The 2009 Brit Award nominations were announced last night at London’s Roundhouse, with both Duffy and Coldplay receiving four nominations. The ceremony takes place on February 18th and will be hosted by the one and only Kylie Minogue with help from Gavin and Stacey stars Matthew Horne and James Corden.

MasterCard British Album:
Coldplay – Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends, Duffy – Rockferry, Elbow – The Seldom Seen Kid, Radiohead – In Rainbows, The Ting Tings – We Started Nothing

British Group:
Coldplay, Elbow, Girls Aloud, Radiohead, Take That

British Single (Top 10 British singles by airplay and sales in calendar year. Top 5 selected by UK Commercial Radio listeners. Winner chosen by live public vote on awards night):
Adele – Chasing Pavements; Alexandra Burke – Hallelujah; Coldplay – Viva La Vida; Dizzee Rascal featuring Calvin Harris and Chrome – Dance Wiv Me; Duffy – Mercy; Estelle ft Kanye West – American Boy; Girls Aloud – The Promise; Leona Lewis – Better in Time; Scouting for Girls – Heartbeat; The X Factor Finalists – Hero

British Male Solo Artist:
Ian Brown, James Morrison, Paul Weller, The Streets, Will Young

British Female Solo Artist:
Adele, Beth Rowley, Duffy, Estelle, M.I.A.

British Breakthrough Act (Winner chosen by BBC Radio One listeners):
Adele, Duffy, The Last Shadow Puppets, Scouting For Girls, The Ting Tings

British Live Act (Nominees chosen by a panel of live music experts under the chairmanship of Tony Wadsworth of The BPI. Winner chosen by BBC Radio Two listeners.)
Coldplay, Iron Maiden, Scouting For Girls, The Verve

International Album:
AC / DC – Black Ice, Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes, The Killers – Day & Age, Kings of Leon – Only By The Night, MGMT – Oracular Spectacular

International Group:
AC / DC, Fleet Foxes, The Killers, Kings of Leon, MGMT

International Male Solo Artist:
Beck, Neil Diamond, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Seasick Steve

International Female Solo Artist:
Beyonce, Gabriella Cilmi, Katy Perry, Pink, Santogold

Critics’ Choice Award:
WINNER – Florence & The Machine
British Producer of the Year (Nominees chosen by members of the Music Producers Guild with winner chosen by MPG judging panel under the chairmanship of Robin Miller. Brit Award to be presented to British Producer of the Year at MPG Awards (12th February, Cafe de Paris):
Bernard Butler, Brian Eno, Steve Mac

Outstanding Contribution to music
WINNER – Pet Shop Boys

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WAPS believes in Santogold

Normally WAPS doesn’t jump on bandwagons – they tend to move and therefore it’s a dangerous pursuit – but in the case of Santogold we will be honest.  We heard a lot of hype about her and thought ‘Boring, who needs a new MIA when the one we’ve got never quite seems to succeed’. But then we heard her new single ‘LES Artistes’ and changed our minds.

Also, a friend of WAPS saw her gig at Texas’ SxSW conference and said her performance with two dancers was ‘very good and very pop’. In our opinion, every band should have AT LEAST two dancers on stage so it’s good to know Santogold is heading in the right direction.

Check the incredible song and video out here:
» http://www.myspace.com/santogold