The Brit Awards 2009 are being held tonight in London at Earls Court and Coldplay and Duffy lead the nominations list with the highest counts.

The show will be hosted by Kylie Minogue, James Corden and Matthew Horne and Performing live tonight will be U2, Kings of Leon, Coldplay, Take That, Pet Shop Boys, Lady GaGa, Duffy, Estelle and The Ting Tings.

The award ceremony starts at 8pm and at the time of writing this article the celebs were just arriving on the red carpet. Sample red carpet pics after nominations list. Full coverage of the event including photo’s and video’s plus the results on Thurdsay 19 Feb..

Duffy photo by regthebirder

The Brit Awards 2009 Nominations

Best British male
Ian Brown
James Morrison
The Streets
Paul Weller
Will Young

Best British female
Adele
Beth Rowley
Duffy
Estelle
MIA

Best British group
Coldplay
Elbow
Girls Aloud
Radiohead
Take That

Best British live act
Coldplay
Elbow
Iron Maiden
Scouting For Girls
The Verve

Best British single
Coldplay – Viva La Vida
Duffy – Mercy
Girls Aloud – The Promise
Leona Lewis – Better in Time
Scouting for Girls – Heartbeat

Best British Album
Coldplay – Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends
Duffy – Rockferry
Elbow – The Seldom Seen Kid
Radiohead – In Rainbows
The Ting Tings – We Started Nothing

Best British breakthrough act
Adele
Duffy
Last Shadow Puppets
Scouting For Girls
The Ting Tings

Best international album
AC/DC – Black Ice
Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
Killers – Day & Age
Kings of Leon – Only By The Night
MGMT – Oracular Spectacular

Best international male
Beck
Neil Diamond
Jay-Z
Kanye West
Seasick Steve

Best international female
Beyonce
Gabriella Cilmi
Katy Perry
Pink
Santogold

Best international group
AC/DC
Fleet Foxes
Killers
Kings of Leon
MGMT

Critics’ Choice: Florence and the Machine

Outstanding Contribution To Music: Pet Shop Boys

Red Carpet Pre Awards Arrivals:

Katy Perry Brit Awards 2009 Red Carpet

Katie White and Jules De Martino “the Ting Tings” Brit Awards 2009 Red Carpet

Gabriella Cilmi Brit Awards 2009 Red Carpet

Alesha Dixon Brit Awards 2009 Red Carpet

Alexandra Burke Brit Awards 2009 Red Carpet

Kylie Minogue Brit Awards 2009 Red Carpet

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