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Singer nominated for Classic Brit honour after recording track on hit album by The Priests
Former Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan is in the running to land a Classic Brit award.
The singer features on a hit album by The Priests, performing a version of Little Drummer Boy/Peace On Earth.
The group are up for best album with their third release Noel, alongside Aled Jones and the Benedictine Nuns Of Notre-Dame.
Jones – shortlisted for his Christmas Gift release – also lines up against a teenager whom he manages, 13-year-old Isabel Suckling, nominated for her album The Choirgirl Isabel.
MacGowan is noted for his colossal drink intake over many years, but made an unlikely pairing with the group – all ordained Catholic priests – last year.
Members of the public will choose one of 10 nominees to win the best album titleat next month's awards.
The top male artist accolade sees a posthumous nomination for Sir Charles Mackerras, who died last July. The conductor competes against tenor Rolando Villazon and pianist Antonio Pappano, who are both up for two awards. Villazon is also in the running for best album, while Pappano competes for the critics award.
The best female shortlist is an all-British affair for the first time since the awards were launched 12 years ago.
Trumpeter Alison Balsom, violinist Nicola Benedetti and Dame Mitsuko Uchida, a Japanese-born naturalised Brit, compete for the title.
The event – formerly known as the Classical Brit Awards – takes place at the Royal Albert Hall on 12 May..
Also up for the album prize are violinist André Rieu for Moonlight Serenade, Benedictine Nuns Of Notre-Dame for Voices: Chant From Avignon, Bryn Terfel's Carols and Christmas Songs and the Central Band Of The RAF for Reach for the Skies. Completing the list are The Guitarist by Craig Ogden and Russell Watson's La Voce.
Performers at the event will include Il Divo, who will be presented with a prize as artists of the decade, as well as Balsom, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Alfie Boe and Katherine Jenkins.
The event will also be broadcast by ITV1 next month.
