2013 Brit Award nominees announced (Emeli Sandé, Mumford and Alt-J lead the pack)
Alt-J at Mercury Lounge in May (more by Dominick Mastrangelo)
Big day for award nominations. The Oscars announced theirs this morning and the Brit Awards just wrapped up their ceremony for 2013 nominations, with Emeli Sandé grabbing four and Mumford & Sons and Alt-J each getting three. All three of those artists were nominated for British Album of the Year, a list that also included Paloma Faith and Plan B. If you don't know, The Brits are basically the UK's equivalent of the Grammys, though nominees are all British apart from a few "International" awards.
Jessie Ware, Muse, and Adele each got two nominations, and single-digit noms went to Bat for Lashes, The xx, Richard Hawley and The Vaccines.
Mumford & Sons have two nights at Barclays Center in February and Alt-J will swing though town in March.
The entire 2013 Brit Awards nominees list is below.
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2013 Brit Award Nominees
British Breakthrough Act
Alt J
Ben Howard
Jake Bugg
Jessie Ware
Rita Ora
British Female
Amy Winehouse
Bat for Lashes
Emeli Sandé
Jessie Ware
Paloma Faith
British Group
Alt J
Mumford and Sons
Muse
One Direction
The xx
British Live Act
Rolling Stones
Coldplay
Mumfords
Muse
Vaccines
British Male
Ben Howard
Calvin Harris
Ollie Murs
Richard Hawley
Plan B
Global Success
Mumford and Sons
Adele
One Direction
British Producer
Damon Albarn
Jake Gosling
Paul Epworth
British Single
Adele, Skyfall
Alex Clare, Too Close
Coldplay + Rihanna, Princess of China
Rita Ora/DJ Fresh, Hot Right Now
Emile Sandé, Next To Me
Florence+ the Machine, Spectrum
James Arthur, Impossible
Jessie J, Domino
Labrinth ft. Emeli Sandé, Beneath Your Beautiful
Ollie Murs, Troublemaker
Rita Ora, RIP
Rizzle Kicks, Mama Do The Hump
Robbie Williams, Candy
Rudimental, Feel the Love
Stooshe, Black Heart
Special Prize
War Child
Critics' Choice
Tom Odell
International Female
Rihanna
Alicia Keys
Cat Power
Lana del Ray
Taylor Swift
International Group
Alabama Shakes
Black Keys
Fun
Killers
Script
International Male
Bruce Springsteen
Frank Ocean
Gotye
Jack White
Michael Buble
British Album
Alt J
Emeli Sandé
Mumford and Sons
Paloma Faith
Plan B