The 2012 Brit Awards were held last night at London’s O2 Arena, bringing together a host of top musical names to celebrate a year of incredible tunes, of amazing new talent and the best of British Music.
Adele added to her swag of gongs from the Grammys, picking up the awards for Best Female Solo Artist and British Album Of The Year for ’21’, while Coldplay picked up the nod for Best British Band.
Ed Sheeran picked up the awards for Best British Male and Breakthrough Act, while One Directioners had a win, with their favourite band’s single ‘What Makes You Beautiful’ voted the Best British Single.
Winners below in bold and italics.
BRITISH SINGLE
Adele – Someone Like You
Example – Changed The Way You Kissed Me
Jessie J ft Bob – Price Tag
JLS ft Dev – She Makes Me Wanna
Pixie Lott – All About Tonight
Military Wives/Gareth Malone – Wherever You Are
Olly Murs ft Rizzle Kicks – Heart Skips A Beat
One Direction – What Makes You Beautiful
Ed Sheeran – The A Team
The Wanted – Glad You Came
BRITISH ALBUM
Adele – 21
Coldplay – Mylo Xyloto
Florence & The Machine – Ceremonials
PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
Ed Sheeran – +
BRITISH FEMALE SOLO ARTIST
Adele
Kate Bush
Florence & the Machine
Jessie J
Laura Marling
BRITISH MALE SOLO ARTIST
James Blake
James Morrison
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
Professor Green
Ed Sheeran
BRITISH GROUP
Arctic Monkeys
Chase & Status
Coldplay
Elbow
Kasabian
BRITISH BREAKTHROUGH ACT
Anna Calvi
Jessie J
Emeli Sandé
Ed Sheeran
The Vaccines
INTERNATIONAL FEMALE SOLO ARTIST
Beyoncé
Bjork
Feist
Lady Gaga
Rihanna
INTERNATIONAL MALE SOLO ARTIST
Ryan Adams
Aloe Blacc
David Guetta
Bon Iver
Bruno Mars
INTERNATIONAL GROUP
Fleet Foxes
Foo Fighters
Jay Z/ Kanye West
Lady Antebellum
Maroon 5
INTERNATIONAL BREAKTHROUGH ACT
Aloe Blacc
Lana Del Rey
Foster The People
Bon Iver
Nicki Minaj
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Anonymous says
Ah, OK – that makes sense!! Why on Earth don’t they have a proper “Best Single” category?! The public vote is fine, but they need to call it “Most Popular” rather than “Best”. Thanks for the info!
Anonymous says
Best single is a public fan vote. We have a bunch of tone deaf Tweens to blame for this. Adele was robbed.
Anonymous says
“What Makes You Beautiful” beat “The A Team” and “Someone Like You”??? What an absolute joke! Yes, it’s a very catchy, well-written song, but the integrity of the judging panel has to be questioned if they can’t see that it’s not even a patch on either of those two songs. Wow.