No Rock And Roll Fun

BRIT-A-BRACK: Oddly, the first set of Brit nominations we've got came from the Telegraph, who were obviously upset that Liz Hurley didn't get nominated for anything. The Darkness lead the nominees, with four cracks at winning; Dido confirms her status as the new Annie Lennox by spinning three nominations from awfully dull music. Of course, just because there's a new Annie Lennox doesn't stop there being a nomination for the old one, as well.

Here's the rest of the things:

Best Pop: Christina Aguilera, Daniel Bedingfield, Black Eyed Peas, Busted, Justin Timberlake.

Best International Male: Beck, 50Cent, Sean Paul, Damien Rice, Justin Timberlake.

Best International Female: Christina Aguilera, Beyonce, Missy Elliott, Alicia Keys, Kylie Minogue.

Best International Group: Black Eyed Peas, Kings of Leon, Outkast, The Strokes, The White Stripes.

Best International Album: Christina Aguilera, Stripped; Beyonce, Dangerously In Love; Outkast, Speakerboxxx; Justin Timberlake, Justified; The White Stripes, Elephant.

Best International Breakthrough: 50Cents, Evanescence, Kings of Leon, Sean Ball, The Thrills.

Outstanding Contribution: Duran Duran.

Best British Male: Badly Drawn Boy, Daniel Bedingfield, David Bowie, Dizzee Rascal, Will Young.

Best British Female: Sophie Ellis Bextor, Dido, Jamelia, Annie Lennox, Amy Winehouse

Best British Group: Busted, The Coral, The Darkness, Radiohead, Sugababes

Best British Album: Daniel Bedingfield, Gotta Get Thru This; Blur, Think Tank; The Coral, Magic and Medicine; The Darkness, Permission to Land; Dido, Life for Rent.

Best British Dance: Basement Jaxx, Goldfrapp, Groove Armada, Kosheen, Lemon Jelly.

Best British Breakthrough: Busted, Jamie Cullum, The Darkness, Lemar, Dizzee Rascals.

Best British Single: Dido, White Flag; Gareth Gates featuring the Kumars, Spirit in the Sky; Jamelia, Superstar; Mis-teeq, Scandalous; Rachel Stevens, Sweet Dreams My LA Ex

Best British Urbans: Lemar, Big Brovaz, Mis-teeq, Dizzee Rascals, Amy Winehouse.

Best British Rock: The Darkness, Feeder, Muse, Primal Scream, Stereophonics.


You will have spotted that Gareth Gates and the Kumars have been nominated for best British single - now, even if you set aside the really, really rubbish comedy bits on the record (Meera Syal, you have forever sullied your reputation in our eyes), Gareth's reading of the song is totally lacking any sort of conviction - either for the words, or (it is a comedy record) that the words are ridiculous. Was the year really so bad for singles that it nominated a nod? And how did Primal Scream get counted as Rock? Is this on hair length alone?