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Rapper Dave and singer Capaldi will contest the same categories at next month BRIT AwardsRapper Dave and Scottish singer-songwriter Lewis
Capaldi lead the nominations for this year BRIT Awards with four nods each, in a new, slimmed-down list of prizes at Britain top pop music
honors.Both will contest the same categories at next month ceremony: male solo artist, best new artist, song of the year and Mastercard
album of the year.Dave is in the running for his single Location and the album &Psychodrama&, for which he won the Mercury Prize last year
Capaldi was nominated for his chart-topping track Someone You Loved and his album Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent.Organizers have
previously said this year show, the 40th in a series that began in 1977, will feature fewer categories, allowing for more music to be
performed on the night.They also said they would allow performing acts to &fully take the reins by encouraging them to create and curate
performances unique to them&.Grime star Stormzy is nominated for best male solo artist as well as for his song Vossi Bop and album Heavy Is
the Head.The nominees for male solo artist include Harry Styles, who first found fame in the boyband One Direction, and singer-songwriter
Both are also nominated for their albums Fine Line and &Kiwanuka& respectively.Mabel is nominated for her song Don''t Call Me Up, and also
in the best female solo artist and best new artist categories.The other nominees for best female solo artist include singers Freya Ridings,
FKA Twigs, Charli XCX and Mahalia.Coldplay, Foals, Bastille, D-Block Europe and Bring Me The Horizon will compete for group of the year.The
song of the year contenders also include Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber I Don''t Care, Calvin Harris and Rag&n&Bone Man Giant, Nothing Breaks
Like a Heart by Mark Ronson and featuring Miley Cyrus, AJ Tracey Ladbroke Grove, Tom Walker Just You and I and Dancing With A Stranger by
Sam Smith and Normani.Competing to be best international male solo artist are Bruce Springsteen, Burna Boy, Post Malone, Dermot Kennedy and
Tyler, the Creator.Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, Camila Cabello, Lana Del Rey and Lizzo are in the running for best international female
solo artist.Singer Celeste has already been announced as the winner of the BRIT Rising Star award.The award ceremony takes place in London
on February 18.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source
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