Brit Awards confirmed 2025 performers from Sabrina Carpenter to Jade Thirlwall

The Brit Awards have a sensational line up of performers for 2025 (Picture: Getty/REX)

The Brit Awards is one of the biggest nights of the year for celebrities from wild outfits to memorable speeches and big performances, and it’s kicking off tonight in London.

After huge speculation, organisers have revealed the list of performers who will take to the stage from their stunning lineup of nominees.

This includes the first solo Brit Award performance from Little Mix legend Jade Thirlwall after her huge debut solo success.

Last year saw Raye, Dua Lipa and none other than Kylie Minogue perform with viewers treated to a medley of her biggest songs from the Padam Padam legend.

This year, both Raye and Dua are nominated again and will head to London’s O2 Arena this evening for a night of teary speeches and stellar performances.

However, neither singer is on the lineup for 2025, instead, music lovers will be treated to a performances from some of the biggest names of the year including Sabrina Carpenter.

Jade Thirlwell will be making her first solo Brit Award performance without Little Mix (Picture: Joseph Okpako/WireImage) Pop sensation Sabrina Carpenter will be opening the evening (Picture: Astrida Valigorsky/Getty Images)

The Espresso hitmaker will open the evening, making her Brits debut, and will also scoop the global success award on the night.

While Charli XCX will be this year’s songwriter of the year with her longterm collaborator AG Cook named Brit’s producer of the year, the Brat queen will not be performing.

Instead, the evening’s line up will include People Watching hitmaker Sam Fender, Jade, Jorja Smith, Messy hitmaker Lola Young, Teddy Swims, rising star winner Myles Smith and The Last Dinner Party.

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This evening marks the first time former Little Mix star Jade takes to the stage without her bandmates.

Little Mix have performed at the show across numerous years and won best group as recently as 2021.

Now the group is on hiatus and Jade’s debut solo record Angel of My Dreams has been nominated for song of the year as well as a pop act nod.

‘I’ve honestly manifested every day since the release of Angel Of My Dreams to perform at the BRIT Awards,’ she said.

Jade confessed she even cried when she found out, adding: ‘I can’t wait to bring a huge, chaotic pop moment to the BRITs stage!’

Last year saw icon Kylie Minogue take to the stage (Picture: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images) Teddy Swims is set to perform at the 2025 show (Picture: Christopher Polk/Penske Media via Getty Images)

‘I’m so excited to be performing at the BRITs! What an honour, I love you so much,’ Lose Control hitmaker Teddy Swims said.

Rising star Myles said: ‘Performing at the BRITs is such an incredible honour, and it feels surreal to even say it out loud. To think I was sitting at home watching it last year, and now I’m performing the very next year… it’s just insane. Grateful for this opportunity and can’t wait to step onto that stage.’

‘Grateful’ was also how A Bar Song (Tipsy) hitmaker Shaboozey was feeling as he said he was ‘beyond humbled to not only be nominated for a BRIT Award but to take the stage.’

The Last Dinner Party are ‘excited’ to return after winning in 2024 (Picture: Adam Berry/Redferns)

He continued: ‘This past year has been huge for me with my records getting love from all over the world and now I can celebrate with my friends and fans in London.’

Last year’s rising star winners The Last Dinner Party added that they were ‘so excited’ to return to the Brits this year after seeing the ‘scale and spectacle’ in 2024.

Charli XCX and The Beatles as one of the many big names who have landed nominations at the prestigious awards show.

Fans had expected a performance from Charli given the fact she is leading the nominations with five nods, including the big awards like song, artist and album.

How to watch the Brit Awards 2025?

The Brit Awards will be broadcast live on ITV1 and ITVX at 8:15pm GMT from The O2, with viewers outside the UK able to watch on YouTube from 9pm GMT.

While she might not be on stage to belt out her hit tracks, it’s likely the star will appear to pick up at least a few awards for cultural phenomenon Brat.

Later this year, Charli will headline Barcelona’s Primavera Sound Festival along with Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter in a pop dream.

2025 will also see her tour around the US as well as headlining Manchester’s Parklife — alongside 50 Cent — and brand new London festival Lido.

Charli XCX has stormed the Brit nominations this year (Picture: Alberto Pezzali/Invision/AP, File) But Dua Lipa is hot on her tail with four nominations (Picture: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)

As for the Brit Awards, Charli is followed closely by Dua Lipa, Ezra Collective and The Last Dinner Party who have four nominations each.

A surprise nod came for The Beatles for the first time since 1982 thanks to their song Now and Then which features vocals from John Lennon.

While all eyes are on the nominees, viewers will see another familiar face with Jack Whitehall returning to the stage this year.

This will be the fifth time he has hosted the music awards show but requested that fans ‘don’t call it a comeback’.

Full List of Brit Award 2025 Nominations

Song of the year

 Artemas – Like The Way You Kiss Me The Beatles – Now and Then BL3SS x Camrin Watsin – Kisses Central Cee ft LIL BABY – Band4Band Charli XCX ft Billie Eilish – Guess Chase & Status ft Stormzy – Backbone Coldplay – feelslikeimfallinginlove Dua Lipa – Training Season Ella Henderson ft Rudimental – Alibi Jade – Angel of my dreams Jordan Adetunji – Kehlani KSI ft Trippie Redd – Thick of It Myles Smith – Stargazing Sam Ryder – You’re Christmas to Me  Sonny Fodera, D.O.D, Jazzy – Some days

Artist of the year

Beabadoobee Central Cee Charli XCX  Dua Lipa Fred again Jamie xx Michael Kiwanuka Nia Archives Rachel Chinouriri Sam Fender

Album of the year

The Last Dinner Party – Prelude To Ecstasy Charli XCX – Brat The Cure – Songs of a Lost World Dua Lipa – Radical Optimism Ezra Collective – Dance, No One’s Watching

Best new artist

English Teacher Ezra Collective The Last Dinner Party Myles Smith Rachel Chinouriri

Group of the year

Bring Me The Horizon Coldplay The Cure Ezra Collective The Last Dinner Party

Dance act

Becky Hill Charli XCX Chase & Status Fred again Nia Archives 

Pop act

Charli XCX Dua Lipa Jade Lola Young Myles Smith

Hip Hop/Rap/Grime act

Central Cee Dave Ghetts Little Simz Stormzy

R&B act

Cleo Sol FLO Jorja Smith  Michael Kiwanuka Raye

Rock/Alt act

Beebadoobe The Cure Ezra Collective The Last Dinner Party Sam Fender 

International artist of the year

Adrienne Lenker Asake Benson Boone Beyoncé  Billie Eilish Chappell Roan Kendrick Lamar Sabrina Carpenter Taylor Swift  Tyler The Creator

International group of the year

Amyl and the Sniffers Confidence Man Fontaines D.C. Future & Metro Boomin Linkin Park

International song of the year

Tommy Richman – Million Dollar Baby

Benson Boone – Beautiful Things

Beyoncé – Texas Hold ‘Em’

Billie Eilish – Birds of a Feather’

Chappell Roan – Good Luck, Babe

Djo – End of Beginning

Eminem – Houdini

Hozier – Too Sweet

Jack Harlow – Lovin On Me

Noah Kaha – Stick Season

Post Malone ft Morgan Wallen – I Had Some Help

Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso

Shaboozey – A Bar Song (Tipsy)

Taylor Swift ft Post Malone – Fortnight

Teddy Swims – Lose Control

The Brit Awards will be broadcast live on ITV1 and ITVX at 8:15pm GMT from The O2, with viewers outside the UK able to watch on YouTube from 9pm GMT.

This article was first published on January 31.

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