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Brit Awards 2025: Charli XCX named Songwriter of the Year
Musician's first Brit award comes shortly after her three Grammy wins
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Charli XCX has been named the Songwriter of the Year at the forthcoming Brit Awards.
The ā360ā singer dominated the nominations when they were announced, receiving five nods, including for Artist of the Year and Album of the Year for her critically lauded trend-setting record Brat.
This is Charliās first Brit award, though she has received nominations before in the best female and best pop act categories.
āCharli has had an undeniable year, taking her experimental brand of electronic and pop from underground raves to the heart of mainstream culture,ā said Damian Christian, chair of the BRIT Committee for 2025, according to NME.
āCharliās songwriting is distinctive, bold and relentlessly innovative, and, having been one of the UKās leading songwriters for a number of years now, has taken her craft to new heights with her global phenomenon Brat. Iām delighted she has been recognised for this much deserved award.ā
Previous recipients of the award include Raye in 2024, Kid Harpoon in 2023 and Ed Sheeran in 2022.
The Independentās Helen Brown gave Charliās sixth studio album Brat four stars, writing in her review: āCharliās relationship with the listener shifts through the registers. Sometimes sheās on the podium, striking poses and demanding admiration. Other times, sheās your new bestie, whispering secrets to you on the dance floor and passing loo roll beneath cubicle doors in the bathroom. Later, sheās the girl you find crying outside with the āsnagged tights on a lawn chairā. She is shifting and impossible to pin down: you never quite know Charli despite her honesty. The push and pull of her intimacy and her on-off star status are all part of the strobe effect.ā
The Brit award rounds out an incredible year for the musician, who recently won three awards at the Grammys and delivered a closing performance that has been lauded by fans as the ābest Grammy performance in historyā.
Brit award rounds out an incredible year for the musician (Getty )Brat spawned the ābrat summerā trend on social media, embodying self-love, positive body image, sultry style choices, and lots of neon green to go with the albumās bright green cover.
The trend in turn led to a viral dance created by TikTokās Kelley Heyer to the song āAppleā from the album, which earned 1.3 million views.
āBratā was selected as the Collins Word of the Year for 2024, redefined as being ācharacterised by a confident, independent and hedonistic attitudeā. It had rapidly become the aesthetic movement of the summer, the dictionary said.
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Sign upIn a TikTok explaining her take on the word earlier this year, Charli XCX said a āBratā was someone who has āa pack of cigs, a Bic lighter and a strappy white top with no braā.
āYouāre just like that girl who is a little messy and likes to party and maybe says some dumb things sometimes,ā she continued. āWho feels like herself but maybe also has a breakdown. But kind of like parties through it, is very honest, very blunt. A little bit volatile. Like, does dumb things. But it is brat. Youāre brat. Thatās brat.ā
The Brit Awards ceremony will be hosted by comedian Jack Whitehall and feature performances from Sabrina Carpenter, Sam Fender, and The Last Dinner Party.
Scoring their first nomination at the Brits since 1977 are The Beatles, for āNow and Thenā, which was released in November 2023 with the help of AI technology that retrieved the stems from a John Lennon recording. The Fab Four won the inaugural Brit Award for Best Group in 1977.
The 2025 Brit Awards will be held at the O2 Arena in London on 1 March and broadcast by ITV1 and ITVX.
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