Here’s our pick of the best Brit dresses of all time… The 21-year-old Canadian star, who has endured some wayward behaviour and scrapes with the law, thanked his fans, saying “everybody has their own journey”.
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Her four wins mean she is also the most successful solo act in any one year at the awards show, held at London’s O2 Arena. He recently became the first artist in U.K. Official Charts History to be in numbers 1, 2 and 3 in the same week.
Last week at the Grammy Awards, Adele’s performance suffered from some technical issues, which quickly turned into a Twitter feud between those criticizing and defending the artist.
But the Barbadian beauty could also decide last minute to snub the Brits, as she did the Grammys last week.
She added, “We know that our fans are incredible”.
They laughed at Echo and the Bunnymen too.
British rapper Stormzy has criticised the Brits after he was not included in this year’s nominations, despite having won best Grime act at the Mobo Awards (short for Music of Black Origin) in 2014 and 2015. Therefore, some record company executives last night said that it was good to see nods to artists who push the envelope with bold statements.
Lana is nominated for International Female Artist of the Year, along with Ariana Grande, Björk, Courtney Barnett, and Meghan Trainor. Instead, in another commendably bold choice, Björk picked up the prize.
USA band Eagles Of Death Metal, whose concert was targeted in the November Paris attacks, lost out to Australia’s Tame Impala in the worldwide group category.
Bowie’s friend, British actor Gary Oldman, picked up a posthumous “BRIT Icon” award for the singer, while New Zealand’s Lorde performed Bowie’s hit song “Life on Mars”.
Either way, the BRITS kept it simpler.
The Blackstar singer died from cancer unexpectedly in January this year.
Kesha has been embroiled in a highly publicized legal battle with producer Dr. Luke, whom she says abused her sexually, physically and emotionally over the course of 10 years.
Singer-songwriter James Bay was named best British male solo artist, while Justin Bieber was named best worldwide male artist. The only non-white nominees are in the worldwide artist categories.
British Single of the Year: Adele – “Hello”.
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But with all the rumors surrounding Harry Styles going solo and ditching One Direction’s management team, it’s hard to predict just what will happen at tonight’s Brit awards ceremony.
