Overview
- The three nominees were revealed on December 3 on BBC Radio 1’s New Music Show with Jack Saunders, with the winner to be announced in January.
- The BRIT Awards 2026 will be staged at Manchester’s Co‑op Live on February 28, the first edition outside London under a two‑year partnership, and will air on ITV and ITVX.
- Eligibility requires British artists to have no Top 20 album and no more than one Top 20 single as of October 31, 2025, with finalists selected by an expert industry panel.
- Jacob Alon was named BBC Introducing Artist of the Year and earned a 2025 Mercury Prize shortlist for debut album In Limerence.
- Rose Gray released debut album Louder, Please and played a sold‑out Manchester show, while SIENNA SPIRO issued a debut EP, toured with Teddy Swims and RAYE, and performed on Later… With Jools Holland.