Harry Styles, Liam Payne and Zayn Malik will battle it out for British Artist Video Of The Year at the BRIT Awards 2018.
The trio – who found fame in One Direction alongside Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson – have all been nominated for their solo efforts, with Harry getting the nod for ‘Sign Of The Times’, Malik being rewarded for his Taylor Swift collaboration ‘I Don’t Wanna Live Forever’ and Liam in the running for ‘Strip That Down’ featuring Quavo.
They will compete against Calvin Harris, Clean Bandit, Jonas Blue, Little Mix, Ed Sheeran, Dua Lipa and Anne-Marie.
The winner of the British Artist Video award will be decided by the public, with one of the 10 acts eliminated each week until there are only five left on the night of the awards.
The nominees were announced during a special live ITV show ‘The BRITs Are Coming’, hosted by Emma Willis and Liam performed ‘Strip That Down’.
Speaking to BANG Showbiz on the red carpet, he said he is loving solo life and isn’t worried about going head-to-head with Harry and Zayn.
He said: "It’s fantastic. I’m extremely happy.
"I love it. We all needed a break, it got a bit crazy at one point.
"Everyone is doing so well, don’t fix it if it’s not broken. There is always time for us to come back, we have that."
And he revealed he was thrilled to be nominated in two categories; as he also received a nod for British Single of the Year for ‘Strip That Down’.
He said: "It’s really great and there are some great artists in those categories as well. This is where I am from so it it’s extra special."
Speaking after his performance, Liam told Emma he couldn’t believe the reaction from the crowd.
He said: "Thank you so much, you guys were great! I can’t believe it I’m so happy. It’s crazy, I just can’t believe it. Me and Ed, who wrote the song, and the producer Steve Mac were just kind of grooving to it in the studio, I didn’t know it would do this."
Dua Lipa leads the nominations with five, while Ed Sheeran follows with nods in four categories.
J Hus and Rag’n’Bone Man have three each, while there are two nominations each for Stormzy, Loyle Carner, Little Mix and Clean Bandit.
The BRIT Awards 2018 take place at London’s O2 Arena on 21 February and will be broadcast live on ITV.
BRIT Awards Nominees 2018
British Album of the Year
Dua Lipa – ‘Dua Lipa’
Ed Sheeran – ‘Divide’
J Hus – ‘Common Sense’
Rag ‘n’ Bone Man – ‘Humour’
Stormzy – ‘Gang Signs & Prayer’
British Male Solo Artist
Ed Sheeran
Liam Gallagher
Loyle Carner
Rag’n’Bone Man
Stormzy
British Female Solo Artist
Paloma Faith
Kate Tempest
Jessie Ware
Laura Marling
Dua Lipa
British Group
Wolf Alice
Gorillaz
London Grammar
The XX
Royal Blood
British Breakthrough
Dave
Dua Lipa
J Hus
Loyle Carner
Sampha
Critics’ Choice Award
Jorja Smith
British Single of the Year
Liam Payne – ‘Strip That Down’ featuring Quavo
Jax Jones feat. Raye – ‘You Don’t Know Me’
Clean Bandit – ‘Symphony’ featuring Zara Larsson
Rag’n’Bone Man – ‘Human’
J HUS – ‘Did You See’
Calvin Harris – ‘Feels’ featuring Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry and Big Sean
Dua Lipa – ‘New Rules’
Ed Sheeran – ‘Shape of You’
Jonas Blue – ‘Mama’ featuring William Singe
Little Mix – ‘Touch’
British Artist Video
Calvin Harris
Clean Bandit
Jonas Blue
Little Mix
Ed Sheeran
Dua Lipa
Anne-Marie
Liam Payne
Harry Styles
Zayn Malik
International Female Solo Artist
Taylor Swift
Lorde
Bjork
P!nk
Alicia Keys
International Male Solo Artist
Kendrick Lemar
Childish Gambino
Drake
Beck
DJ Khaled
International Group
Foo Fighters
Arcade Fire
LCD Soundsystem
Haim
The Killers