The Beatles have received their first Brit Award nomination in more than 40 years.
The legendary band previously won the outstanding contribution to music accolade in 1983 and with group and album of the year awards, have been shortlisted for 2025 song of the year for Now and Then, a track written by the late John Lennon in the late 1970s and finished by surviving bandmates Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Ringo Starr.
But Now and Then faces competition for the award from a string of other songs including Charli XCX’s Guess featuring Billie Eilish, Coldplay’s ‘feelslikeimfallinginlove’, Dua Lipa’s Training Season, Jade’s Angel of My Dreams and Sam Ryder’s You’re Christmas To Me.
Charli XCX leads the nominations with five, with her song of the year recognition joined by places on the shortlists for artist of the year, pop, dance and the coveted album of the year for Brat.
Elsewhere at the ceremony, Myles Smith - who was previously announced as this year’s Rising Star award recipient - is nominated for a further three prizes, with Stargazing also on the song of the year shortlist, and nods in both the best new act and pop categories.
Dua Lipa, The Last Dinner Party, and Ezra Collective each scored four nominations including album of the year.
The shortlist for the event’s biggest prize is completed by The Cure, whose comeback LP Songs of a Lost World gave them their third nomination of the year, with their group of the year and alternative/rock nods giving them their most successful year in the history of the ceremony, having previously been nominated once in 1990 and twice in both 1991 and 1993, winning a total of two awards.
In the international categories, Benson Boone, Beyonce, Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter, and Taylor Swift each scored two nominations.
The Brit Awards take place on March 1 at London's O2 Arena, with comedian Jack Whitehall returning as host.
