Brit Awards 2012 Nominations

Kate Bush, 53, is back on the Brits nomination list having previously been nominated 10 times but only winning once.

However despite competition from Bush, Florence Welch, Laura Marling and Jessie J, Adele is the favourite to pick up the Best Female award.

The singer, who was the standout star at last year's awards, has been nominated in three categories, and her stiffest competition for the British Album of the Year, comes from PJ Harvey and Florence Welch.

Things are a lot less clear cut in the men's categories however with Coldplay, Kasabian, Elbow and Arctic Monkeys all nominated in the British Group category.

With Noel Gallagher in the solo category, and Blur picking up an Outstanding Contribution to Music Award, you could be forgiven for thinking we were back in in the Britpop era.

However of the men, the spotlight will certainly be on 20-year-old singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, who has four nominations to his name.

see all nominees below...

BRITISH MALE SOLO ARTIST

Ed Sheeran

James Blake

James Morrison

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

Professor Green

BRITISH FEMALE SOLO ARTIST

Adele

Florence & The Machine Island

Jessie J

Kate Bush

Laura Marling

BRITISH BREAKTHROUGH ACT

Anna Calvi

Ed Sheeran

Emeli Sandé

Jessie J

The Vaccines

BRITISH GROUP

Arctic Monkeys

Chase & Status

Coldplay

Elbow

Kasabian

BRITISH SINGLE

Adele: Someone Like You

Ed Sheeran: The A Team

Example: Changed The Way You Kissed Me

Jessie J Ft B.o.B.: Price Tag

JLS Ft Dev: She Makes Me Wanna

Military Wives / Gareth Malone: Wherever You Are

Olly Murs Ft Rizzle Kicks: Heart Skips A Beat 

One Direction: What Makes You Beautiful

Pixie Lott: All About Tonight 

The Wanted: Glad You Came

BRITISH PRODUCER

Paul Epworth

Flood

Ethan Johns

MASTERCARD BRITISH ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Adele: 21

Coldplay: Mylo Xyloto

Ed Sheeran: +

Florence & The Machine: Ceremonials

PJ Harvey: Let England Shake

INTERNATIONAL MALE SOLO ARTIST

Aloe Blacc

Bon Iver

Bruno Mars

David Guetta

Ryan Adams

INTERNATIONAL FEMALE SOLO ARTIST

Beyoncé

Björk One

Feist

Lady Gaga

Rihanna

INTERNATIONAL GROUP

Fleet Foxes 

Foo Fighters 

Jay-Z / Kanye West

Lady Antebellum

Maroon 5

INTERNATIONAL BREAKTHROUGH ACT

Aloe Blacc

Bon Iver

Foster The People

Lana Del Rey

Nicki Minaj

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO MUSIC AWARD

Blur

CRITICS' CHOICE

1st - Emeli Sandé

2nd - Maverick Sabre

3rd - Michael Kiwanuka

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