Last night, January 15, the Brit Awards revealed the nominations for their 2015 awards.

Included in the stream of successful musicians are Sam Smith with five nods, our very own homegrown Hozier as Best International Male, and St Vincent as Best International Female.

Clearly missed from the nominations is La Roux, her 2014 album Trouble in Paradise was released in July to a flurry of rave reviews and critics’ delight. It would have been nice to see her album in a category so male-dominated.

The Brit Awards will take place on February 25 at London’s O2 Arena.

British Male Solo Artist
Damon Albarn
Ed Sheeran
George Ezra
Paolo Nutini
Sam Smith

British Female Solo Artist
Ella Henderson
FKA twigs
Jessie Ware
Lily Allen
Paloma Faith

British Group
alt-J
Clean Bandit
Coldplay
One Direction
Royal Blood

British Breakthrough Act
CHVRCHES
FKA twigs
George Ezra
Royal Blood
Sam Smith

Critics’ Choice
George The Poet
James Bay
Years & Years

British Single
Calvin Harris – ‘Summer’
Clean Bandit feat Jess Glynne – ‘Rather Be’
Duke Dumont feat Jax Jones – ‘I Got U’
Ed Sheeran – ‘Thinking Out Loud’
Ella Henderson – ‘Ghost’
George Ezra – ‘Budapest’
Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars – ‘Uptown Funk’
Route 94 feat Jess Glynne – ‘My Love’
Sam Smith – ‘Stay with Me’
Sigma – ‘Nobody to Love’

British Video
Calvin Harris – ‘Summer’
Charli XCX – ‘Boom Clap’
Duke Dumont featuring Jax Jones – ‘I Got U’
Ed Sheeran – ‘Thinking Out Loud’
Mark Ronson feat Bruno Mars – ‘Uptown Funk’
One Direction – ‘You and I’
Rita Ora – ‘I Will Never Let You Down’
Route 94 featuring Jess Glynne – ‘My Love’
Sam Smith – ‘Stay with Me’
Sigma – ‘Nobody to Love’

MasterCard British Album of the Year
alt-J – This Is All Yours
Ed Sheeran – x
George Ezra – Wanted on Voyage
Royal Blood – Royal Blood
Sam Smith – In the Lonely Hour

British Producer of the Year
Flood
Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory
Jake Gosling
Paul Epworth

International Male Solo Artist
Beck
Hozier
Jack White
John Legend
Pharrell Williams

International Female Solo Artist
Beyonce
Lana Del Rey
Sia
St Vincent
Taylor Swift

International Group
5 Seconds of Summer
The Black Keys
First Aid Kit
Foo Fighters
The War on Drugs