Seem to do this annually, predicting who will win what award... May as well continue the trend! With the Brits just round the corner, here's who I think I'll pick up some gongs..
Mastercard British Album Of The Year
Emeli Sande – 'Our Version Of Events'
Mumford & Sons – 'Babel'
ALT-J - "AN AWESOME WAVE" - Definitely Alt-J...everybody seems to have gone crazy for this CD, and it'll be a refreshingly worthy winner!
Plan B – 'iLL Manors'
Paloma Faith – 'Fall To Grace'
Best British Single with Capital FM
ADELE - 'SKYFALL' - yep, suppose it could have been any one of these, they're all about the same calibre of song but ADELE probably gets the nod above the rest!...meaning I'll probably end up giving Producer Paul Epworth the nod too!
Alex Clare - 'Too Close'
Coldplay & Rihanna - 'Princess of China'
DJ Fresh feat. Rita Ora - 'Hot Right Now'
Emeli Sandé - 'Next To Me'
Florence & The Machine - 'Spectrum'
James Arthur - 'Impossible'
Jessie J - 'Domino'
Labrinth Feat. Emeli Sandé – 'Beneath Your Beautiful'
Olly Murs feat. Flo Rida 'Troublemaker'
Rita Ora feat. Tinie Tempah - 'R.I.P.'
Rizzle Kicks - 'Mama Do The Hump'
Robbie Williams - 'Candy'
Rudimental Feat. John Newman - 'Feel The Love'
Stooshe - 'Black Heart'
Best Live Act
COLDPLAY - having seen these guys live, I'm not sure any of the others can compare! Do you get flashy wristbands at The Vaccines?... Mumford would be a good gig, can always dance to their stuff!.. But I'd probably head for the bar if any tracks off Babel come on!...jesting, obv.
Muse
The Rolling Stones
The Vaccines
Mumford & Sons
British Male Solo Artist
Calvin Harris
Olly Murs
BEN HOWARD - maybe I'm biased, having seen him live and his music really striking a chord with me on many levels this year, but for such a lyric-driven folk musician to hit the mainstream with such force this past year must give him some chance of a gong here!
Richard Hawley
Plan B
British Female Solo Artist
Bat For Lashes
Amy Winehouse
EMELI SANDE - however much I've heard her stuff played so much!...she can turn a brilliant lyric, and she's been known to write one or two catchy melodies as well..
Paloma Faith
Jessie Ware
British Group
One Direction
ALT-J - probably these chaps again. Why not, go for it fellas!
Muse
Mumford & Sons
British Breakthrough
Jessie Ware
Jake Bugg
RITA ORA - had this situation last year, where any one of the nominees in this category could easily have won. In this case I'm going to elect to pick someone other than Ben or Alt-J and go with the mainstream breakthrough success in Rita Ora.
Ben Howard
Alt-J
International Group
Alabama Shakes
FUN. - can't believe these guys churned out so many catchy hits all the way through the year!
The Script
The Killers
The Black Keys
International Male Solo Artist
Bruce Springsteen
Michael Buble
Frank Ocean
Gotye
JACK WHITE - apart from Gotye writing one decent song, and Frank Ocean writing a whole album of dark but sick alternative hip-hop, I don't know what Buble or Springsteen did last year!? Will Frank's work be rewarded?..or more likely Jack White should claim the award for a truly amazing Blunderbuss album and some devilishly good live performances in the summer.
International Female Solo Artist
TAYLOR SWIFT - didn't require much thought...even with Rihanna nominated as well...but Taylor seems to have hit incredible form this year.
Rihanna
Alicia Keys
Cat Power
Lana Del Rey
BRITs Global Success
To Be announced at BRIT Awards 2013
British Producer Of The Year
Damon Albarn
Jake Gosling
PAUL EPWORTH - yep, go claim it for having masterminded Skyfall.
Critics Choice
Tom Odell
Special Recognition Award
War Child
Lets see how I get along!....
