BRIT Awards 2022 Discussion Thread

[Moment 4 Life Joined: Apr 29th, 2021 Topics: 5 Posts: 434 View Predictions]

#1204376029

Haven’t seen a thread yet for the BRITs 2022 and predictions, so I thought why not go ahead and make one (as a British person myself)!

I’m not sure what the eligibility period is, and I don’t know if it’ll take place in February like normal or if it may shift permanently as the 2021 ceremony was in May. But I’m certain it begins in February 2021, since Arlo Parks’ debut album was nominated for AOTY in 2021 & that came out on 29 January.

Not many major artists have dropped so far, but there’s still a while to go in the eligibility period. Feel free to discuss your predictions for nominations here!

X

Reply

[Moment 4 Life Joined: Apr 29th, 2021 Topics: 5 Posts: 434 View Predictions]

#1204376098

Based on everything that has dropped so far this year, here are some of my early contenders for potential nominations…

British Album of the Year:
We’re All Alone In This Together – Dave (will be very shocked if this doesn’t get a nomination)
Life By Misadventure – Rag’n’ Bone Man (almost certainly will be in the running)
Evering Road – Tom Grennan
Music of the Spheres – Coldplay
Therapy – Anne-Marie
Flu Game – AJ Tracey
Subtract – Ed Sheeran (expected to drop by end of 2021)
TBA – Mabel (expected to drop by end of 2021)

British Single of the Year:
Bad Habits – Ed Sheeran
Clash – Dave ft. Stormzy
Our Song – Anne-Marie & Niall Horan
Let’s Go Home Together – Ella Henderson & Tom Grennan
By Your Side – Calvin Harris ft. Tom Grennan
Heartbreak Anthem – Galantis, David Guetta & Little Mix
Higher Power – Coldplay
Little More Love – AJ Tracey
Let Them Know – Mabel
Bed – Joel Corry, Raye & David Guetta
Anywhere Away From Here – Rag’n’ Bone Man & Pink
Body – Tion Wayne & Russ Millions

British Male Artist of the Year:
Ed Sheeran
Dave
AJ Tracey
Rag’n’ Bone Man
Tom Grennan

British Female Artist of the Year:
Anne-Marie
Dua Lipa
Mabel
Raye
Jessie Ware
Mahalia

British Group of the Year:
Coldplay
Little Mix

British Breakthrough Artist of the Year:
Tom Grennan
Mimi Webb
ArrDee
Central Cee

Rising Star:
Bree Runway
Ms Banks

International Male Artist of the Year:
Tyler, The Creator
Kanye West
Drake
Justin Bieber
Chris Stapleton

International Female Artist of the Year:
Olivia Rodrigo
Billie Eilish
Lorde
Lana Del Rey
Pink
Doja Cat
Ariana Grande
Halsey

International Group of the Year:
BTS
Silk Sonic
Foo Fighters
Maneskin

Global Icon Award:
Not sure where this could go, I’d say Dua Lipa or Harry Styles are well deserved winners? But then again Taylor won last year which was unexpected, so it could be an American artist.

Also, if the rumours are true that Adele is finally coming – it’s pretty clear who will be potentially walking away with 3 awards!

X

ReplyCopy URL

[braydenfitzsimmons Joined: May 3rd, 2015 Topics: 91 Posts: 7927 View Predictions]

#1204376145

Assuming the eligibility period begins in January and the usual new top 40 of new album rule stays, I believe this is every eligible artist so far

BRITISH MALE

Passenger
Fredo
Steven Wilson
Chip
Ghetts
Digga D
Tom Grennan
Central Cee
Sting
Ben Howard
Sir Tom Jones
Mick Fleeetwood
Rag ‘N’ Bone Man
Michael Ball
Van Morrison
Paul Weller
Deno
Gary Newman
Gruff Rhys
Bugzy Malone
Jack Savarotti
Tom Odell
KSI
Stephen Fretwell
Dave

BRITISH GROUP

You Me at Six
Drunk Tank Pink
Sleaford Mods
Bring Me the Horizen
Bicep
Poor Clares Of Arundel
Goat Girl
Black Country New Road
The Staves
Deacon Blue
Mogawi
Architects
Maxïmo Park
Mason Hill
Thunder
Black Honey
Floating Points featuring Pharoah Sanders and London Symphony Orchestra
The Snuts
Dry Cleaning
Fratellis
London Grammer
The Who
The Selecter
Royal Blood
The Coral
Teenage Fanclub
Squid
New Order
Easy Life
Texas
Wolf Alice
James
Bobby Gillespie and Jehnny Beth
Turin Brakes

BRITISH FEMALE

Celeste
Arlo Parks
Lucy Spraggan
Gabrielle
Jane Weaver
The Anchoress
Imelda May
Birdy
dodie
Jorja Smith
Jessie ware
MARINA
Griff
Joan Armatrading
Laura Mvula
Anne-Marie

INTERNATIONAL GROUP

Foo Fights
Fleet Foxes
Pretty Reckless
Kings of Leon
DMAs
Evanescence
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Brockhampton
The Offspring
Greta Van Fleet
Gojira
Weezer
Black Keys
Twenty One Pilots
My Bloody Valentine
Blackberry Smoke
Lil Baby and Lil Durk
Crowded House
Migos
Maroon 5
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis
Inhaler
Opeth

INTERNATIONAL MALE

Playboy Cartier
Barry Gibb
Lil Durk
Slowthai
Rob Zombie
Justin Bieber
Bob Dylan
NF
Neil Young
Lil Tjay
Jean-Michel Jarre
AJ Tracey
DJ Khaled
J. Cole
Moby
Polo G
Bo Burnham
Tyler, the Creator
John Mayer
Pop Smoke
The Kid Laori
Jackson Browne

INTERNATIONAL FEMALE

Zara Larsson
Selena Gomez
Lana Del Rey
Demi Lovato
Taylor Swift
Girl in Red
St. Vincent
Nicki Minaj
Olivia Rodrigo
Pink
Doja Cat
Billie Eilish

X

ReplyCopy URL

[braydenfitzsimmons Joined: May 3rd, 2015 Topics: 91 Posts: 7927 View Predictions]

#1204376148

Moment 4 Life wrote:

British Album of the Year:
We’re All Alone In This Together – Dave (will be very shocked if this doesn’t get a nomination)

I’d argue him and maybe Wolf Alice are the frontrunners for the win right now.

X

ReplyCopy URL

[Moment 4 Life Joined: Apr 29th, 2021 Topics: 5 Posts: 434 View Predictions]

#1204376151

braydenfitzsimmons wrote:

Assuming the eligibility period begins in January and the usual new top 40 of new album rule stays, I believe this is every eligible artist so far

BRITISH MALE

Passenger
Fredo
Steven Wilson
Chip
Ghetts
Digga D
Tom Grennan
Central Cee
Sting
Ben Howard
Sir Tom Jones
Mick Fleeetwood
Rag ‘N’ Bone Man
Michael Ball
Van Morrison
Paul Weller
Deno
Gary Newman
Gruff Rhys
Bugzy Malone
Jack Savarotti
Tom Odell
KSI
Stephen Fretwell
Dave

BRITISH GROUP

You Me at Six
Drunk Tank Pink
Sleaford Mods
Bring Me the Horizen
Bicep
Poor Clares Of Arundel
Goat Girl
Black Country New Road
The Staves
Deacon Blue
Mogawi
Architects
Maxïmo Park
Mason Hill
Thunder
Black Honey
Floating Points featuring Pharoah Sanders and London Symphony Orchestra
The Snuts
Dry Cleaning
Fratellis
London Grammer
The Who
The Selecter
Royal Blood
The Coral
Teenage Fanclub
Squid
New Order
Easy Life
Texas
Wolf Alice
James
Bobby Gillespie and Jehnny Beth
Turin Brakes

BRITISH FEMALE

Celeste
Arlo Parks
Lucy Spraggan
Gabrielle
Jane Weaver
The Anchoress
Imelda May
Birdy
dodie
Jorja Smith
Jessie ware
MARINA
Griff
Joan Armatrading
Laura Mvula
Anne-Marie

INTERNATIONAL GROUP

Foo Fights
Fleet Foxes
Pretty Reckless
Kings of Leon
DMAs
Evanescence
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Brockhampton
The Offspring
Greta Van Fleet
Gojira
Weezer
Black Keys
Twenty One Pilots
My Bloody Valentine
Blackberry Smoke
Lil Baby and Lil Durk
Crowded House
Migos
Maroon 5
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis
Inhaler
Opeth

INTERNATIONAL MALE

Playboy Cartier
Barry Gibb
Lil Durk
Slowthai
Rob Zombie
Justin Bieber
Bob Dylan
NF
Neil Young
Lil Tjay
Jean-Michel Jarre
AJ Tracey
DJ Khaled
J. Cole
Moby
Polo G
Bo Burnham
Tyler, the Creator
John Mayer
Pop Smoke
The Kid Laori
Jackson Browne

INTERNATIONAL FEMALE

Zara Larsson
Selena Gomez
Lana Del Rey
Demi Lovato
Taylor Swift
Girl in Red
St. Vincent
Nicki Minaj
Olivia Rodrigo
Pink
Doja Cat
Billie Eilish

Thank you so much for this extensive list!

Completely forgot about Jorja’s successful project, can definitely see her getting a nomination for British Female.

X

ReplyCopy URL

[Moment 4 Life Joined: Apr 29th, 2021 Topics: 5 Posts: 434 View Predictions]

#1204376153

braydenfitzsimmons wrote:

I’d argue him and maybe Wolf Alice the frontrunner for the win right now.

Yes, I can see that. Both went #1 and got critical acclaim. The only thing that could potentially upset that I can think of is an Adele album.

Although Ed’s album is expected to drop this year, I’m not sure how it will do in terms of being a potential frontrunner. Bad Habits hasn’t been as good as his previous lead singles, but we shall see.

X

ReplyCopy URL

[Diamond Tier Joined: Aug 14th, 2020 Topics: 0 Posts: 5519 View Predictions]

#1204379624

I’m going to assume, based on the long lists, that British Male is between Ed & Rag’n’Bone Man.

X

ReplyCopy URL

[Moment 4 Life Joined: Apr 29th, 2021 Topics: 5 Posts: 434 View Predictions]

#1204379665

Diamond Tier wrote:

I’m going to assume, based on the long lists, that British Male is between Ed & Rag’n’Bone Man.

Most likely. Dave might stand a chance too since his album got critical acclaim & he’s won Album of the Year before.

X

ReplyCopy URL

[Moment 4 Life Joined: Apr 29th, 2021 Topics: 5 Posts: 434 View Predictions]

#1204379669

If I had to pick the frontrunners now based on what’s been released so far, I’d say:

British Male – Rag’n’Bone Man / Ed Sheeran / Dave
British Female – Anne-Marie / Jorja Smith
British Group – Coldplay / Little Mix
British Breakthrough – Tom Grennan / Mimi Webb
International Male – Tyler, The Creator / Justin Bieber
International Female – Olivia Rodrigo / Billie Eilish / Doja Cat
International Group – Foo Fighters
British Album – We’re All Alone In This Together / Life By Misadventure
British Single – Bed / Anywhere Away From Here / Bad Habits / Body / Let’s Go Home Together

Although, this will almost definitely change by the time the end of eligibility period comes around.

X

ReplyCopy URL

[wolfali Joined: Sep 4th, 2018 Topics: 228 Posts: 34469 View Predictions]

#1204379704

Wolf Alice deserve Album of the Year. Visions of a Life not even getting nominated last time was plain stupid.

X

ReplyCopy URL

[braydenfitzsimmons Joined: May 3rd, 2015 Topics: 91 Posts: 7927 View Predictions]

#1204390757

Rising Star nominees at the Ivor Novello Awards, curious to see if they’ll be any crossover

Allegra
Holly Humberstone
Kamal.
Rachel Chinourir
Willow Kayne

X

ReplyCopy URL

[theexterminator Joined: Dec 15th, 2016 Topics: 0 Posts: 358 View Predictions]

#1204391290

Are Foo Fighters eligibles? They were nominated this year.

X

ReplyCopy URL

[braydenfitzsimmons Joined: May 3rd, 2015 Topics: 91 Posts: 7927 View Predictions]

#1204392587

They should be, the nomination this year benefited from the extended eligibility period (December 13 2019 to February 28 2021).

Assuming the 2022 ceremony will be using the 2021 calendar year for eligibility, they should still be eligible for either Medicine to Midnight or the Hail Satin side project.

X

ReplyCopy URL

[AMG Joined: Sep 20th, 2012 Topics: 11 Posts: 928 View Predictions]

#1204420700

With Wolf Alice, London Grammar and CHVRCHES all releasing very well received albums, maybe this is the year Best British Group is led by female fronted groups for once?

Check out more of my thoughts on Twitter (@AMG_Review) and Instagram (amg_reviews)

X

ReplyCopy URL

[braydenfitzsimmons Joined: May 3rd, 2015 Topics: 91 Posts: 7927 View Predictions]

#1204420751

And with incumbent winners Little Mix are releasing a Greatest Hits in November (with five new tracks), we could see 4/5 women led lineup in Group.

X

ReplyCopy URL