BRIT Awards 2022: The nominees, the performers and Skiddle's predictions

The prestigious award ceremony returns to a restriction-free O2 Arena in London tonight, with the likes of Adele, Little Simz, Sam Fender and Dave all nominated for one of the greatly desired accolades

Skiddle Staff

Date published: 8th Feb 2022

The forty-second edition of the annual BRIT Awards, one of the industry's most prestigious award ceremonies, takes place this evening (Tuesday 8th February) at what is set to be a packed-out and atmospheric O2 Arena in London.

Promoting its first in-person event since the pandemic began back in 2020, tonight's highly anticipated show advances on from last years government-backed pilot instalment and is set to feature an array of live performances from some of Britains biggest talents.

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Amongst those set to perform and on the esteemed list of nominees are the likes of internationally renowned singer-songwriter, Adele, previous award-winner, Dave, Ed Sheeran, Sam Fender, Liam Gallagher, Holly Humberstone, Coldplay, Self Esteem and leading London-based rapper, Little Simz, to name a select few.

Making her first appearance at the BRIT's in more than six years, the undisputed heartbreak Queen, Adele will have the thousands of fans in attendance enchanted, with breathtaking live renditions of tracks coming from her latest record-breaking album - 30. The LP, which became the fastest selling album of 2021 both here in the UK and over in the states upon its release, has received a nod for this year's 'Album of the Year' award and is up against releases from the likes of Dave with We're All Alone In This Together, Ed Sheeran with = (Equals), and the 'Tyneside troubadour', Sam Fender with his sophomore effort, Seventeen Going Under.

Check out the full list of awards and nominees below, and discover who the Skiddle team are tipping to win...

Album of the Year:

Adele - 30 | Dave - We're All Alone In This Together | Ed Sheeran - = | Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert | Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under

Skiddle's winner:

Adele - 30

Artist of the Year:

Adele | Dave | Ed Sheeran | Little Simz | Sam Fender

Skiddle's winner:

Little Simz (God knows she deserves it!)

Best Group:

Coldplay | D-Block Europe | Little Mix | London Grammar | Wolf Alice

Skiddle's winner:

The Skiddle team are torn on this one... It's either Little Mix or Wolf Alice.

Song of the Year:

Skiddle's winner:

Glass Animals - Heat waves (the track which took almost a year to reach number three on the US Hot 100 singles chart, breaking all records for longest climbing chart entry)

Best New Artist:

Central Cee | Griff | Joy Crookes | Little Simz | Self Esteem

Skiddle's winner:

Self Esteem

Best International Artist:

Billie Eilish | Doja Cat | Lil Nas X | Olivia Rodrigo | Taylor Swift

Skiddle's winner:

Doja Cat (Because we love Doja Cat)

Best International Group:

ABBA | BTS | Maneskin | Silk Sonic | War On Drugs

Skiddle's winner:

It's got to be Abba, right?

Best International Song:

Skiddle's winner:

Doja Cat ftSZA - Kiss Me More

Best Dance:

Becky Hill | Calvin Harris | Fred Again | Joel Corry | Raye

Skiddle's winner:

Becky Hill

Best Rock/Alternative:

Coldplay | Glass Animals | Sam Fender | Tom Grennan | Wolf Alice

Skiddle's winner:

Sam Fender

Best Pop/R&B:

Adele | Dua Lipa | Ed Sheeran | Griff | Joy Crookes

Skiddle's winner:

It's a close one... but we're going with Ed. Good old trustworthy Ed needs a prize.

The list of nominees for this evening's event includes more women or female-fronted groups than have previously been seen over the past ten years of the BRIT's. A very encouraging statistic which shows the recent scrapping of gender-based award categories, such as the 'Best Female' or 'Best Male Artist of the Year', has in fact been beneficial to the awards.

Speaking about the removal of gender-based awards, called for by artists such as Sam Smith and Will Young, the BRITS said it aimed to make the ceremony as 'inclusive and relevant as possible', and would help to include those musicians who identify as non-binary.

Watch the BRIT Awards 2022 live this evening from 7 pm, hosted by comedian Mo Gilligan, on ITV, Youtube and across social media sites.

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