As we mentioned in our last post, some awards have been announced ahead of the ceremony - including for best producer.

A.G. Cook worked on Charli XCX's album Brat, and has also worked with the likes of Caroline Polachek, Troye Sivan and Christine & The Queens.

Speaking about his creative process, he told the BBC’s Mark Savage: “You really have to have conviction about what you’re doing and not make compromises and have your own lane for it to make sense."

A few awards have been announced ahead of tonight's ceremony, which are:

Producer of the year - A.G. Cook

Songwriter of the year - Charli XCX

Rising star - Myles Smith

Global success - Sabrina Carpenter

We've just spotted one of tonight's performers, Sabrina Carpenter, on the Brits red carpet.

She's receiving the global success award this evening, and is also nominated for international song of the year and international artist of the year.

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Mark Savage
Music correspondent

With 70 nominees across 13 categories, there are lots of records up for grabs this year. Here are some of the big ones.

• The Beatles are nominated for best single, for what's been billed as their "last ever" song, Now And Then. If they win, it will come a record 47 years after their first nomination in that category - for She Loves You in 1977
• Coldplay could extend their lead as the winningest winners in the best group category. They already hold the record, with four victories in 2001, 2003, 2012 and 2016. Arctic Monkeys are their closest competitors, with three
• Dua Lipa could become one of the top three most-awarded artists in Brits history. She currently has seven trophies, putting her in fifth place in the all-time league table. If she wins all four of her categories tonight, she'll leapfrog Take That and Coldplay to enter the bronze position
• Billie Eilish could become the first foreign female to win best British single. She scores a nomination thanks to her chart-topping duet with Charli XCX, the underwear-fetishising club banger Guess
• Sam Ryder’s 2023 hit You’re Christmas To Me could become the first ever Christmas anthem to win best single.
• And if The Cure win best group, they'll set a record for the longest gap between wins in that category. The last time they got the award was in 1991, when presenter Roger Daltrey said he was relieved not to be giving the prize "to a sampler or a drum machine"

Rudimental have been like my naughty little brothers for years, Ella Henderson - nominated for song of the year - says as she makes her way up the red carpet

“They took me on tour when I was unsigned as an artist, and that was a part of my career when I really learned a lot about myself," she says.

“But we always said we would do a song together… And when I wrote Alibi, I rang them straight away and was like ‘“I’ve written our song we’re going to do together.”

“I think this is such an incredible night,” she continues, “It’s really important artists come out and support each other.” She says she’s desperate to play Glastonbury. “I’m putting it out there to the universe”.

We're still a couple hours off the start of the Brits but we can now bring you the latest pictures of some of tonight's nominees as they arrive:

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Comedian Jack Whitehall will host the Brits for the fifth time, which means alongside performances and awards we can also expect some savage one-liners.

"If you like Adele songs but find them too upbeat you're in for a treat," he announced in 2018. "Sam Smith is performing."

A year later, referencing Westlife's comeback, he joked: "Suddenly a hard border with Ireland doesn't sound so bad."

Announcing his return after a year off hosting last year, Jack said: "They say that absence makes the heart grow fonder, and that is absolutely the case with The BRIT Awards - it is my favourite night of the year, and I am delighted to be invited back to host in 2025.”

Jamie Whitehead
Live reporter at the O2

The O2 Arena is just around the corner from where we are on the red carpet, but for the social amongst tonight’s guests, it could take a while to get there.

There’s a long line of media waiting, including our BBC colleagues at Newsbeat who are stood right by us.

It’s busy in here, and we’re all fighting for space, but the vibes are good.

Myles Smith, who is performing at tonight's awards, is the first person to stop and speak to us on the red carpet.

Asked about his hit song Stargazing, Myles tells us: “I got new Wi-Fi the other day, and they put me on hold... and it was Stargazing.

"And that said two things. One: This is like, the most irritating thing. But at the same time, I had made it to hold."

"Did you then sing for the operator?" BBC music correspondent Mark asks. “No, I was passed to seven more”. “Its been an amazing year,” he says, adding that he's glad he got to bring his mum to celebrate.

As well as receiving the rising star award, Myles is also up for song of the year and best pop act.

Mark Savage
Music correspondent

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It might not have been year's biggest-selling album, but Charli XCX's Brat spawned the most conversations.

Released in June, it combined abrasive dance-floor beats, soaring hooks and meme-friendly artwork; as the 32-year-old assessed her place in the music industry, the real and imaginary rivals she'd accumulated, and whether or not to leave it all behind to have a baby.

In the star's own words, the record was "chaos and emotional turmoil set to a club soundtrack".

Just as everyone was absorbing that, she hired a bunch of guest stars - Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande, Addison Rae, Bon Iver - and re-recorded an entirely new, sometimes superior, version of the album.

Critics called it "pop music for the future” and praised the way its “painfully relatable” lyrics captured Charli's coming of age.

It’s already earned the star a Brit Award for songwriter of the year; while her long-time collaborator AG Cook has been named producer of the year.

That sets the scene for her to dominate tonight's show. If she wins everything she's nominated for, she'll tie with Raye as the most-awarded artist in a single Brits ceremony.

Jamie Whitehead
Live reporter at the O2

Mark Savage - the man with probably the coolest job in the BBC - will be speaking to all the stars ahead of the Brit Awards later this evening.

“It’s almost like a year long preparation,” he says when asked about you prepare for a night like this, “everyone you interview, you’re thinking ‘“is this a fact I will need to remember?’”

This week, there is a lot of studying the music, reading reviews, checking instas so you can ask informed questions, he says.

Mark’s doing his 13th Brits tonight, so naturally I asked him for some of his highlights: “Adele doing someone like you.

"You're in a room full of the most jaded people in the world and you could hear a pin drop."

Mark says it could be Charli XCX’s year, saying he thinks she’ll get most or all of the prizes she is up for, but would like to see Fontaine's DC do well “as we haven’t had a big indie band since the Arctic Monkeys".

I asked Mark if I could have his job “Sure,” he laughs, “just slip the poison in the tea and it’s all yours”.

Jamie Whitehead
Live reporter at the O2

Behind us crowds are cheering and the red carpet hosts are doing some pre-records.

But on the other side of the barricade, producers, camera operators and studio managers jostle for position ahead of the big arrivals.

Nicky Schiller
Live stream presenter, outside the O2

I'm at the O2 with entertainment journalist Daniel Rosney and we are already streaming live with the best of the red carpet arrivals.

You can press the play button at the top of the page or watch on the BBC iPlayer (just click News and you will find us).

Charlotte Gallagher (who is really like my TV wife) is grabbing celebs as they pass and checking out the red carpet outfits whilst our music correspondent Mark Savage (who literally knows nearly everyone in the music business) will be chatting to the nominated acts on how they feel before the show starts later.

So what are you waiting for? Hit that play button and join us at music's big night.

Jamie Whitehead
Live reporter at the O2

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That’s been the message coming from the seasoned Brits pros this week, a message (or warning) repeated by Nathan, who is looking after our broadcast point on the red carpet.

But for now, before the a-listers arrive, media colleagues are greeting each other, cameras are getting set up and mics are being tested.

Ironically, I’m typing this sat on a red carpet. But the actual carpet we’ll be doing our interviews from is grey.

Not long to go now, stay with us and we’ll bring you all the action both on and offstage at London’s 02 Arena.

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Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the 2025 Brit Awards, which celebrates the biggest stars in the UK music industry… and some abroad.

Charli XCX leads the awards with five nominations, after an unforgettably Brat year. It’s safe to say those four letters, the Collins Dictionary word of the year, changed the fabric of 2024 - from lime green covered dance floors to rebranding Kamala Harris’ US presidential campaign.

The awards kick off at 20:30 GMT, with 13 Brits up for grabs. We’ll be running through them from our London news room, and live reporter Jamie will be filling us in with all the latest from the O2.

Also working late tonight is ‘Short n’ Sweet’ singer Sabrina Carpenter, who will receive the Global Success award as well as performing.

So sit back, down your espresso, and stay with us and our reporters as we bring you the latest from the Brits.