Another huge name has been announced for the BRITs 2018
She will be amazing!
Last updated 26th Jan 2018
It has already been confirmed that Ed Sheeran, Rag‘n’Bone Man, Jorja Smith, Stormzy, Dua Lipa, Sam Smith and Foo Fighters will be performing at this year's BRIT awards. And now another huge artist has be announced for the annual awards show.
Rita Ora will be taking to the stage this year to perform live next month at London's O2 Arena. With four previous BRIT nominations, Rita is no stranger to the BRIT Awards, and with 11 top ten singles and a number 1 album, she has become one of the most successful UK pop acts from the last decade.
In recent years Rita's songs have become hugely popular, her comeback single 'Your Song' has become her most successful song around Europe. Her huge collaboration with Avicii ‘Anywhere’ was also a massive hit reaching number 2 in the UK charts. The unstoppable Rita has also released her latest single with Liam Payne, 'For You' which is featured on the upcoming Fifty Shades Freed film due out on Valentine's Day.
Last week it was announced that Rag'N'Bone Man would be joined on stage at this year's BRITs by the Critics' Choice winner, Jorja Smith.
Jorja Smith was announced as the winner of the Critics' Choice in December and awarded the prestigious award at The BRITs Are Coming event, presented by Emma Willis.
Speaking about her performance Jorja Smith said, “I can’t believe I’ll be performing at the BRIT awards. Rag’n’Bone Man has had an incredible year and is such a crazy talent."
This year the Critics' Choice Award celebrates 10 years, take a look at the previous winners here.
2008 - Adele
2009 - Florence + The Machine
2010 - Ellie Goulding
2011 - Jessie J
2012 - Emeli Sandé
2013 - Tom Odell
2014 - Sam Smith
2015 - James Bay
2016 - Jack Garratt
2017 - Rag ’n’ Bone Man
2018 - Jorja Smith
Sam Fender: 2019
Sam Fender has become hugely popular over the last couple of years, so it's no surprise he won the award in 2019. His debut album 'Hypersonic Missiles' was adored by fans.
Sam dropped his second album ' Seventeen Going Under' in October 2021 and has since sold out shows across the world.
Earlier this month this year's BRITs nominations were announced and Dua Lipa and Ed Sheeran received five and four respectively.
With her massive hit from last year, 'New Rules' being nominated for Best Single, the singer was also nominated for British Female Solo Artist, British Breakthrough, Mastercard British Album Of The Year, and she has also been shortlisted for British Video Artist of the Year which is open to a public vote on Twitter.
Although he had a fantastic 2017 Ed Sheeran failed to beat Dua and was nominated for four BRIT Awards, whilst J Hus and Rag'n'Bone Man have three nominations each. Liam Payne was also nominated for his first two solo BRIT Awards.
See the full list of BRITs 2018 nominations >>
British actor, comedian and writer Jack Whitehall will host this year’s show. Injecting his unique humour into the UK's biggest music event, this is the first time Jack has hosted the event. However he is no stranger to the venue and last appeared at the O2 Arena for three sold-out stand-up shows.
Make sure you tune in to West FM to hear songs from many of this year's nominees.
The BRIT Awards take place on Wednesday the 21st February, make sure you tune into West FM for all the latest BRITs news.