Skepta & Little Mix Lead The 2017 BRIT Awards Nominations - Full List

Plus there's nods for Beyoncé, Adele, Drake, One Direction, ZAYN, Craig David, The 1975 and more...

Saturday, January 14, 2017 - 18:45

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This is a shout out to my ex
Heard he in love with some other chick
Yeah, yeah, that hurt me, I'll admit
Forget that boy, I'm over it
I hope she gettin' better sex (ah)
Hope she ain't fakin' it like I did, babe
Took four long years to call it quits
Forget that boy, I'm over it

Guess I should say thank you
For the "hate you"s and the tattoos
Oh baby, I'm cool by the way
Ain't sure I loved you anyway
Go 'head, babe, I'ma live my life, my life, yeah

Shout out to my ex, you're really quite the man
You made my heart break and that made me who I am
Here's to my ex, hey, look at me now
Well, I, I'm all the way up
I swear you'll never bring me down
Shout out to my ex, you're really quite the man
You made my heart break and that made me who I am
Here's to my ex, hey, look at me now
Well, I'm, I'm all the way up
I swear you'll never, you'll never bring me down

Oh, I deleted all your pics
Then blocked your number from my phone, mmm
Yeah, yeah, you took all you could get
But you ain't gettin' this love no more (ah-oh-oh)
'Cause now I'm livin' so legit (do legit)
Even though you broke my heart in two, baby (dcoop, scoop)
But I snapped right back, I'm so brand new, baby (I'm so brand new)
Boy, read my lips, I'm over you, over you, mmh (uh)

Guess I should say thank you
For the "hate yous" and the tattoos
Oh baby, I'm cool by the way, mmh
Ain't sure I loved you anyway
Go 'head, babe, I'ma live my life, my life, yeah

Shout out to my ex, you're really quite the man
You made my heart break and that made me who I am
Here's to my ex, hey, look at me now
Well, I'm, I'm all the way up
I swear you'll never bring me down
Shout out to my ex, you're really quite the man (you're really quite the man)
You made my heart break and that made me who I am
Here's to my ex, hey, look at me now
Well, I'm, I'm all the way up
I swear you'll never, you'll never bring me down
You'll never bring me down
Oh-oh, oh-oh (oh-oh-oh)
Yeah

Shout out to my ex, you're really quite the man
You made my heart break and that made me who I am
Here's to my ex, hey, look at me now
Well, I'm all the way up
I swear you'll never, you'll never bring me down, woo-ooh

Shout out to my ex, you're really quite the man (you're quite the man)
You made my heart break and that made me who I am
Here's to my ex, hey, look at me now
Well, I'm, I'm all the way up, I swear you'll never bring me down (you'll never bring me down)
Shout out to my ex, you're really quite the man (eh-eh-eh)
You made my heart break and that made me who I am
Here's to my ex, hey, look at me now (baby, just look at me now)
Well, I'm, I'm all the way up
I swear you'll never, you'll never bring me down

(Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh)
(Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh, oh)
(Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh) Ooh
(Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh, oh) yeah, hey
(Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh) Oh-oh
(Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh, oh) Oh, nah, nah
(Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh, oh)
You'll never bring me down

Writer(s): Henrik Barman Michelsen, Iain James, Jade Thirlwall, Camille Purcell, Perrie Edwards, Jessica Nelson, Leigh-anne Pinnock, Edvard Foerre Erfjord Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com

Skepta and Little Mix lead the 2017 BRIT Awards nominations, both up for three awards each. The nominees were just revealed this evening during the official launch on ITV featuring performances from Craig David, Christine and the Queens and more and, may we say, this year's list is strong.

Little Mix are in the running for British Group, Video Of The Year ('Hair') and British Single ('Shout Out To My Ex') while British grime gets its well-deserved recognition seeing Skepta nominated for British Male Solo Artist, British Breakthrough Act and British Album Of Year for Konnichiwa.

Kano and Stormzy also received nominations while David Bowie, a year since his death, received nominations for British Male Solo Artist and British Album Of The Year for Blackstar.

Ellie Goulding and Emeli Sandé are looking to add BRITs to their tallies in the British Female Solo Artist category this year along side Lianne La Havas, Anohni and NAO.

Elsewhere, despite saying their farewells well over a year ago, One Direction have found themselves a nomination for British Artist Video Of The Year for 'History' as the category is identified by YouTube/Vevo views. That award will be publicly voted for on the night and there's competition from ZAYN and Little Mix, so who knows what's going to happen.

Over in the international categories, Beyoncé and sister Solange go head-to-head for International Female Solo Artist alongside Rihanna, Sia and Christine and the Queens, while in the International Male Category, Drake, Bruno Mars, The Weeknd, Bon Iver and the late Leonard Cohan all compete.

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Tonight
I just want to take you higher
Throw your hands up in the sky
Let's set this party off right

Players, put your pinky rings up to the moon
Girls, what y'all trying to do?
24 karat magic in the air
Head to toe so player
Uh, look out!

Pop pop, it's show time (show time)
Show time (show time)
Guess who's back again?
Oh they don't know? (Go on tell 'em)
Oh they don't know? (Go on tell 'em)
I bet they know soon as we walk in (showin' up)
Wearing Cuban links (yeah)
Designer minks (yeah)
Inglewood's finest shoes (whoop, whoop)
Don't look too hard
Might hurt yourself
Known to give the colour red the blues

Ooh shit, I'm a dangerous man with some money in my pocket
(Keep up)
So many pretty girls around me and they waking up the rocket
(Keep up)
Why you mad? Fix your face
Ain't my fault that y'all be jocking
(Keep up)

Players only, come on
Put your pinky rings up to the moon
Girls, what y'all trying to do?
24 karat magic in the air
Head to toe so player
Uh, look out!

Second verse for the hustlas (hustlas)
Gangstas (gangstas)
Bad bitches and your ugly ass friends (haha)
Can I preach? (Uh-oh)
Can I preach? (Uh-oh)
I gotta show 'em how a pimp get it in
First, take your sip (sip), do your dip (dip)
Spend your money like money ain't shit (whoop, whoop)
We too fresh
Got to blame in on Jesus (hashtag blessed)
They ain't ready for me, uh

I'm a dangerous man with some money in my pocket
(Keep up)
So many pretty girls around me and they waking up the rocket
(Keep up)
Why you mad? Fix your face
Ain't my fault that y'all be jocking
(Keep up)

Players only, come on
Put your pinky rings up to the moon
Hey girls
What y'all trying to do? (What y'all trying to do?)
24 karat magic in the air
Head to toe so player
Uh, look out!

(Woo)
Everywhere I go they be like
Ooh, so player, woo
Everywhere I go they be like
Ooh, so player, woo
Everywhere I go they be like
Ooh, so player, ooh
Now, now, now
Watch me break it down like uh
24 karat, 24 karat magic
What's that sound?
24 karat, 24 karat magic
Come on now
24 karat, 24 karat magic
Don't fight the feeling
Invite the feeling

Just put your pinky rings up to the moon
Girls, what y'all trying to do? (Tell me what y'all trying to do)
24 karat magic in the air
Head to toe so player (hands up)
Put your pinky rings up to the moon
Girls, what y'all trying to do? (Do)
24 karat magic in the air
Head to toe so player
(24 karat)
Uh, look out
(24 karat magic, magic, magic, magic, magic)

Writer(s): Christopher Brody Brown, Peter Gene Hernandez, Philip Lawrence Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com

Drake's even recognised in the International Group category too as 'Drake & Future' following their hugely successful joint Summer Sixteen tour. They face A Tribe Called Quest, Kings Of Leon, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and twenty one pilots.

The 2017 BRIT Awards will be held at London's O2 Arena on 22nd February with performances from Little Mix, The and Emeli Sandé .

Here's The Full List Of The 2017 BRIT Awards Nominations:

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

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'

MASTERCARD BRITISH ALBUM OF THE YEAR

The 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep For You Are 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'

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

BRITs GLOBAL SUCCESS AWARD - TBA