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| GaGa and Florence get Brit triple | GaGa and Florence get Brit triple |
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| Lady GaGa, and Florence and the Machine are among the artists with three Brit award nominations. | |
| GaGa, who had 2009's most downloaded single Poker Face, is in the running for international female, breakthrough artist and album for The Fame. | GaGa, who had 2009's most downloaded single Poker Face, is in the running for international female, breakthrough artist and album for The Fame. |
| Florence, currently topping the album chart with her debut Lungs, gets British breakthrough, female and album. | Florence, currently topping the album chart with her debut Lungs, gets British breakthrough, female and album. |
| Lily Allen, X Factor runners-up JLS and Pixie Lott are both up for a hat-trick of awards as well. | Lily Allen, X Factor runners-up JLS and Pixie Lott are both up for a hat-trick of awards as well. |
| Best group | Best group |
| JLS will battle it out in the best British group category with Doves, Friendly Fires, Kasabian and Muse. | JLS will battle it out in the best British group category with Doves, Friendly Fires, Kasabian and Muse. |
| Robbie Williams, who is being honoured with an outstanding contribution to music award, is in the running for best British male. It is an honour he has won four times before. | Robbie Williams, who is being honoured with an outstanding contribution to music award, is in the running for best British male. It is an honour he has won four times before. |
| Florence holds the current number one album in the UK | Florence holds the current number one album in the UK |
| This year, Williams is nominated against Scots dance artist Calvin Harris, UK garage star Dizzee Rascal, Mika and former number one artist Paolo Nutini. | This year, Williams is nominated against Scots dance artist Calvin Harris, UK garage star Dizzee Rascal, Mika and former number one artist Paolo Nutini. |
| Nutini's LP Sunny Side Up is in the running for best British album against triple-nominated Florence, Dizzee Rascal, Kasabian and Lily Allen. | Nutini's LP Sunny Side Up is in the running for best British album against triple-nominated Florence, Dizzee Rascal, Kasabian and Lily Allen. |
| Allen, famously snubbed by the Brits in 2007, despite getting three nominations, has another chance with nominations for best female and best single for The Fear. | Allen, famously snubbed by the Brits in 2007, despite getting three nominations, has another chance with nominations for best female and best single for The Fear. |
| Jay Z and Black Eyed Peas are shortlisted for international album, with GaGa, and newcomers Empire of The Sun and the little known band Animal Collective. | Jay Z and Black Eyed Peas are shortlisted for international album, with GaGa, and newcomers Empire of The Sun and the little known band Animal Collective. |
| The latter bands also score nods in the international breakthrough category. | The latter bands also score nods in the international breakthrough category. |
| Brit nominations in full | Brit nominations in full |
| It's an older affair in the category for international male, all the artists are over the age of 30, with 68-year-old Seasick Steve the eldest - closely followed by 60-year-old Bruce Springsteen. | It's an older affair in the category for international male, all the artists are over the age of 30, with 68-year-old Seasick Steve the eldest - closely followed by 60-year-old Bruce Springsteen. |
| They are joined by rapper Eminem, Jay-Z and big band singer Michael Buble. | They are joined by rapper Eminem, Jay-Z and big band singer Michael Buble. |
| Newcomer Goulding has won the critics choice award | Newcomer Goulding has won the critics choice award |
| Rihanna, Ladyhawke, Norah Jones join Gaga in the international female list | Rihanna, Ladyhawke, Norah Jones join Gaga in the international female list |
| New categories | New categories |
| There are two new categories to mark the event's thirtieth year, the best performance of 30 years and the Brits album of 30 years. | There are two new categories to mark the event's thirtieth year, the best performance of 30 years and the Brits album of 30 years. |
| Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker's infamous stage invasion during the late Michael Jackson's performance of Earth Song in 1996 is nominated for best performance, as is Kanye West's Gold Digger in 2006 and Tom Jones and Robbie Williams medley from the film soundtrack of The Full Monty in 1998. | Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker's infamous stage invasion during the late Michael Jackson's performance of Earth Song in 1996 is nominated for best performance, as is Kanye West's Gold Digger in 2006 and Tom Jones and Robbie Williams medley from the film soundtrack of The Full Monty in 1998. |
| The Brits album of 30 years includes past winners Coldplay, Dido, Dire Straits and Oasis. | The Brits album of 30 years includes past winners Coldplay, Dido, Dire Straits and Oasis. |
| The BBC Sound of 2010 winner Ellie Goulding will also get the critics' choice award at the ceremony at London's Earls Court Arena on Tuesday 16 February. | The BBC Sound of 2010 winner Ellie Goulding will also get the critics' choice award at the ceremony at London's Earls Court Arena on Tuesday 16 February. |