United Kingdom, Jan. 23 -- The Beatles have received their first BRIT Award nomination in over 40 years.

The legendary band - who previously won the Outstanding Contribution to Music accolade in 1983 and British Group and British Album of the Year for 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' - have been shortlisted for the 2025 Song of the Year with Mastercard prize for 'Now and Then', a track written by the late John Lennon in the late 1970s and finished by surviving bandmates Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Ringo Starr.

But 'Now and Then' faces competition for the award from a string of other songs, including Charli XCX's 'Guess featuring Billie Eilish', Coldplay's 'feelslikeimfallinginlove', Dua Lipa's 'Training Season', Jade's 'Angel of M...