Brit Awards nominations 2014: who are they? Nominated for: British Single of the Year (for Let Her Go) READ: Brit Awards 2014 nominations - the full list John Newman Pompadour-wearing blue-eyed soul throwback who originally shot to fame thanks to his wonderfully throaty croon on Rudimental's 2012 smash hit "Feel the Love." The 22-year-old's own debut album, Tribute, reached number one last year, as did single Love Me Again. For fans of: Plan B, Amy Winehouse, Sam Smith Nominated for: British Male Solo Artist, British Single of the Year (for Love Me Again) Read an interview with John Newman John Newman - Love Me Again on MUZU.TV. Tom Odell Last year's Brits Critics Choice winner, whose barroom piano chords and timorous vocals are pitched somewhere between Keane and Elton John. His debut album, Long Way Down, topped the UK chart - despite a now infamous zero out of 10 review in the NME (which prompted Odell's dad to call the magazine to complain). Nominated for: British Male Solo Artist, British Breakthrough Act For fans of: Keane, Coldplay, Ed Sheeran Read a review of Tom Odell's Long Way Down Birdy Wunderkind singer-songwriter Jasmine van den Bogaerde broke through as a 14-year-old with a cover of Bon Iver's Skinny Love in 2011. Last year she released her second album, Fire Within, featuring 11 co-written indie-leaning pop songs showcasing a rich voice and inventive musicality far beyond her 17 years. For fans of: Emeli Sande, Florence and the Machine, Joss Stone Nominated for: British Female Solo Artist Read an interview with Birdy Disclosure Surrey brothers Disclosure have been hailed in some quarters as the saviours of British dance music. Their chart-topping debut album, Settle, which welds soulful house music to modern electronic textures, topped the UK charts in June and earned them a Mercury Prize nomination. For fans of: Artful Dodger, Groove Armada, Rudimental Nominated For: British Group, British Breakthrough Act, British Single (for Latch) Read a review of Disclosure's Settle Disclosure - Latch on MUZU.TV. London Grammar Nottingham University-formed trio London Grammar attempted to wrestle the arty, downtempo indie crown from the XX in 2013 during an impressive debut year in which they their album, If You Wait, reached number two. Their star turn belongs to singer Hannah Reid, whose barnstorming vocals recall Florence Welch. For fans of: The xx, Florence and the Machine, Lorde Nominated for: British Breakthrough Act Read more about London Grammar This London quartet are beloved by students for their hearty, instantly recognisable, arms-around-your-mates indie-pop songs. Their debut Bad Blood (another chart topper) was the UK's biggest-selling digital album of 2013. Their four Brits 2014 nominations are more than any other act. For fans of: Coldplay, Embrace, Nominated for: British Group, British Breakthrough Act, British Single of the Year (for "Pompeii"), MasterCard British Album of the Year (for Bad Blood) Read an interview with Bastille Macklemore and Ryan Lewis This American rapper (Macklemore) and producer (Ryan Lewis) duo were responsible for one of the pop songs of 2013, the hilariously cutting send up of bling culture, Thrift Store. Though technically still two separate artists, the pair's success has been so symbiotic (thanks, in part, to a full collaborative hip-hop album) that they've also been co-nominated for seven Grammys. Nominated for: International Group For fans of: Professor Green, Kid Cudi, Eminem Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Thrift Shop (feat. John Grant Formerly the frontman of acclaimed Denver-based alternative rockers The Czars, John Grant went solo in 2010. His second solo album, Pale Green Ghosts, was one of the most wonderful albums of 2013, full of twisted, rawly self-deprecating torch songs set to a mix of Seventies soft-rock and austere electronica. Nominated for: International Male Solo Artist For fans of: Elton John, Paul McCartney, Mark Lanegan Read a review of John Grant's Pale Green Ghosts Naughty Boy Master producer Shahid Khan (aka Naughty Boy) co-wrote most of Emeli Sandé"s gazillion-selling debut album, and in 2013 he enjoyed a smash hit of his own, La La La (featuring Brits Critics Choice 2014 winner Sam Smith). His debut album, Hotel Cabana, mixed r'n"b, dance, and pop, and enlisted vocal assistance from Sande, Ed Sheeran and Gabrielle. Nominated for: British Single of the Year (for La, La, La) For fans of: Emeli Sandé, Will.I.Am, Craig David READ: The Brit Awards nominations 2014 - it's Bowie versus the Kids!