ABC/Paula LoboEd Sheeran, Katy Perry and Harry Styles are among the big names nominated for this year’s BBC Music Awards. That’s the good news: the bad news is that there won’t be any actual ceremony for the stars to attend.
As the BBC reports, the show has been scaled back this year, so there are only a few categories, so the winners will be revealed during a TV show airing December 8 called The Year in Music 2017. It will look back on the biggest music stories of the year, as told by the musicians involved with them.
Ed and Harry are up for BBC Music Artist of the Year, along with Lorde, Kendrick Lamar, Rag N Bone Man and superstar British hip-hop artist Stormzy.
In addition, Ed’s album Divide is up for BBC British Album of the Year, and his competition in that category includes Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1, by his pal Taylor Swift‘s old boyfriend, Calvin Harris.
Katy is up for BBC Music Live Performance of the Year for her set at BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend concert. She’s up against the likes of U2 and Foo Fighters.
Here are the nominations for the BBC Music Awards:
BBC MUSIC ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Ed Sheeran
Harry Styles
Kendrick Lamar
Lorde
Rag N Bone Man
Stormzy
BBC MUSIC BRITISH ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Calvin Harris — Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1
Ed Sheeran — ÷ (Divide)
Dua Lipa — Dua Lipa
Rag N Bone Man — Human
Stormzy — Gang Signs & Prayer
The xx — I See You
BBC MUSIC LIVE PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Boy Better Know — Glastonbury
Depeche Mode — Glasgow Barrowlands, BBC Radio 6 Music Festival
Foo Fighters — Glastonbury
Katy Perry — BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend
Nile Rodgers feat. Chic — Glastonbury
U2 — The Joshua Tree Tour
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