Prior to the award presentation, which is slated for February 11th, 2023 in the UK, the Brit Awards 2023 organizers released the complete list of candidates. Burna Boy and Fireboy DML have been verified as the only Nigerian acts to receive a nomination.
Year’s Best Album;
- The 1975 – Being Funny In A Foreign Language
- Fred Again – Actual Life 3 (Jan 1 – September 9 2022)
- Harry Styles – Harry’s House
- Stormzy – This Is What I Mean
- Wet Leg – Wet Leg
Artist of the Year
- Central Cee
- Fred Again
- George Ezra
- Harry Styles
- Stormzy
Best group
- The 1975
- Arctic Monkeys
- Bad Boy Chiller Crew
- Nova Twins
- Wet Leg
Song of the Year
- Aitch and Ashanti – Baby
- Cat Burns – Go
- Dave – Starlight
- Ed Sheeran and Elton John – Merry Christmas
- Eliza Rose and Interplanetary Criminal – B.O.T.A. (Baddest Of Them All)
- George Ezra – Green Green Grass
- Harry Styles – As It Was
- Lewis Capaldi – Forget Me
- LF System – Make Me Feel
- Sam Smith & Kim Petras – Unholy
Best international artist
- Beyoncé
- Burna Boy
- Kendrick Lamar
- Lizzo
- Taylor Swift
Best international group
- Blackpink
- Drake & 21 Savage
- First Aid Kit
- Fontaines DC
- Gabriels
International song of the Year
- Beyoncé – Break My Soul
- David Guetta & Bebe Rexha – I’m Good (Blue)
- Fireboy DML & Ed Sheeran – Peru
- Encanto cast – We Don’t Talk About Bruno
- Gayle – ABCDEFU
- Jack Harlow – First Class
- Lizzo – About Damn Time
- Lost Frequencies & Calum Scott – Where Are You Now?
- OneRepublic – I Ain’t Worried
- Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero
Best new artist
- Kojey Radical
- Rina Sawayama
- Sam Ryder
- Mimi Webb
- Wet Leg
Rising Star
- Flo – winners
- Cat Burns
- Nia Archives
Best alternative / rock
- The 1975
- Arctic Monkeys
- Nova Twins
- Tom Grennan
- Wet Leg
Best dance
- Becky Hill
- Bonobo
- Calvin Harris
- Eliza Rose
- Fred Again
Best hip-hop/rap / grime
- Aitch
- Central Cee
- Dave
- Loyle Carner
- Stormzy
Best Pop / R&B
- Cat Burns
- Charli XCX
- Dua Lipa
- Harry Styles
- Sam Smith
