Dua Lipa, the breakthrough pop star who scored a huge summer hit with New Rules, has earned the most nominations at the 2018 Brit awards – even beating Ed Sheeran, despite his spectacular year-long assault on the charts on both sides of the Atlantic. She was nominated in the British female solo artist, breakthrough act, single and video categories, along with the night’s biggest award, British album of the year. East London rapper J Hus and platinum-selling songwriter Rag’n’Bone Man each received three nominations. Lipa’s competition for the female solo artist award comes from Jessie Ware, Kate Tempest, Laura Marling and Paloma Faith – all have been nominated before, with Marling and Faith winning in 2011 and 2015 respectively. Dua Lipa is a slow-burn success who upended music industry expectations to become the most-streamed female artist in the UK last year.

Source: The Irish Times January 13, 2018 22:30 UTC