Kylie Minogue will be presented with the Brits Global Icon Award at this year's ceremony on Saturday 2nd March. Minogue, who is also nominated for International Artist of the Year, is confirmed to perform on the night, joining the already announced Dua Lipa and RAYE.
The Brits Global Icon Award is described as the highest honor given by the Brit Awards. Taylor Swift received the honor three years ago. The award was formerly called the Icon Award. Recent recipients have included Elton John (2014), David Bowie (2016) and Robbie Williams (2017).
“I am very excited to be honored with the Global Icon Award and to be part of a roll call of such incredible artists,” Minogue said in a statement. “The UK has always been a home from home, so the British have a very special place in my heart. I have some amazing memories of the awards over the years and can't wait to get back on the Brits stage. See you at the O2!”
Minogue and Swift compete for international artist of the year. The other nominees in this category are Asake, Burna Boy, Caroline Polachek, CMAT, Lana Del Rey, Miley Cyrus, Olivia Rodrigo and SZA.
Minogue is also performing at the People's Choice Awards, which will be presented at the Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, California, on Sunday, February 18. Lainey Wilson and Lenny Kravitz are also set to appear on this show.
On February 4, Minogue won her first Grammy Award in 20 years – Best Pop Dance Recording for “Padam Padam”. This song peaked at No. 7 on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs in June, Minogue's highest ranking ever on that chart.
RAYE leads this year's Brit nominations with seven nods, which has set a new record for most nominations in a single year. British rappers Central Cee and J Hus tied for second on the nominations chart with four each.
Winners of the genre awards will be determined by public voting exclusively via Instagram, which opened at noon on February 1 and ends on Thursday (February 15) at 6 p.m. GMT. To vote, fans can either go to the Brits Instagram page (@BRITs) and comment on the Reel category of their choice using an artist-specific hashtag, or by creating a Reel and using the @BRITs tag and artist-specific hashtag on caption. Fans can perform each of these actions once per artist, per category, per day, with one comment counting for one vote, creating a wheel will count for five votes.
More information on voting can be found at BRITs website.
The BRIT Awards 2024 with Mastercard, which is the full name of the show, will be broadcast live on ITV1, STV, ITVX and STV Player from The O2 Arena in London.
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