The nominations were presented by Reggie Yates alongside live performances from Jessie Ware, Clean Bandit, FKA Twigs, and this year’s Critics’ Choice winner James Bay. This year's statue has been designed by British artist Tracy Emin. The award nominations show can also be seen tonight on ITV1 at 10.40pm.
Check out the full list of nominations:
BRITISH MALE SOLO ARTIST Sam Smith Ed Sheeran Damon Albarn Paolo Nutini George Ezra BRITISH FEMALE SOLO ARTIST Paloma Faith Ella Henderson FKA Twigs Jessie Ware Lily Allen BRITISH GROUP alt-J Clean Bandit Royal Blood Coldplay One Direction BRITISH BREAKTHROUGH ACT Royal Blood George Ezra Chvrches FKA Twigs Sam Smith BRITISH SINGLE Calvin Harris - "Summer" Clean Bandit (ft. Jess Glynne) - "Rather Be" Duke Dumont (ft. Jax Jones) - "I Got U" Ed Sheeran - "Thinking Out Loud" Ella Henderson - "Ghost" George Ezra - "Budapest" Mark Ronson (ft. Bruno Mars) - "Uptown Funk" Route 94 (ft. Jess Glynne) - "My Love" Sam Smith - "Stay With Me" Sigma - "Nobody To Love" MASTERCARD BRITISH ALBUM OF THE YEAR alt-J - This Is All Yours Ed Sheeran - X Royal Blood - Royal Blood George Ezra - Wanted On Voyage Sam Smith - In The Lonely Hour | | BRITISH ARTIST VIDEO Calvin Harris - "Summer" One Direction - "You and I" Duke Dumont (ft. Jax Jones) - "I Got U" Ed Sheeran - "Thinking Out Loud" Rita Ora - "I Will Never Let You Down" Charli XCX - "Boom Clap" Mark Ronson (ft. Bruno Mars) - "Uptown Funk" Route 94 (ft. Jess Glynne) - "My Love" Sam Smith - "Stay With Me" Sigma - "Nobody To Love" CRITICS’ CHOICE James Bay [WINNER] Years & Years George the Poet BRITISH PRODUCER OF THE YEAR Flood Jake Gosling Alison Goldfrapp & Will Gregory Paul Epworth INTERNATIONAL MALE SOLO ARTIST Beck Hozier John Legend Jack White Pharrell Williams INTERNATIONAL FEMALE SOLO ARTIST Taylor Swift Lana Del Rey St. Vincent Sia Beyoncé INTERNATIONAL GROUP The War On Drugs The Black Keys The Foo Fighters First Aid Kit 5 Seconds Of Summer |
The BRIT Awards 2015 with MasterCard takes place Wednesday 25 February at The O2 and will be exclusively broadcast on ITV. The BRITs Are Coming is broadcast tonight (Thursday 15 January at 10.40pm on ITV.