Walsall superstar Jorja Smith nominated for three BRIT awards

The popstar, who grew up in Walsall, features in the Mastercard British Album of the Year category, as well as the British Female and British Breakthrough categories.

Talking about her nominations on Twitter, former Aldridge School student Jorja said: "Wow! Three BRIT Award nominations, I can't actually believe it. British Album of the Year, British Female and British Breakthrough Act! Thank you so much!"

She will be going up against the likes of Florence and The Machine, Lily Allen, Jess Glynne and George Ezra in a bid for the top spot.

The BRIT Awards are the British Phonographic Industry's annual popular music awards - held to celebrate the best musical talent in Britain.

Twenty-one-year-old Jorja enjoyed a successful 2018, which has seen her release her debut album Lost and Found.

She won the Brit Critics’ Choice Award last year, and also performed at the event alongside Rag ‘N’ Bone Man.

The star has been named among the top 50 ‘Movers and Shakers Of The Moment’, and in 2017 went on to support mega-star Bruno Mars on the US-leg of his world tour.

In the Mastercard British Album of the Year award Jorja's album Lost & Found is up against A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships by The 1975, Anne-Marie's Speak Your Mind, High As Hope by Florence and The Machine, and Staying At Tamara's by George Ezra.

To win the British Female Solo Artist category she must come above stars Anne-Marie, Florence and The Machine, Jess Glynne and Lily Allen.

And in the British Breakthrough Act, Jorja will be vying for the crown against Ella Mai, IDLES, Mabel and Tom Walker.

Visit brits.co.uk/nominees to vote.