Brit Awards 2025

The Brit Awards 2025 was the 45th edition of the Brit Awards ceremony presented by British Phonographic Industry (BPI) to recognize the best in British and international music of 2024. The ceremony took place on Saturday 1 March 2025 at The O2 Arena in London. Jack Whitehall hosted the ceremony for the fifth time, returning as host after the 2021 ceremony. Harriet Rose and Munya Chawawa hosted ITV2's warm up show on 28 February. Launch show host Siân Welby was joined by Zeze Millz to host the live red carpet coverage on social media while Kiss Xtra DJ Henrie Kwushue and Jack Saunders provided backstage interviews during the ceremony.

For this year's ceremony, Charli XCX led the nominations with six, including British Album of the Year, Song of the Year and British Artist of the Year. Dua Lipa, the Last Dinner Party and Ezra Collective followed with four nominations each. The Beatles were nominated for Song of the Year for their "final song" "Now and Then", being their first nomination since 1983 where they were honoured with the Outstanding Contribution to Music award. Similarly, the Cure, who received three nominations including British Album of the Year for Songs of a Lost World (their first album in 16 years after 2008's 4:13 Dream), were nominated for an award for the first time since 1993.

Background

Trophy

The designer for this year's trophy was artist Gabriel Moses. The sculpture was inspired by Moses' Nigerian heritage as well as his upbringing in South London.

Brits Week 2025

In order to promote the awards ceremony and support the charity War Child, the BPI hosted a number of gigs as part of Brits Week. Artists performing as part of Brits Week included:

• Cat Burns at Moth Club, London (17 February)
• Joy Crookes at Islington Assembly Hall, London (18 February)
• Rachel Chinouriri at Omeara, London (20 February)
• Frank Turner at 93 Feet East, London (21 February)
• Nova Twins at Omeara, London (24 February)
• Kasabian with Blossoms at O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire, London (25 February)
• Clean Bandit and Friends at The Palladium, London (28 February)
• Tom Walker at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow (3 March)
• Soft Play at Village Underground, London (4 March)
• Rag'n'Bone Man at De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill (5 March)

Performers

Main ceremony

On 31 January 2025, the first batch of performers were announced. They included Little Mix member JADE, American singers Shaboozey and Teddy Swims, British singer Myles Smith and British group the Last Dinner Party. On 10 February, American singer Sabrina Carpenter was confirmed as a performer for the ceremony, as well as being announced as the recipient of the Brit Award for Global Success. On 17 February, the performer lineup was completed with the addition of Sam Fender and Lola Young. On 23 February, Shaboozey, via his Instagram Stories, announced that he would not be able to attend the ceremony due to "reasons beyond [his] control". On 26 February, just three days before the ceremony, Ezra Collective and Jorja Smith were announced to replace Shaboozey. A tribute montage was played during the show in memory of One Direction singer Liam Payne, who died in October 2024 aged 31.

Winners and nominees

The Rising Star shortlist was revealed on 26 November 2024. The complete list of nominees was announced on 23 January 2025. Winners appear first and are highlighted in bold.

Multiple nominations and awards