From Brat to Brit: Charli XCX leads the BRIT Awards 2025 nominations

The Brits are going Brat as the nominations for this year’s BRIT Awards are out and the British singer Charli XCX leads the nominations with five nods – including Artist of the Year, Album of the Year and Song of the Year for her hit ‘Guess’ with Billie Eilish.  

Charli XCX’s album ‘Brat‘ was last year’s zeitgeist-capturing and dancefloor wooing hit – inspiring everyone from Kamala Harris to the Collins Dictionary, which made the word ‘Brat’ its Word of the Year.  

The singer is closely followed by seven-time BRIT winner Dua Lipa, who has four nominations – along with 2024 rising star winners The Last Dinner Party, and 2023 Mercury Prize winners Ezra Collective. 

More than 30 years since their last BRIT nomination, The Cure have made a massive comeback with three nods – their first in three decades, following the release of their 14th album, ‘Songs Of A Lost World‘.

Also returning are The Beatles. They are nominated for Song of the Year with ‘Now And Then’, making it their first nomination since 1977. 

Billed as their “final song”, the track was initially written by John Lennon in 1978 but only completed in 2022 by the two remaining Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr – with a little help from AI.

This year’s BRIT Awards take place on Saturday 1 March at the O2 Arena.

Here is the full list of 2025 BRIT Award nominees:

Mastercard Album Of The Year

Charli XCX – ‘Brat’ 
The Cure – ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ 
Dua Lipa – ‘Radical Optimism’ 
Ezra Collective – ‘Dance, No One’s Watching’ 
The Last Dinner Party – ‘Prelude To Ecstasy’

Artist Of The Year

Beabadoobee 
Central Cee 
Charli XCX 
Dua Lipa 
Fred Again.. 
Jamie xx 
Michael Kiwanuka 
Nia Archives 
Rachel Chinouriri 
Sam Fender

Group Of The Year

Bring Me The Horizon 
Coldplay 
The Cure 
Ezra Collective 
The Last Dinner Party

Best New Artist

English Teacher 
Ezra Collective 
The Last Dinner Party 
Myles Smith 
Rachel Chinouriri

Song Of The Year With Mastercard

Artemas – ‘I Like The Way You Kiss Me’ 
The Beatles – ‘Now And Then’ 
Bl3ss with Camrin Watsin ft. bbyclose – ‘Kisses’ 
Central Cee ft. Lil Baby – ‘BAND4BAND’ 
Charli XCX ft. Billie Eilish – ‘Guess’ 
Chase & Status ft. Stormzy – ‘Backbone’ 
Coldplay – ‘feelslikeimfallinginlove’ 
Dua Lipa – ‘Training Season’ 
Ella Henderson ft. Rudimental – ‘Alibi’ 
JADE – ‘Angel Of My Dreams’ 
Jordan Adetunji – ‘KEHLANI’ 
KSI ft. Trippie Redd – ‘Thick Of It’ 
Myles Smith – ‘Stargazing’ 
Sam Ryder – ‘You’re Christmas To Me’ 
Sonny Fodera with Jazzy and D.O.D – ‘Somedays’

International Artist Of The Year

Adrianne Lenker 
Asake  Benson Boone 
Beyoncé 
Billie Eilish 
Chappell Roan 
Kendrick Lamar 
Sabrina Carpenter 
Taylor Swift 
Tyler, The Creator

International Group Of The Year

Amyl And The Sniffers 
Confidence Man 
Fontaines D.C. 
Future and Metro Boomin 
Linkin Park

International Song Of The Year

Benson Boone – ‘Beautiful Things’ 
Beyoncé – ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’ 
Billie Eilish – ‘Birds Of A Feather’ 
Chappell Roan – ‘Good Luck, Babe’ 
DJO – ‘End Of Beginning’ 
Eminem – ‘Houdini’ 
Hozier – ‘Too Sweet’ 
Jack Harlow – ‘Lovin On Me’ 
Noah Kahan – ‘Stick Season’ 
Post Malone ft. Morgan Wallen – ‘I Had Some Help’ 
Sabrina Carpenter – ‘Espresso’ 
Shaboozey – ‘A Bar Song (Tipsy)’ 
Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone – ‘Fortnight’ 
Teddy Swims – ‘Lose Control’ 
Tommy Richman  – ‘MILLION DOLLAR BABY’

Alt/Rock Act

Beabadoobee 
The Cure 
Ezra Collective 
The Last Dinner Party 
Sam Fender

Hip-hop/Grime/Rap Act

Central Cee 
DAVE 
Ghetts 
Little Simz 
Stormzy

Dance Act

Becky Hill 
Charli XCX 
Chase & Status 
Fred Again.. 
Nia Archives

Pop Act

Charli XCX 
Dua Lipa 
JADE 
Lola Young 
Myles Smith

R&B Act

Cleo Sol 
FLO 
Jorja Smith 
Michael Kiwanuka 
RAYE