{"id":86168,"date":"2026-02-09T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/?p=86168"},"modified":"2026-02-09T13:15:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T07:45:00","slug":"fred-again-fka-twigs-and-more-up-for-brit-awards-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/2026\/02\/09\/fred-again-fka-twigs-and-more-up-for-brit-awards-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Fred Again, FKA Twigs, and More Up For BRIT Awards 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>The ceremony is set to take place at Co-op Live arena in Manchester on February 28.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dance music artists have bagged multiple placements on the BRIT Awards 2026 nomination list. EDM star Calvin Harris and singer-songwriter Clementine Douglas&#8217;s <strong>\u2018Blessings\u2019<\/strong> is up for Song of the Year, along with <strong>\u2018Victory Lap\u2019<\/strong> by Fred Again, American streamer and producer PlaqueBoyMax, and British rapper and grime MC Skepta, and <strong>\u2018The Days (NOTION REMIX)&#8217;<\/strong> by CHRYSTAL and NOTION.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">American DJ\/producer, musician and songwriter Disco Lines &amp; Tinashe\u2019s <strong>\u2018No Broke Boys\u2019 <\/strong>has received the International Song of the Year nod, while <strong>Tame Impala <\/strong>is among the International Group of the Year nominees. Scottish electronic music producer and DJ <strong>Barry Can\u2019t Swim <\/strong>has been recognized as the Breakthrough Artist nominee, along with rapper and singer Jim Legxacy, Lola Young, London\u2019s singer-songwriter Skye Newman, and rapper EsDeeKid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bring On The BRITs with Mastercard | The 2026 Nominations\" width=\"702\" height=\"395\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CDJsj-WiL_Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:1px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Best Dance\/Electronic Album winner at the 2026 Grammy Awards (for her record \u2018Eusexua\u2019), <strong>FKA Twigs<\/strong>, will be competing for the Dance Act BRIT Award with <strong>Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax<\/strong>, London-born <strong>Sammy Virji<\/strong>, <strong>Calvin Harris &amp; Clementine Douglas<\/strong>, and <strong>PinkPantheress<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PinkPantheress <\/strong>and <strong>Fred Again<\/strong> are also up for the coveted Artist of the Year prize, with nominees British rapper Dave, Little Mix\u2019s JADE, 2025 Mercury Prize winner Sam Fender, rapper Little Simz, Olivia Dean, Rotherham-born musician Self Esteem, Lola Young, and singer-songwriter Lily Allen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mark Ronson<\/strong>, best known for producing \u2018Uptown Funk\u2019 and Amy Winehouse\u2019s iconic album \u2018Back to Black,\u2019 will be honored with the Outstanding Contribution to Music Award at the BRIT Awards 2026. Lola Young joins Olivia Dean, the \u2018Best New Artist\u2019 at the 2026 Grammy Awards, to lead the pack of nominees with five nominations apiece this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voting is now open; you can cast your vote for The BRIT Awards 2026 HERE &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brits.co.uk\/vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.brits.co.uk\/vote\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>For more music updates and\u00a0insights into dance music,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>follow TFword on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tf.word\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thefckingword\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thefckingword\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">X<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:9px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You May Also Like:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/2026\/02\/02\/music-streams-cross-5-1-trillion-plays-globally-in-2025\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"85908\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Music Streams Cross 5.1 Trillion Plays Globally in 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/2026\/01\/30\/hottest-dance-music-bangers-of-january-2026\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"85475\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hottest Dance Music Bangers of January 2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/2026\/01\/29\/music-tech-giant-native-instruments-enters-preliminary-insolvency-proceedings\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"85814\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Music Tech Giant Native Instruments Enters Preliminary Insolvency Proceedings<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ceremony is set to take place at Co-op Live arena in Manchester on February 28.&nbsp; Dance music artists have bagged multiple placements on the BRIT Awards 2026 nomination list. EDM star Calvin Harris and singer-songwriter Clementine Douglas&#8217;s \u2018Blessings\u2019 is up for Song of the Year, along with \u2018Victory Lap\u2019 by Fred Again, American streamer<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/2026\/02\/09\/fred-again-fka-twigs-and-more-up-for-brit-awards-2026\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":184965154,"featured_media":86247,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7915,4294],"tags":[8612,7250,7978,7950,2980,10045,10522,10644,2119],"coauthors":[5154],"class_list":["post-86168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-featured","category-music","tag-barry-cant-swim","tag-brit-awards","tag-calvin-harris","tag-fred-again","tag-music-news","tag-notion","tag-pinkpantheress","tag-sammy-virji","tag-tinashe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/184965154"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86168"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86282,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86168\/revisions\/86282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86168"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=86168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}