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PR01083_KYLIE_EVENTS PROGRAMME_297x210_MASTER.indd 1 17/01/2014 16:54 p01_Cover.indd All Pages 25/01/2014 18:21 The 2013, collect their British Global Success Award. Photo: jmenternational.com Welcome to The BRIT Awards 2014

The list of nominees and performers for this year’s BRIT Awards CONTENTS show reads like a roll call of the world’s most exciting music talent, 07 A message from MasterCard from those acts that burst onto the scene in 2013 to some of the 08 All-important party info returning superstars who have influenced and inspired them. 09 Hats off to Philip Treacy The diversity and dynamism that made this another fantastic year for music is at 11 , exclusive host interview the of tonight’s event. Take, for , the shortlist for Best British , 12 The BRIT launch – were you there? which features three electrifying debut acts – Bastille, Disclosure and 15 Who’s up for what? Nominations revealed – alongside , vying for their third Award in this category, and the incomparable , nominated again 30 years after his first BRITs TONIGHT’S PERFORMERS & Our congratulations to all nominees. win. Of course, we not only celebrate the great acts Britain produces but also MASTERCARD BRITISH ALBUM those that British fans embrace from around the world, so it’s tremendous to OF THE YEAR NOMINEES see that same depth and variety in the hotly-contested International Awards. 20-31 Arctic Monkeys, Bastille, Rudimental, Congratulations and the very best of luck to all our nominees. From your friends at iTunes. Disclosure & David Bowie As the UK’s biggest showcase for music, The BRITs already attracts a huge following and we’re thrilled that this year it will be accessible to global audiences on an 34-45 , , unprecedented scale, with viewers outside the UK able to watch the action via live , & stream on our own BRITs YouTube channel. This is a BRITs first and ensures music fans everywhere can enjoy the career-defining performances and unforgettable moments THE 2014 NOMINEES for which the event is renowned. Viewers will also have the opportunity to play a British Video bigger part in the Awards than ever before thanks to the social vote for British 47 Video. This category opens up a live public vote in the UK and internationally via 49 British Male during the broadcast, with the Award announced toward the end of the show. 51 British Female I’m delighted to say this year marks a renewed deal with our distinguished 53 British Group broadcast partner, ITV. We are grateful for their dedication to continuing to 55 British Breakthrough Act make the show such a high-profile fixture in their schedule and across their digital platforms. Thanks also go to our longstanding sponsors at MasterCard, 56 British Single who have also underscored their commitment to The BRITs and to music fans 59 BRITs Global Success Award by extending their fifteen-year sponsorship for a further three years. 61 International Male I would also like to commend Philip Treacy OBE, who joins Dame Vivienne Westwood, 63 International Female Sir Peter Blake and Damien Hirst as the latest creative visionary to oversee the design 65 International Group of the Award and who has made a truly distinctive trophy for tonight’s winners. 67 British Producer Thank you to all the members of the BRITs Voting Academy for taking time to choose tonight’s deserving winners and to everyone across the 69 Critics’ Choice winner industry who has contributed to the show, not least my colleagues on the BRITs Committee and our world-class organising team led by Events MORE... Director Maggie Crowe and Executive TV Producer Suzi Aplin. 72 Inside the BRITs SPA Finally, as well as championing outstanding music and artists, I wanted to 75 Cash for causes – it’s The BRIT Trust highlight the important funding that The BRIT Awards provides to the BRIT Trust 77 The BRIT School – bigger and better charity. Beneficiaries include the BRIT School for Performing Arts & Technology, who help to nurture the next generation of outstanding artists and music 78 The legendary BRITs Goodie bag professionals, and Nordoff Robbins, a national charity dedicated to transforming 81 The BRIT Awards Voting Academy the lives of vulnerable children and adults across the UK using music therapy. 82 Thanks for everything The BRIT Trust also continues its close association with War Child, which works with artists to raise funds and awareness to help children whose lives have been torn apart by war. We are proud to support these worthy causes. Enjoy the show and have a wonderful evening.

Christian Tattersfield BRIT Awards Chairman

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Welcome! You’re about Kevin Davies photo to enjoy the best night in the music industry year. We hope you are pleased with your seating arrangements. For guests dining in the Arena, in the Sapphire Suites, or in the Diamond Dining zone, please have a look on your table. You’ll find an information card containing everything you need to know about your dining arrangements. Please note service differs between locations. MAKE More than 60 highly skilled chefs are working hard behind the The BRIT Awards is sure to provide some magical scenes to put the finishing touches to your menu. Tonight’s moments. But when the on-stage drama is over, put yourself at the centre of the action – it’s all happening feast is elegant, seasonal and of course, sourced in Britain. 550 at the legendary BRIT Awards aftershow bash. waiting staff are front-of-house to ensure your meal – and your drinks – are delivered to you just as you like them. Our Step inside our wonderland. It’s our ‘hats off’ to the talents of BRITs trophy designer Philip Treacy. The monochrome colours, tables – decorated in all their monochrome glory – groan and the marvellous shapes are echoed in our party space. There’s under the weight of this evening’s three-course treat. a stage set, where during the meal Diamond Dining guests can see Critics’ Choice winner Sam Smith perform. Late into the Your main course tonight is slow-braised Cumbrian night, another big name guest will step into the spotlight there. lamb, simmered among root vegetables, stock, and DJs Johnny Russell and Alex Newland preside over a stretch of fragrant Moroccan spices, then nestled on a traditional dancefloor lit by a glitter ball of epic proportions, while mirrors Berber filo pastry pie base. Before that, tease your line the walls. Check yourself out - it’s all about personal style. palette with a terrine of Lincolnshire artichokes and Elsewhere, there is much to marvel at. As well as our show- woodland mushrooms, then savour a bespoke dark stopping dodgems, we’ve built a big wheel. It’s squeezed - just chocolate cup filled to the brim with cappuccino mousse - under the O2 roof. fans should line with a hazelnut chocolate doughnut on the side. up for lessons, but beware, this cha cha cha is mixed with a twist. Or try your hand at the shooting gallery; where you’ll You’ll be glad to know your pre-ordered drinks are already win a chocolate carrot you defeat the giant rabbit. It’s a prepared for your party. Ten thousand bottles of beer, four For entertainment, twiddle your tonsils with Hotbreath Karaoke. thousand bottles of wine and sixteen hundred bottles of Spin the wheel to discover which song you’ll trill out. The Happy champagne are ready and waiting to be cracked open and Birthday Shed is partytastic. And for the ultimate in refined drunk. In Diamond and Arena dining, an icebox sits on your socialising, try the tea party table, where you’ll find fabulous table. In the suites, just open the in-room bar! All tables guests. It’s laden with goodies. Mr Kipling’s laid on 4000 French hat trick! are served complimentary bottles of Life Water. Guests in Fancies plus there are chocolate and jellybean treats. Get involved with Lost and Found Music Chairs – with optical tricks as well as a Diamond Dining will receive the show time portion of the tipple, you’ll find it a challenge! Not for the fainthearted, there’s the Philip Treacy is the man who reinvented Britannia order when waiting staff show you to your auditorium seats. Totally Exciting Championship of Ordinary Household Games. Capture the moment with the help of a BRITs cartoonist or Hats o to Philip Treacy. The legendary chapeau maker has created a It’s not an ego thing. It’s sentimental. To make hats for music, an silhouette artist, snap a pic for Twitter and with the stunning BRIT Trophy for 2014 that is at once inspiring and unique. artist in the biggest moment of their career is very exciting.” help of a few famous faces, and look to the future with the help Philip says he’ll attend The BRITs 2014 - ‘Oh, de nitely’. And while of tarot cards or our computer astrologers. Enjoy the party. And Treacy’s vision for Britannia – which comes hot on the heels of previous interpretations by Damien Hirst, Sir Peter Blake and Dame he’s adorned prize winners in the past, he won’t wear a hat himself: get ready to tell the tale tomorrow, and all over again… “I don’t want to push it. But I’ll never take one o when I am older!” BUILDING ON THE SUCCESS OF 2013, THE BRIT Vivienne Westwood – is as cool as it is classic. The creator says of AWARDS 2014 WITH MASTERCARD IS SHAPING UP his elegant lady: “She’s still very much Britannia. But I wanted to The hat maker continues, “My introduction to The BRITs was with . She was coming to London to perform at The BRITs, and she came TO BE THE MOST CONNECTED BRIT AWARDS EVER! amplify her power, and to light it up. I’m thrilled the people who to my studio, and then took me to The BRIT Awards, and I spent all day This year our digital agency Somethin’ Else are creating have produced the actual piece have made it look so incredible”. in her dressing room. Her performance was exceptional, just electric. engaging content across all of The BRIT Awards official channels. THE BRIT AWARDS 2014 ARENA AND DIAMOND DINING GUEST MENU The Irish designer says he never expected to be approached by “It is very inspiring to work with such music industry icons. It is Exclusive interviews, live sessions and performances are available The BRITs committee. ”I was initially a little surprised. But they said, always easier to work with a strong artist with a strong vision. to view on the official BRIT Awards channel YouTube.com/BRITs Jerusalem artichoke and woodland mushroom terrine, ‘You bring together the elds of design and music. You already They’re making a statement. I’m channelling them via my talents “#BRITs2014” is sure to be trending tonight, caramelised fig delice, grape, beetroot and onion chutney work with the Kings and Queens of the music industry.’ And…” when I make something for them, they’re provocateurs, the have your say on Twitter now! • peacocks of this world. You have an attitude to work with.” Treacy considers a client list that comprises everyone from Boy George, Performances from tonight’s BRIT Awards Harissa spiced British lamb with warm chickpea Indeed the relationship between fashion and music Grace Jones and to , Mary J Blige and GaGa. will be available on iTunes. iTunes.com/BRITs and apricot tagine, confit lamb pastilla, sultana seems completely natural. “The fashion business and the puree, winter greens and minted yoghurt “…Of course, I do.” music business are really quite similar,” says Philip. You can find The BRIT Awards on: • “Everyone is attracted to the new song, the new sound, a new Cappuccino mousse in a chocolate cup Music has always been a huge inspiration for the 46 year old, Website: brits.co.uk image, a new look. We are always excited by what we haven’t seen with hazelnut chocolate doughnut who, as a kid growing up on Co. Galway’s west coast, couldn’t Twitter: @BRITAwards - #BRITs2014 or heard before – anything original we can bring to the party.” Vine: @BRITAwards - #BRITs2014 • wait for his x of magic each week. And Philip Treacy’s BRIT trophy creation – lighting up BRIT Facebook: BRITAwards Vegetarian main course “It looked like the most fantastic party that you weren’t invited to. night tonight – is a new twist on design, setting style rather Instagram: BRITAwards Wild and field mushroom ragout steamed Like, they lived on this amazing planet. I never in a million years than following fashion. The hat maker is happy. YouTube: BRITs pudding with broccoli and hazelnut confetti, thought I would have the chance to interact, or meet them. Google+: +BRITAwards spiced cranberries and duo of cabbage “It’s one of the most exciting commissions of my career. I’ve “Now, to see these iconic artists – Madonna at the Superbowl had a few – but I’ll always remember this moment. What for example – wearing something I’ve made, it’s very personal. more special occasion could there be than The BRITs?”

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“If I could tell my twelve year old self that I would present The BRIT Awards The actor-comedian is expected to return to our screens in 2014 more times than anyone else, his head would explode,” says James Corden. with a second series of hit comedy The Wrong Mans on BBC2. The -times-BRIT-host is about to take to the stage to see us He’ll also star alongside Johnny Depp in the fantasy film Into The safely through tonight’s action – and then he’s going to hang up Woods. But The BRITs brings its own reward – and terror. his BRITs microphone for good. It’s been a tough decision. “A lot of the guest presenters don’t get confirmed until two days “I’m immensely proud of being asked to do it again, before, so my preparations can be very hurry-up-and-wait. It can and I thought long and hard. I’d love to carry on. But be terrifying. I write my own links so rehearsals are hectic.” the show needs to evolve and feel exciting. “But I’ve seen some real highlights over the years. ’s performance “I’m sure next year I will miss it hugely. The day leading of Someone Like You was the first time everyone really sat up and took up to the show is a wonderful thing to be part of. But… notice. is always brilliant. And , last year? Incredible.” I won’t miss feeling sick for two hours beforehand!” The 2014 line-up should provide more marvellous memories. “I’m a huge Bruno Mars fan, so I’m really looking forward to seeing his performance. There is this new raft of acts, including Bastille and Rudimental. I think those performances will be incredible.” But one band could make him entirely starstruck. “I’m really excited about the Arctic Monkeys. They made one of my favourite this year so I’d like to see them win.” “I’m such a big fan of the Arctic Monkeys’ drummer, Matt Helders. Am I planning to let my hair down after the awards are over? I think so! That’s part of the plan and if those guys would like to have a drink with me I’d be honoured!” Corden seems equally impressed by the addition of trophy designer Philip Treacy to the creative team. “I love this year’s trophy, it lights up! I think the idea of having a different designer create a new look for the trophy each year is great – I’ve got one of each at home.” And the fashionable theme could well rub off on our sartorial host: “I’ve always worked the same thing when I’m hosting – basically a black suit. This year, there’s talk of a jacket.” Otherwise our MC sees his role as very much business as usual: “My mission is the same as when I agreed to do it. The show isn’t about the host. It’s the music we see on stage and the people that win the awards.” Wise words whoever steps into James’s shoes in 2015 would do well to remember. He reckons , Emma Willis or Alan Carr could impress. But with the job comes a responsibility to keep the fans happy. “I took over hosting when our producer Suzi Where Music Lives Aplin and chairman came on board – now we’ve got Christian Tattersfield. It brought a change of mood, and from 3½ Good luck to all nominees million viewers we went up to 8½ or nine million. People are tuning back in.” Any last words for those millions of viewers, James Corden? “Just that I’m very proud to be part of The BRITs… and I hope everyone has a great night!” TROPHY STYLED BY PHILIP TREACY OBE TREACY STYLEDTROPHY PHILIP BY 11

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It was all change for The BRITs the studio’s low stage  anked high above by a wonder, just voice, piano and heartstrings. hallucinogenic illusion, full, strangely, of figure. “She’s really fit” said , were treated to memories of his pared-back, Are Coming 2014 as the nation’s balconies best described as gladiatorial. The Both Tom Odell and host Nick appeared Oompa Loompa-style brass instruments. when Mr Corden thrust a mic into his face. voice and performance of Only Love audience, comprising current BRIT School enchanted by the design of Philip Treacy’s in return. And folk fans too had something favourite awards show moved its Even though he was hot off the plane from the Sadly Adele wasn’t there to collect her British students, howled appreciation of his e orts in BRIT trophy as it was duly handed over; yes, States and jetlagged up to the eyeballs, Justin Single Award for , although presenters to sing about. A rousing chorus of launch event away from last year’s our multimedia thunderdome, and raised the to Sam it represents a dream come true: “I Timberlake excelled showcasing Mirrors. Yes, the Tom Daley and Jonathan Ross introduced a helped celebrate a win after Skyfall actors opulent surroundings at The Savoy roof when he cheered “It’s been an incredible watched Adele win this when I was sixteen red cocoon that enveloped him at the outset quick pre-filmed acceptance speech from her Simon Pegg and Berenice Marlohe presented hotel and into the vibrant London year but British music, not just here for all over years old. It’s incredible”. But there’s a practical was fancy but when that curtain fell, it was one instead. Meanwhile Grohl promised to the British Group gong to Mumford & Sons. the world… wherever we travel it is so amazing aspect too. He joked, “I’m going to use it as man, a Sammy Davis Jr-style big band, a bow tie deliver the International Album award to The The BRITs 2013 ended as it began, however, Studios on London’s Thames side. to see a British artist taking over the game…” an Oyster card”. Then, from Nick: “a pizza and a wet look tuxedo: that’s owning the stage! Black Keys when he returned to The States. One with another appearance by Emeli Sandé Host Nick Grimshaw led TV viewers from the Between the gasps brought on by the cutter!“ And, in awe, “Look! It lights up”. Striking the jackpot as well were One Direction man who did make the transatlantic journey who was handed a second trophy – for banks of the river, complete with its iconic was . He received the International nominations reveals, there was more music. Before the show closed there was a reminder – their single One Way or Another (Teenage MasterCard British Album of The Year by skyline, and into a TV studio buzzing with Male trophy from actor Rafe Spall and model This included a welcome return for Pixie of why such – for whom so many Kicks) hit the top spot in 63 countries and Bryan Ferry before the self confessed “very anticipation and boasting more popstars per Jourdan Dunn and grinned: “I’m a long way Lott, who showcased her catchy soon-to-be- moments on stage must surely be special played out on the stage atop a massive unlikely popstar” delivered a speaks-for-itself square inch than one could otherwise dream. from working fast food in !” released single Nasty in a gingham bra top – make such a big e ort to celebrate at The pinball machine. There’s a BRIT memory rendition of hits Clown and Next To Me. and Chanel-style skirt suit in shades of baby The gaggle of artists our rst performer Tinie BRITs. A musical montage  ickered onto the made for pop fans everywhere. Of course, two artists received their Damien pink. Good work! And then Jessie J, sporting Flashbacks to the 2013 event fuelled an Tempah went on to call “Team UK” were all studio’s screens, and the triumphs of The BRIT would go on to scoop a just-introduced gong Hirst designed gongs before the big BRITs night assembled. Some crossed their ngers for a Pulp Fiction bob, Jimmy Choo latticed boots recognising breath-taking Global Success. itself: Tom Odell collected the Critics’ Choice atmosphere of excitement down at the Awards 2013  ashed through our minds. 2014 launch and with just one act left to the all-important nominations reveal, like and an Alexander Wang frock, delivered some Although saw Dermot O’Leary and award and was named as British That time around, Muse opened the show perform, everyone began to look forward to Ellie Goulding, Jessie J, and Tom Odell. Others advice for Sam Smith, waiting in the wings to Sharon Osbourne present the International producer. On the night, Coldplay received with a supermassive and string-laden tonight’s event, held at London’s O2 arena. were just hanging out for the thrill – Kaiser receive his rst Critics’ Choice award: “Really Female Award to , she did create the Live Act Award from Louis Smith and Jack version of Symmetry, before host James Chiefs’ Ricky Wilson, who we’d recently seen enjoy it. And take photos. It gets so whirlwind a talking point. Her performance followed the Whitehall and a Special Recognition Award The last act to take to the stage at the launch Corden o cially opened the evening, and for the rst time as a judge on , Keith when you have that support – things can one by rumoured ex beau 1D’s , went to War Child, reminding us that music has were Rudimental, four times nominated and Taylor Swift announced the winner of British Lemon – causing mayhem as usual! – plus Rob rocket really fast and you don’t remember it”. showing us all just what he was missing. a power to save lives as well as enrich them. bursting with positivity. The massive hit Not Beckett, Joe Swash and . When Sam did step in front of his audience, Female, as the ‘cool accent’-ed Emeli Sandé. The demure bridal costume she wore as her By the end would Giving In could stand aside any at the main Tinie, fresh from Men’s Fashion Week, mashed it was on a tiny satellite stage, his camel coat Robbie Williams popped Candy, his big dub step version of receive two BRIT Awards, British Breakthrough awards show – and now, the wait to discover together Children of /I’m a Lover Not A and cool qui lending an air of club to 2013 hit, in a Willie Wonka-esque . His started, was whipped off, reveal a daring and British Album, presented by Nick Grimshaw the year’s big winners is over. So much for the Fighter in a futuristic matrix of red neon cubes; the darkened space. Money on My Mind was stage was like one big black and white jumpsuit, the longest of legs and a fabulous and respectively. In return, viewers warm-up – get ready for The BRITs 2014.

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They say that genuine happiness can bestow a the others out, securing a British Breakthrough, CV shows six previous nominations and two certain glow. Well, thanks to 2014’s innovative BRIT British Single and British album haul. wins including 1996 Outstanding Contribution Award designer Philip Treacy, the thirteen acts Also hoping three will prove to be a magic number are to his name. Will or experience win out would like to congratulate all who will celebrate big BRITs wins tonight can John Newman (up for British Breakthrough, British Male, in the end? It’s all down to the voting. enjoy their triumph this evening – and then bask and British Video Social Vote), and One Direction, whose The names of three acts are already etched on BRITs in their brilliant moment forever. It’s all thanks to fans will be willing them to victory in the British Group, trophies. Sam Smith, we know, is a well-deserved Critics’ the priceless trophies – each adorned with a white British Single, and British Video Social Vote categories. Choice winner, while producing duo, Flood (Mark Ellis) & Alan Moulder have been awarded the Music Producers’ tonight’s nominees and thank halo of glory – they’re about to take home. Although Ellie Goulding also appears in our list no Guild accolade of British Producers of The Year. The less than five times she, too, has three chances (British Lighting the way on our nominees shortlist are BRITs Global Success Award recognises an act who Female, British Single for the track Burn) to bag a two acts who burst into our nation’s collective has brought British music to a worldwide audience; buddy for her 2010 Critics’ Choice gong. Indeed, the everyone for their continued support. musical consciousness not too long ago. Bastille and shortly, we’ll make the winning announcement – shortlists are peppered with creative collaborations, Disclosure battle it out with four nominations apiece; but global sales records dictate who it will be. showcasing ‘featured artist’ talents including Ellie, Ella they even appear on the same category shortlists: Eyre, AlunaGeorge and Sam Smith. However, the official The shortlists for BRIT Awards nominations are, for each is in the running for British Breakthrough Act, nod will go to their musical partners – in turn; Calvin the most part, decided in whole or in part by The British Single, British Group, and MasterCard British Harris, Rudimental, Disclosure and . BRIT Awards voting panel; that’s a thousand of the Album of the Year. Take heart that our brightest stars UK’s most on-the-ball industry experts, to you and A further six acts start the evening with two me. Three categories call on the public to cast the are breakthrough acts; it bodes well for the future nominations. They include the freshest of of music. What will be next to reach our ears? deciding vote, with the help of The BRITs’ trusted talents – Laura Mvula and Tom Odell, plus super media partners, while the remaining categories /hmv @hmvtweets Hackney band Rudimental have also provided producers and Naughty Boy. follow specific rules; please see category footnotes an epic sonic adventure, matching chart success The Arctic Monkeys, whose previous outings for more information. No matter what, picking the with an impressive clutch of three nominations. have brought home four previous trophies, sit winner is no easy decision. You’ve been part of the home of entertainment They’ll host their own celebration if they edge alongside David Bowie, a legend whose BRITs process in voting. Now share in the winners’ success!

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CRITICS’ CHOICE NOMINEES Chlöe Howl, Sam Smith & Ella Eyre (right) Photo: jmenternational.com THE FULL NOMINATIONS LIST 2014!

BRITISH MALE SOLO ARTIST BRITs GLOBAL SUCCESS AWARD BRITISH PRODUCER OF THE YEAR David Bowie RCA, Identified by the international sales success of British In association with The MPG Awards. Acts who have released their album(s) in the calendar Identified by a panel overseen by MPG. EMI, Universal year (2013). UK sales excluded. Flood (Mark Ellis) & Alan Moulder (Winner) Atlas, Universal John Newman Island, Universal BRITISH SINGLE Top British singles based on overall sales success in the Paul Epworth Tom Odell Columbia, Sony calendar year are automatically nominated. Supported by FM & iTunes. Bastille Pompeii Virgin, Universal BRITISH VIDEO AWARD BRITISH FEMALE SOLO ARTIST As viewed on YouTube. Calvin Harris Feat Ellie Goulding Birdy 14th Floor/Atlantic, Warner Calvin Harris Ft Ellie Goulding I Need Your Love Columbia, Sony Ellie Goulding Polydor, Universal I Need Your Love Columbia, Sony Disclosure Ft AlunaGeorge Jessie J Lava/, Universal Ellie Goulding Burn Polydor, Universal White Noise PMR, Universal Virgin, Universal John Newman Love Me Again Island, Universal Ellie Goulding Burn Polydor, Universal Laura Mvula RCA, Sony Naughty Boy Ft Sam Smith La La La John Newman Love Me Again Virgin, Universal Island, Universal One Direction Best Song Ever , Sony BRITISH GROUP Naughty Boy Ft Sam Smith Arctic Monkeys Domino Recordings La La La Virgin, Universal INTERNATIONAL MALE SOLO ARTIST scan to download Virgin, Universal Bastille Dear Darlin’ Epic, Sony Bruno Mars Atlantic, Warner • download the hmv app on android and iPhone Disclosure PMR, Universal One Direction One Way Or Another Cash Money/Republic Records, Universal One Direction Syco Music, Sony (Teenage Kicks) Syco Music, Sony Interscope, Universal Rudimental Asylum, Warner Passenger Let Her Go Nettwerk Bella Union, PIAS • scan the BRIT Awards 2014 album art using hmv image search Rudimental Ft Ella Eyre RCA, Sony BRITISH BREAKTHROUGH ACT Asylum, Warner • preview tracks and download the album instantly Top 5 selected by Voting Academy. Winner identified INTERNATIONAL FEMALE SOLO ARTIST by public vote promoted by brits.co.uk and BBC Radio 1. MASTERCARD BRITISH Janelle Monae Atlantic, Warner Bastille Virgin, Universal ALBUM OF THE YEAR Katy Perry Virgin, Universal Disclosure PMR, Universal Supported by The Sun Bizarre Column. Lady Gaga Interscope, Universal Virgin, Universal Laura Mvula RCA, Sony Arctic Monkeys AM Domino Recordings Lorde Pink RCA, Sony Metal & Dust Recordings, Bastille Bad Blood Virgin, Universal Group David Bowie The Next Day RCA, Sony Tom Odell Columbia, Sony INTERNATIONAL GROUP PMR, Universal Disclosure Settle Sonovox, Universal CRITICS’ CHOICE Rudimental Home Asylum, Warner Columbia, Sony Identified by a panel made up of media critics. Haim Polydor, Universal Sam Smith (Winner) Capitol Records, Universal RCA, Sony & Ryan Lewis Macklemore Chlöe Howl Columbia, Sony Ella Eyre Virgin, Universal hmvdigital @hmvdigital purehmvuk @purehmv 17

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ARCTIC MONKEYS A M MASTERCARD BRITISH ALBUM OF THE YEAR NOMINEE It says a lot about Arctic Monkeys’ Alex Turner’s way with words that his description of the band’s fth album AM - and record-breaking fth No.1 in row, at that - is so evocative: “It’s like a Dr Dre beat, but we’ve given it a Turner bowl-cut and sent it galloping across the desert on a Stratocaster,” he smiles. And, “this is the rst time we’ve decided, ‘Let’s just make something that we haven’t made before’”. Time to download a leap of faith? The album, which sheaths the band’s spit ‘em proud lyrics and longtime talent for hooks with straight from the shop, sharp-suited r&b grooves, was recorded in the band’s new LA base with regular collaborator plus Ross Orton at the helm. From paying homage to the Velvet Underground in its title to musical moods inspired by , and , AM is “more of a studio album” than its 2011 predecessor Suck It And See. The NME called the result “the album against which everything else will now be measured; a genuine evolution”. Lyrically, it moves from club nights to that hour of “ I feel like in the last couple soul searching that can come after, full of yearning, contemplation, bad decisions, and booty calls. of years, we’ve stepped up Enlisting pals Josh Homme, Pete Thomas and Bill Ryder-Jones to the project, as well using as the our game as a live band, lyrical talents of punk poet John Cooper Clarke on and I feel like this record is a I Wanna Be Yours adds another dimension. Eight years since debut album Whatever People Say I Am big step for us in the studio. That’s What I’m Not and its spiky single I Bet You Look Good On The Dance oor, Arctic Monkeys have It’s quite exciting. Everyone cracked America with Do I Wanna Know?, No.1 in the US indie chart. AM is a reinvention. Let’s stop thinks of more possibilities.” listening to other people’s opinions, embrace the madness, and get everyone to sing along. Alex Turner - Arctic Monkeys

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p20-45_Performers_B.indd 20 30/01/2014 14:52 p20-45_Performers_B.indd 21 30/01/2014 14:52 “ We’ve been fortunate enough to be nominated for British Single, Album, Breakthrough Act, and Group. To be even on this shortlist is bonkers for us considering where we’ve come from the last couple of years.”

Chris Wood

BASTILLE BAD BLOOD MASTERCARD BRITISH ALBUM OF THE YEAR NOMINEE You’ve gotta love a mixtape. Bastille’s 2012 e ort, Other People’s Heartbreak, brought the band to the attention of the public; paving the way for the platinum-selling collection Bad Blood to top the chart in March 2013. The London-made LP quickly became Britain’s biggest album download of last year, selling two million copies worldwide with impressive speed. Described as a guitar group with no and built around reluctant frontman Dan Smith, Bastille’s impressive clutch of hits included the piano ballad Overjoyed, Bad Blood, the breakthrough Flaws, crowd pleasing apocalyptic epic Pompeii, Twin Peaks inspired Laura Palmer and Things We Lost In The Fire. But Smith reminds us to look past the chart friendly tracks: “The singles people have heard can make people think we’re one thing but if you listen to our album there’s a lot of other stu going on.” By underlaying classic melody structures with the odd hint of a dance beat, each song surges, somehow, with a power that’s urgent and vital. Bad Blood swishes wildly between musical styles – in uenced, says Smith “by hip hop and Simon & Garfunkel” – switching r&b smoothness for anthemic Gregorian chanting; it’s soul searching, heart rending, rousing but melancholic in mood. Produced by Smith alongside Mark Crew, Bad Blood earned comparisons to early Coldplay in its stadium ambitions. Luckily the band’s creative juices  ow - they’re on a roll. Says Dan, “We’d love to have another album out next year. We talk about it and we’re really excited”. Meanwhile, in November, Bad Blood was repackaged as All The Bad Blood to include Of The Night (harking back to those early mixtape mash-ups) as well as - whisper it - a new guitar sound.

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p20-45_Performers_B.indd 22 03/02/2014 12:03 p20-45_Performers_B.indd 23 30/01/2014 14:53 “ Our very first BRITs experience was last year. We were nominated for Best British Single for Feel The Love before the release of our debut album - Home. It was such a great night even though we didn’t win. It’s an absolutely amazing feeling for us to be nominated for not one but three awards just one year later… and to also perform on the night is just an honour. We intend to bring our signature party vibe.”

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RUDIMENTAL H O M E MASTERCARD BRITISH ALBUM OF THE YEAR NOMINEE Like the glass and a half of milk squeezed into a certain chocolate bar or the 18 oranges in every carton of juice, fourpiece Rudimental have packed so much positivity into their debut Home it’s all but over owing. That positivity comes from where they come from, London’s Hackney. Says the band’s , “In the past Hackney has had a negative reputation. But there is light in these dark places”. In 2012 The Hackney Weekender provided the perfect springboard for the band’s  rst No.1 single Feel The Love featuring John Newman. And the half- nished album Home, which would itself top the chart after release in April 2013, “all just seemed to click perfectly” after that, explains DJ Locksmith. “When the four of us get in the studio together something special happens, it’s very organic.” “It’s a culture, atmosphere, vibe and energy we’ve tried to create, rather than just singles and albums.” The Rudimental culture is a melting pot of r&b, house, dubstep, drum & bass and the proudest of pop – hands in the air “Festival music” says Piers Agget. It’s inclusive – the wide range of artists featuring on six Home singles so far include Ella Eyre (providing vocals on their second No.1 single Waiting All Night), Foxes, Emeli Sandé and the impressive MNEK. But everyone who jams brings something new to the table. Says Kesi Dryden, “I think the emotion comes from the way we make it, in the traditional sense. We all play instruments and most of our ideas come from jamming. There hasn’t really been any played with live instruments for a long time”.

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MASTERCARD’S BRITISH ALBUM OF THE YEAR: BASTILLE BAD BLOOD DISCLOSURE SETTLE

BRITISH BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST: BASTILLE DISCLOSURE

BRITISH GROUP: BASTILLE DISCLOSURE

BRITISH FEMALE: ELLIE GOULDING JESSIE J LAURA MARLING

BRITISH MALE: JAKE BUGG JAMES BLAKE JOHN NEWMAN

INTERNATIONAL GROUP: ARCADE FIRE HAIM

INTERNATIONAL FEMALE: KATY PERRY LADY GAGA LORDE

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UniversalMusic_BritAwards2014_final_DPS.indd 1 21/01/2014 16:29 Untitled-1 2 28/01/2014 15:05 Untitled-1 3 03/02/201428/01/2014 09:5615:05 “ Absolutely chu ed to bits. To be nominated just for one BRIT would be amazing, but four is just ridiculous! Thank you very very much!”

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“ When we wrote our album we didn’t think we’d be nominated for anything, let alone FOUR BRIT awards!”

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DISCLOSURE S E T T L E MASTERCARD BRITISH ALBUM OF THE YEAR NOMINEE You can call it garage, 2 Step or dubstep. Some say it owes its roots to house, but to others, it’s down to the chorus: out-and-out pop. Settle, the UK No.1 debut album by Surrey’s unexpected heroes Disclosure is, ultimately, feel-good dance music. And who has got anything bad to say about that? Guy and Howard Lawrence are aged just 22 and 19 respectively. Brought up by a guitarist father and lounge room mum they have classical training and music at their very core. The brothers have morphed from on-the-cusp producers to one of the most talked- about acts in the country. Settle, consisting of “pop-structured songs in the style of house music and garage,” according to Howard, harks back to the elation of 90s dance music while the electronica edge keeps it fresh. Settle’s balancing act between the dance oor and the radio playlist is a thriller. White Noise featuring AlunaGeorge, No. 2 in February, is a pressure cooker of pop euphoria. , London Grammar, Eliza Doolittle, Ed McFarlane of and Sam Smith each add a surprising e ervescent twist. On top of the beats, rhythms and rhymes, of course the knack of choosing guests to work with is, in itself, a talent. Says Howard, “We like to work with people who do more than just sing… we want an actual collaboration”. Although they’re brothers there is no sign of the  erce sibling rivalry that’s haunted the likes of Oasis. At least, not too much: Says Guy, ‘’I’m like, bruv, I wanted this to come out on White Label. And he’s there talking about the f****** ‘top 10!’”

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p20-45_Performers_B.indd 29 30/01/2014 14:54 DAVID BOWIE THE NEXT DAY MASTERCARD BRITISH ALBUM OF THE YEAR NOMINEE The Next Day, David Bowie’s 24th studio album, delivered his rst new material in ten years and his rst No.1 album since 1993’s Black Tie White Noise. It also topped The Record Store Chart’s annual best-seller’s list. The record was recorded in secrecy in New York over a two year period with long-time producer Tony Visconti, who described its subject matter as almost wholly observational, and style as “quite a rock album”. He also said, “If people are looking for classic Bowie, they’ll nd it on this album, if they’re looking for innovative Bowie, new directions, they’re going to nd that on this album too”. Hailed by as “the greatest comeback album in rock’n’roll history,” Bowie announced its planned release on his sixty sixth birthday on January 8th, simultaneously releasing a single, the introspective teaser Where Are We Now. The video for that and the subsequent four singles went on to notch up 15m YouTube views between them. Although fascinating and rewarding, The Next Day is challenging; these are not easy-to-access charttoppers, they are mysterious, multilayered, contemplative sonic artworks to enjoy, ponder on and deconstruct; upbeat musicality laced with a theme of violence and death. Among them, You Feel So Lonely You Could Die is an eerie retribution ballad, Valentines Day is a requiem for a school shooting, while I’d Rather Be High dips deep among of war. The disarming You Will Set The World On Fire steps back from it all to send a starlet on the way to success. With 29 songs recorded during the making of, The Next Day Extra, containing an extra CD of previously unreleased tracks plus and DVD lmed moments, was released in November.

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Untitled-1Untitled-1 52 03/02/201428/01/2014 15:5215:07 Untitled-1 3 28/01/2014 15:07 Proudly connecting fans to artists for over 30 years As the UK’s Number One, when selling tickets for music events and tours, “ I write songs in this little there’s only one brand to trust. studio in California. And then I get to come over here and sing ‘em… That’s the pay off. “ I love it. And I’m on TV in the UK. I’m just happy, man! It’s working!” www.ticketmaster.co.uk Bruno Mars 35

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Katy Perry

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The power of music is as strong as always, but the way we consume it has changed forever. How do you discover new music? For many, social I NEED YOUR LOVE YOUR NEED I

CALVIN HARRIS FT ELLIE GOULDING ELLIE FT HARRIS CALVIN media recommendations, followed by a quick look on YouTube at the promo, does the trick. So The BRITs will this year recognise the growing role played by social media, by introducing the British Video Award. A shortlist of YouTube’s top-viewed British songs was released on February 10th, with the public vote thrown wide to the world across Twitter’s borderless platform. The vote closes toward the end of this evening’s proceedings. LOVE ME AGAIN ME LOVE

Tonight’s show is streamed globally, for the rst time ever, live via YouTube. Music fans are therefore invited to There is always Universal Island, vote for their favourite video via Twitter, then watch the announcement as-it-happens, wherever they are in the world. Five acts make up the British Video Award shortlist. Chalking up huge numbers of views between them, these are British

JOHN NEWMAN JOHN artists whose impact on worldwide music tastes has been great. As in the British Single line-up it is the main act (not the featured artist) that would take home the award. Only one track per artist is considered per calendar year. SOMETHIN’ ELSE La La La, by Naughty Boy Ft Sam Smith, was a global smash. The eighth most-watched music clip in the world for 2013, the ‘top trending’ title by the end of the year. BURN Some say the Ian Pons Jewell-directed promo takes its narrative from The Wizard of Oz; others draw comparisons — content for the way the world works now to a Bolivian fable. But no-one questions the impact of such worldwide success on  edgling careers.

Polydor, Universal Polydor, One Direction’s Best Song Ever, released in July, delivered the former X Factor ve piece’s top YouTube performance gures for 2013. BRIT host James Corden had a hand in

ELLIE GOULDING GOULDING ELLIE writing this six-minute lm directed by Ben Whiston. A cautionary tale of Hollywood, it tests the band’s acting - especially Zayn’s cross-dressing skills! Ellie Goulding is listed for her own track Burn as well as a featured artist on I Need Your Love by Calvin Harris. The Burn promo, directed by Mike Sharp, sees Ellie and pals launch a sea of Chinese lanterns into the night sky; it’s as ethereal as the music. ’s clip for I Need Your Love, is, by contrast, a tale of romance in the Miami sunshine - but the pair quickly denied any on-screen romance was real! John Newman’s solo debut Love Me Again made No. 1 Virgin, Universal Virgin,

in May, and made him one of nation’s most talked about artists. He stayed true to his Northern roots in ’s promo, which, as well as the simplicity of Newman’s on-stage performance, set a Romeo and LA LA LA LA LA Juliet theme against the Northern Soul scene. NAUGHTY BOY FT SAM SMITH SAM FT BOY NAUGHTY Official digital content creators for the BRITs: strategy, web, video & social Syco Music, Sony Music, Syco

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The British Male shortlist celebrates DAVID BOWIE_THE NEXT DAY “IT’S A SPRAWLING, MAGNIFICENT youth over experience with one notable COMEBACK ALBUM. BOWIE IS ONE BOWIE DAVID OF THE GREAT BRITISH ARTISTS exception – the legendary David Bowie. OF THE PAST 50 YEARS. AND ONE THING'S FOR CERTAIN. HE'S STILL A HERO, NOT JUST FOR ONE DAY.” Bowie has won this award before, back in 1984, [MARCH 8, 2013, SFTW] and followed it with The BRITs’ biggest gong, Outstanding Contribution in 1996. But he also knows what it feels like to be pipped at the post; with a further ve previous nominations he’s missed out to, amongst others, , Daniel Beding eld, and Tom Jones. EMI, Universal He may say little about today’s music scene but he leads from the front – guesting, for example, on Arcade Fire’s 2013 collection, Re ektor; while enjoying a retrospective, David Bowie Is, at the V&A. Now Bowie, on the strength of his March 2013 album The Next JAKE BUGG BUGG JAKE Day, competes with artists four decades his junior. Tom Odell, last year’s Critics’ Choice pick, has also been a BRIT winner. Odell followed breakthrough hit Another BASTILLE_BAD BLOOD “ONE OF THE BIGGEST NEW BRITISH Love with the No. 1 album Long Way Down in June last BANDS TO MAKE IT IN THE PAST YEAR.” [DECEMBER 19, 2013] year, touring round festivals aplenty. His never-ending life on the road saw him support stateside, share ’s stage with Sir , sing with at Rocks, and complete his own headline dates in the UK earlier this month. Despite Odell’s impressive kick-start it is James Blake who Atlas, Universal Atlas, can claim the longer career out of our young acts. Previously nominated in this category in 2012, Blake followed his eponymous 2011 collection of intricate electronica with in April 2013; it claimed a No. 8 chart place, with and RZA lending a hand. Eschewing dubstep and balladry - no mean mix - for tracks with a soulful edge JAMES BLAKE BLAKE JAMES is credited to another major life change; falling in love. Jake Bugg, too, is back with his second collection - but the Nottinghamshire 19 year old’s youthful vigour has seen him move on from his October 2012 chart-topper Jake Bugg to his new record, Shangri La in just thirteen DISCLOSURE_SETTLE months. The latter, made in a Malibu recording studio “BITS OF HOUSE, GARAGE AND DUBSTEP LIKE with producer and Ian Archer, made UK No. 3, ARE MASHED TOGETHER ON THIS SUPERB – DANCE ALBUM.” with work on album three, remarkably, already underway. [SEPTEMBER 12, 2013] Bugg completes a short British tour in February 2014

IT’S BRILLIANT. AND GREAT Universal Island, and is expected to headline at the inaugural BBC Radio – 6 Music Festival from February 28 in . ARCTIC MONKEYS_AM Finally Yorkshireman John Newman captured the nation’s “AM MAY BE ARCTIC MONKEY’S BEST RUDIMENTAL_HOME ALBUM YET “THE GROUP REMIND YOU OF THE attention thanks to two Rudimental songs, Feel The Love FOR BRITISH MUSIC THAT THEY ARE STILL BEST BRITISH SOUND SYSTEMS DELIVERING FIVE ALBUMS ON.” MASSIVE ATTACK AND THE PRODIGY. (No. 1 in June 2012) and (No. 12 in December [SEPTEMBER 5, 2013] THEY’LL SOUND PERFECT AT FESTIVALS that year). However, it was Love Me Again (No. 1 in July OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.” [MAY 4, 2013] 2013) that announced, in that inimitable soul voice, the JOHN NEWMAN NEWMAN JOHN start of his solo career. Two more singles, Cheating and Losing Sleep, have followed, all taken from his October 2013 chart topping album, Tribute, full of smouldering r&b. Claiming that “the only place I really open up to somebody, is through my music,” Newman could be set to make the best of a bad break up. And we know how that worked out for that other BRITs favourite, Adele.

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14th Warner Floor/Atlantic, Outrageous, tender, soulful, sexy - what should a female artist aspire to be? Whatever BIRDY BIRDY she wants, of course, is the answer. Styles clash on our shortlist and that makes us happy. These ladies do their own thing. Three acts in the running have previously been on this shortlist. Laura Marling, once part of the folk band , won the British Female award in 2011 for , her second solo collection. She was up for the same gong in 2012 for her third big record, A Creature I Don’t Know, and returns now Polydor, Universal Polydor, with her fourth, , out May 2013. Hampshire-born Marling’s ‘plainest’ album to date made UK No. 3, backed by an 18 night run of London ‘Eagle Ball’ dates. Hailed by critics as ”the most profound singer- of her generation,” she’s already working on her fth collection. Ellie Goulding and Jessie J were awarded Critics’ Choice gongs in 2010 and 2011 respectively; for both, unstoppable since, ELLIE GOULDING GOULDING ELLIE these nods represent their fth nominations. Ellie Goulding followed the No. 1 debut Lights (2010) with Halcyon, (No. 1 in October 2012) and its reissue Halcyon Days (August 2013). It has delivered six singles so far, including the No.1 Burn, and the Children In Need favourite, How Long Will I Love You (No. 3). On the most recent count she’s sold three million albums and ten million singles worldwide, a valuable British export. Jessie J released her second studio album, Alive, in September 2013. The UK No. 3 collection was preceded by a single, Wild, in May; It’s My Party in September, and Thunder, two months later. She shaved her head

Lava/Republic Records, Universal Records, Lava/Republic for Comic Relief in March and stepped down from her role of a judge on The Voice two months later. Jessie completed her rst European arena tour in November, and is soon to head Stateside where the American album

JESSIE J J JESSIE has received further production by Pharrell Williams. Laura Mvula continues to charm the world with her debut album . Released in March 2013, it charted at No. 9 and included the breakthrough hit Green Garden. Previously shortlisted for the Critics’ Choice gong, Mvula trained as a composer and violinist at the Conservatoire and took to the stage at , before overcoming stage fright to stand triumphant

Virgin, Universal Virgin, and centre stage with her own genre-busting songs. Birdy, a.k.a. Jasmine van den Bogaerde, released her second studio album, Fire Within, in October 2013 aged seventeen. It follows her 2011 debut, Birdy, which - alongside the rst single Skinny Love - won her fans across Europe and in Australia. The piano-playing Birdy got her big break at 12 after performing at an Open Mic night. Although her debut collection contained covers, its follow-up LAURA MARLING MARLING LAURA contained original compositions including singles Wings, No Angel and Light Me Up. She’s also contributed CONGRATULATIONS TO to lm soundtracks The Hunger Games and . JESSIE J

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Who wants to be our favourite chart act? It’s time to take a step toward the mainstream. The British Group category is so often the domain

ARCTIC MONKEYS for the tortured auteurs, the purveyors of folk and those too cool for school. But 2014 brings an added dollop of lightness; just whisk in. One Direction are the world’s biggest boyband. The November release of Midnight Memories - their rockier third collection - was preceded by two singles, Best Song Ever (No. 2 in July) and Story of My Life (No. 4 in November). It was the biggest and fastest-selling UK album of 2013. Previous hit scooped the British Virgin, Universal Virgin, Single gong in 2012, and in 2013 they delivered a pinball wizard performance of Comic Relief fundraiser One Way Or Another (Teenage Kicks) on our stage. What can Zayn, Harry, Liam, Niall and Louis achieve at The BRITs 2014? BASTILLE BASTILLE Mixing pop, r&b, soul and drum & bass in good measure are Londoners Rudimental – comprising songwriter/ producers Piers Agget, Kesi Dryden, Amir Amor plus DJ Locksmith. Among a bevy of big singles from Home, they’ve also claimed two massive No. 1 singles, Feel The Love Ft. John Newman (nominated in 2013 for British Single) and Waiting All Night Ft. Ella Eyre. Expect more collaborative e orts, working with Ellie Goulding and Ed Sheeran; the next album’s pencilled in for late 2014. Rudimental’s friendly rivalry with fellow dance pioneers

PMR, Universal PMR, Disclosure continues. The synth-pop loving Lawrence Brothers share a love of collaboration, working with Sam Smith (Latch) and AlunaGeorge (White Noise). Disclosure followed their June-time No.1 album Settle with Settle: The Remixes, released in December 2013. The duo followed two sets with a worldwide tour, which included .

DISCLOSURE DISCLOSURE The buzz is only just starting: their upcoming March tour includes Alexandra Palace, their biggest headliner yet. Bastille may have begun with singer/songwriter Dan Smith but with album two approaching William Farquarson (bass), Chris Wood (drums) and Kyle Simmons (keyboards) have come into their own. The top spot-stealing LP Bad Blood came out in March 2013 with a November reissue, All This Bad Blood supplementing studio tracks with the single Of The Night and fan favourite mash-ups of old. As sales of breakout single Pompeii hit the million Syco Music, Sony Music, Syco mark in the US, Bastille are o to tour The States. And living it up in LA are She eld’s  nest, Arctic Monkeys. The one-time northern upstarts are old hands these days. They  rst made their made mark on The BRITs in 2006 and  ve trophies later, the  fth studio album, entitled AM, from Alex Turner (vocals), Jamie Cook (rhythm/lead guitar) Nick O’Malley (bass), and Matt Helders (drums) reinvents their ONE DIRECTIONONE classic sound. Fans can hear the new tracks on the AM Tour, which after a busy 2013 continues in the US, NZ and Australia. In July, Arctic Monkeys headline .

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p47_Nominations.indd 53 29/01/2014 16:46 BRITISH BREAKTHROUGH ACT Top 5 selected by Voting Academy. Winner identi ed by public vote promoted by brits.co.uk and BBC Radio 1. Virgin, Universal Virgin,

A PHOTO EXPERIENCE Rock, soul-jazz, pianos, indie-pop and electronica come together to make beautiful music in the BASTILLE BASTILLE Join us at the British Music Experience as we turn the freshest category in our BRIT Awards shortlists. spotlight on the contemporary powerhouse that is Taylor This cacophony of styles sit together with surprising ease, the perfect microcosm of what the charts are at the Swift. Featuring images from British photographer Christie moment; loving everything good means anything goes. Goodwin’s archive and select items from Taylor’s wardrobe, Immediate downloads provide instant grati cation. The idea of movements in music – waves of artists who come together this is an intimate portrait of a musician that is without doubt to de ne an era – is, for the moment, out of style. What’s left, influencing British artists of the future. then, is a creative freedom. Artists follow their hearts and nd their way to the festival circuit, sharing their wares.

PMR, Universal PMR, son Tom Odell’s piano-led singer/songwriter style has been a benchmark for others, the great and the good, Until 23 March 2014 over the years. Odell follows his 2013 Critics’ Choice gong with three 2014 nominations – quite a breakthrough. But britishmusicexperience.com/taylorswift it all started when Tom signed to ’s , releasing his debut EP Songs from Another Love in October DISCLOSURE DISCLOSURE 2012. After that came sell out tours here, in Europe and in the US, an iTunes Festival Elton support slot, plus two 2014 dates in Hyde Park, one at ’s request. Birmingham’s Laura Mvula also earned special mention in 2013’s Critics’ Choice poll. A former teacher, she cut her teeth in gospel choirs and is a classically trained violinist. The 27 year-old soul jazz singer released an album, Sing To The Moon last March. Touring heavily on the festival circuit last year, she takes her live sound to the US next month where she already RCA, Sony has one famous fan among many, the legendary . London Grammar represent indie pop in our shortlist. Formed by vocalist Hannah Reid and guitarist Dan Rothman at Nottingham University, their rank is swelled by multi-instrumentalist Dot Major. The trio brought out a debut EP Metal & Dust in February 2013 before

LAURA MVULA MVULA LAURA an album, If You Wait, that September. Plaintive and brooding autumn singles Strong (UK No. 16) and If You Wait (No. 2) were preceded by Help Me Lose My Mind, a collaboration with fellow Breakthrough act Disclosure. Of course, the Surrey-born Lawrence brothers Guy (22) and Howard (19), brought quite a cast list to the June 2013 debut album Settle. The electronica duo came to public attention with the single Tenderly/ Flow in January 2012, a June 12 EP The Face secured their fanbase, before Latch, a collaboration with 2014 Critics’ Choice winner Sam Smith bagged their rst hit, at UK No. 11. Among those also featured are AlunaGeorge, Eliza Doolittle, Jamie Woon and Jessie Ware. And matching Disclosure’s nominations piece for piece are London rock band Bastille. The foursome formed around singer songwriter Dan Smith in 2010, with a debut single Overjoyed released in April 2012. The band later toured the LONDON GRAMMAR GRAMMAR LONDON album Bad Blood, released in March 2013, appearing at Metal & Dust Recordings, MinistryMetal & Dust Recordings, of Sound Group Glastonbury, Isle of Wight and at Reading and Leeds, as well as headlining on their own and supporting Emeli Sandé. Columbia, Sony Columbia,

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p47_Nominations.indd 55 29/01/2014 16:47 BRITISH SINGLE Top ten British singles based on overall sales success in the calendar year are automatically nominated. Supported by Capital FM & iTunes.

Want to make your mark on British music? Success is all about delivering hits. The British Singles chart is, as ever, so exciting. After all, with the immediacy of digital download, there’s no better way to discover what’s hot - whether that’s right here, right now, or in a moment like this. BASTILLE POMPEII ONE DIRECTION Overall, the sales of singles in the UK remain buoyant. In 2013 Virgin, Universal ONE WAY OR ANOTHER four tracks became million sellers – that’s the most since 1998. TEENAGE KICKS Ubiquitous global hits by Robin Thicke, Avicii and Daft Punk ft. Syco Music, Sony Pharrell Williams were chased all the way to the million mark by the two biggest selling tracks by British artists. Passenger (aka 29 year old Mike Rosenberg from Brighton) may have been held o the top spot, but the No. 2 peak for saw the slow-burn track chalk up 1.03 million fans of his music. Meanwhile La La La, a track by Naughty Boy, featuring BRITs Critics’ Choice winner Sam Smith, earned almost the same with 941,000 copies. Upon its release, it also bagged the accolade of fastest selling single as it made its way to No.1 in its  rst May week. Although trends in music continue to go global, a healthy 37.5% of the year’s biggest sellers were made ELLIE GOULDING BURN NAUGHTY BOY FT SAM SMITH here in Britain. It bodes well too that of the 31 singles Polydor, Universal LA LA LA that reached the UK top spot, 18 fresh-faced hit makers Virgin, Universal were reaching that high for the very  rst time. Increasingly, the singles chart – comprising the freshest sounds, the must-have hits, and those catchy tracks we’ve heard on soundtracks or adverts, operates almost independently of the album countdown. There’s no shame in being a singles act or a one-hit-wonder. Hell, no - singles have a magic all of their own. Voting goes up to the wire in this category so nerves have begun to jangle. Just one act on our list already knows what winning The BRIT Awards’ British Single gong feels like. One Direction triumphed in 2012’s public vote for the track What Makes You Beautiful, and their 2014 nod for the Comic Relief double A side One Way Or Another/Teenage Kicks marks CALVIN HARRIS FT ELLIE GOULDING OLLY MURS DEAR DARLIN’ another mammoth year for the  ve-piece across every sector. I NEED YOUR LOVE Epic, Sony Columbia, Sony Calvin Harris was another act breaking records as well as making them. I Need Your Love ft. Ellie Goulding was the remarkable eighth top ten single prised from just one studio album; the UK No. 1 collection . The use of featured artists remains a hot trend – but remember the hit is always attributed to main musician listed. However, BRITs Critics’ Choice nominees past and present are in high demand. Calvin’s mate Ellie Goulding, who scooped the Critics’ Choice gong in 2010, is also nominated in her own right for Burn, her  rst British No. 1 single. AlunaGeorge, shortlisted for Critics’ Choice in 2013, loaned their sound to Disclosure’s No. 2 hit White Noise. JOHN NEWMAN LOVE ME AGAIN PASSENGER LET HER GO And Ella Eyre, featured in the 2014 Critics’ Choice shortlist, Island, Universal Nettwerk was all over the massive Waiting All Night by Rudimental. It’s the second time Rudimental have triumphed with the featured artist move – and it can be a lucrative business for all. John Newman, who appeared on their 2013 stunner Feel The Love, used the British Single shortlist as a springboard. He’s built on last year’s success and appears now under his own steam, thanks to the mammoth No. 1 hit Love Me Again. Finally, the single Pompeii proved a boon for our other nominations frontrunner Bastille. The South London quartet turned thousands of fans onto their sound with the track which, as the nation’s biggest selling song by a band, charted at No.2 but went on to hang around all year. DISCLOSURE FT ALUNAGEORGE RUDIMENTAL FT ELLA EYRE WHITE NOISE WAITING ALL NIGHT PMR, Universal Asylum, Warner

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p47_Nominations.indd 56 29/01/2014 16:48 p47_Nominations.indd 57 29/01/2014 16:48 BRITISH GLOBAL SUCCESS AWARD The BRIT Awards 2013, Identi ed by the international sales success of British Acts who have released One Direction collect the their album(s) in the calendar year (2013). UK sales excluded. British Global Success Award.

up unprecedented sales gures. A year the year’s highest-grossing concert tours. later, those same tireless artists are still British artists – with their culture of Don’t forget  ying the  ag for their home nation. collaborations and solidarity described by Tinie For example, One Direction’s November 2012 Tempah as ‘Team UK’ – stick together while where you album, Take Me Home, was the third biggest LP they take on the world. Dance-orientated in America’s 2013 year-end album charts, while out ts Bastille, Disclosure and Rudimental the band’s third collection, Midnight Memories, continue where Calvin Harris and Ellie belong was named fastest selling in the days after its Goulding, amongst others, blazed a trail. November launch. Mumford and Sons’ Babel Meanwhile, BPI and government e orts British stars nd success around the squeezed out more 2013 sales as they toured, continue to increase music industry trade – as making it the fth biggest seller Stateside. world… but there’s no place like home they would with any other business sphere. Adele’s unstoppable 21, Emeli Sandé’s ‘gift that The BRITs Global Success Award was keeps on giving’ , and Ed Prime Minister David Cameron said, “We introduced in 2013 to celebrate the remarkable Sheeran’s + continue to sell amazingly well should be extremely proud of how our world- achievements of British artists overseas. worldwide. With new releases from almost leading music industry continues to go from strength to strength. British music is enjoyed Ever since the British Invasion of the all of these acts pencilled in for release, we 1960s, which saw , The Rolling expect a busy fourth quarter to 2014. across the world and we will keep backing our creative industries that support jobs, create Stones, The Kinks and bring Among the acts releasing in 2013 who have opportunities and contribute to the economy.” the music of the swinging sixties to the chalked up impressive sales worldwide are and beyond, one of the UK’s David Bowie’s May release The Next Day, To that end, The Music Export Growth biggest exports has been its innovative Delta Machine by , Swings Scheme will o er £3m of grants to – and revenue-raising - sounds. Both Ways by the inimitable Robbie Williams, independent labels marketing new British Punching above their weight on the world and the sleeper sensation Passenger, whose talent overseas. Sums ranging from £5,000 stage ever since, British artists have carved breakout fourth album All The Little Lights went to £50,000 are on o er to indie labels whose a unique and stylish niche for themselves, Top 10 in twelve counties, and sat atop the artists have enjoyed UK success and are launching new formats of music, new fashion, Billboard Heatseekers’ Chart in The States. ready to perform on a global stage. and fresh art from here into a wider world. Meanwhile , Depeche Apply for the Music Export Growth Scheme Despite boasting only 1% of the world’s Mode and One Direction undertook some of at www.bpi.co.uk/export-scheme.aspx population, British Music made up 13% of music sold in the year 2013. That’s a gure that’s stayed stable year-on-year, despite the changing ways we measure what people choose to hear. The new British Video Award category demonstrates how fast music can travel around the world through the channels of social media. Artists Naughty Boy ft. Sam Smith, Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding, One Direction and John Newman have notched up YouTube views totalling – count ‘em – billions; and that audience is mostly made up of our overseas neighbours. Meanwhile streaming websites including Spotify and Deezer have added value of 33.7% as listeners go for an at-your- ngertips, immediate method of consumption. After reaching cracking highs in 2012, overseas album sales are going through a period of consolidation. The inaugural 2013 award celebrated a raft of artists - Adele, Emeli Sandé, Ed Sheeran, One Direction and Mumford and Sons. These artists rode a wave that saw them

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P59_GlobalSuccess.idd 59 29/01/2014 16:50 The brand new SSE Hydro, will host The 2014 MTV EMA © Neale Smith INTERNATIONAL MALE SOLO ARTIST Atlantic, Warner Atlantic,

In many homegrown categories, fresh talent has come to the fore while

BRUNO MARS MARS BRUNO established artists take a back seat. Not so in the shortlist for International Male Solo Artist, where the behemoths of music must battle it out alongside the coolest of stars and a long-hidden talent. The names here are the stu legends are made of. Eminem, a four-times BRIT winner, burst onto The BRITs stage in 2001, chainsaw at the ready and I’m Back and Slim Shady while in 2003 Justin Timberlake, who has three gongs to his name, began a hit medley with Cry Me A River before leaving duet partner Kylie Minogue in Rapture. Meanwhile, 2012’s International Male Bruno Mars’s slick rendition of Just The Way You Are lit up the stage the year he, too, was a winner. He’s back to get you up and dancing – and who knows what else – in 2014. 2014 is the year that will welcome the world; and the year when The MTV EMA will celebrate its 20th anniversary at Glasgow’s Universal Money/RepublicCash Records, state-of-the-art venue, The SSE Hydro. Eminem’s eighth album The Marshall Mathers LP 2 was the fastest-selling album of 2013, aided no doubt by headline

This is the second time that Scotland has played host to these international awards, which will become part of the year-long Homecoming DRAKE shows at Reading and Leeds as well as singles Berzerk, Survival, Rap God and the Rihanna duet Monster. His return Scotland 2014 programme and join the world-class line-up of The 2014 and Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. to form adds to the 220 million records already sold. Scotland is the perfect stage for events and there is no better time to visit than in 2014! For all Justin Timberlake’s career in music has spanned nearly 20 years, he has released just four solo albums, Justi ed (2002), Futuresex/Lovesounds (2006) and after a long hiatus, The 20/20 Experience, parts 1 and 2 in 2013. Between them, the latter titles spawned singles Suit & Tie, Mirrors and Take Back The Night, while Timberlake showcased singles in 2014 London’s Olympic Park alongside Jay-Z at the Wireless event.

Interscope, Universal Interscope, Bruno Mars released his second album in December 2012 and like his  rst, 2011’s Doo Wops & Laura Mvula Cosmo Awards Madness Paul McCartney James Corden Ruth Jones BRIT Awards Music is GREAT Ronan Keating Hooligans, it charted at UK No. 1. 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The famous painter Henri Matisse could have been casting his eye over the International Female shortlist when he JANELLE MON JANELLE pronounced “Creativity takes courage”. The candidates in the running here are strong, independent women who live for their art. Pushing boundaries has become passé – this lot break the rules, break records and truly own their inventions, right from the start. Lady Gaga is the Queen of crossover creativity. After scooping a trio of BRITs gongs in 2010 the 27 year old has continued to oversee avant garde Haus of Gaga productions

Virgin, Universal Virgin, in fashion and lm as well as bringing her vision to the charts. In 2013 hip surgery enforced a six month “gazing process” on the star before she blasted back with Artpop which made No. 1 in November. Top Ten singles Applause and Do What U Want showcased the ambitious multimedia project, while its innovative App, plus ArtRave tour to follow, KATY PERRY PERRY KATY provide new ways to enjoy her collision of music and art. Janelle Monáe has such a strong spirit she’s like a creative clashing of Grace Jones, David Bowie and . Based in , she was spotted by Big Boi of OutKast and signed by P Diddy. Monáe followed her 2010 debut, the concept LP The ArchAndroid with a sci- themed prequel, The Electric Lady, in September 2013. The tuxedo-loving artist released singles Q.U.E.E.N (a stylish duet) Dance Apocalyptic and Primetime, alongside Miguel before bringing her cyborg alter ego to London’s iTunes festival in September.

Interscope, Universal Interscope, New kid on the block Lorde, a.k.a. Ella Maria Lani Yelich- O’Connor, is ’s seventeen year old singing sensation. Spotted aged 12 and signed at 13, it was The Love Club, an EP posted to SoundCloud that created a global buzz before Royals, a minimalistist electropop junket of angst, became her rst worldwide No. 1 smash. LADY GAGA GAGA LADY Lorde’s self-assured album, Pure Heroine, made No. 4 in September, with the promise of much more to come. In contrast, Pink’s career is long established, but shows no sign of slowing. She’s sold over 40m albums worldwide since 2000’s Can’t Take Me Home announced her, angrily, on the music scene. The Truth About Love (2012) her rst LP since Funhouse (2008), itself sold 3m copies and features collaborations with Eminem, Lily Allen and Nate Reuss from fun. Already a BRIT winner in 2003, Alecia Moore, as she is otherwise known, is celebrating her ninth nomination here. Katy Perry too is a BRIT Awards favourite and as well as Virgin, Universal Virgin, winning the International Female gong in 2009, she has three further nominations to her name. Katy’s “most honest” album PRISM reached No. 1 in November 2013, LORDE LORDE following earlier e orts One For The Boys (2008) and Teenage Dream (2010). Jam-packed with pop hits made in , it included the singles Dark Horse in October, the Christmas hit Unconditonally, and the stickaround single Roar - Katy’s fourth single to top the UK charts. RCA, Sony P!NK

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It’s David versus Goliath all over again, for the hopefuls in the International Group category. Long-established acts Kings of ARCADE FIRE FIRE ARCADE Leon, Arcade Fire and Daft Punk take on hotly tipped new guys Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, and Haim. All of them are doing exciting things in music. There’s no time limit on tuning into what people want to hear. French dance duo Daft Punk - Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homom-Christo - released their debut album Homework in 1997, while 2001’s Discovery gave Columbia, Sony Columbia, us clubland hits including Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger. Now, four albums in from their inception, they celebrate their fth BRIT Award nomination. The comeback album (UK No. 1 in May), featured several collaborations, among them , Julian

DAFT PUNK PUNK DAFT Casablancas, and Chilly Gonzales, but it was Get Lucky, the massive April breakout single featuring Pharrell Williams and , that really paved the way. It has sold 1.3million copies in Britain, and almost 10 million sales worldwide. Canada’s Arcade Fire, meanwhile, this year chalk up their eighth BRIT nomination, winning gongs for both International Group and International Album in 2011. Then, success came on the back of the 2010 album ; can they do it again with the double album Re eckor, their November 2013 fourth collection? In uenced by Haitian rhythms, it was recorded in Louisiana and Jamaica with producer Markus Dravs at the helm, and with David Bowie taking guest vocals

Polydor, Universal Polydor, on the title track. British fans can check out the band when they play two nights at London’s Earls’ Court in June.

HAIM HAIM Also old hands at this game are Kings of Leon. They’ve notched up nine nominations over the years, hooking two winners to date; 2008’s did the International group/album double. Three albums later, Mechanical Bull made No. 1 in September 2013, alongside the singles Supersoaker, Wait for Me, Temple, and Beautiful War. Kings of Leon take their live show around the world in 2014 with the coming our way in June, playing four stadium-sized venues. Haim and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis are the two - possibly

RCA, Sony giant killing - acts that complete the shortlist. Sisters Este, Danielle and Alana Haim have been playing local gigs since childhood, with their debut studio album Days Are Gone arriving in September 2013. Gaining praise for their sunshiny folk/r&b sound the California natives spent 2013 supporting Florence + The Machine and Arctic Monkeys, nabbing a Glastonbury slot, and signing to Jay-Z’s Roc Nation.

KINGS OF LEON LEON OF KINGS Thrift Shop, the world’s third best-selling single of 2013, comes from Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. Used in the trailers for lms Pain & Gain and The Internship, the super- catchy track is taken from The Heist, a collaborative project between Seattle rapper Ben Haggerty, known as Macklemore, and long-time producer pal Ryan Lewis. As well as biting back at what they see as the excesses of consumption displayed by rappers, the duo have used their track Same Love to promote equal rights for the LGBT community. Lewis MacklemoreLewis MACKLEMORE & RYAN RYAN & MACKLEMORE

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PAUL EPWORTH We have the feeling Paul Epworth is busy working on some very secret projects. As well as winning in this category in 2013 and 2010, he is one of the most successful producers of his generation. Epworth’s CV is a who’s who of modern music, creating a defining sound

Flood & Alan Moulder (left) Flood for , Maximo Park, , Jack Penate and more. But it is his work Some producers want to rule the world, with Florence + The Machine, as well as the unstoppable Adele, including the Bond Theme like Will.i.am and Calvin Harris. Others FLOOD & Skyfall, that have won him most plaudits. would rather run the desk. They prefer Most recently, Paul has worked on the Bruno creating worlds of sound so others ALAN MOULDER Mars track Natalie, Stay by Rihanna, and three 336-337 THE STRAND, LONDON, WC2R 1HA | MELIA.COM can shine in the musical spotlight. British Producer winners Flood and Alan Moulder songs for Paul McCartney’s new album. have been making beautiful music together The Music Producers’ Guild shares for years. Flood - a.k.a. Mark Ellis - reveals, “Alan and I both trained at in its members’ passion for the art of the early ‘80s. We became great friends and production, and the organisation eventually business partners in A&B studios.” celebrated the industry’s movers “We both had a desire to push ourselves and and shakers at a BRIT-sponsored gala the artists we worked with to the max…” event on Thursday 13th February. MPG Alan continues the story: “This progressed gongs being awarded ranged from into a great friendship and mutual desire to International Producer of The Year and inflict our opinions and tastes on people. We discuss what we want and how we think Breakthrough Producer of The Year to best to get what the band want. Flood is the Outstanding Contribution to UK Music, communicator of this to the band and I keep which went to the deserving Trevor prodding him and whispering in his ear.” Horn. However, it is the winner in the Says Flood: “…which generally means I do a British Producer category who does lot of talking and Alan does all the work!” the double; automatically winning The pair are clear about what the artists they work with expect from them in the studio. the Best Producer BRIT trophy, as well The plan, says Flood, is “to enable them to as the MPG’s award on the night. achieve their ideas and to make a record that hopefully stands the test of time”. In 2014, it is production duo Alan And Alan agrees: “I think they come to us for Moulder and Flood who take sonically ambitious records that still have ETHAN JOHNS the honours. Congratulations to accessibility and commercial potential.” One of the most in-demand producers around, them and to shortlisted producers The phone in their Assault and Battery 2 Ethan Johns has, of late, been splitting his time Ethan Johns and Paul Epworth studio complex never stops ringing thanks to between producing for other acts and releasing a track record that includes creating zeitgeist his own solo works. As well as collaborating with on their continued success. sounds for artists including , Foals, New Laura Marling on the album Once I was An Eagle Order, Arctic Monkeys, Depeche Mode, The (released in May 2013), and running the desk Killers, PJ Harvey, and Interpol. on ’ September 2012 LP Come Of Age, he released his own self-produced acoustic So what is their secret? Says Flood, “We both rock album If Not Now When? in November 2012. love individuality and pop; darkness and Having previously worked with Tom Jones, Kaiser humour; hard work and passion; excellence Chiefs, Paulo Nutini, Ray LaMontagne, Razorlight, and grumpiness and a love of music”. Kings of Leon and , it’s no surprise And both are grateful for the recognition that this is his fourth British Producer nomination. winning a BRIT award brings. Alan Moulder is happy: “[Winning] is not something I ever expected. Quite remarkable.” And Flood? “I’m just enjoying a glass of cider in celebration… thank you!”

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SAM SMITH These days, The BRITs’ Critics’ Choice Award can be seen as a badge of honour for its winners - the cream of the music industry’s next generation. Ever since Adele won the rst Critics’ Years Choice trophy, the award has helped its recipients – namely Florence + The Machine (2009), Ellie Goulding (2010), Jessie J (2011), Emeli Sandé (2012) and 2013’s Tom Odell – make the transition into successful, and respected, household names. A business Step forward for 2014, then, Sam Smith. The 21 year old Cambridgeshire lad has an extraordinary voice and Awards Parties Dinners Weddings an extraordinary future. He’s known For more information call 0870 850 1848 or visit www.payneandgunter.co.uk to millions of music fans as the voice ladled over 2012’s Disclosure dance anthem Latch and La La La, Naughty Boy’s UK No. 1, and the fth biggest single of last year. Now, with a single Money On My Mind already charting and an album, , to follow, Sam Smith is striking out on his own… Smith & Williamson is proud Hi Sam! Congratulations on scooping The BRITs Critics’ Choice award 2014! to work with the BRIT Awards Thank you! It feels unbelievable to win. I’m not going to lie – I really wanted it! It’s the only one I really care about winning! I’ve watched providing a range of support services The BRITs religiously every year from a young including audit, accounting and tax advice age so I’m honoured and overwhelmed. You’re following in some prestigious footsteps… Smith & Williamson is ranked among the top ten firms of accountants I’m so aware of how great the previous in the UK*. Our focus is on wealth creation, wealth management and recipients are, but a lot of them are girls. I wanted to prove that I could do it for wealth preservation. Our specialist Media Group advises companies the guys, if you know what I mean. Tom from early-stage growing business to international organisations. [Odell] did such a good job last year and I really wanted to follow in his footsteps.

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When did you decide you’d make ALSO INTRODUCING… a career out of music? I knew what I wanted to do from the age of Competition for the Critics’ eight. I found out I was good at singing, started Choice gong has been intense training, and locked it down. I’ve been heading Colin Barlow, Hattie Collins, Christian Tattersfield toward that goal since. I still work on my voice in 2014 and two other acts (BRITs Chairman) and Michael Cragg. (L to R) now. I just want to get better and better. were also shortlisted for the You’re on the cusp of great things now, but prestigious gong. how hard has it been to get to this point? BRITs CRITICS Well, I’ve had nine managers! Three at the moment, who are fantastic, but I had a bit of GET THE ROYAL bad luck, got with some dodgy people, and also some lovely people who just couldn’t do what TREATMENT was needed to make it work. There was one The BRIT Academy thanked the Critics’ moment, when I’d been working in a bar to pay the rent to live in London for a year and a half, Choice Panel for their invaluable help and I literally said, I’ll give myself one more year, over the years by inviting our valued and if it doesn’t work, that’s it. I’ll go and do film contributors to a plush champagne studies at uni. I wasn’t enjoying my life at all. reception held at London’s Café Royal.

Since then, you’ve worked hard to The event, which took place on make your debut album… November 18th, allowed movers and shakers to catch up on the latest Yes. Now, incredibly, it’s done and it’s ready to go! The main thing for me is that it’s a music news as well as schmooze with really honest album, a picture of my life. I fellow tastemakers in the opulent and get so panicky because I went through quite bohemian surroundings of the venue’s a sad year in 2013, loving someone who gilt-and-mirrored Grill Room. It was

doesn’t love you back, that sort of thing. Chlöe Howl a great choice of venue – after all, it was in these rooms that the Late Lou In The Lonely Hour is an emotional title! Reed once schmooched with a Ziggy Yeah it comes from that time, late at night, Stardust-era David Bowie. Where better where you’re texting someone, and you’re to make new classic moments in music? lonely. I used to get upset and self-conscious CHLÖE HOWL when I had to say I felt lonely, but now I’ve Singles Rumour, Paper Heart and No Strings have found a courage in it. I wanted to be a voice for already brought 18 year old Londoner Chlöe that generation. I think it’s a brave thing to do. Howl’s enchanting Englishness to our attention. Her debut album, an collaboration due Something else that could be scary, this summer, should provide her unique take on is the release of your first solo city living and ordinary life. single Money On My Mind… It’s a song about someone in the industry ELLA EYRE that really upset me. I just wanted to get it off Former BRITs student Ella Eyre’s husky voice is my chest. And it’s a reiteration that I don’t do instantly recognisable, thanks to collaborations this for the money. I mean, I need money to with Tinie Tempah, Bastille, and , survive and I want to look after my family – as well as Waiting All Night, the No.1 hit from but that’s not what I’m thinking about when Rudimental. She released a soulful EP Deeper in I’m in the studio. When I’m physically writing December while an album follows later this year. FROM THE CRITICS… music it’s solely for therapy. It’s not to please anyone, or make any amount of money. …THIS IS ACCLAIM! You’ll meet some fans when you head Since its launch in 2008, the BRITs’ out on tour from next week… Critics’ Choice Award has provided a Yes I am looking forward to getting on stage spectacular springboard for upcoming and showing people my real emotions. I don’t talents, announcing them with a want to put on a façade. And I’m really honest, fanfare onto the world stage. Last so if I’m having a shit day I will tell people, month, Universal Music released a ha ha! It will be the real me on that day. Critics’ Choice compilation album Are you ready to spend your featuring all 21 artists who have time in the spotlight? won or been shortlisted for the prize I think I’ll cope! It’s why we [artists] do it; over the years, with extra live tracks it boosts my ego a little bit. It’s good to and remixes available exclusively stand in front of people who appreciate on iTunes. Between them our stars what I’m doing. I’ve spent too much – including previous winners Adele, time by myself cleaning toilets in a pub; Emeli Sandé and Jessie J plus Tom I need some people to applaud me! Odell, Florence + The Machine and

Ella Eyre Ellie Goulding - have sold 13 million Sam Smith will tour the UK in late February. The debut single Money On My Mind is out now with an records. Why not enjoy them all on

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of music. But we’re out to Left to right, Tony Wadsworth CBE (BPI Chairman), Ella Eyre (artist and ex-BRIT School student), Christian Tattersfield (BRITs 2014 Chairman), Shaun Springer (MasterCard UK). raise a ton of cash as well… photo jmenternational Hey, listen. Everyone loves a good party. This evening NORDOFF ROBBINS And there’s more… is shaping up to be one of our best. What’s really Nordoff Robbins, the music therapy charity, is dedicated great about the entertainment industry’s hottest to transforming the lives of vulnerable children and The BRIT Trust continues night of the year, though, is not just the must-see adults. It works with people who have a range of to support grassroots moments and the much-talked-about speeches. challenges such as autism, dementia, and depression community projects. Past The event’s biggest triumph is the way the world’s - as well as physical and learning disabilities. beneficiary groups include: biggest stars come together to raise the roof, Music therapy is a specialist use of music, which helps Access To Music, Arts & Kids/London Sinfonietta, raise a glass – and raise plenty of cash for good people in many different ways. Some may experience Avenues Youth Project, physical benefits, while others make emotional or social causes. The BRIT Awards 2014 is a charity event. Bigga Fish, Black Arts breakthroughs. Music also helps many to communicate A proportion of all proceeds raised tonight – from Alliance, Blackheath Halls, where they have previously struggled to do so. The ticket sales to TV rights, bar bills and merchandising Blantyre Music Project, results of music therapy can have a profound impact on – will go to The BRIT Trust, the charitable arm of the Glasgow, British Performing BPI. Founded in 1989 to support deserving causes, individuals, their families, and all those around them. Arts, Medicine Trust, and distributing more than £20.5m to date, the Trust Nordoff Robbins, wholly funded by charitable donations, Canford Summer School, channels much-needed proceeds toward key charities carries out its work in dedicated music therapy centres, Charterhouse in Southwark, encompassing The BRIT Trust’s guiding ethos: to educate in schools, community centres, hospitals and care homes. Chicken Shed, Community and encourage young people through music. It achieves The organisation also trains music therapists through Music, Commission for this through a packed calendar of fundraising events a specially devised Masters degree programme. Racial Equality, Community stretching throughout the year, including The Classic Music East, Dame Vera This vital service often works alongside the NHS and care BRIT Awards, The Silver Clef Awards, The MITs and The Lynn Trust, Drugscope, sector, but Nordoff Robbins receives no government BRIT Awards. As well as donating to numerous grass Global Rock Challenge, funding. The charity derives a significant amount of roots community projects, The BRIT Trust maintains a Heart’n’Soul, Heathfield benevolent relationship with flagship causes Nordoff income from individual sponsors, including its largest Community College, Irene Robbins Music Therapy and the BRIT School. benefactor, The BRIT Trust. With continued support Taylor Trust (Music in THE BRIT SCHOOL from , Paul McCartney, Muse, Emeli Sandé, Prisons), Lenton Community Bill Nighy, Gary Barlow, Alfie Boe, Laura Wright and Association, LIPA, Making The BRIT School is the UK’s leading performing arts many more, and through events like the O2 Silver Clef Music, Mencap, Midi Music and technology State School, providing a unique Awards and The MITs, Nordoff Robbins continues to Company, Music & Sound and free education for 1,200 pupils aged between build awareness of its services and transform lives. Experience, Wales, Music 14 and 19. The school, situated in Selhurst, Croydon, and the Deaf. Musicians’ opened in 1991 with the support of the Department nordoff-robbins.org.uk Benevolent Fund, Musicians for Education and the British Record Industry Trust. JUST THE TICKET In Focus, Musicians Union, The BRIT School provides a comprehensive and exceptional National Foundation for general and vocational education that prepares students Each year, The BRIT Awards gives away more than money. Youth Music, National for a life in the arts. The majority of alumni now work in The show also donates tickets to the big event itself, allowing Music Day, Pimlico School, the creative industries as film makers, producers, painters, individuals who might not otherwise have the opportunity to Portishead Youth, Princes’ lighting designers, choreographers, editors, web designers, be part of the best night of the music industry year. As well as Trust, Raphael Walters, composers, DJs, games makers, and community artists as providing money-can’t-buy prizes to charity auctions including Release, Rock School, well as globally recognised artists: Adele, Jessie J, Leona Chris Evans’ Children In Need event and ITV’s , The Roundhouse Trust, Royal Lewis, Kate Nash, Katie Melua, , The Feeling, BRITs also donates to Tickets For Troops, which gives British Commonwealth Society, Ella Eyre and the late to name a few. Service Personnel – as well as those injured in military action Save The Children, St David’s The BRIT School celebrates excellent relationships since 2001 – the opportunity to come along, sing and dance! Hall, , St Luke’s with the creative industries and has broadened its School, Terrence Higgins partnerships within television, film, radio, art, design, Other ticket recipients include War Child, The MITs, The Timmy Mason Trust, Scarlet Ball, ERA Golf Day, Trust, Tim Macbeth Two fashion and digital and interactive media to reflect an Moors Festival, West Lothian ever-changing arts landscape. The BRIT Trust is proud Anderson Foundation FAB1 Million project for Breast College, Young Persons of its relationship with The BRIT School, and welcomes Cancer Care, the BRIT School, Nordoff Robbins Music Concert Foundation, the opportunity to forge an exciting future together. Therapy, The Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund. Youth Music Theatre UK brit.croydon.sch.uk ticketsfortroops.org.uk

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old school. The roll call of famous faces that of the unique way the school is funded, in opened the school’s new 300-seat BRIT Theatre once studied at BRIT School in Selhurst near a collaboration between The Department in March 2013, providing the school’s expanding Croydon just keeps getting longer. Alumni and Education and The BRIT Trust, none of population with state-of-the-art facilities in occupy roles right across the arts and its 1200 pupils pay fees, but all receive an which to showcase their own school plays entertainment sectors. But who could fail to education certified as Outstanding by Ofsted. and musicals. The facility also throws open its be impressed by the remarkable number of As well as the priceless vocational training which doors to a wide variety of community groups. former BRIT School students who have found prepares students for careers across seven arts, Of the 21 community outreach projects their forte in music, living it up in the charts. technology and entertainment spheres [These undertaken in this current academic year, BRIT We’ve heard all about the stars that can claim are listed as Broadcast Digital Media, Community School Kids, a Saturday morning school providing the BRIT School as their Alma Mater. Adele, Arts Practice, Creative Design Technology, Dance, 46 classes across the school’s wide-ranging Jessie J, Leona Lewis, Kate Nash, Katie Melua, Film and Digital Arts, Interactive Media, Music, specialisations to kids aged 8-15, is a winner. Rizzle Kicks, The Feeling, the Noisettes, Athlete, Musical Theatre, Technical Theatre Arts, Theatre, There’s also a Nordoff Robbins music therapy Katie B, King Krule and the much-missed Amy and Visual Arts and Design] equal emphasis is put centre in the school grounds, while the initiative Winehouse are easy to list. On the cusp of great on academic attainment, with 94% of Key Stage BRIT loves Selhurst invites local residents to things are Critics’ Choice shortlisted act Ella 4 students gaining a minimum of five A* to C enjoy BRIT School performances free of charge. Eyre, and Josh Record, who was named in The at GCSE. The result is that a great majority Guardian’s Ones To Watch feature. Meanwhile of students go on to take up places at top This synergistic approach ensures BRIT School Leo Ihenacho, formerly of , is back in universities and world-class vocational schools. enriches the lives of the local community, as well as its students. Those students, in time, go on to The Voice – and in the spotlight. Whatever their Of course the remarkable success of BRIT school enrich the lives of many more who encounter field, former BRIT students are giving thanks for graduates means competition to study at their unique education and giving back to their the establishment is fierce. A planned school their music, art, or other creative works. school – and their country. Each, in their own way expansion, with new and refurbished facilities The BRIT Awards, in turn, is all about saying is regenerating the industry they fell in love with – financed by sponsor The BRIT Trust, is now thank you for the music. We play it forward.

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