Brit Awards Nominees

The awards for the best of Britain's worst and most boring were announced yesterday. Well, they're not all boring and bad but there is a painful lack of M.I.A. (best British breakthrough), Maximo Park (best British album), McFly (best pop), Goldfrapp (best pop act, best rock act) and Girls Aloud (best single for 'Biology' or 'Wake Me Up', best pop). Infact, Girls Aloud's omission from the best Pop Act category is really quite offensive (Westlife? James Blunt? Katie Melua?).

Anyway I've taken the liberty of writing in each category who I think WILL win and who I think SHOULD.

BRITISH MALE SOLO ARTIST
Antony & The Johnsons
Ian Brown
James Blunt
Robbie Williams (Will - PB)
Will Young (Should - PB)
(infact why they don't just re-name this the Robbie Williams Award for Predictablity I don't know)

BRITISH FEMALE SOLO ARTIST
Charlotte Church
Kate Bush (Should - PB)
Katie Melua
KT Tunstall (Will - PB)
Natasha Bedingfield

BRITISH GROUP
Coldplay
Franz Ferdinand
Gorillaz (Should - PB)
Hard-Fi
Kaiser Chiefs (Will - PB)

MASTERCARD BRITISH ALBUM
Coldplay - X&Y (Tie - PB)
Gorillaz - Demon Days
James Blunt - Back To Bedlam
Kaiser Chiefs - Employment (Tie - PB)
Kate Bush - Aerial (Should - PB)
(I can't decide. Kaisers will be this year's Darkness, but it wouldn't be the Brits if Coldplay didn't win)

BRITISH SINGLE
Coldplay - Speed Of Sound
James Blunt - You're Beautiful (Will - PB)
Shayne Ward - That's My Goal
Sugababes - Push The Button
Tony Christie/Peter Kay - (Is This The Way To) Amarillo (Should - PB)

BRITISH BREAKTHROUGH ACT
Arctic Monkeys (Should - PB)
James Blunt
Kaiser Chiefs (Will - PB)
KT Tunstall
The Magic Numbers

BRITISH URBAN ACT
Craig David
Dizzee Rascal
Kano (Should - PB)
Lemar
Ms Dynamite
(I don't know who will win but it makes a mockery of the British urban 'scene')

BRITISH ROCK ACT
Franz Ferdinand (Should - PB)
Hard-Fi
Kaiser Chiefs (Will - PB)
Kasabian (who've done/released what this year?)
Oasis

BRITISH LIVE ACT
Coldplay
Franz Ferdinand (Tie - Should - PB)
Kaiser Chiefs (Tie - Should - PB)
KT Tunstall (Tie - Should - PB)
Oasis
(All three of those that I've seen were the shit live. But as for who will win it, I couldn't call it actually)

POP ACT
James Blunt
Katie Melua
Kelly Clarkson (Will - PB)
Madonna
Westlife
Bonus 'Fun' Nominees:
McFly
Sugababes
Girls Aloud (Should - PB)

INTERNATIONAL MALE SOLO ARTIST
Beck
Bruce Springsteen
Jack Johnson
John Legend
Kanye West (Should & Will - PB)
(This is quite a strong category but Kanye should walk it)

INTERNATIONAL FEMALE SOLO ARTIST
Bjork
Kelly Clarkson
Madonna (Should & Will - PB)
Mariah Carey
Missy Elliott

INTERNATIONAL GROUP
The Arcade Fire
The Black Eyed Peas
Green Day (Will - PB)
U2
The White Stripes (Should - PB)

INTERNATIONAL ALBUM
The Arcade Fire - Funeral
Green Day - American Idiot (Tie for both - PB)
Kanye West - Late Registration (Tie for both - PB)
Madonna - Confessions On A Dancefloor
U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb

INTERNATIONAL BREAKTHROUGH ACT
The Arcade Fire
Daniel Powter
Jack Johnson
John Legend (Should -PB)
The Pussycat Dolls
(as for who will win, I couldn't call it but I suggest we just burn them all)