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Brit Awards 2025: First performers confirmed as solo star to return

After much anticipation, organisers have finally unveiled the first wave of performers who will take the stage

Evening Standard

JADE set to make debut solo performance at BRIT Awards

The first lineup announcement for March's BRIT Awards is here.

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Myles Smith interview: the Brits Rising Star award winner on his new superstardom

Myles Smith had the biggest song of last year with Stargazing, and with a new album and tour, and a Brits Rising Star award, we caught up with him to ask how sudden success feels

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Charli XCX versus The Beatles: who will win at The Brits – and who should win

The Brit Award nominations are out and it looks set to be Charli XCX’s year... but should it be? In a year when, well, The Beatles had a single out. Martin Robinson gives his verdict

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Charli XCX leads Brit Award nominations as Beatles up for first gong since 1977

The British singer topped an impressive 12 months by securing nominations in five categories.

Evening Standard

Charli xcx leads male-dominated Brit awards nominations – with first Beatles nod since 1977

Brat scores the British pop star five nominations, while male acts make up 53% of the overall field and mixed acts 12%

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Myles Smith found out about BRITs Rising Star nomination while on IV drip after boozy night out with Lewis Capaldi

Myles Smith has recalled the "surreal" moment he learned about his nomination for the BRITs' Rising Star award.

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Myles Smith: From Waste to My Home – the best songs from the Brits Rising Star for 2025

The Luton-born singer-songwriter already counts Barack Obama as one of his fans

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'This is just the beginning' Myles Smith wins BRIT Awards Rising Star 2025 prize

Singer Myles Smith has said "this is just the beginning" after he was announced as the winner of the BRIT Awards 2025 Rising Star prize.

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This is just the beginning: Myles Smith named as Brits Rising Star for 2025

He beat fellow nominees Elmiene and Good Neighbours to the gong.

Evening Standard

Singer-songwriter Myles Smith wins Brits Rising Star award 2025

‘Stargazing’ singer calls the win a ‘surreal moment’

The Independent UK

Myles Smith, Elmiene and Good Neighbours nominated for BRITs Rising Star Award

Myles Smith, Elmiene and Good Neighbours have been shortlisted for the prestigious 2025 BRITs Rising Star Award supported by BBC Radio 1.

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Elmiene, Myles Smith and Good Neighbours mark first all-male Brits Rising Star shortlist since 2015

Winner will be announced next month ahead of the main ceremony at London’s O2 Arena in March

The Independent UK

Elmiene, Good Neighbours and Myles Smith make up all-male Brits Rising Star shortlist

The last male artist to win the prize, which tips British acts for pop success, was Sam Fender in 2019

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Indie, R&B and folk musicians up for Brits Rising Star prize

Since Sam Fender in 2019, the last five awards have been won by female acts, with the 2025 shortlist featuring an all-male line-up.

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Myles Smith wins BBC Introducing award ‘on path to stardom’

The singer has seen his single Stargazing reach number four in the charts this year, and he is about to tour with Ed Sheeran.

The Guardian - UK

One to watch: Myles Smith

A passionate purveyor of anthemic folk-pop with an alt-country vibe, everything this Luton singer-songwriter has released so far sounds like a hit

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