The longlist for the 2019 Global Awards has been announced.
Reflecting the interests of the media company's radio brands, including radio stations such as Capital, Heart, Classic FM, Smooth, Radio X, Capital XTRA and Gold among others, the nominees cover an incredibly wide spectrum of artists.
Lady Gaga, Drake, Cardi B, Jess Glynne, Mark Ronson, Yo-Yo Ma, Calvin Harris, Music Week Breakthrough Artist Of The Year Anne-Marie, Ariana Grande, Liam Payne, Arctic Monkeys, Tom Grennan, Florence + The Machine and Sir Simon Rattle are all in the running at the event, which is sponsored by Very.co.uk.
The winners will be announced at a live ceremony on March 7 which will take place at the Hammersmith Eventim Apollo in London.
“After our massive debut year, we are incredibly excited to reveal the return of The Global Awards," said Global's founder and executive president Ashley Tabor.
"Next March, on one huge night, The Global Awards 2019 with Very.co.uk will bring together every Global radio brand to celebrate the biggest stars of music, news and entertainment in the UK and across the world. We can’t wait to crown our winners and welcome some of the world’s greatest artists to the stage at one of the biggest nights in the music and entertainment calendar.”
The longlist is below, the public can vote either via Global's website or through their Global Player app.
Best Song with Metro (public vote)
5 Seconds Of Summer - Youngblood
Anne-Marie - 2002
Ariana Grande - No Tears Left to Cry
Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid - Eastside
Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa - One Kiss
Calvin Harris & Sam Smith - Promises
Clean Bandit - Solo (feat. Demi Lovato)
Drake - In My Feelings
Dua Lipa - IDGAF
Keala Settle - This Is Me
Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper - Shallow
Little Mix - Woman Like Me ft Nicki Minaj
Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still
Rudimental ft Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplin - These Days
Shawn Mendes - In My Blood
Best Group (public vote)
5 Seconds Of Summer
Arctic Monkeys
Blossoms
Clean Bandit
Florence + the Machine
Little Mix
Maroon 5
Muse
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
Rak-Su
Rudimental
Silk City
Snow Patrol
Take That
Years & Years
Best Male
Calvin Harris
Dave
David Guetta
Drake
Ed Sheeran
Jason Derulo
Jonas Blue
Liam Gallagher
Liam Payne
Mark Ronson
Olly Murs
Post Malone
Sam Smith
Shawn Mendes
Sigala
Best Female
Anne-Marie
Ariana Grande
Camila Cabello
Cardi B
Cheryl
Dua Lipa
Ellie Goulding
Freya Ridings
Halsey
Jess Glynne
Lady Gaga
Nicki Minaj
Rita Ora
Selena Gomez
Zara Larsson
Best British Artist or Group
Anne-Marie
Arctic Monkeys
Blossoms
Calvin Harris
Clean Bandit
Dave
Dua Lipa
Ed Sheeran
Ellie Goulding
Jess Glynne
Little Mix
Rita Ora
Rudimental
Sam Smith
Years & Years
Rising Star Award (public vote)
Alice Merton
Ava Max
B Young
Dave
Ella Mai
Freya Ridings
Gerry Cinnamon
Halsey
Hardy Caprio
Jade Bird
Keala Settle
Loud Luxury
Rak-Su
Steel Banglez
Tom Grennan
Best Classical Artist
Aled Jones
Alison Balsom
André Rieu
Andrea Bocelli
Bryn Terfel
Hans Zimmer
Jess Gillam
John Williams
Joyce DiDonato
Lang Lang
Nicola Benedetti
Renée Fleming
Sheku-Kanneh Mason
Sir Simon Rattle
Yo-Yo Ma
Mass Appeal Award
Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line
Bruno Mars
Ed Sheeran
Ellie Goulding
Freya Ridings
Jess Glynne
Justin Timberlake
Keala Settle
Lady Gaga
Maroon 5
Olly Murs
Paloma Faith
Sam Smith
Sia
Take That
Social Media Superstar (public vote)
AJ Pritchard
Cardi B
Caspar Lee
Colleen Ballinger
Conor Maynard
Esther Abrami
Halsey
Jameela Jamil
Joe Sung
Oli White
Olly Alexander
The Try Guys
Tyler Oakley
Zara Larsson
Zoella
Best RnB, Hip-Hop or Grime (public vote)
B Young
Chip
Dappy
Dave
Drake
Ella Mai
French Montana
Giggs
Hardy Caprio
Khalid
Not3s
Steel Banglez
Travis Scott
Tyga
Yxng Bane
Best Indie
Arctic Monkeys
Biffy Clyro
Blossoms
Florence + the Machine
Gerry Cinnamon
Jade Bird
Liam Gallagher
Mumford & Sons
Muse
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
Richard Ashcroft
Sam Fender
Stereophonics
The Vaccines
Tom Grennan
Best Pop
5 Seconds Of Summer
Anne-Marie
Ariana Grande
Camila Cabello
Cheryl
Dua Lipa
Jason Derulo
Justin Bieber
Liam Payne
Little Mix
Rak-Su
Rita Ora
Selena Gomez
Shawn Mendes
Zara Larsson
Global recently announced a new managing editor for their Global Player, while the media company's Capital recently staged its live Jingle Bell Ball event at London's O2 Arena, streaming the concert via Twitter for the first time.
