I hope Gaga somehow gets nominated in the category she’s eligible for but I’m not expecting anything. I’d love it if she was to return to the BRITS stage it’ll be 16 years since she last performed there!

Still feel like Sam Fender will get the top award but I suspect Olivia Dean will also do well. It’s more interesting predicting with no male / female categories and a tougher fight for the awards.

Fully expecting Harry Styles to perform.

The public are now voting for song of the year instead of genre! What a messy decision

4 hours ago, Henessy Lake said:

The public are now voting for song of the year instead of genre! What a messy decision

Where have you seen this?

It’s been shared online from the BRITs site I believe!

Voting for song could be interesting depending on who it is that’s up for the award! I’m still 50/50 on fan voted for awards at big ceremonies but it does make things a bit exciting.

As it's based solely on sales, it always felt like the least credible category anyway.

Sam Fender's fans tend to be quite dedicated at this thing, so I can see Rein Me In winning with votes from Olivia's fans coming in too.

They only base it on sales? Where's the artistic merit in that

If RAYE is gonna perform, I hope she performs Feminine Heeling or at least does it in a medley with Where Is My Husband! and I hope Olivia doesn’t get a clean sweep. I hope she loses at least one award

Edited January 20Jan 20 by Hadji

I wanna see a dance track win!

8 hours ago, Henessy Lake said:

They only base it on sales? Where's the artistic merit in that

This is the Brit Awards, it’s barely ever been about artistic merit.

True but it just makes the Grammys look like the far better award show which isn't saying much already

Last-minute predictions before noms are announced:

Best British Album

• People Watching (Sam Fender)

• The Art of Loving (Olivia Dean)

• THAT'S SHOWBIZ BABY! (JADE)

• West End Girl (Lily Allen)

• The Boy Who Played The Harp (Dave)

Best British Artist

• Dave

• Sam Fender

• JADE

• Olivia Dean

• Ed Sheeran

• Florence + The Machine

• Lily Allen

• Central Cee

• PinkPantheress

• Lola Young

Song of the Year

• Messy (Lola Young)

• Man I Need (Olivia Dean)

• The Days (Chrystal)

• Rein Me In (Sam Fender & Olivia Dean)

• Azizam (Ed Sheeran)

• Illegal (PinkPantheress)

• Survive (Lewis Capaldi)

• What the Hell Just Happened? (Remember Monday)

• WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! (RAYE)

• GBP (Central Cee)

• Pussy Palace (Lily Allen)

Best British Group

• Pulp

• Wet Leg

• The Last Dinner Party

• Wolf Alice

• Biffy Clyro

For global success , gonna be Alex Warren or KPop Demon Hunters

18 hours ago, Henessy Lake said:

True but it just makes the Grammys look like the far better award show which isn't saying much already

much better to have music legends as award givers than tv icons for me . There's NTAs for those tv icons but it's an ITV tradition

6 minutes ago, Alouders on Reddit said:

For global success , gonna be Alex Warren or KPop Demon Hunters

They tend to only have one special award, and it’s got to be something for Oasis I’d imagine?

I really don't know about albums. The only locks are Sam Fender + Olivia Dean.

Does Ed Sheeran get in on name alone? But it got such low scores, Jade with the more critic success deserves to get in over him and there's got to be a pop album in the mix. And Jade got better reception then Lily Allen too. Also has the biggest debut album going for her too.

So going for

Olivia Dean

Sam Fender

Dave

Jade

Lily Allen or one of the bands

Edited January 21Jan 21 by Henessy Lake

20 minutes ago, Henessy Lake said:

I really don't know about albums. The only locks are Sam Fender + Olivia Dean.

Does Ed Sheeran get in on name alone? But it got such low scores, Jade with the more critic success deserves to get in over him and there's got to be a pop album in the mix. And Jade got better reception then Lily Allen too. Also has the biggest debut album going for her too.

So going for

Olivia Dean

Sam Fender

Dave

Jade

Lily Allen or one of the bands

They seem like the right 5 tbh - or the 5 that make the most sense to me. The Last Dinner Party, Biffy or Wet Leg could sneak in though. There are probably other bands I've forgotten. Eeeek I fear there's going to be a massive upset!

Yeah I'm just thinking are they not going to include a band in best album when they had 2 bands nominated last year.

Does anyone know whose band is setting up in the background of this video?:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTveVvMl5gD/

2 hours ago, WhoOdyssey said:

They tend to only have one special award, and it’s got to be something for Oasis I’d imagine?

With the BRITS coming to Manchester for the first time, almost definitely there'll be something happening to bring attention to Oasis.