Ed Sheeran and Stormzy nominated for BBC Music Awards

There will be no live ceremony this year in a new change, with winners announced on BBC Two

Ed Sheeran and Stormzy are both up for awards, and will both perform live

The nominations for this year's BBC Music Awards have been unveiled - with Ed Sheeran, Stormzy, and Rag N Bone Man all in the running.

All three could be in with the chance to win both Artist of the Year and Album of the Year, though they'll face further competition from popular acts Dua Lipa and Harry Styles. However, in a change to last year, there will be no awards ceremony to hand out prizes.

Instead, winners will be announced during a BBC Two programme titled The Year in Music 2017, which promises, according to BBC Music editor James Stirling, to "revisit the music stories of the year, told by the musicians at the heart of them".

The show will be presented by Strictly Come Dancing's Claudia Winkleman, alongside Radio 1's Clara Amfo on 8 December. There'll also be a new performance from Rag N Bone Man, whose album Human marked the year's biggest debut, selling in excess of 600,000 copies.

You can see the full list of nominees below.

BBC MUSIC ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Ed Sheeran
Harry Styles
Kendrick Lamar
Lorde
Rag N Bone Man
Stormzy

BBC MUSIC BRITISH ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Calvin Harris - Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1
Ed Sheeran - ÷
Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa
Rag N Bone Man - Human
Stormzy - Gang Signs & Prayer
The xx - I See You

BBC MUSIC LIVE PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR

Boy Better Know - Glastonbury
Depeche Mode - Glasgow Barrowlands, BBC Radio 6 Music Festival
Foo Fighters - Glastonbury
Katy Perry - BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend
Nile Rodgers feat. Chic - Glastonbury
U2 - The Joshua Tree Tour

BBC MUSIC INTRODUCING ARTIST OF THE YEAR
To be announced

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