Sam Fender nominated for two Brit Awards: Nominations and how to vote
After a series of major announcements in 2024, Sam Fender has been nominated for two Brit Awards.
The awards, which take place in the opening weeks of each year, celebrate the biggest and best of the UK music scene and will see a sprinkling of the North East in 2025.
North Tyneside local Sam Fender has been nominated for two awards, with one of these allowing fans to pick out the winner.
Alongside Artist of the Year, Fender is nominated for Best Alternative/Rock Act. The first award sees the North East singer-songwriter up against some of the nations biggest stars including Dua Lipa, Charli XCX and Fred Again while the second allows fans to pick the winner through a public vote.
The Best Alternative/Rock Act category sees Fender up against London based indie-pop star Beabadoobee, emo legends The Cure, top Jazz group Ezra Collective and all female group The Last Dinner Party, who released their debut album to critical acclaim in 2024.
The last 12 months have been huge for Fender, who released his first solo single since 2022 in addition to a collaboration with US star Noah Kahan.
He also announced his much anticipated third album, People Watching, which is due to be released later this year.
2024 also saw the return of Fender to the stage, taking part in his first festival appearances and UK tour since 2022, although the latter was cut short due to health issues.
Fender is also among the favourites to perform at Glastonbury Festival again this year. The lineup for the iconic weekend is usually released around March.
The full list of nominees for Artist of the Year is as follows:
- Beabadoobee
- Central Cee
- Charli XCX
- Dua Lipa
- Fred Again
- Jamie xx
- Michael Kiwanuka
- Nia Archives
- Rachel Chinouriri
- Sam Fender
How to vote for Brit Award winners in 2025
This year five categories for the award are available to vote on. The public has from 12pm on Friday 31st January until 11:59pm on Friday 14th February to cast your vote, and you can vote in each category once per day.
This can be done through Whatsapp with more information available on the Brit Awards website.
All these categories are the genre awards, which fall into alternative/rock, dance, hip hop/grime/rap, pop and R&B.
When are the Brit Awards?
The Brit Awards will take place on Saturday, March 1 at the O2 Arena in London.