Brit Awards 2025: Who is performing, what will happen on the night and how to vote

Charli XCX, Dua Lipa, JADE and Shaboozey, among others, will all descend on London's O2 early next month for the Brit Awards. Here is everything you need to know.
Brit Awards 2025: Who is performing, what will happen on the night and how to vote

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This year's Brit Awards are shaping up to be a big night for female British artists, including Charli XCX and Dua Lipa.

The ceremony, which is taking place in London on 1 March, will see artists who are currently dominating the charts come together to celebrate the best in popular music.

Leading nominations with five nods is Charli XCX, whose sixth album Brat was a viral hit last year.

Dua Lipa closely follows with four nominations - along with 2024 rising star winners The Last Dinner Party, and 2023 Mercury Prize winners Ezra Collective.

Here is everything you can expect from the biggest night in British music.

Image: All artists nominated for a Brit award this year. Pic: BRITs

What will happen on the night?

Comedian Jack Whitehall is returning to host this year's ceremony, which takes place at the O2 Arena on Saturday 1 March.

It will be his first time at the helm in four years, but fifth in total, after taking on the role for four consecutive years from 2018 to 2021.

Image: Host Jack Whitehall. Pic: John Marshall/JMEnternational

The categories for awards include: album of the year, artist of the year, group of the year, best new artist, song of the year, international artist of the year, international group of the year, international song of the year, alternative rock act, hip-hop/grime/rap act, dance act, pop act and R&B act.

Last year's ceremony saw singer-songwriter Raye dominating, with a record number of six wins including the big awards for best artist, best song and best album.

This year, the trophy that winners will pick up on the night has been designed by artist Gabriel Moses.

The event will be shown live on ITV and ITVX while fans can follow coverage in the lead up to the awards via the Brits official WhatsApp channel.

Image: This year's Brit award trophy designed by Gabriel Moses. Pic: BRITs

Who is nominated?

Behind Charli XCX and Dua Lipa, this year also sees The Beatles pick up a nomination for the song Now And Then.

The song, which was finished by Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Ringo Starr with the help of audio restoration and released in November, is the band's first nomination since 1977.

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1:01The Brits go brat: 2025 nominations revealed

The Cure are also back with three nominations - following the release of their 14th album, Songs Of A Lost World, in 2024.

International artists such as Beyonce, Billie Eilish, Taylor Swift, Benson Boone, Chappell Roan, Kendrick Lamar and Sabrina Carpenter have also all got nods, as well as homegrown talent such as Central Cee, Fred again.., Sam Fender and former Little Mix star JADE.

Image: Dua Lipa is nominated for four awards. Pic: Oscar Douglas

Already named as this year's rising star is British singer-songwriter Myles Smith, whose single Stargazing became one of the UK's biggest hits of 2024.

You can read the full list of nominations for this year's awards right here.

Image: Myles Smith is this year's Brit Awards rising star winner. Pic: JM Enternational

Who is performing?

Already announced to be performing at this year's awards are JADE, Myles Smith, Shaboozey, Teddy Swims and The Last Dinner Party.

Image: The Last Dinner Party will take to the stage to perform. Pic: Brit Awards

It is the first year American artists Shaboozey, known for A Bar Song (Tipsy) and Teddy Swims, known for Lose Control, will perform at the awards.

"I'm beyond grateful and humbled to not only be nominated for a BRIT Award but to take the stage," Shaboozey said.

"This past year has been huge for me with my records getting love from all over the world and now I can celebrate with my friends and fans in London."

Image: The Cure. Pic: Andy Vella

Meanwhile, JADE, whose real name is Jade Thirlwall, said she "manifested" performing at the Brits every day since the release of her debut solo single Angel Of My Dreams last year.

The singer already has three Brit Awards to her name, winning best British single for Shout Out To My Ex, video of the year for Woman Like Me and best British group with Little Mix, but is nominated this year as a solo artist in the song of the year and pop act categories.

Image: Former Little Mix star JADE. Pic: Flore Barbay

How can I vote for favourite artists?

This year public votes will decide the outcome of the five genre awards: alternative/rock act, dance act, hip hop/grime/rap act, pop act and R&B act.

Voting is already open, and closes on Friday 14 February at 11.59pm. Fans are able to vote in each category once a day.

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