Top music acts miss out on Brits
Updated on 01 December 2007
There is bad news for two huge music acts who look likely to miss out on Brit Award nominations next year due to eligibility rules.
Radiohead and Prince fall foul of the rules which state acts must have had a top 75 UK single or album during the past 16 months.
Radiohead released their album In Rainbows on their website - allowing fans to decide what they wanted to pay for it - which does not report sales to chart compilers.
Meanwhile, Prince's album Planet Earth was given away free in a newspaper which according to chart rules is also ineligible for inclusion.
The acts could have been in the running for best British group and best British album.
And Prince could have had a shot at best international male solo artist and best international album.
A Radiohead spokesman said the group had not expected to be included in the nominations.
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