# Brit Awards 2016

Brit Awards 2016 was held on 24 February 2016 and was the 36th edition of the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards. The awards ceremony was held at The O2 Arena in London and were presented by Ant & Dec. Award nominations were revealed on 14 January 2016. British fashion designer Pam Hogg has designed the trophies for this year's ceremony, styling the BRIT statue.
The ceremony included a tribute to late British music icon David Bowie featuring an introduction by Annie Lennox, a tribute speech by Gary Oldman and a performance by Lorde backed by Bowie's long-time backing group.

## Performances
### The Brits Are Coming: Nominations Launch Party

Laura Whitmore hosted the launch at the ITV Studios in London on Thursday 14 January.
| Artist | Song | UK Singles Chart reaction | UK Albums Chart reaction |
| Jess Glynne | "Don't Be So Hard on Yourself" | 37 (–9) | I Cry When I Laugh – 7 (–3) |
| Years & Years | "Eyes Shut" | 17 (+/–) | Communion – 22 (–11) |
| Jack Garratt | "Worry" | N/A | N/A |
| Birdy | "Keeping Your Head Up" | N/A | N/A |

### Main show Performances

| Artist | Song | UK Singles Chart reaction | UK Albums Chart reaction |
| Coldplay | "Hymn for the Weekend" | 10 (+7) | A Head Full of Dreams – 5 (+/–) |
| Justin Bieber James Bay | "Love Yourself" "Sorry" | 5 (+2) 9 (–1) | Purpose – 4 (–1) |
| Jess Glynne | "Ain't Got Far to Go" "Don't Be So Hard on Yourself" "Hold My Hand" | 70 (re-entry) 61 (+1) 72 (re-entry) | I Cry When I Laugh – 6 (+/–) |
| James Bay | "Hold Back the River" | 56 (+35) | Chaos and the Calm – 7 (+10) |
| Rihanna SZA Drake | "Consideration" "Work" | 88 (debut) 2 (+1) | Anti – 9 (+/–) |
| Little Mix | "Black Magic" | 60 (+10) | Get Weird – 8 (+/–) |
| David Bowie's band: Earl Slick Gail Ann Dorsey Gerry Leonard Mike Garson Catherine Russell Sterling Campbell Lorde | Tribute to David Bowie Instrumental Medley: contains interpolations of the following "Space Oddity" "Rebel Rebel" "Let's Dance" "Ashes to Ashes" "Ziggy Stardust" "Fame" "Under Pressure" "Heroes" With Lorde: "Life on Mars?" | N/A | Best of Bowie – 2 (+/–) Nothing Has Changed – 13 (–3) Blackstar – 14 (–7) Hunky Dory – 37 (–8) The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars – 41 (–6) Aladdin Sane – 80 (–26) |
| The Weeknd | "The Hills" | 31 (+9) | Beauty Behind the Madness – 18 (+1) |
| Adele | "When We Were Young" | 13 (+10) | 25 – 1 (+/–) 21 – 26 (+7) 19 – 55 (+13) |

## Winners and nominees

The nominations were revealed on 14 January 2016.
| British Album of the Year (presented by Mark Ronson) | British Producer of the Year |
| Adele – 25 Coldplay – A Head Full of Dreams Florence and the Machine – How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful James Bay – Chaos and the Calm Jamie xx – In Colour | Charlie Andrew Mark Ronson Mike Crossey Tom Dalgety |
| British Single of the Year (presented by Suki Waterhouse and Simon Le Bon) | British Video of the Year (presented by Alan Carr and Lianne La Havas) |
| 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 featuring Demi Lovato – "Up" Philip George – "Wish You Were Mine" Years & Years – "King" | One Direction – "Drag Me Down" $_1$ Adele – "Hello" Ed Sheeran – "Photograph" Jessie J – "Flashlight" Little Mix – "Black Magic" Eliminated Calvin Harris & Disciples – "How Deep Is Your Love" Ellie Goulding – "Love Me like You Do" Naughty Boy featuring Beyoncé & Arrow Benjamin – "Runnin' (Lose It All)" Sam Smith – "Writing's on the Wall" Years & Years – "King" |
| British Male Solo Artist (presented by Kylie Minogue) | British Female Solo Artist (presented by Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne) |
| James Bay Aphex Twin Calvin Harris Jamie xx Mark Ronson | Adele Amy Winehouse Florence and the Machine Jess Glynne Laura Marling |
| British Group (presented by Simon Pegg) | British Breakthrough Act (presented by Nick Grimshaw and Cheryl) |
| Coldplay Blur Foals One Direction Years & Years | Catfish and the Bottlemen James Bay Jess Glynne Wolf Alice Years & Years |
| International Male Solo Artist (presented by Major Lazer) | International Female Solo Artist (presented by Fleur East and Craig David) |
| Justin Bieber Drake Father John Misty Kendrick Lamar The Weeknd | Björk Ariana Grande Courtney Barnett Lana Del Rey Meghan Trainor |
| International Group (presented by Jourdan Dunn and Henry Cavill) | Critics' Choice Award |
| Tame Impala Alabama Shakes Eagles of Death Metal Major Lazer U2 | Jack Garratt Frances Izzy Bizu |
| Global Success Award (presented by Tim Peake) | Icon Award (presented by Annie Lennox) |
| Adele | David Bowie (collected by Gary Oldman) |
$^1$ Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson accept this award for British Video of the Year.

## Multiple nominations and awards

Artists that received multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Artist |
| 4 (3) | Adele |
| 4 (3) | James Bay |
| 4 (3) | Years & Years |
| 3 (2) | Calvin Harris |
| 3 (2) | Jess Glynne |
| 2 (9) | Coldplay |
| 2 (9) | Disciples |
| 2 (9) | Ed Sheeran |
| 2 (9) | Ellie Goulding |
| 2 (9) | Florence and the Machine |
| 2 (9) | Jamie xx |
| 2 (9) | Little Mix |
| 2 (9) | Mark Ronson |
| 2 (9) | One Direction |
Artists that received multiple awards :
| Awards | Artist |
| 4 | Adele |

## Brit Awards 2016 album

The Brit Awards 2016 is a compilation and box set which includes the "62 biggest tracks from the past year". The box set has three discs with a total of sixty-two songs by various artists.

### Weekly charts

| Chart (2016) | Peak position |
| Irish Compilation Albums | 5 |
| UK Compilation Albums | 1 |