Stormzy, Mimi Webb, Harry Styles, Lizzo and George Ezra are among top names receiving nominations ahead of next month’s 43rd Brit Awards at London’s O2. But who are the brilliantly-named duo Wet Leg everyone’s talking about? 

In the second year of gender neutral categories without best male and female lists, there’s controversy not a single woman appears among five men nominated as Artist of the Year.

You can hear all about the runners and riders, and those Brits controversies now part of British folklore - from Jarvis Cocker’s Michael Jackson stage invasion to the Sam Fox and Mick Fleetwood hosting fiasco.

The Leader podcast’s joined by Gennaro Castaldo, communications director for the BPI organisers, and Evening Standard music reporter Jonathan Kanengoni.

We discuss:

- The gender imbalance controversy

- Londoners up for nomination

- Whether any minnows have a shot

- Classic, wild Brits moments through the years.

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