The BRIT Awards has reveals that Jacob Alon, Rose Gray and SIENNA SPIRO are the artists nominated for the 2026 Critics’ Choice award, which picks out the next generation of British talent.

The winner will be announced in January while the awards - to give it the full title of The BRIT Awards 2026 with Mastercard - will take place on Saturday 28th February from Manchester’s Co-op Live, marking the first time the event has been held outside of London

Former winners and nominees of the Critics’ Choice include Dua Lipa, Adele, Florence + The Machine , James Blake, Michael Kiwanuka, Sam Smith, Jorja Smith, Griff, FLO, The Last Dinner Party , Myles Smith and more.

First introduced in 2008, the award has reverted to its original name of Critics’ Choice for 2026, ‘in acknowledgement of the

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