Harry Styles, Ed Sheeran and Paul McCartney lead the male-dominated British Grammy nominees while Arlo Parks flies the flag for UK women
- Harry Styles , Ed Sheeran , Paul McCartney , James Blake and Andrew Lloyd Webber are all in running for the prestigious awards
- Ed, 30, is in the running for the coveted Song Of The Year gong, which he won for Thinking Out Loud in 2016, for his song Bad Habits
- Harry, 27, is up for Best Immersive Audio Album for Fine Line
The Grammy nominations were announced on Tuesday evening, with the British contingent of nominees dominated largely by men.
Harry Styles, Ed Sheeran, Paul McCartney, James Blake and Andrew Lloyd Webber are all in running for the prestigious awards while kooky songstress Arlo Parks is flying the flags for the girls in the Alternative Album category.
Ed, 30, is in the running for the coveted Song Of The Year gong, which he won for Thinking Out Loud in 2016, while Harry, 27, is up for Best Immersive Audio Album for his record FIne LIne, as they lead the British nominees.
He's a winner! The Grammy nominations were announced on Tuesday evening, with the British contingent of nominees dominated largely by men (Harry Styles, pictured in February)
Stars including Taylor Swift and Kanye West are at the forefront of the nominations while Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo have tied with seven nods.
It is Harry however who is up for Best Immersive Audio Album.
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Last year, former One Direction star Harry won the Best Pop Solo Performance gong for Watermelon Sugar, while he was nominated for Best Music Video for Adore you and Best Pop Vocal Album for Fine Line.
Despite the roaring success of 1D, the band were never nominated for a Grammy.
Happy days: Ed Sheeran, 30, is in the running for the coveted Song Of The Year gong, which he won for Thinking Out Loud in 2016
Nice: Paul's McCartney III landed him a nomination in the Best Rock Album category
Clearly glowing with pride, Harry's mother Anne Twist shared an image of his nomination with a fingers crossed and love eye emoji.
Ed's nod is for his song Bad Habits, while Paul's McCartney III landed him a nomination in the Best Rock Album category.
James has won a nomination for Best Dance Recording for his track Before while theatre legend Andrew's Cinderella scored him a Best Musical Theater Album nod.
Arlo meanwhile was flying the flag for the women in the Best Alternative Music Album for her record Collapsed In Sunbeams.
Sweet: Clearly glowing with pride, Harry's mother Anne Twist shared an image of his nomination with a fingers crossed and love eye emoji
Yay! James has won a nomination for Best Dance Recording for his track Before
Composer and musical artist Jon Batiste surpassed all nominees with an impressive 11 nominations, while Justin Bieber, Doja Cat and H.E.R. scored eight each and Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo tied with seven.
Former enemies Taylor Swift and Kanye West are up against each other in one of the biggest categories for Album of the Year, with their records Evermore and Donda respectively.
Reunited Swedish pop group ABBA scored their first-ever Grammy nomination in their 48-year history for 'I Still Have Faith In You' in the Record of the Year category.
Yay: Theatre legend Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella scored him a Best Musical Theater Album nod
Woo! Arlo meanwhile was flying the flag for the women in the Best Alternative Music Album for her record Collapsed In Sunbeams
Album of the Year: Taylor Swift (left) will be battling it out with former nemesis Kanye West (right) in one of the ceremony biggest categories
The Grammy nominations come after fears were raised that some artists will miss out on prizes after the Brit awards announced it had abolished gender by scrapping male and female categories for its 'woke' 2022 event.
Bosses say the decision is an attempt 'to be as inclusive and as relevant as possible' and allow people to enter who do not identify as a man or woman.
However, fans have reacted with fury with many calling for a boycott of next year's show.
Now, critics have also pointed out that scrapping gender categories will mean that some acts will 'miss out' on an award.
