Tinie Tempah leads Brit Award nominations

14 January 2011

by Jack Davidson

English rapper Tinie Tempah has scooped up the most nominations for this year’s Brit Awards, with four nods including Album of The Year, British Single and Male Solo Artist.

Following in hot step is Mumford and Sons, Plan B and The XX who all have three nominations apiece (full list of nominations list below).

Ellie Goulding, Cheryl Cole, Take That, Rumer, Cee Lo Green, Aracde Fire, Katy Perry, and Eminem were all nominated for two awards each.

Tempah, Plan B, Mumford and Sons, The XX, Take That and Rihanna will all be taking the stage during the night at the February 15 ceremony.

Ellie Goulding and Tinnie Tempah will be joining forces this year for a one off collaboration during the show, although it’s currently unknown what two songs will be used. Last year's partnership saw Florence And The Machine and Dizzee Rascal tag-team to create “You’ve Got The Dirtee Love.”

The Grammy’s have also announced the first round of artists performing at the awards that include; Arcade Fire, Lady Gaga, Cee Lo Green, Eminem, Miranda Lambert and Katy Perry.

The full list of nominee sare:

BRITISH MALE SOLO ARTIST:
• Mark Ronson
• Paul Weller
• Plan B
• Robert Plant
• Tinie Tempah

BRITISH FEMALE SOLO ARTIST:
• Cheryl Cole
• Ellie Goulding
• Laura Marling
• Paloma Faith
• Rumer
 
BRITISH BREAKTHROUGH ACT:
• Ellie Goulding
• Mumford & Sons
• Rumer
• Tinie Tempah
• The XX

BRITISH GROUP:
• Biffy Clyro
• Gorillaz
• Mumford & Sons
• Take That
• XX

BRITISH SINGLE
• Alexandra Burke ft Pitbull - All Night Long
• Cheryl Cole - Parachute
• Florence & The Machine - You’ve Got The Love
• Matt Cardle - When We Collide
• Olly Murs - Please Don’t Let Me Go
• Plan B - She Said
• Scouting For Girls - This Ain’t A Love Song
• Taio Cruz - Dynamite
• Tinie Tempah - Pass Out
• The Wanted - All Time Low

MASTERCARD BRITISH ALBUM OF THE YEAR
• Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
• Plan B - The Defamation of Strickland Banks
• Take That - Progress
• Tinie Tempah Disc - Overy
• The XX - XX

  INTERNATIONAL MALE SOLO ARTIST
• Bruce Springsteen
• Cee Lo Green
• David Guetta
• Eminem
• Kanye West

  INTERNATIONAL FEMALE SOLO ARTIST
• Alicia Keys
• Katy Perry
• Kylie Minogue
• Rihanna
• Robyn

  INTERNATIONAL BREAKTHROUGH ACT
• Bruno Mars
• Glee Cast
• Justin Bieber
• National
• The Temper Trap

  INTERNATIONAL GROUP
• Arcade Fire
• Black Eyed Peas
• Kings of Leon
• Script
• Vampire Weekend

  INTERNATIONAL ALBUM
• Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
• Cee Lo Green - The Lady Killer
• Eminem - Recovery
• Katy Perry - Teenage Dream
• Kings Of Leon - Come Around Sundown

  CRITICS’ CHOICE
• Jessie J (Winner)
• James Blake
• The Vaccines

  BRITISH PRODUCER
• Ethan Johns
• John Leckie
• Markus Dravs
• Mike Pela
• Stuart Price