Calvin Harris shared a sweet hug with Vick Hope’s parents after winning the Best Dance Act of the Year award at the 2024 BRIT Awards on Saturday.
As the One Kiss hitmaker, 40, made his way to the stage, he also dedicated a heartfelt speech to fellow artist Ellie Goulding.
After he was announced as the group winner, Calvin, in complete shock, immediately turned to his wife, Vick, 34, for a celebratory kiss.
He then turned to Vick’s mother, Adeline and her father, Nigel, for a big squeeze before heading up on stage.
Making his acceptance for the glitzy award, the hitmaker thanked Ellie as he say he revealed that he would not be up for the award if it wasn’t for her.
Calvin Harris shared a sweet hug with Vick Hope’s parents after winning the Best Dance Act of the Year award at the 2024 BRIT Awards on Saturday
As the One Kiss hitmaker, 40, made his way to the stage, he also dedicated a heartfelt speech to fellow artist Ellie Goulding
Ellie was blowing the star kisses from her table as he went on to explain how she had been a pillar of his recent success.
He said: ‘I want to thank Ellie Goulding, wherever she is. Ellie, I wouldn’t be on this stage this year if it wasn’t for you.
‘What you brought to Miracle was absolutely unbelievable. I couldn’t have done it with anybody else in this room, so thank you.’
The ceremony was hosted by Maya Jama, Roman Kemp and Clara Amfo, and will also feature a series of guest presenters throughout.
Dua Lipa opened the show with Mastercard while Kylie Minogue will give the closing performance.
Ellie Goulding and Calvin Harris, Raye and Becky Hill with Chase & Status will also take to the stage.
A record 98 artists are up for the new 2024 BRIT award, which has been designed by British visual artist and painter Rachel Jones.
Leading the pack is Raye, who has broken the record for garnering the most nominations in a single year, with seven in total.
After he was announced as the group winner, Calvin, in complete shock, immediately turned to his wife, Vick, 34, for a celebratory kiss before giving her mother, Adeline, a huge hug
He then turned to Vick’s her father, Nigel, for a big squeeze before heading up on stage
Making his acceptance for the glitzy award, the hitmaker thanked Ellie as he say he revealed that he would not be up for the award if it wasn’t for her
Ellie was blowing the star kisses from her table as he went on to explain how she had been a pillar of his recent success
The British singer, 26, is up for Album Of The Year for her long-awaited debut album My 21st Century Blues. Her third single, Escapism, is nominated for Song of the Year.
Raye is also included in the five strong Best New Artist category and will also compete as a nominee in the categories for R&B Act and Pop Act.
She has beat reigning champions Craig David, Robbie Williams and the Gorillaz who all had been nominated for six awards in previous years.
The non-gendered Artist Of The Year Award sparked outrage last year, after it replaced individual Male and Female categories, but then failed to include any female or non-binary artists among its five nominations.
This year however, thanks in part to the category being doubled in size, there are six female nominees out of the 10, including Raye.
Arlo Parks, Jessie Ware, Lil Simz, Olivia Sims and Dua Lipa make up the female nominees, while Central Cee, Dave, J. Hus and Fred Again… are also nominated.
The British Phonograph Industry – who organize the annual event – admit gender balance has been readdressed following last year’s controversial decision.
Big hitters Kylie Minogue, Taylor Swift, Lana Del Rey and Miley Cyrus have been nominated for International Artist of the Year.
While Billie Eilish’s What Was I Made For, Doja Cat’s Paint The Town Red and Olivia Rodrigo’s Vampire are all up for International Song of the Year.
Dua Lipa’s limited output over the last year hasn’t stopped her featuring in two additional categories at the forthcoming event.
The singer’s latest single, Houdini – one of only two original tracks to be released by the artist since 2020 album Future Nostalgia – features among the nominees for Song of the Year.
Her global appeal has also helped find a place in the category for Pop Act, despite spending much of the last 12 months touring the world.
Other big names up for awards include Calvin Harris for Song of the Year and Dance Act, while indie band Blur has been nominated for Group of the Year and Alternative Rock group.
The Rolling Stones have also garnered their first nomination in over a decade, making it their fifth nod in total, for Alternative Rock.
The prestigious Album of the Year prize will see Raye compete against J Hus’ Beautiful, Little Simz’s No Thank You, Blur’s The Ballad of Darren and Heavy Heavy from Young Fathers.
While another big category, Song of the Year, is full of strong entries, including Dua’s Dance The Night, Kenya Grace’s Strangers, Pink Pantheress’ Boy’s A Liar, Lewis Capaldi’s Wish You The Best and Stormzy’s Firebae.
Last year’s big winner Harry Styles hasn’t been nominated for any categories this year after a very successful 2023 BRIT Awards, where he won all four of the categories he was nominated in.
Little Simz features in three categories at this year’s event – Artist of the Year, Hip Hop/Grime and Album of the Year.
While Central Cee and J Hus have both snapped up four nominations, including for big awards Artist of the Year and Song of the Year.
In an additional twist, the public will have the power to vote for five categories instead of four compared to previous years.
Kylie is set to be honoured with the Global Icon accolade.
She has sold over 80M records world-wide and previously won three Brit awards, receiving first nomination in 1989.
Kingsley Ben-Adir, Green Day, Charli XCX, Ashley Walters, Joe Keery, Aitch, Jaime Winstone, Jonathan Bailey, Luke Evans and actress Marisa Abel of the Amy Winehouse film Back to Black will help present the awards.
Earlier this week, Tate McRae was confirmed as the eighth and final performer and is nominated in International Song of the Year for her UK Top 3 and US Billboard Global 200 #1 hit single ‘greedy’.
Calvin and Ellie are anticipated to play their mega-hit ‘Miracle’ at the awards ceremony as they perform for the first time together.
The pair previously collaborated on the dance-pop anthems ‘I Need Your Love’ in 2012 and ‘Outside’ in 2014.
Becky Hill and Chase and Status will also come together for a ‘celebration of drum and bass’ at the ceremony.
The ‘Disconnect’ hitmaker and the drum and bass duo – comprising Saul Milton (Chase) and Will Kennard (Status) – are nominated for Best Dance Act and Group of the Year, respectively.
BRIT AWARDS 2024 – THE NOMINATIONS IN FULL
SONG OF THE YEAR
Calvin Harris – Miracle
Casso x RAYE – Prada
Central Cee – Let Go
Dave – Sprinter
Dua Lipa – Dance the Night
Ed Sheeran – Eyes Closed
J Hus – Who Told You
Kenya Grace – Strangers
Lewis Capaldi – Wish You The Best
Pink Pantheress – Boy’s a Liar
RAYE – Escapism
Rudimental – Dancing is Healing
Stormzy – Firebae
Switch Disco – React
Venebee – Messy in Heaven
BEST NEW ARTIST
Mahalia
Olivia Dean
Pinkpantheress
RAYE
Yuseff Dayes
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Arlo Parks
Central Cee
Dave
Dua Lipa
Fred Again…
J Hus
Jessie Ware
Little Simz
Olivia Dean
RAYE
GROUP OF THE YEAR
Blur
Chase & Status
Headie One and K-Trap
Jungle
Young Fathers
INTERNATIONAL GROUP OF THE YEAR
Blink 182
Boygenius
Foo fighters
Gabriels
Paramore
DANCE ACT
Barry Can’t Swim
Becky Hill
Calvin Harris
Fred Again…
Romy
R&B ACT
Cleo Sol
Jorja smith
Mahalia
RAYE
Sault
ALTERNATIVE ROCK
Blur
Bring Me The Horizon
The Rolling Stones
Young Fathers
Yusseff Dayes
HIP HOP/GRIME/RAP ACT
CASSIEDEAD
Central Cee
Dave
J Hus
Little Simz
POP ACT
Calvin Harris
Charli XCX
Dua Lipa
Olivia Dean
RAYE
INTERNATIONAL ARTIST
Asake
Burna Boy
Caroline Polachek
CMAT
Kylie Minogue
Lana del Rey
Miley Cyrus
Olivia Rodrigo
SZA
Taylor Swift
INTERNATIONAL SONG OF THE YEAR
Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For
David Kushner – Daylight
Doja Cat – Paint The Town Red
Jazzy – Giving Me
Libianca – People
Meghan Trainer – Made You Look
Miley Cyrus – Flowers
Noah Kahan – Stick Season
Oliver Tree – Miss you
Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire
Peggy Gou – It Goes Like
Rema – Calm Down
SZA – Kill Bill
Tate McRae – Greedy –
Tyla – Water
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Blur – the Ballad of Darren
J Hus – Beautiful
Little Simz – No Thank You
RAYE – My 21st Century Blues
Young Fathers – Heavy Heavy
BRIT RISING STAR
Caity Baser
Sekou Island
The Last Dinner Party (Winner)