Given that oddsmakers anticipate Harry Styles to win each of the four awards for which he is nominated, he may dominate the Brit Awards on Saturday night.
The Grammy Award-winning airbrushed pop LP Harry's House, which the star won for best album, is expected to bring him success once more.
As It Was, Styles' enduring smash hit, is also up for best artist, best pop act, and song of the year awards.
When the ceremony begins at 20:30 GMT, he will be up against Stormzy, Dua Lipa, and the independent duo Wet Leg.
The event is being held on a Saturday night for the first time. Event organizers are hoping the new time slot will increase audience numbers, which hit a record low of 2.7 million in 2022.
The Brits regularly drew nine million viewers to its live shows in the 1990s, but audiences have been steadily declining for 20 years.
With appearances by Lizzo, Sam Smith, and Styles himself, the 2023 film aims to halt the trend.
Everything you need to know about the ceremony is provided below.
ITV1 and ITVX will broadcast the ceremony live in the UK on Saturday, February 11, from 20:30 to 22:45 GMT.
On the official Brit Awards YouTube channel, viewers from outside of the UK can watch the ceremony.
The red carpet and the ceremony itself will be extensively covered on the BBC News website starting at 17:00 GMT.
The British combined separate male and female categories in 2022 to create new honors for the "best artist" and "best international artist.".
But when prominent acts like Charli XCX and Florence The Machine failed to receive a nomination for best artist this year, there was a backlash.
Shaznay Lewis, the star of All Saints and a two-time recipient of a Brit Award, questioned how the awards ceremony could continue with a category that this year had excluded half the population.
However, he pointed out that big names like Adele and Dua Lipa hadn't released any music during the eligibility period. Brits chairman Damian Christian described the situation as "disappointing.".
The fact that only 12 of the 70 acts nominated for best artist were female highlights a larger issue: only 20% of the artists signed to a major UK record label are female.
According to Christian, there were "clearly not enough women landing those big hits or albums in 2022.". We'll need to have industry-wide discussions and hold ourselves accountable if this happens again this year and in the future.
The show's headlining performer, Harry Styles, will be hoping to forget about last Sunday's Grammy performance, when his rotating stage malfunctioned and ruined three weeks of meticulously choreographed dance moves.
The Grammy performance of Sam Smith and Kim Petras' smash single, "Unholy," will also be revisited. Their sexually charged performance in the US infuriated religious conservatives who claimed the pair had embraced Satanic imagery. However, the Church of Satan retorted that the show was "alright" and "nothing particularly special.".
On Saturday, Lizzo, Lewis Capaldi, Cat Burns, Wet Leg, and Stormzy are also scheduled to perform. DJ David Guetta will also play a set of hits with Becky Hill and Ella Henderson.
Mo Gilligan, a comedian who will be hosting the program for a second time, says of the British people, "You never know what's going to happen.
Nevertheless, I also get to watch some of my friends, like Little Simz, accept awards and accompany their mothers on stage. Being a part of that is enjoyable.
So how does he maintain his composure when one of his friends loses to Adele, George Ezra, or Cat Burns?
He cries out, "I've got to be fair! But we'll be here for a while if you want my music-related opinions. I like to listen to Motown and 80s groove, so I'm thinking, "Where's Diana Ross? Get the Supremes in there!".
You also want your friends to succeed, don't you, though?
Thanks to catchy and sensual earworms like Chaise Longue and Angelica, Isle of Wight indie duo Wet Leg, who formed on a whim at the top of a ferris wheel, received the most nominations this year.
The best alternative album and best alternative song (again, Chaise Longue) categories were won by them at the Grammy Awards last weekend.
Rhian Teasdale, a singer, chuckled on stage in Los Angeles, saying, "This is so funny.". What are we even doing in this place?
The band claims their four nominations were completely "unexpected," despite the fact that they should feel more at ease being on home soil.
According to Teasdale, "We initially just wrote songs to make ourselves laugh.". I'm not sure what we would do if we could visit our younger selves and tell them, "This is where you'll be in 10 years.
The Rising Star award, given by the Brits to up-and-coming artists, has previously been won by Adele, Sam Fender, Jorja Smith, and Rag N' Bone Man before they became well-known.
The winner has received a spot to perform at London's O2 Arena with their idols in recent years. This year, their trophy will be presented on the red carpet and they won't even be included in the televised ceremony.
That's a real shame because this year's winners, Flo, are one of the most exciting girl groups to emerge from the UK in a long time.
The trio, who also took home the BBC Sound Of 2023 award, put on amazing live performances. They could make a cement mixer sound lovely by harmonizing with it. It feels wrong to leave them out of the ceremony.
On Saturday, the post-punk rock band Nova Twins is up for two nominations in the categories of best alternative act and best group.
Singer/guitarist Amy Love says, "It's amazing for us. "When we were young, we had lofty aspirations. Our response was, "Yes, we can make it to the Brit Awards.
The reality sets in once you begin your journey, though. People said, "You should be doing hip-hop," especially since you're a woman and women of color performing rock music.
In order to get here, we had to navigate very differently.
By creating their own outfits for Saturday's red carpet, the pair will maintain their DIY aesthetic.
According to bassist Georgia South, "We had to go big for the Brits.". We're giving you a hint: 'Regal punk fairies.
Love continues, "I'm hoping it holds together. "We'll bring some needle and thread in case something comes loose. No nip slips.
Since 2011, the Brit Awards trophies have been updated annually by a different artist. Dame Vivienne Westwood, Sir Peter Blake, Tracey Emin, and Es Devlin have all contributed their own distinctive designs.
Slawn, a Nigerian-born artist currently residing in London, was inspired to design this year's award by the bronze statues in his native nation.
The iconic Britannia figure, a woman who represents Britain, has taken off her helmet, and the trophy has three distinct faces that make it appear different from every angle.
The sculpture's inspiration is the phrase "hats off to you," according to Slawn. "I chose to take the helmet off the trophy as a way to express my gratitude to the British for giving me this chance.
And who would he like to see winning a trophy from?
He uttered "Taylor Swift.". If not her, Central Cee should be next.
The first Disney song to be nominated for a Brit Award is We Don't Talk About Bruno, a song from the animated movie Encanto.
The song's author, Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, will win his first Brit Award if it wins the prize for best international song.
Blackpink is the first K-pop girl group to ever receive a nomination from the British Academy.
They are included on the bizarrely diverse list of finalists for best international group, along with the rap legends Drake, the Swedish folk duo First Aid Kit, the soul group Gabriels, the Irish rockers Fontaines DC, and the soul band Gabriels.
Pop singer Mimi Webb pulled a sly prank earlier this year.
She sat her mum down for a "serious chat" after finding out she was nominated for best new artist.
Before Mimi broke the news, Sue Webb asked, "Are you okay?" with a worried expression on her face.
Sue cried out, fighting back tears, "Oh my God, I've got goosebumps.".
Mimi, who is about to release her debut album, Amelia, remembers, "She was so shocked!
"I still receive calls about it every day, even now. She is just so happy.
On Saturday, Mrs. Webb will go to the show with her daughter, who is 22 years old. If Mimi wins, will she imitate Little Simz and bring mom on stage?
I will have to try," she chuckles. But she could be a little anxious.
The main award of the evening is Album of the Year, and Harry Styles appears to have it in the bag.
The biggest single of 2022, As It Was, is featured on Harry's House, his third solo album, which is a big, warm hug of an album inspired by 70s classic rock and 80s synth pop.
Last year, the album sold 460,000 copies, more than four times the amount of the next best-selling record on the shortlist.
That distinction belongs to Wet Leg's self-titled debut album, which is packed with angular, hook-heavy student disco songs that touch on themes of millennial disaffection and anxiety.
The 1975's Being Funny In A Foreign Language shows a more subdued side of a band known for their glitch-pop excess, while Stormzy receives his third album nomination of the year nomination for This Is What I Mean, which delves deeply into the artist's religious beliefs.
The exception is Fred Again's Actual Life Volume 3, a collection of moving dance tracks that honors community and cooperation following the gloomy lockdown days.
But let's face it, a result other than Harry Styles winning would call into question the legitimacy of the Brit Awards altogether.
