Last night’s BRIT Award Nominations were dominated by four of the biggest female artists around Pixie Lott, Lily Allen, Florence + The Machine, and Lady Gaga.

With all three acts storming ahead with three highly deserved nominations each, the categories have not been without their controversy - with The Sun today reporting that:

Outrageously, SuBo, Take That and Beyonce have all been snubbed..How can SuBo – who had the biggest selling album in the UK and US last year – not be nominated for Best Female?’

They even quoted the BRITs chairman, Ged Doherty as saying ‘I think it’s a crime’.

And they weren’t alone in their frustration – Billboard Biz also noticed the rather glaring omission of SuBo, explaining:

Despite scoring the biggest selling album of 2009 in the UK, moving 1.6 million units of ‘I Dreamed A Dream’, Boyle did not get any nominations. The Syco/Sony Music Artist will not have a presence at the ceremony, organized by UK trade body the BPI.

Ged Doherty, again, also confirmed that ‘Susan won’t be performing on the show, not this year’.

SuBo aside, the X Factor alumni cleaned up last night, with runners up JLS being nominated for Best British Breakthrough Act, Best British Group and Best British Single for Beat Again. Alexandra Burke, Cheryl Cole and the boys are all competing for the Best British Single – alongside La Roux and Alesha Dixon.

JLS’ Marvin Humes told Billboard Biz that ‘2009 was an amazing year for us, hopefully it’s going to continue in 2010′.

The Daily Mail had a list of the acts expected to perform at the Earls Court ceremony on February 16th, including Robbie Williams, Kasabian, Lady GaGa and Florence + The Machine who will be performing alongside Dizzee Rascal.

And while most categories seem too close to call, the Guardian have already started predicting which moment in the award cermonys colourful history will be voted the best performance by industry executives…’whether Jarvis Cocker’s bottom-baring during Michael Jackson’s Earth Song could win it for late prince of pop remains to be seen’.

What do you think of this year’s BRIT nominations? What do you think of SuBo, Beyonce et al being left off the list?