16 award categories revealed for The BRIT Awards 2025
It will air on ITV/STV
The 2024 BRIT Awards with Mastercard was certainly a one to remember, with RAYE breaking all sorts of records on the night, as well as performances from the likes of Kylie Minogue, Dua Lipa and, Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding,
As 2025 draws closer, information about next year's ceremony is now starting to be revealed, so here we take a look at everything we know so far about The BRIT Awards 2025.
When are The BRIT Awards in 2025?
It's now been confirmed the 2025 BRIT Awards ceremony will take place on Saturday 1st March.
It was also confirmed that Damian Christian, Managing Director and President of Promotions at Atlantic Records (part of Warner Music UK) will serve for his third and final year as Chair of the BRIT Committee for 2025.
Commenting on his vision for 2025 and reflecting on the 2024 show, Christian says: “It is a privilege, once again, to chair The BRITs for the third and final time. I’m proud of the changes we’ve implemented and the results we’ve achieved over the last few years, and I’m looking forward to going out with a bang in March. Making sure we kept our Saturday night slot was our first priority, and now we've locked that in, we will work hard to make next year’s show one for the history books!"
Where are The BRIT Awards being held in 2025?
Just like it has been since 2011, The BRIT Awards 2025 were held at The 02 Arena in London.
How can I watch the 2025 awards ceremony?
You can watch The BRIT Awards 2025 exclusively on ITV1 and ITVX, and STV1 and STV Player.
What are the award categories in 2025?
On Wednesday 21st November, bosses unveiled 16 award categories for the 2025 BRIT Awards, which included Group of the Year, Pop Act, and International Song of the Year.
The category list for 2025 is:
Artist of the Year
Group of the Year
BRITs Rising Star
Best New Artist
Song of the Year with Mastercard
Mastercard Album of the Year
International Artist of the Year
International Song of the Year
International Group of the Year
Alternative/Rock Act
Pop Act
R&B Act
Dance Act
Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Act
Producer of the Year (honorary award as decided by a separate expert panel)
Songwriter of the Year (honorary award as decided by a separate expert panel)
Who is nominated for a BRIT Award in 2025?
The 2025 nominations are yet to be unveiled.
Who has won The BRITs Rising Star Award 2025?
The winner is yet to be announced.
Check out all of the BRIT 2024 winners below:
MASTERCARD ALBUM OF THE YEAR
RAYE – 'My 21st Century Blues' - WINNER
NOMINEES:
RAYE – 'My 21st Century Blues'
J Hus – 'Beautiful And Brutal Yard'
Little Simz -'NO THANK YOU'
Blur - 'The Ballad of Darren'
Young Fathers – 'Heavy Heavy'
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
RAYE - WINNER
NOMINEES:
Dua Lipa
RAYE
Dave
Little Simz
J Hus
Fred again..
Central Cee
Arlo Parks
Jessie Ware
Olivia Dean
INTERNATIONAL GROUP OF THE YEAR
boygenius - WINNER
NOMINEES:
Foo Fighters
blink-182
boygenius
Gabriels
Paramore
BEST POP ACT
Dua Lipa - WINNER
NOMINEES:
Calvin Harris
Charli XCX
Dua Lipa
RAYE
Olivia Dean
BEST HIP HOP/GRIME/RAP ACT
CASISDEAD - WINNER
NOMINEES:
J Hus
Dave
Little Simz
CASISDEAD
Central Cee
BEST DANCE ACT
Calvin Harris - WINNER
NOMIEES:
Becky Hill
Calvin Harris
Fred again..
Romy
Barry Can't Swim
BEST NEW ARTIST
RAYE - WINNER
NOMINEES:
RAYE
Mahalia
Olivia Dean
PinkPantheress
Yussef Dayes
INTERNATIONAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Miley Cyrus – 'Flowers' - WINNER
NOMINEES:
Olivia Rodrigo - 'vampire'
Tate McRae – 'greedy'
Miley Cyrus – 'Flowers'
Noah Kahan – 'Stick Season'
Meghan Trainor – 'Made You Look'
Billie Eilish –'What Was I Made For'
David Kushner – 'Daylight'
Doja Cat – 'Paint The Town Red'
Jazzy - 'Giving Me'
Libianca – 'People'
Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz - 'Miss You'
Peggy Gou – '(It Goes Like) Nanana'
Rema – 'Calm Down'
SZA – 'Kill Bill'
Tyla – 'Water'
INTERNATIONAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR
SZA - WINNER
NOMINEES:
Miley Cyrus
Olivia Rodrigo
Kylie Minogue
Taylor Swift
Lana Del Rey
SZA
Asake
Burna Boy
Caroline Polachek
CMAT
BEST ALTERNATIVE/ROCK ACT
Bring Me The Horizon - WINNER
NOMINEES:
The Rolling Stones
Blur
Bring Me The Horizon
Young Fathers
Yussef Dayes
BEST R&B ACT
RAYE - WINNER
NOMINEES:
Jorja Smith
Cleo Sol
Mahalia
RAYE
Sault
SONG OF THE YEAR WITH MASTERCARD
RAYE ft 070 Shake – 'Escapism' - WINNER
NOMINEES:
Calvin Harris/Ellie Goulding – 'Miracle'
Switch Disco & Ella Henderson – 'REACT'
Lewis Capaldi – 'Wish You The Best'
Dua Lipa – 'Dance The Night' (From 'Barbie' The Album)
Ed Sheeran – 'Eyes Closed'
RAYE ft 070 Shake – 'Escapism'
Stormzy Ft Debbie – 'Firebabe'
cassö/RAYE/D-Block Europe – 'Prada'
Central Cee -Let Go'
Dave & Central Cee – 'Sprinter'
J Hus Ft Drake – 'Who Told You'
Kenya Grace – 'Strangers'
PinkPantheress – 'Boy's a liar'
Rudimental/Charlotte Plank/Vibe Chemistry – 'Dancing Is Healing'
Venbee & Goddard – 'Messy In Heaven'
GROUP OF THE YEAR
Jungle - WINNER
NOMINEES:
Chase & Status
Blur
Headie One & K-Trap
Jungle
Young Fathers
BRITs GLOBAL ICON
Kylie Minogue - WINNER
BRITs RISING STAR
The Last Dinner Party - WINNER
NOMINEES:
Caity Baser
Sekou
BRITs PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Chase & Status - WINNER
BRITs Songwriter of the Year
RAYE - WINNER
How does the voting work?
Information on voting for the 2025 awards is yet to be announced.
Who is hosting the 2025 BRITs?
Maya Jama, Clara Amfo and Roman Kemp co-hosted the 2024 ceremony, but it is yet to be announced if they'll return in 2025.
After two years of hosting, in November 2023 comedian Mo Gilligan announced he would be stepping down from The BRIT Awards.
Who is performing at The BRIT Awards 2025?
No performers have been announced for the 2025 ceremony just yet.
You can watch all of the performances from The BRIT Awards 2024 right here.
The BRIT Awards 2025 trophy
Acclaimed British-Nigerian multi-disciplinary artist Gabriel Moses has designed the BRITs 2025 trophy.
The design of the award was inspired by Gabriel’s childhood, as he drew inspiration from sculptures his mother owned. Getting the texture of the design right was key and his creative process focused on honing in the textural tones often found in his work and recreating them in sculptural form
On what it meant to be asked to design the 2025 trophy, Gabriel said: “To be listed alongside some of the greatest artists, designers, architects, such as Vivienne Westwood, Zaha Hadid, Anish Kapoor, is truly an honour and something I will always be grateful and proud of. To now have both Slawn, and this year also myself, in the same group as people that informed our/mine visual approach, puts lots of things in perspective and it is an amazing achievement across the board.”
BRITs red carpet 2024:
Whilst we wait for the 2025 ceremony, take a look back at all of the stars on the red carpet at The BRIT Awards 2024 below:
RAYE
Dua Lipa
Calvin Harris
Kylie Minogue
Ella Henderson
Olly Alexander
Ellie Goulding
Becky Hill
Aitch
Chase & Status
Jess Glynne
Maya Jama
Fleur East
Tyler West
Sam Thompson and Zara McDermott
Sam Thompson and Zara McDermott
Harriet Rose
Gemma Atkinson
Olivia Attwood
Natasha Bedingfield
Caity Baser
Jessie Ware
Charli XCX
The Last Dinner Party
Little Simz
Danny Jones and Tom Fletcher
Bring me the Horizon
Laura Whitmore
Joel Dommett
Rob Beckett
Chloe Burrows
Joanne Froggatt
Headie One
Switch Disco
Layton Williams
Layton Williams and Harriet Rose
Zara McDermott
AJ Odudu
Will Best
Peter Crouch and Abbey Clancy
Abbey Clancy
Kate and Rio Ferdinand
Indiyah Polack
Pete Wicks, Zara McDermott and Sam Thompson
Tate McRae
Nicki Chapman
Rizzle Kicks
Melanie C
Chris Appleton
Sophie Habboo
Ashley Roberts
Megan Bolton
Bash The Entertainer
Nife
Ezra Butler
Hana Martin
Sophie Morelli
Jack Saunders
Josh Ryan
Maddie Grace Jepson
Yinka Bokinni
Olivia Dean
Talia Storm
Rebecca Ferguson
YolanDa Brown
Young Athena
Britannia
Dame Zandra Rhodes
Jazzy
St. Vincent
Casisdead and Ed Skrein
Mollie King
Clara Amfo
Nadine Leopold
Romy Madley Croft
Graham Coxon and Rose Elinor Dougall
Griff
Anna Maynard and Harry Clark
Luke Evans
Eve
Arielle Free
Alex Scott
Tré Cool and Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day
K-Trap
Vick Hope and Calvin Harris
Kingsley Ben-Adir
Jacob Collier
Conan Gray
Joe Keery
The BRIT Awards will return on Saturday 1st March.
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