The late musician, who passed away at her London home in July 2011, has received posthumous recognition for her music after being nominated for the February awards ceremony on Thursday.

Amy has been included in a category with Adele, Jess Glynne and Florence Welch thanks to the soundtrack that accompanied Asif Kapadia’s 2015 eponymous documentary about her life and career.

Posthumous: Amy Winehouse has been nominated for British Female Solo Artist at the Brit Awards 2016, five years after her death

A new year: Adele, Jess Glynne and Florence Welch will also compete for the award in February 2016

The soundtrack, which included tracks like Stronger Than Me from her debut album Frank and Tears Dry On Their Own from Back To Black, was released in October 2015, three months after the eponymous film’s release.

Similarly, her old friend Adele made a comeback in October, and managed to eclipse her competitors in sales for the year within just three months.

The documentary centres around the last years of her life, until her untimely passing at the age of 27.

Amy sadly passed away in 2011 after an accidental overdose, following her highly-publicised battle with alcohol, drugs and bulimia.

The singer previously won the Best British Female Award back in 2007, in response to her charttopping 2006 album Back To Black.

That year, the musician triumphed against Lily Allen, Corinne Bailey Rae, Nerina Pallot and Jamelia to take the trophy.

In her acceptance speech, she said ‘I’m just glad my mum and dad are here to be honest’ as she pointed out Mitch and Janis in the audience.

It’s unclear whether the pair will be present at the 2016 awards ceremony as her father Mitch withdrew his support for the big screen documentary late last year with complaints about bias.

2016 BRIT AWARDS: THE NOMINATIONS

 BRITISH MALE SOLO ARTIST

Aphex Twin

Calvin Harris

James Bay

Jamie XX

Mark Ronson

BRITISH FEMALE SOLO ARTIST

Adele

Amy Winehouse

Florence + the Machine

Jess Glynne

Laura Marling

BRITISH GROUP

Blur

Coldplay

Foals

One Direction

Years & Years

BRITISH BREAKTHROUGH ACT

Catfish and the Bottlemen

James Bay

Jess Glynne

Wolf Alice

Years & Years  

BRITISH SINGLE

Adele – Hello

Calvin Harris & Disciples – How Deep Is Your Love

Ed Sheeran & Rudimental – Bloodstream

Ellie Goulding – Love Me Like You Do

James Bay – Hold Back The River

Jess Glynne – Hold My Hand

Little Mix – Black Magic

Olly Murs ft. Demi Lovato – Up

Philip George – Wish You Were Mine

Years & Years – King

MASTERCARD BRITISH ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Adele – 25

Coldplay – A Head Full of Dreams

Florence + the Machine – How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful

James Bay – Chaos and the Calm

Jamie XX – In Colour

BRITISH PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

Charlie Andrew

Mark Ronson

Mike Crossey

Tom Dalgety

BRITISH ARTIST VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Adele – Hello

Calvin Harris & Disciples – How Deep Is Your Love

Ed Sheeran – Photograph

Ellie Goulding – Love Me Like You Do

Jessie J – Flashlight

Little Mix – Black Magic

Naughty Boy ft. Beyonce & Arrow Benjamin – Runnin’ (Lose It All)

One Direction – Drag Me Down

Sam Smith – Writing’s On The Wall

Years & Years – King

INTERNATIONAL MALE SOLO ARTIST

Drake

Father John Misty

Justin Bieber

Kendrick Lamar

The Weeknd

INTERNATIONAL FEMALE SOLO ARTIST

Ariana Grande

Björk

Courtney Barnett

Lana Del Rey

Meghan Trainor

INTERNATIONAL GROUP

Alabama Shakes

Eagles of Death Metal

Major Lazer

Tame Impala

U2

CRITICS’ CHOICE

Winner: Jack Garratt

BRITs GLOBAL SUCCESS AWARD 

Identified by the global sales success of British Acts of their latest project/album.

Sales achieved in the period 1st January 2015 to 31st December2015 will be counted.

Celebrating the win, he couldn’t quite forget the bad taste it left in his mouth and wrote on Twitter: ‘Just heard Amy nominated for Brit for best British female singer. We are so proud of you baby, Still hate the film though!’

She previously received a posthumous award at the Grammys 2012 for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance with Tony Bennett, which was accepted by Mitch.

Before her death, she received five Grammy Awards including Best New Artist, Best Female Pop Vocals and Song Of The Year for Rehab, and an MTV Europe Music Award.

Nominated: Though she passed away in 2011, her music has been re-released in October 2015 as part of the soundtrack to Asif Kapadia’s documentary AMY

Past winner: The musician previously received a Brit Award in the same category in 2007

Celebrating: In her acceptance speech, Amy was pleased that her father Mitch and mother Janis (pictured here at the Grammy Awards 2008) were there to see here receive the Brit that year

In her honour: Mitch and Janis accepted a posthumous award at the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards in 2012