in other countries don’t seem to have the same attitude, says it all about the UK I guess… I mean, they are called the BRITs so the focus on British acts goes without saying. :P They’ve always had international categories and international performers. Great to see Lola is performing. This year is actually shaping up to be a must-watch. I hope Charli changes her mind but not at the expense of JADE.
February 11Feb 11 Yeah I wouldn’t say there was a snobbery towards international acts. As Scene says it is the BRITs after all and it does feel like the charts are too overwhelmed with American acts sometimes so it’s nice to bring the focus back to homegrown talent. There was that period where the international categories were downgraded a lot and I am glad they have brought back some of those categories. The international awards do act as a way of negotiating international acts to perform at the BRITs. I do sometimes wonder how American acts look at the BRITs in terms of prestige, like the Grammys are seen as the highest tier of award for an act to receive.
February 11Feb 11 Jack Whitehall struggles to get much conversation out of British musicians half the time. I dread to imagine how he'll manage with Americans who likely won't get his humour. If anything, after how 2024 shaped up, there needs to be more celebration of UK acts. Edited February 11Feb 11 by Hassaan
February 12Feb 12 The Global Success Award has always been a questionable award made up just to give One Direction some wins because the BRITs were always more snobby to pop acts (particularly pop groups) in their main categories and didn't want to feel any kind of backlash from their fanbases... However, I did like it was an award to recognise a British act who had global success. I really think they should have stuck with that and given the award to Charli for this year.
February 12Feb 12 Also, if they want to give out the prestige awards, there are plenty of UK-based acts that would really deserve those. Like Rolling Stones, Arctic Monkeys, Sade, Eric Clapton, Kate Bush... Even Coldplay are yet to have any "extra award" iirc. Maybe Cliff Richard too? Sure they might not have been huge last year, but made a big career. Edited February 12Feb 12 by Sour Candy
February 12Feb 12 I know it’s called the Brits but that doesn’t mean that international artists should be barred from awards that don’t contain the word ‘British’. Whatever excuses people can make, the international awards/artists have been sidelined a lot in the last decade or so. And in particularly, I find the constant questioning of P!nk winning a big award snobbery especially when it’s always presented with a criticism of the fact she’s not British.
February 15Feb 15 The international artists haven't been sidelined though? They still have their categories and are presented pretty equally. I think this is the fairest approach an awards show could be tbh. The GRAMMYs are constantly dominated by American acts with little to no room for anyone who isn't American to be nominated. I think celebrating British talent isn't a bad thing, especially when they have "International" awards available too. As for your last part about P!nk, I have no opinion really so can't comment further. I do understand why people question it, but should they? I don't think so, personally. But that's a them problem.
February 16Feb 16 The international artists haven't been sidelined though? They still have their categories and are presented pretty equally. I think this is the fairest approach an awards show could be tbh. The GRAMMYs are constantly dominated by American acts with little to no room for anyone who isn't American to be nominated. I think celebrating British talent isn't a bad thing, especially when they have "International" awards available too. As for your last part about P!nk, I have no opinion really so can't comment further. I do understand why people question it, but should they? I don't think so, personally. But that's a them problem. I know the categories are there but just a few years ago they literally read out all the international winners in one thirty second great without even mentioning the nominees and that did feel like sidelining.
February 16Feb 16 Re the U2 point, two of the groups members were born in England so I guess they qualify in the same way Fleetwood Mac do despite having American members. I think P!nk is fully worthy of the Outstanding achievement award however, there are other international acts who deserved it before her, Madonna being the prime example but then also Kylie Minogue, Michael Jackson, Cher to name a few not to mention a host of British artists who have been snubbed like Rolling Stones, The Smiths and Cliff Richard, all having achieved / contributed far more than her. It's no criticism of P!nk herself or her incredible achievements / contribution to the British music scene, but, the fact she remains the only international artist to have won the award makes it painfully obvious the award was bought to promote her new album of the time rather than them wanting to honour her. Then again Spice Girls also won the award through default as Paul McCartney pulled out and they were willing to perform for it with not much notice. There is certainly an argument to say their short lived contribution isn't worthy of the award so swings and roundabouts. Re the international / British awards, if they scrapped the Brit alone awards then they'd have to come up with many more categories as there would barely be any. Having both British and international awards helps pad it out a little.
February 17Feb 17 Sam Fender has now been confirmed to perform!! This line up has potential to be an all timer omg (JADE, Sabrina, Sam and Chappel (rumoured!))
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