Coldplay, who kicked off the show with a performance of “Hymn for the Weekend”, won the British Group award – making them the most successful group in this category in Brit history, having won in 2001, 2003 and 2012.
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“To all the other girls who were nominated, thank you for letting me be in your company, you’re all awesome, you’re all incredible and it’s a privilege to be beside you”.
“To come back…I got lost for a while, I didn’t know if I was going to come back, and you all being so kind to me…”
She was the only artist or group to receive more than one award at the ceremony.
Tik Tok singer Kesha is now involved in a lawsuit against her mentor Dr Luke, and on Friday was pictured in tears in court when she was denied a preliminary injunction which would allow her to record music outside of her contract with Dr Luke’s label Kemosabe Records, which is owned by Sony. Holding her award in the air she told the O2 and viewers in the United Kingdom: “I’d like to take this oportuntiy to publicly support Kesha”.
This year’s Brit Awards saw a host of serious fashion failures – but there were a few exceptions.
Annie Lennox paid tribute to the late David Bowie before his friend Gary Oldman accepted his icon award.
Justin Bieber won for best worldwide male solo artist, and performed a flame-heavy rendition of “Love Yourself” and “Sorry”.
The Hello powerhouse seemed to be on a high after getting a record four awards at the ceremony on Wednesday evening but things appeared to have become overwhelming when she arrived at a party at The Arts Club in Mayfair in London, as she made a decision to leave shortly after her arrival.
James Bay picked up the award for British Male, presented by Kylie Minogue.
Other winners of the British Awards are Catfish and the Bottlemen, Jack Garratt, Charlie Andrew, Bjork and Tame Impala for the British breakthrough act, Critics’ choice, British producer of the year, worldwide female solo artist, and global group, respectively.
“It’s nearly impossible to mention Bowie’s name in the past tense”, said Lennox.
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Lorde’s tribute to David Bowie got a standing ovation… “We love you and we thank you”. “The legend of his extraordinary sound shall be revered for as long as the Earth shall spin”. Drenched in red light, the New Zealand native perfectly covered Bowie’s “Life on Mars?” from the album Hunky Dory.
