Now that The Grammy’s are out the way, all eyes are turning to the next music awards. The Brits is the biggest UK event, and voting for several categories is now open to the public.
Five genre-specific awards will be decided by those at home. They are Alternative/Rock Act, Dance Act, Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Act, Pop Act and R&B Act. Better yet, voting isn’t restricted to those in the UK – the official website confirms that anyone in the world can have their say.
If you want to help pick the winner, then it’s easy. We’ve tried it ourselves on WhatsApp and broken it down into an easy step-by-step guide. Nominees include Charlie xcx, RAYE and Sam Fender, and there’s a way to support your favourite artist multiple times.
Just make sure you do so before Friday 14 February 2025 at 11:59pm GMT, as that’s when voting closes, with the winners being announced at the show on Saturday 1 March 2025 on ITV1/ITVX.
- Time to complete: 5 minutes
- Materials required: WhatsApp, smartphone
Open the BRIT Awards voting link on WhatsApp
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Follow this link to access voting for The Brit Awards 2025 on your smartphone. This will automatically generate a message that says ‘Vote’. Enter this into the chat
Note that we tried this process on WhatsApp desktop and were unsuccessful
Your WhatsApp account must also be set to ‘public’, and there is no charge for voting as it’s done over the internet
Select ‘Start Voting’
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To start the process, select ‘Start voting’ – this will generate that message into the chat
You can also view the Terms & Conditions, should you wish
Pick which category you’d like to vote for in The Brit Awards
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Under the prompt ‘Which category would you like to vote for?’, select ‘Pick category’. This will then generate the five genres you can vote for: Alternative/Rock Act, Dance Act, Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Act, Pop Act and R&B Act
Note that you can only select one at a time. Once you’ve chosen, click the green ‘Send’ button
Cast your vote
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There are five nominees per category. Choose the artists from the dropdown list and it will be generated in the chat
Repeat the process until you’re finished
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Once you’ve selected the artist you want, you’ll be given the option to either ‘Vote in new category’, or ‘Finish voting’. The latter will happen automatically once you’ve voted in all five genres
You can’t repeat a same category vote in one turn, you’ll need to wait until voting refreshes
Vote again the next day, should you wish
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Each day the voting will reset, so you can continue building up your votes every day until the nominations close
The last day of voting is Friday 14 February 2025 at 11:59pm GMT
