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Post by madmurray on Jan 15, 2017 8:47:18 GMT 1
 British Male Solo Artist Craig David David Bowie Kano Michael Kiwanuka Skepta British Female Solo Artist
Anohni Ellie Goulding EmeliSandé Lianne La Havas Nao British Group
The 1975 Bastille Biffy Clyro Little Mix Radiohead British Breakthrough Act
Anne-Marie Blossoms Rag’N’Bone Man Skepta Stormzy Critics Choice
Rag’N’Bone Man (Winner) Anne-Marie Dua Lipa. British Single
Alan Walker (Faded) Calum Scott (Dancing On My Own) Calvin Harris Ft Rihanna (This Is What You Came For) Clean Bandit Ft Sean Paul & Anne-Marie (Rockabye) Coldplay (Hymn For The Weekend) James Arthur (Say You Won’t Let Go) Jonas Blue Ft Dakota (Fast Car) Little Mix (Shout Out To My Ex) Tinie Tempah Ft Zara Larsson (Girls Like) Zayn (Pillowtalk) British Album Of The Year
The 1975 (I Like It When You Sleep For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It) David Bowie (Blackstar) Kano (Made In The Manor) Michael Kiwanuka (Love & Hate) British Artist Video Of The Year
Adele (Send My Love (To Your New Lover)) Calvin Harris Ft Rihanna (This Is What You Came For) Clean Bandit Ft Sean Paul & Anne-Marie (Rockabye) Coldplay (Hymn For The Weekend) James Arthur (Say You Won’t Let Go) Jonas Blue Ft Dakota (Fast Car) Little Mix Ft Sean Paul (Hair) One Direction (History) Tinie Tempah Ft Zara Larsson (Girls Like) Zayn (Pillowtalk) International Male Solo Artist
Bon Iver Bruno Mars Drake Leonard Cohen The Weeknd International Female Solo Artist
Beyoncé Christine And The Queens Rihanna Sia Solange International Group
A Tribe Called Quest Drake & Future Kings Of Leon Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Twenty One Pilots |
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Post by madmurray on Jan 15, 2017 8:51:02 GMT 1
Mines would be:
British Male Solo Artist
David Bowie
British Female Solo Artist
EmeliSandé
British Group
Biffy Clyro
British Breakthrough Act
Blossoms
British Single
Alan Walker (Faded)
British Album Of The Year
The 1975 (I Like It When You Sleep For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It)
British Artist Video Of The Year
Adele (Send My Love (To Your New Lover)
International Male Solo Artist
The Weeknd
International Female Solo Artist
Christine And The Queens
International Group
Twenty One Pilots
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Post by TheThorne on Jan 15, 2017 9:21:59 GMT 1
omg at best British male just as well Bowie is a shoein anyway seemingly Olly Murs quit the nominations show as he didn't get one. Best British female is even worse those 5 singers don't say 2016 to me at all apart from Emeli I guess. Love the group category though.
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Post by madmurray on Jan 15, 2017 9:33:27 GMT 1
omg at best British male just as well Bowie is a shoein anyway seemingly Olly Murs quit the nominations show as he didn't get one. Best British female is even worse those 5 singers don't say 2016 to me at all apart from Emeli I guess. Love the group category though. I was the same with the female category. After it was announced, it was like, is that it? Although I did find it difficult to think of a female singer that stood out in 2016. |
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Post by Jordan on Jan 15, 2017 9:41:15 GMT 1
If I had my way...
British Male Solo Artist
Craig David
British Female Solo Artist
Anohni
British Group
The 1975
British Breakthrough Act
Rag'n'Bone Man
British Single
James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go
British Album of the Year
The 1975
British Artist Video of the Year
Coldplay - Hymn for the Weekend
International Male Solo Artist
The Weeknd
International Female Solo Artist
Christine and the Queens
International Group
Twenty One Pilots
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2017 9:57:15 GMT 1
The Brit nominations have always been strange but this year.... no Zayn No.1 in UK and US, no Robbie, no Calvin Harris or Alan Walker for best british male?
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Post by paulgilb on Jan 15, 2017 11:45:19 GMT 1
Wouldn't class Skepta as a breakthrough act, given that he had a top 20 single in 2010 and a top 20 album in 2011.
A questionable nomination - he moved to Norway at the age of 2.
According to Wikipedia, Skepta is also nominated.
Drake & Future are a group???
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Post by raliverpool on Jan 15, 2017 12:27:09 GMT 1
Who I think will win
Who I want to win
British Male Solo Artist:
Craig David
David Bowie
Kano
Michael Kiwanuka
Skepta
British Female Solo Artist:
Anohni
Ellie Goulding
Emeli Sandé
Lianne La Havas
Nao
^ This has to be quite possibly the worst category nominations the BRITs has ever had. Ellie Goulding who released a critically panned and relative commercial failure of a 3rd album gets nominated. I can't help but think her topping the BBC's annual Sound of... poll and win the Critics' Choice Award at the Brit Awards in 2010 is a factor in the BRITs self fulfilling nomination. Emeli Sande the 2012 Brit Awards' Critics' Choice Award similarly gets nominated despite releasing the biggest stinking mediocre second album since Duffy's Endlessly, and it has performed similarly commercially poorly as the Welsh warbler's sophomore effort. Yet three British females who release critically acclaimed and relatively commercially successful albums Laura Mvula, Shura & Bats For Lashes get snubbed.
British Group:
The 1975
Bastille
Biffy Clyro
Little Mix
Radiohead
British Breakthrough Act:
Anne-Marie
Blossoms
Rag’N’Bone Man
Skepta
Stormzy
Critics Choice:
Rag’N’Bone Man (Winner)
Anne-Marie
Dua Lipa.
British Single:
Alan Walker (Faded)
Calum Scott (Dancing On My Own)
Calvin Harris Ft Rihanna (This Is What You Came For)
Clean Bandit Ft Sean Paul & Anne-Marie (Rockabye)
Coldplay (Hymn For The Weekend)
James Arthur (Say You Won’t Let Go)
Jonas Blue Ft Dakota (Fast Car)
Little Mix (Shout Out To My Ex)
Tinie Tempah Ft Zara Larsson (Girls Like)
Zayn (Pillowtalk)
^ Is it the ten songs Crapital have played most in 2016? Under normal circumstances I would be complaining about the pointless Tropical House/EDM remake of the classic 1988 Tracey Chapman hit "Fast Car"; but that cover of "Dancing On My Own" is worse than being just a bad song. Cover versions should be a new take on a song, or should be a heartfelt tribute in some way. But this... this is just some insipid pr**k thinking that a Simon Cowell TV talent show sub Olly Murs straining/sitting on the toilet faux-earnestness will give that Robyn electronic pop classic some credibility and beige Sam Smith/Emeli Sande soul. Let's strip away all the character and the nuance and the shimmering joy of the original, because it really needs to be heard as a f***ing piano ballad sung by some bloke who couldn't even write a song title as good as that, let alone an actual song. And he uses it to piggy-back to a high chart position and a f***ing Brit Award nomination. It has no artistic merit at all, it is much worse than not existing. Hell even Westlife never ruined a song as comprehensively as this pile of musical excrement.
British Album Of The Year:
The 1975 (I Like It When You Sleep For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It)
David Bowie (Blackstar)
Kano (Made In The Manor)
Michael Kiwanuka (Love & Hate)
Skepta (Konnichiwa)
British Artist Video Of The Year:
Adele (Send My Love (To Your New Lover))
Calvin Harris Ft Rihanna (This Is What You Came For)
Clean Bandit Ft Sean Paul & Anne-Marie (Rockabye)
Coldplay (Hymn For The Weekend)
James Arthur (Say You Won’t Let Go)
Jonas Blue Ft Dakota (Fast Car)
Little Mix Ft Sean Paul (Hair)
One Direction (History)
Tinie Tempah Ft Zara Larsson (Girls Like)
Zayn (Pillowtalk)
The Two British acts nominated in the videos category at the 2017 Grammys are snubbed (Jamie XX - Gosh; David Bowie - Blackstar) in this category. A clueless set of nominations seemingly based on top 40 hits & the Radio 1 playlist. They might as well scrap this category if they are not going to nominate the best most stunning videos.
International Male Solo Artist:
Bon Iver
Bruno Mars
Drake
Leonard Cohen
The Weeknd
International Female Solo Artist:
Beyoncé
Christine And The Queens
Rihanna
Sia
Solange
International Group:
A Tribe Called Quest
Drake & Future
Kings Of Leon
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Twenty One Pilots
^ Drake & Future nominated in best International Group. Is this a joke? If not where the hell is the nomination for Michael Ball & Alfie Boe in Best British Group!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2017 12:40:01 GMT 1
In response to previous criticism, the Brits are now trying way too hard to be achingly urban and have completely over done it.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2017 12:44:54 GMT 1
And I'm so old I've had to google quite a few of this nominations - Nao, Kano, anyone....
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Post by TheThorne on Jan 15, 2017 12:46:35 GMT 1
In response to previous criticism, the Brits are now trying was too hard to be urban and have completely over done it. Can't it just be about the music I don't like music by the colour of skin , sex , orientation etc so why do they have to tick box . One of my favourite bands right now MUNA are all lesbians and one is black makes no difference to me I wouldn't want them to benefit from reverse discrimination it's just getting ridiculous it's 2017 this should be a non issue |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2017 12:57:15 GMT 1
In response to previous criticism, the Brits are now trying was too hard to be urban and have completely over done it. Can't it just be about the music I don't like music by the colour of skin , sex , orientation etc so why do they have to tick box . One of my favourite bands right now MUNA are all lesbians and one is black makes no difference to me I wouldn't want them to benefit from reverse discrimination it's just getting ridiculous it's 2017 this should be a non issue Exactly! Should be on merit, and not desperately trying to tick boxes to please every minority - we are all minorities in some shape and form and that way madness lies. For something like the Brits where the categories are limited, it should be about the quality of the music (whatever the type), and whether they have crafted something exceptional that has touched a lot of music fans that year. Some years it might be dominated by black transgender bands, other years by elderly white woman - who cares, as long as the music is good. I'm obviously not an aficionado on urban music, but even I can tell good from bad, and some of the nominated stuff here is just not a good example of that genre. |
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Post by o on Jan 15, 2017 13:27:49 GMT 1
Anohni
Nao
Best of 2016? Who, and what did they achieve?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2017 13:33:43 GMT 1
Aonhi was previously known as Anthony and the Johnsons, and is now a transgender woman. I've not heard the album apart from a quick sampler (which I liked), so can't really comment on the quality, but Aonhi's nomination has been controversial in the past as she has lived a lot of her life in the States.
As for Nao, no idea! Can we think of other British females who did good work in 2016?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2017 13:37:31 GMT 1
Duh - where is Adele in Best British Female?
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Post by Jordan on Jan 15, 2017 13:39:16 GMT 1
I'm baffled as to why the nominated Ellie Goulding but not Adele. Both released their albums in 2015, but Adele has done far better this year
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2017 13:40:49 GMT 1
I think it is just proof that decisions by committee rarely give you the outcome you expect!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2017 13:42:55 GMT 1
I know I'm biased because I love them, but they may as well have nominated Shura or Banks as much as Nao. I think they have more long-term promise and have possibly achieved more in 2016
Edit: Banks is American so shows why I'm not on the committee LoL!
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Post by Shireblogger on Jan 15, 2017 13:50:34 GMT 1
Anohni, Skepta, Kano and Nao all did very well in the Critics' lists of 2016 - see here:- Critics Favourite Albums of 2016I'm delighted they are all nominated, rather than the shortlists just being determined by chart positions. All of these are far more worthy nominees than Robbie Williams, Craig David, Leonard Cohen, Rihanna, Ellie Goulding and Adele. |
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Post by borneoman on Jan 15, 2017 13:55:10 GMT 1
they cannot nominate Adele cos the album came out in 2015, Ellie can be nominated cos of the new single, the one from Bridget Jones, not cos of the album (it's 2015 too).... but agree, there were much better options in this category (i.e. Shura, even Dua Lipa)... but for once, Im glad they nominated Anohni, one of the best albums of the year
most shocking omission is Radiohead in the Best Album category, sure it beats those Skepta and Kano or the okish but nothing extraordinary 1975 album
also shocking the Drake&Future nomination, sure they could have come up with another band to nominate, or move Bon Iver to the band category
personally I would have nominated Tom Odell and Jack Garratt instead of the 2 grime guys, I think Bowie, Odell, Craid David, Garratt, Kiwanuka would have been the better top 5
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