Skepta, The 1975, David Bowie among 2017 BRIT Award nominations

The nominations for the 2017 BRIT Awards were revealed this weekend with Skepta leading the pack (equal with pop queens Little Mix, natch), grabbing three nods - for British Male Solo Artist, British Breakthrough Act and British Album of the Year for the Mercury Prize-winning ‘Konnichiwa’.

Elsewhere, The 1975 are nominated for British Group alongside Bastille, Biffy Clyro, Little Mix and Radiohead, as well as British Album of the Year - the other acts for that gong being David Bowie’s ‘Blackstar’, Kano’s ‘Made in the Manor’, and Michael Kiwanuka’s ‘Love & Hate’.

International Male Solo Artist will be a bunfight between Bon Iver, Bruno Mars, Drake, Leonard Cohen and The Weeknd, while International Female Solo Artist is a Knowles love-in, with both Beyoncé and Solange nominated alongside Christine and the Queens, Rihanna and Sia.

British Female Solo Artist has nods for Anohni, Ellie Goulding, Emeli Sandé, Lianne La Havas and Nao.

The full list of nominations is:

British Male Solo Artist
Craig David
David Bowie
Kano
Michael Kiwanuka
Skepta

British Female Solo Artist
Anohni
Ellie Goulding
Emily Sandé
Lianne La Havas
Nao

British Group
The 1975
Bastille
Biffy Clyro
Little Mix
Radiohead

British Breakthrough Act
Anne-Marie
Blossoms
Rag’n’Bone Man
Skepta
Stormzy

British Single
Alan Walker - Faded
Calum Scott - Dancing On My Own
Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna - This Is What You Came For
Clean Bandit Ft Sean Paul & Anne-Marie - Rockabye
Coldplay - Hymn For The Weekend
James Arthur - Say You Won’t Let Go
Jonas Blue ft. Dakota - Fast Car
Little Mix - Shout Out To My Ex
Tinie Tempah ft. Zara Larsson - Girls Like
Zayn - Pillowtalk

MasterCard British Album of the Year
The 1975 - I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it
David Bowie - Blackstar
Kano - Made In The Manor
Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate
Skepta - Konnichiwa

British Artist Video of the Year
Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover)
Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna - This Is What You Came For
Clean Bandit ft. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie - Rockabye
Coldplay - Hymn For The Weekend
James Arthur - Say You Won’t Let Go
Jonas Blue ft. Dakota - Fast Car
Little Mix ft. Sean Paul - Hair
One Direction - History
Tinie Tempah ft. Zara Larsson - Girls Like
Zayn - Pillowtalk

International Male Solo Artist
Bon Iver
Bruno Mars
Drake
Leonard Cohen
The Weeknd

International Female Solo Artist
Beyoncé
Christine and the Queens
Rihanna
Sia
Solange

International Group
A Tribe Called Quest
Drake & Future
Kings of Leon
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Twenty One Pilots

The winner of the Critics’ Choice gong has already been revealed as Rag’n’Bone Man, while the BRITs Global Success Award will be awarded to the British artist selling the most of their ‘recent project’ in 2016. The winner of British Breakthrough Act will be decided via an online vote run by the BRITs website and BBC Radio 1, and British Artist Video of the Year is subject to a public vote.

The BRIT Awards ceremony takes place on 22nd February at the O2 Arena in London.