Brits – Dance and Electronic music artists strong in 2024 nominations
2024 BRIT Awards Nominations Revealed
The ceremony, set to take place on 2nd March at London’s O2 arena, is one of the biggest dates in the UK music industry calendar. With categories ranging from Artist of the Year to Rising Star; one that is of particular interest to us electronic music fans is the Dance Act category. Last year, we saw nominations for Bonobo, Calvin Harris, Eliza Rose & Fred Again.. With Becky Hill going on to be the eventual winner, making it her second consecutive year to be dubbed top of the dance music tree.
Becky Hill will once again be in the running for the gong this year, hoping to receive the award for the third year in a row. Alongside her, Fred Again.. and Calvin Harris once again make the shortlist, as well as Edinburgh-born, London-based artist Barry Can’t Swim and vocalist and producer Romy, previously a member of the band The xx.
Fred Again.. also finds himself among the nominations for Artist of the Year, a huge achievement and a well deserved one after an incredibly successful 2023.
A stand out in this year’s nominations, is the amount of dance and electronic music records up for Song of the Year. Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding’s trance inspired track ‘Miracle’, Cassö, Raye and D-Block Europe’s hit ‘Prada’, Rudimental, Charlotte Plank and Vibe Chemistry’s drum and bass anthem ‘Dancing Is Healing’ , Switch Disco and Ella Henderson’s ‘React’ which features a sample from Robert Miles ‘Children’ and another dose of drum and bass from Venbee and Goddard with their huge track ‘Messy In Heaven’.
The odds are pretty high, with eight of the fifteen nominations coming from the electronic music world and once again it’s a telling sign of the growth in popularity we have seen over the past few years. Dance and electronic music is once again regularly charting in the UK and across the globe and artists covering all dance music genres are rightfully being recognised for their hard work and talent.
The pattern continues in the ‘International Song of the Year’ category with nominations for Irish DJ and producer Jazzy for her record ‘Giving Me’, Oliver Tree and Robin Schulz for ‘Miss You’ and Peggy Gou for her massive summer hit ‘(It Goes Like) Nanana’.
And in the Group of the Year category, recognition has been given to Chase & Status and London-based duo Jungle.
Elsewhere, 2023 was a life changing year for British artist Raye, who’s vocals have featured on multiple dance music tracks across the last few years from Disclosure’s ‘Waterfall’ to Cassö and D-Block Europe’s ‘Prada’, which is up for Song of the Year this year and Joel Corry and David Guetta’s ‘Bed’ to name a few. Having previously produced and written music for the likes of Ellie Goulding, Little Mix, Rihanna, John Legend and many more, Raye finally sees herself in the spotlight with a record-breaking seven nominations. The record was previously six and was jointly held by Robbie Williams in 1999, Craig David in 2001, and Gorillaz in 2002.
Here is the full list of nominees:
Album Of The Year
Blur – ‘The Ballad Of Darren’
J Hus – ‘Beautiful And Brutal Yard’
Little Simz – ‘No Thank You’
Raye – ‘My 21st Century Blues’
Young Fathers – ‘Heavy Heavy’
Song Of The Year
Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding – ‘Miracle’
Cassö, Raye and D-Block Europe – ‘Prada’
Central Cee – ‘Let Go’
Dave and Central Cee – ‘Sprinter’
Dua Lipa – ‘Dance The Night’
Ed Sheeran – ‘Eyes Closed’
J Hus and Drake – ‘Who Told You’
Kenya Grace – ‘Strangers’
Lewis Capaldi – ‘Wish You The Best’
PinkPantheress – ‘Boy’s A Liar’
Raye and 070 Shake – ‘Escapism’
Rudimental, Charlotte Plank and Vibe Chemistry – ‘Dancing Is Healing’
Stormzy and Debbie – ‘Firebabe’
Switch Disco and Ella Henderson – ‘React’
Venbee and Goddard – ‘Messy In Heaven’
Artist Of The Year
Arlo Parks
Central Cee
Dave
Dua Lipa
Fred Again..
J Hus
Jessie Ware
Little Simz
Olivia Dean
Raye
Group Of The Year
Blur
Chase & Status
Headie One & K-Trap
Jungle
Young Fathers
Pop Act
Calvin Harris
Charli XCX
Dua Lipa
Olivia Dean
Raye
Alternative/Rock Act
Blur
Bring Me The Horizon
The Rolling Stones
Young Fathers
Yussef Dayes
Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Act
CASISDEAD
Central Cee
Dave
J Hus
Little Simz
R&B Act
Cleo Sol
Jorja Smith
Mahalia
Raye
Sault
Dance Act
Barry Can’t Swim
Becky Hill
Calvin Harris
Fred Again..
Romy
Best New Artist
Mahalia
Olivia Dean
PinkPantheress
Raye
Yussef Dayes
International Song Of The Year
Billie Eilish – ‘What Was I Made For?’
David Kushner – ‘Daylight’
Doja Cat – ‘Paint The Town Red’
Jazzy – ‘Giving Me’
Libianca – ‘People’
Meghan Trainor – ‘Made You Look’
Miley Cyrus – ‘Flowers’
Noah Kahan – ‘Stick Season’
Oliver Tree and Robin Schulz – ‘Miss You’
Olivia Rodrigo – ‘Vampire’
Peggy Gou – ‘(It Goes Like) Nanana’
Rema – ‘Calm Down’
SZA – ‘Kill Bill’
Tate McRae – ‘Greedy’
Tyla – ‘Water’
International Artist Of The Year
Asake
Burna Boy
Caroline Polachek
CMAT
Kylie Minogue
Lana Del Rey
Miley Cyrus
Olivia Rodrigo
SZA
Taylor Swift
International Group Of The Year
Blink-182
Boygenius
Foo Fighters
Gabriels
Paramore
Brits Rising Star
The Last Dinner Party
