Nominations for the 2021 BRIT Awards have been revealed, with dance and rap acts topping the group after a strong year for both genres.

Numerous works have seen three nominations each including Celeste – who won the 2020 Rising Star Award – Dua Lipa and Arlo Parks who will all compete in the Solo Artist and Album of the Year category. Celeste and Arlo Parks also compete with Breakthrough Artist while Dua Lipa competes in the list of the top 5 Physical Songs of the British song.

British rappers have had a strong presence in nominations for 2021 following the huge success the genre has had over the past 12 months. Rising duo Young T & Bugsey have three nominations, while AJ Tracey, Headie One and J Hus garnered two nods each, as the three competed in Male Solo Artist and British Single; Young T & Bugsey’s viral mega hit, Don’t Rush, Headie One’s Best 5 Ain’t It Different, and AJ Tracey collaborations with Manchester rapper Aitch, Rain are all on the shortlist.

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The dance business is also seeing a lot of recognition this year after a similarly successful year, with Joel Curry receiving three nominations for the British single for Head & Heart with MNEK, Breakthrough Artist and Male Solo Artist. Three other major dance tracks from last year 220 Kid & Gracey, Nathan Dawe, Regard & Raye were also nominated for British Single alongside Dua Lipa, Harry Styles and S1mba songs.

There is an eclectic range of works that compete with the British group, with Bicep, Biffy Clyro, Little Mix and The 1975 joining Young T & Bugsey, as well as BTS, Fontaines DC, Haim, Burna Boy, Cardi B, The Weeknd and Ariana Grande from Among the international nominations.

The BRIT Awards 2021 will take place on Tuesday 11 May at The O2 Arena in London, broadcast on ITV and hosted by Jack Whitehall for the fourth year.

2021 Brit Award nominees in full

Solo artist
Arlo Parks
Celeste
Dua Lipa
Jesse Weir
Leanne is not Havas

Male solo artist
Tracy
Heidi one
J House
Joel Curry
Youngblood

British group
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Biffy Clero
Simple mixing
1975
Young Tea and Bugs

Breakthrough artist
Arlo Parks
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Celeste
Joel Curry
Young Tea and Bugs