BRIT Awards: Best British Single Winners (1977 - 2011) - Video - Capital Schedule BRIT Awards: Best British Single Winners (1977 - 2011) - Video As listeners of Capital FM are now voting for the BRIT Awards 2012 Best British Single, we take a look back at previous BRIT's winners of the prestigious category. The winner of this year's most prestigious and hotly contested award category at the BRIT Awards will be announced at the O2 Arena on 21st February 2012. The longlist features songs by Adele ('Someone Like You'), Ed Sheeran ('The A Team'), Example ('Changed The Way You Kissed Me'), JLS featuring Dev ('She Makes Me Wanna'), Jessie J ('Price Tag'), The Wanted ('Glad You Came'), Olly Murs featuring Rizzle Kicks ('Heart Skips A Beat'), One Direction ('What Makes You Beautiful'), Pixie Lott ('All About Tonight') and Military Wives ('Wherever You Are'). Whoever walks away from the 2012 event with the sought after BRIT Awards' statue will be in good company.

We take a look back at previous winners in the Best British Single category. Best British Single 2011: Tinie Tempah - 'Pass Out' British born rapper Tinie Tempah tied with Arcade Fire for most awards won by a single artist at the 2011 BRITs. In addition to scooping the Best British Single award for 'Pass Out', he also took home the gong for British Breakthrough Act. It was a busy night for Tinie - between his two acceptance speeches he took to the stage to perform a medley of his hits, including 'Pass Out', 'Written In The Stars' and 'Miami 2 Ibiza'. Watch Tinie Tempah's 2011 BRIT Awards performance below. Latest Tinie Tempah News - Tinie Tempah - 'Pass Out' (Official Video) Best British Single 2010: JLS - 'Beat Again' As well as taking home the award for Best British Single for Vodafone Big Top 40 No.1 'Beat Again', Marvin, JB, Oritse and Marvin also left the 30th BRIT Awards ceremony with the gong for British Breakthrough Act.

They were pipped to the post of most gongs won by Lady Gaga, who left the event with the award for all three possible international categories she could win in (International Female, International Breakthrough Act and International Album). JLS made a dramatic entrance for their performance of 'Beat Again', arriving on stage via zip wires which lowered them from the rafters of Earl's Court in London. Leather clad, they were joined on stage by dozens of backing dancers. Watch JLS' 2010 BRITs performance below. Latest JLS News - JLS Featuring Dev - 'Beat Again' (Official Video) Best British Single 2009: Girls Aloud - 'The Promise' Cheryl, Nicola, Sarah, Nadine and Kimberley had the audience guessing if they were naked behind giant pink feather fans when the girls appeared on stage at Earls Court to perform their Best British Single-winning hit, 'The Promise'. When the fans came down, Girls Aloud revealed tiny gold-sequinned leotards. It was the only award of the night for Girls Aloud; Welsh singer Duffy was the big winner of the 2009 event, scooping three awards including the one for Best British Album.

Watch Girls Aloud's 2009 BRIT Awards performance below. Latest Girls Aloud News - Girls Aloud - 'The Promise' (Download on iTunes) Best British Single 2008: Take That - 'Shine' A self-confessed "p***ed" Alan Carr took to the stage at Earls Court to present Take That with their British Single award for supermarket Morrisons' soundtrack 'Shine'. It was the second win of the night for Gary, Mark, Howard and Jason, who earlier in the evening took the award for British Live Act, and was the second year in a row they picked up the British Single award, which, apparently, was a closely fought vote between Take That and Leona Lewis, with the band and The X Factor queen neck and neck until the eleventh hour. Take That - 'Shine' (Download on iTunes) Best British Single 2007: Take That - 'Patience' After winning the award for British Single for comeback track 'Patience', Take That took to the stage all dressed in black for a stripped back performance of the 'Beautiful World' album hit.

Other winners on the night - which was hosted by Katy Perry's ex Russell Brand - included Amy Winehouse, James Morrison and The Killers. Watch Take That's 2007 BRIT Awards performance below. Take That - 'Patience' (Download on iTunes) Best British Single 2006: Coldplay - 'Speed Of Sound' Chris Martin and co's 'Speed Of Sound' (taken from the album 'X&Y') beat James Blunt's smash hit single 'You're Beautiful' to claim the award for Best British Single in 2006 - the first time Coldplay had won in the category despite previous nominations. The band were presented with their award by A-ha frontman Morten Harket; Chris Martin lay down on the stage and threw his fists in the air, before telling the audience that being British meant they weren't great at acceptance speeches but that on this occasion they'd agree with the voting public that Coldplay were, in fact, "great". Watch Coldplay's 2006 Best British Single acceptance speech below.

Latest Coldplay News - Coldplay - 'Speed Of Sound' (Download on iTunes) Best British Single 2005: Will Young - 'Your Game' The second single from Will's second album ('Friday's Child') - a collaboration with Taio Cruz - took the award for Best British Single in 2005. Other big winners at the 2005 event included Keane, Franz Ferdinand and Scissor Sisters, who took home three awards in all possible international categories. Latest Will Young News - Will Young - 'Your Game' (Download on iTunes) Best British Single 2004: Dido - 'White Flag' Opinion-dividing singer Dido took home the Best British Single award for 'White Flag' (taken from the album 'Life For Rent') as well as the gong for Best Female Solo Artist in the year Cat Deeley hosted the BRITs at Earls Court. In the same year Duran Duran were honoured in the Outstanding Contribution category while The Darkness took home the most awards, winning in three categories including Best British Album.

The brit awards | Project Gutenberg Self-Publishing - eBooks | Read eBooks online 1977 Official website The Brit Awards (stylised as the BRIT Awards; often simply called the Brits) are the British Phonographic Industry 's annual pop music awards, and the British equivalent of the American Grammy Awards . The name was originally a shortened form of "British", "Britain" or "Britannia" (in the early days the awards were sponsored by Britannia Music Club), but subsequently became a backronym for British Record Industry Trust. [1] In addition, an equivalent awards ceremony for classical music , called the Classic BRIT Awards , is held each May. Robbie Williams holds the record for the most Brit Awards, 12 as a solo artist and another five as part of Take That . The awards began in 1977 as part of the commemoration of the Queen’s Silver Jubilee [2] and as an annual event in 1982 under the auspices of the British record industry's trade association, the BPI. The last BPI Awards show was the first of the ceremonies to be broadcast on television, by the BBC, and in 1989 they were renamed the Brit Awards.

[3] MasterCard has been the long-time sponsor of the event. [4] The Brit Awards were broadcast live until 1989, when Samantha Fox and Mick Fleetwood hosted a widely criticised show in which little went as rehearsed. [5] Subsequently, the event was recorded and broadcast the following night. This was part of a revamp by Jonathan King , who created the "BRITs" moniker, and organised a new look show. [6] From 2007, the Brit Awards reverted to a live broadcast on British television, on 14 February on ITV . [5] In that year, comedian Russell Brand was presenter and three awards were dropped from the ceremony: Best British Rock Act, Best British Urban Act and Best Pop Act. [5] On 18 February 2009, the venue for the BRITs was once again the Earls Court Exhibition Centre , London. The 2011 Brit Awards were held at The O2 Arena in London for the first time.

[7] Contents 7 External links Ceremonies The first awards ceremony was in 1977 and there have been 32 editions to date (with no ceremonies held between 1978 and 1981). [8] The 2013 BRIT Awards were held in February 2013. The last BPI Awards was the first of the ceremonies to be broadcast on live television, by the BBC in 1988. BBC continued to broadcast the renamed BRIT Awards, live in 1989 and pre-recorded from 1990–1992. BBC Radio 1 has provided radio coverage since 2008. ITV have broadcast the awards since 1993, pre-recorded until 2006 and live from 2007 onwards. [5] Table summary "Our Version of Events" – Emeli Sandé Adele - "Skyfall" Not awarded ^ these awards were to mark the Queen 's Silver Jubilee and were for the previous 25 years of her reign.

Notable moments Electricians' strike (1987) In 1987 the BPI Awards ceremony was held in the Great Room at the Grosvenor House Hotel . At the time there was a BBC electricians' strike in effect and the organisers decided to use a non-TV events production company, called Upfront, to manage the show. Despite the show being picketed, the event was transmitted as intended. For a while the outdoor broadcast scanner was rocked on its wheels by the protesters and they managed to shut off the power to one of the big GE video screen projectors. Upfront was then asked to organise the following year and persuaded the BPI to move the event to a larger venue, starting the trend that continues to this day, albeit at Earls Court, and with a different production company (MJK Productions). Rick Astley and The Who (1988) 1988 was the first year that the show moved to the Royal Albert Hall . A major coup at the time was to get The Who to perform, which was intended to be the first appearance of their much awaited comeback. The show was running late because the amount of time needed for the winners to get to stage to collect their awards had been underestimated.

Rick Astley was the final winner of the day, and was seated in a box rather than at a table. With 9:00 pm and the news broadcast fast approaching, the decision was made to let The Who on and Astley was halfway to the stage when the band started playing. Even with this change, The Who's performance was still going to overrun, and the BBC took the decision to delay the 9:00 pm news by over a minute. Bananarama (1988) 1988 saw the final performance of all three original members (until 2000) performing their single Love in the First Degree with fourteen partially clothed male dancers. [10] Samantha Fox and Mick Fleetwood (1989) In 1989, the ceremony was broadcast live and presented by Fleetwood Mac 's Mick Fleetwood and singer Samantha Fox . The inexperience of the hosts, an ineffective autocue and little preparation combined to create an unprofessional show that was poorly received.

The hosts continually got their lines mixed up, a pre-recorded message from Michael Jackson was never transmitted and several star guests arrived late on-stage or at the wrong time, such as Boy George in place of The Four Tops . The Samantha Fox/Mick Fleetwood show proved to be the single most important event in BPI/Brit Awards history. It was perceived to be so disastrous that the British public's interest was revived and the BRITs became associated with risky live TV. [11] Freddie Mercury (1990) The 1990 awards ceremony saw the last public appearance of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury . [12] Queen appeared at the ceremony to receive the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music. [12] [13] Mercury (who had been suffering from AIDS since 1987 but had not disclosed it to the public) did not make a speech, as Brian May did the talking on behalf of the other members, but his gaunt appearance was noticeable. The KLF (1992) In 1992, dance/art band The KLF were awarded Best British Group (shared with Simply Red ) and were booked to open the show.

In an attempt to hijack the event, the duo collaborated with grindcore metal band Extreme Noise Terror to perform a death metal version of the dance song " 3 a.m. Eternal " that prompted conductor Sir Georg Solti to walk out in disgust. [14] The performance ended with Bill Drummond firing blanks from a vintage machine gun over the audience and KLF publicist/announcer Scott Piering stating, "Ladies and gentlemen, The KLF have now left the music business." Producers of the show then refused to let a motorcycle courier collect the award on behalf of the band. Later, guests arriving for an after show party witnessed the band dump a dead sheep outside the venue with the message "I died for ewe – bon appetit" tied around its waist. Suede (1993) In previous years the Awards were primarily aimed as a tribute to already legendary status stars such as Annie Lennox , Phil Collins and Rod Stewart . However before the ceremony, publication The NME had critisied the Awards show for not representing new exciting music. In 1993, Suede were an up-and-coming indie band who already had a sizeable following.

As a result of NME's criticism and the release of new single " Metal Mickey ", Suede earned a last-minute invitation to play at that year's Brit Awards ceremony where they performed their third single, " Animal Nitrate ". Impressed by the band's charged sexuality, in particular the androgyny and energy of singer Brett Anderson , Suede's debut album shocked audiences and critics alike and earned them the Mercury Prize , and "Animal Nitrate" rose into the UK top ten. Looking back on the performance Anderson has said, "I've never felt more out of place then that time we played at the Brits, it was so ridiculously corporate." Blur (1995) In 1995, British band Blur won 4 Brit Awards (Best Album for Parklife , Best Single and Best British Video for the single with same name as the album " Parklife " and Best Band) in only one night, something unheard in the history of the awards' show. Michael Jackson and Jarvis Cocker (1996) In 1996, the pop singer Michael Jackson was given a special Artist of a Generation award.

At the ceremony he accompanied his single " Earth Song " with a stage show, culminating with Jackson as a 'Christ-like figure' surrounded by children. Jarvis Cocker , of the band Pulp , mounted the stage in what he would later claim as protest at this portion of the performance. Cocker ran across the stage, lifting his shirt and pointing his (clothed) bottom in Jackson's direction. Cocker was subsequently questioned by the police on suspicion of causing injury towards three of the children in Jackson's performance, who were now on stage. No criminal proceedings followed. Oasis and Blur (1996) 1996 saw the height of a well-documented feud between Oasis and fellow Britpop band Blur . The differing styles of the bands, coupled with their prominence within the Britpop movement, led the British media to seize upon the rivalry between the bands. Both factions played along, with the Gallaghers taunting Blur at the 1996 BRIT Awards by singing a rendition of "Parklife" when they collected their "Best British Band" award (with Liam changing the lyrics to "Shite-life").

Geri Halliwell's Union Jack dress (1997) Ginger Spice, Geri Halliwell , wore an infamous Union Jack dress made so when she popped out of the dress whilst performing onstage with the group. [15] [16] Spicemania was at its height in the UK and the Spice Girls had just cracked the US as well, reaching number 1 with their debut single and album. Geri Halliwell captured the zeitgeist and became pin-up girl for Cool Britannia . Halliwell was originally going to wear an all-black dress, but she thought it was too boring so her sister sewed on a Union Jack tea-towel, with a 'peace' sign on the back, so as to not offend anyone. It was worn during the Spice Girls' performance of their number one song " Who Do You Think You Are ". Later on she sold her dress in a charity auction to Hard Rock Cafe in Las Vegas for a record £41,320, giving Halliwell the Guinness World Record for the most expensive piece of pop star clothing ever sold. [17] The performance won Most Memorable Performance Of 30 Years at the Brit Awards in 2010.

Melanie C and Liam Gallagher (1997) Prior to the ceremony in 1997, Liam Gallagher stated in the British media that he "wasn't going to the Brit Awards because if he bumped into the Spice Girls, he would smack them". In response to this, as the Spice Girls received the award for Best British Video, during their acceptance speech, Sporty Spice, Melanie C , challenged Gallagher by saying "Come and have a go if you think you're hard enough". Chumbawamba and John Prescott (1998) In 1998, Danbert Nobacon of politically active band Chumbawamba threw a bucket of iced water over Labour cabinet minister John Prescott . Despite apologies on behalf of the band from EMI Europe, Chumbawamba were unrepentant, claiming "If John Prescott has the nerve to turn up at events like the Brit Awards in a vain attempt to make Labour seem cool and trendy, then he deserves all we can throw at him." Belle & Sebastian (1999) In 1999, indie band Belle & Sebastian were nominated for Best British Newcomers, despite having released three albums before the 1999 Awards.

The award was sponsored by Radio One and voted for online by their listeners. At the time, Steps were arguably Britain's biggest boy/girl pop band and were also nominated. Despite this, the award was won by Belle & Sebastian. On the Saturday after the awards, a story appeared in the press alleging that the group had rigged the vote in their favour, encouraging students from two universities to vote online. However, fans argued that the band had a predominantly large student following, that band member Isobel Campbell had attended one of the universities in question, and in particular, the award ought to be given on artistic merit as opposed to popularity or CD sales. Robbie Williams and Liam Gallagher (2000) Around the time of his departure from Take That , Robbie Williams had begun a friendship with the Gallagher brothers from Oasis at the Glastonbury Festival . However, it was short-lived and the two parties regularly traded insults in the press with Noel Gallagher referring to Williams as "the fat dancer from Take That". Having won Best British Single and Best Video for "She's the One", Williams challenged Liam Gallagher to a televised fight, saying: "So, anybody like to see me fight Liam? Would you pay to come and see it?

Liam, a hundred grand of your money and a hundred grand of my money. We'll get in a ring and we'll have a fight and you can all watch it on TV, what d'you think about that?". Liam Gallagher was not in the country at the time. Ronnie Wood and Brandon Block (2000) Dance DJ Brandon Block was told by his friends that he had won an award and had been summoned to the stage to collect it. Because of his advanced state of intoxication he believed them and walked on to the stage, eventually ending up next to a bemused Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood and actress Thora Birch , who were about to present the award for Best Soundtrack Album. After Block was removed from the stage by security, Wood aimed an insult in his direction, at which Block broke free to square up to the guitarist. A series of insults were then traded between the two, both of which were audible through the stage microphone, causing claims that the whole event may have been staged. Wood then threw his drink into Block's face, and the DJ was ejected from the event. Some time after the incident, Block claimed that he had subsequently apologised to Wood for his behaviour, and Wood had merely brushed it off.

Geri Halliwell Vs. The Spice Girls (2000) The Spice Girls were set to receive the Outstanding Contribution award at the 2000 Brit awards, reportedly to mark their dominance of the music scene in the past decade. There was much media speculation before and even during the event as to whether or not former Ginger Spice, Geri Halliwell would accept the award with the four remaining members of the group. [18] On the night, however, Halliwell declined to join her former band mates and instead ensured front page coverage the following day by performing her solo number 1 single " Bag It Up " straddling a pole between a pair of giant inflatable legs. Noel Gallagher and A1 (2001) During the night, British pop rock/boyband group A1 picked up an award for 'Best Newcomer'. At the end of the night, Noel Gallagher walked onto stage to present the night's Outstanding Contribution winners, U2 , their award.

As Gallagher took the microphone at the start of his presenting speech, he said "This award ceremony over the years has been accused of not having a sense of humour, but when you see A1 winning best newcomer, you know that someone's taking the piss somewhere". Apparently, A1 were offended, and in April 2001 they performed a cover version of the Oasis song "Don't Look Back in Anger" in a mocking way, live using instruments, and not a backing track, as Gallagher had also called the band "manufactured". [19] Russell Brand (2007) Some controversy was caused by the host of the 2007 Awards ceremony, comedian Russell Brand , who made several quips relating to news stories of the time including singer Robbie Williams ' entering rehab for addiction to prescription drugs, the Queen's 'naughty bits' and a fatal friendly fire incident involving a British soldier killed by American armed forces in Iraq . ITV received over 300 complaint calls from viewers. [20] He would again instigate controversy the following year at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards .

Vic Reeves and Sharon Osbourne (2008) After Vic Reeves appeared to forget which award he was presenting, Sharon Osbourne attempted to wrestle the microphone from him, insisted he was drunk and called him a "pissed bastard". She proceeded to make the full announcement herself. The next day it was reported that Reeves was not intoxicated and was hurt by Osbourne's behaviour. [21] The incident has since been ascribed to an autocue malfunction, but Reeves said in his defence that he was trying to read the autocue screen, but he couldn't read it because Osbourne was pushing him out of the way. Arctic Monkeys (2008) When the Arctic Monkeys took to the stage to collect their award for 'Best British Album', the band were dressed up in traditional English country and hunting outfits, and even took a plastic duck to the stage with them. During the acceptance speech, they made a rude tirade about the BRITs School, which forced the television producers to pull it from the television broadcast.

[22] Girls Aloud (2009) British reality band, Girls Aloud , marked their first ever performance at the 2009 ceremony, by performing their single " The Promise ". The performance saw the band members, including Cheryl Cole , Nadine Coyle, Nicola Roberts , Sarah Harding and Kimberley Walsh appear as though they were naked , with their modesty being covered by pink feathers. This performance was nominated in the 2011 ceremony for the "BRITs Hits 30 - Best Live Performance at the BRIT Awards", alongside Oasis and The Who , which the Spice Girls eventually went on to win. The Promise won best British single, their first BRIT award. Mick Kluczynski (2009) Ten days before the 2009 Brits, Mick Kluczynski, the production manager for the Brits since 1995 who assisted with the transition from the Fleetwood/Fox debacle to the scale of the current ceremony, died. Despite this setback the team he put in place ensured that everything went as planned, and the show was dedicated to him.

[23] Liam Gallagher and Peter Kay (2010) At the 2010 Brits, Liam Gallagher made a surprise appearance to accept his award for Best Brits album of the past 30 years. After thanking all of his former bandmates (apart from brother Noel ) and declaring his fans "the best fans in the fucking world", he gave his award to a fan and hurled his microphone into the audience; a search for the microphone caused a 10 minute delay. After walking off stage, comedian Peter Kay , who hosted the awards, commented "what a knobhead". Adele's performance of "Someone like You" (2011) Adele performed her song "Someone like You" at the 2011 Brits with only a piano accompanying her. Her emotional performance was received with a standing ovation at the O2 Arena and the video received 450 million views on YouTube within days. The performance launched "Someone Like You" 46 spots up the UK charts to number one, and in the process, made Adele the first artist in the UK since The Beatles to have two top five singles and two top five albums at the same time.

The performance had all lights down and focused Adele and her piano. James Corden, Justin Bieber and Plan B (2011) James Corden , the host of the 2011 ceremony (as well as the 2012 ceremony and co-host for the 2009 ceremony), made jokes which drew criticism on Twitter . An example was talking to acts in between awards when he came across Justin Bieber . Corden said to Bieber "You smell amazing! How old are you?". A bemused Bieber replied "thanks". [24] Similarly, after Plan B 's performance of his hit " Prayin' " finished with a man on fire, Corden described it as a really violent episode of Porridge and remarked "is Justin Bieber OK? The amount of hair products that boy uses. He could have gone up in flames." As the man on fire took to the stage during Plan B's performance, some of the crowd showed their disapproval and booed. [25] Adele and Blur (2012) Adele won the award for 'British Album of the Year', widely regarded as the most important award.

Less than half a minute into her acceptance speech, host James Corden was forced to cut Adele off [26] in order to introduce Blur who were due to perform an eleven minute set as they had won the 'Outstanding Contribution to Music' award and the ceremony was over-running. [27] Adele was visibly annoyed and proceeded to raise her middle finger [28] and the producers of the show came under fire on Twitter for the decision. [29] Following the incident Adele said "I got cut off during my speech for Best Album and I flung the middle finger. But that finger was to the suits at the BRIT Awards, not to my fans". [30] Adele received an apology from the show's organisers, who stated; "We send our deepest apologies to Adele that her big moment was cut short. We don't want this to undermine her incredible achievement in winning our night's biggest award. It tops off what's been an incredible year for her." [31] Due to the tight schedule, only three of the five songs Blur played were broadcast on ITV .

Categories British Female Solo Artist British Male Solo Artist British Breakthrough Act British Group BRITs Global Success Critics' Choice British Producer of the Year Best Live Act British Single of the Year British Album of the Year International Male Solo Artist International Female Solo Artist International Breakthrough Act International Group International Album Most successful acts There have been numerous acts, both groups and individuals, that have won multiple awards. The table below shows those that have won four or more awards. British acts THE BRIT AWARDS The Brit Awards are the annual United Kingdom pop music awards founded by the British Phonographic Industry. The awards began in 1977 as the BPI Awards and were renamed The Britannia Awards, or Brit Awards, in 1989. MasterCard is the long-time sponsor of this annual event. Brit is also a backronym for British Record Industry Trust which supports youngsters in the arts and education mainly at the BRIT School in Croydon, London . Strong music industry sponsorship and involvement mean that awards are given without much democratic process and, many suspect, for strongly commercial reasons. These are awards given by the music industry to the music industry. Robbie Williams pointed this out accepting an award a few years back.

More recently, the awards have more reflected the tastes of the record-buying public, with an artist needing to prove popular and chart-topping before they are rewarded. The Brit Awards used to be broadcast live until 1989, when Samantha Fox and Mick Fleetwood hosted a shambolic show in which just about everything went wrong - lines were fluffed, bands mis-cued, and airtime filled with embarrassing silence. After this the show was recorded, and broadcast the following night, part of a revamp by Jonathan King for 1990 whose actions also included releasing a megamix of British dance acts including S'Express and A Guy Called Gerald called Brits 1990. King subsequently went on to revamp A Song for Europe . Pre-recording proved to be a good idea when, during a Michael Jackson performance in 1996, Jarvis Cocker from the band Pulp invaded the stage in a comedic protest at Jackson's messianic performance.

There have been many such notable instances, including several UK politicians presenting awards and being heckled (and, in the case of John Prescott, having water thrown over him, at the 1998 awards, by Chumbawamba vocalist Danbert Nobacon [1] ) and a remarkable performance by The KLF in 1992. In addition, an equivalent awards ceremony for classical music, called the Classical Brit Awards, is held each May.

British male solo artist: James Blunt British female solo artist: KT Tunstall British group: Kaiser Chiefs MasterCard British album: Coldplay - "X&Y" British single: Coldplay - "Speed Of Sound" British breakthrough act: Arctic Monkeys British urban act: Lemar British rock act: Kaiser Chiefs British live act: Kaiser Chiefs Pop act: James Blunt International male solo artist: Kanye West International female solo artist: Madonna International group: Green Day British album ï¿½ The Darkness - Permission to Land British breakthrough act ï¿½ Busted British dance act ï¿½ Basement Jaxx British female solo artist ï¿½ Dido British group ï¿½ The Darkness British male solo artist ï¿½ Daniel Bedingfield British rock act - The Darkness British single ï¿½ Dido - "White Flag" British urban act ï¿½ Lemar International album ï¿½ Justin Timberlake - Justified International breakthrough act ï¿½ 50 Cent International female solo artist - Beyoncï¿½ International group ï¿½ White Stripes International male solo artist - Justin Timberlake Outstanding contribution ï¿½ Duran Duran Pop act ï¿½ Busted British album

 ï¿½ Coldplay ï¿½ A Rush of Blood to the Head British breakthrough act ï¿½ Will Young British dance act ï¿½ Sugababes British female solo artist ï¿½ Ms Dynamite British group ï¿½ Coldplay British male solo artist ï¿½ Robbie Williams British single ï¿½ Liberty X ï¿½ "Just a Little" British urban act ï¿½ Ms Dynamite International album ï¿½ Eminem ï¿½ The Eminem Show International breakthrough act ï¿½ Norah Jones International female ï¿½ Pink International group ï¿½ Red Hot Chilli Peppers International male ï¿½ Eminem Outstanding contribution ï¿½ Tom Jones Pop act ï¿½ Blue Best British producer ï¿½ The Verve, Chris Potter and Youth Best selling British album act ï¿½ Spice Girls Best soundtrack ï¿½ The Full Monty British album ï¿½ The Verve ï¿½ Urban Hymns British breakthrough act ï¿½ Stereophonics British dance act ï¿½ The Prodigy British female solo artist ï¿½ Shola Ama British Group ï¿½ The V

erve British male solo artist ï¿½ Finley Quaye British single ï¿½ All Saints ï¿½ "Never Ever" British Video - All Saints ï¿½ "Never Ever" Freddie Mercury award ï¿½ Sir Elton John International breakthrough act ï¿½ Eels International female ï¿½ Bjï¿½rk International group ï¿½ U2 International male ï¿½ Jon Bon Jovi Outstanding contribution ï¿½ Fleetwood Mac The Spice Girls collecting their awards for Best Single and Best Video at The Brit Awards 1997 Best British producer ï¿½ John Leckie Best soundtrack ï¿½ Trainspotting British album - Manic Street Preachers ï¿½ Everything Must Go British breakthrough act ï¿½ Kula Shaker British dance act ï¿½ The Prodigy British female solo artist ï¿½ Gabrielle British Group - Manic Street Preachers British male solo artist ï¿½ George Michael British single ï¿½ Spice Girls ï¿½ "Wannabe" British Video - Spice Girls ï¿½ "Say You'll Be There" International breakthrough act ï¿½ Robert Miles International female ï¿½ Sh

eryl Crow International group ï¿½ The Fugees International male ï¿½ Beck Outstanding contribution ï¿½ Bee Gees Best soundtrack ï¿½ The Bodyguard Best British producer ï¿½ Brian Eno Best selling album & Single ï¿½ Meat Loaf British album ï¿½ Stereo MC's - Connected British breakthrough act ï¿½ Gabrielle British dance act ï¿½ M People British female solo artist ï¿½ Dina Carroll British group ï¿½ Stereo MC's British male solo artist ï¿½ Sting British single ï¿½ Take That - "Pray" British video - Take That - "Pray" International breakthrough act ï¿½ Bjï¿½rk International female ï¿½ Bjï¿½rk International group ï¿½ Crowded House International male ï¿½ Lenny Kravitz Outstanding contribution ï¿½ Van Morrison Best British producer ï¿½ Chris Thomas Best classical recording ï¿½ Josï¿½ Carreras, Plï¿½cido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti In Concert Best soundtrack ï¿½ Twin Peaks British album ï¿½ George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice British breakthrough act ï

¿½ Betty Boo British female solo artist ï¿½ Lisa Stansfield British group ï¿½ The Cure British male solo artist ï¿½ Elton John British single ï¿½ Depeche Mode "Enjoy the Silence" British video ï¿½ The Beautiful South "A Little Time" International breakthrough act ï¿½ MC Hammer International female - Sinï¿½ad O'Connor International group ï¿½ INXS International male ï¿½ Michael Hutchence Outstanding contribution ï¿½ Status Quo Best British producer ï¿½ Dave Stewart Best classical recording ï¿½ Simon Rattle - George Gershwinï¿½s - "Porgy And Bess Best international artist ï¿½ Neneh Cherry Best music video ï¿½ The Cure - "Lullaby" Best soundtrack ï¿½ Batman British album ï¿½ Fine Young Cannibals ï¿½ The Raw and the Cooked British breakthrough act ï¿½ Lisa Stansfield British female solo artist ï¿½ Annie Lennox British group ï¿½ Fine Young Cannibals British male solo artist ï¿½ Phil Collins British single ï¿½ Phil Collins - "Another Day in Paradise

" International breakthrough act ï¿½ Neneh Cherry International group ï¿½ U2 Outstanding contribution ï¿½ Queen Best British producer ï¿½ Stock Aitken Waterman Best classical recording ï¿½ Ralph Vaughan Williams - Symphony No.

5 Best international solo artist - Michael Jackson Best Music Video ï¿½ New Order - "True Faith" Best soundtrack ï¿½ The Phantom of the Opera British album ï¿½ Sting - Nothing Like the Sun British breakthrough act ï¿½ Wet Wet Wet British female solo artist ï¿½ Alison Moyet British group ï¿½ Pet Shop Boys British male solo artist ï¿½ George Michael British single ï¿½ Rick Astley - "Never Gonna Give You Up" International breakthrough act ï¿½ Terence Trent D'Arby International group ï¿½ U2 Outstanding contribution ï¿½ The Who Best British comedy recording - Neil (a.k.a. Nigel Planer) - "Hole In My Shoe" Best British producer ï¿½ Trevor Horn Best classical recording ï¿½ Antonio Vivaldiï¿½s - The Four Seasons Best international artist ï¿½ Prince & The Revolutions Best soundtrack ï¿½ Purple Rain British album ï¿½ Sade - Diamond Life British female solo artist ï¿½ Alison Moyet British group ï¿½ Wham!

British male solo artist ï¿½ Paul Young British single ï¿½ Frankie Goes To Hollywood - "Relax" British Video ï¿½ Duran Duran - "The Wild Boys" Outstanding contribution ï¿½ The Police Special Award - Bob Geldof and Midge Ure Best British producer ï¿½ Martin Rushent Best classical recording ï¿½ Gustav Mahler's - Symphony No. 10 Best selling album ï¿½ Adam and the Ants - Kings Of The Wild Frontier British breakthrough act - Human League British female solo artist ï¿½ Randy Crawford British group ï¿½ The Police British male solo artist ï¿½ Cliff Richard Outstanding contribution ï¿½ John Lennon 1977 n.b. these awards were to mark the Queen's Silver Jubilee and were for the previous 25 years of her reign.

Best British non-musical record - Richard Burton and cast "Under Milkwood" Best British producer ï¿½ George Martin Best classical soloist album ï¿½ Jacqueline du Pre - Elgar, Cello Concerto Best international album - Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water Best orchestral album ï¿½ Benjamin Britten - War Requiem British album ï¿½ The Beatles ï¿½ Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band British breakthrough act ï¿½ Julie Covington British female solo artist ï¿½ Shirley Bassey British group ï¿½ The Beatles British male solo artist ï¿½ Cliff Richard British single ï¿½ Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody" & Procol Harum - "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" (Joint Winners) Outstanding Contribution - L.G. Wood and The Beatles (Joint Winners) Most successful acts There have been numerous acts, both groups and individuals, that have won multiple awards. The table below shows those that have won more than three awards.

Brit Awards : definition of Brit Awards and synonyms of Brit Awards (English) The Brit Awards (stylised as the BRIT Awards; often simply called the Brits) are the British Phonographic Industry 's annual pop music awards and the British equivalent of the American Grammy Awards . The name was originally a shortened form of "British", "Britain" or "Britannia", but subsequently became a backronym for British Record Industry Trust. [1] In addition, an equivalent awards ceremony for classical music , called the Classic BRIT Awards , is held each May. Robbie Williams holds the record for the most Brit Awards, having won a total of 12 as a solo artist and another five awards as part of Take That . The awards began in 1978 and as annual event in 1982 under the auspices of the British record industry's trade association, the BPI. The last BPI Awards show was the first of the ceremonies to be broadcast on television, by the BBC. In 1989 they were renamed the Britannia Music Awards to echo sponsorship by Britannia Music Club and this was shortened to BRIT Awards. MasterCard has been the long-time sponsor of the event.

The Brit Awards were broadcast live until 1989, when Samantha Fox and Mick Fleetwood hosted a widely criticised show in which little went as rehearsed. Subsequently, the event was recorded and broadcast the following night. This was part of a revamp by Jonathan King , who had hosted the show in 1987. He created the "BRITs" moniker and released a megamix of British dance acts, including S'Express and A Guy Called Gerald , called BRITs 1990. From 2007, the Brit Awards reverted to a live broadcast on British television, on 14 February on ITV . In that year, comedian Russell Brand was presenter and three awards were dropped from the ceremony: Best British Rock Act, Best British Urban Act and Best Pop Act. On 18 February 2009, the venue for the BRITs was once again the Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London. The 2011 Brit Awards were held at The O2 Arena in London for the first time in its history, moving from the original venue of Earls Court.

Contents Notable moments Electricians' strike (1987) In 1987 the BPI Awards ceremony was held in the Great Room at the Grosvenor House Hotel . At the time there was a BBC electricians' strike in effect and the organisers decided to use a non-TV events production company, called Upfront, to manage the show. Despite the show being picketed, the event was transmitted as intended. For a while the outdoor broadcast scanner was rocked on its wheels by the protesters and they managed to shut off the power to one of the big GE video screen projectors. Upfront was then asked to organise the following year and persuaded the BPI to move the event to a larger venue, starting the trend that continues to this day, albeit at Earls Court, and with a different production company (MJK Productions). Rick Astley and The Who (1988) 1988 was the first year that the show moved to the Royal Albert Hall . A major coup at the time was to get The Who to perform, which was intended to be the first appearance of their much awaited comeback.

The show was running late because the amount of time needed for the winners to get to stage to collect their awards had been underestimated. Rick Astley was the final winner of the day, and was seated in a box rather than at a table. With 9:00 pm and the news broadcast fast approaching, the decision was made to let The Who on and Astley was half-way to the stage when the band started playing. Even with this change, The Who's performance was still going to overrun, and the BBC took the decision to delay the 9:00pm news by over a minute. Bananarama (1988) 1988 saw the final performance of all three original members (until 2000) performing their single Love In The First Degree with fourteen partially clothed male dancers. [2] Sam Fox and Mick Fleetwood (1989) In 1989, the ceremony was broadcast live and presented by Fleetwood Mac 's Mick Fleetwood and singer Samantha Fox . The inexperience of the hosts, an ineffective autocue and little preparation combined to create an unprofessional show that was poorly received.

The hosts continually got their lines mixed up, a pre-recorded message from Michael Jackson was never transmitted and several star guests arrived late on-stage or at the wrong time, such as Boy George in place of The Four Tops . The Samantha Fox/Mick Fleetwood show proved to be the single most important event in BPI/Brit Awards history. It was perceived to be so disastrous that the British public's interest was revived and the BRITs became associated with risky live TV. [3] Freddie Mercury (1990) The 1990 awards ceremony saw the last public appearance of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury . [4] Queen appeared at the ceremony to receive the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music. [4] [5] Mercury (who had been suffering from AIDS since 1987 but had not disclosed it to the public) did not make a speech, as Brian May did the talking on behalf of the other members, but his gaunt appearance was noticeable. The KLF (1992) In 1992, dance/art band The KLF were awarded Best British Group (shared with Simply Red ) and were booked to open the show.

In an attempt to hijack the event, the duo collaborated with grindcore metal band Extreme Noise Terror to perform a death metal version of the dance song " 3 a.m. Eternal " that prompted conductor Sir Georg Solti to walk out in disgust. [6] The performance ended with Bill Drummond firing blanks from a vintage machine gun over the audience and KLF publicist/announcer Scott Piering stating, "Ladies and gentlemen, The KLF have now left the music business." Producers of the show then refused to let a motorcycle courier collect the award on behalf of the band. Later, guests arriving for an after show party witnessed the band dump a dead sheep outside the venue with the message "I died for ewe — bon appetit" tied around its waist. Suede (1993) In previous years the Awards were primarily aimed as a tribute to already legendary status stars such as Annie Lennox , Phil Collins and Rod Stewart . However before the ceremony, publication The NME had critisied the Awards show for not representing new exciting music. In 1993, Suede were an up-and-coming indie band who already had a sizable following.

As a result of NME's criticism and the release of new single " Metal Mickey ", Suede earned a last-minute invitation to play at that year's Brit Awards ceremony where they performed their third single, " Animal Nitrate ". Impressed by the band's charged sexuality, in particular the androgyny and energy of singer Brett Anderson , Suede's debut album shocked audiences and critics alike and earned them the Mercury Prize , and "Animal Nitrate" rose into the UK top ten. Looking back on the performance Anderson has said, "I've never felt more out of place then that time we played at the Brits, it was so ridiculously corporate." Blur (1995) In 1995, british band Blur won 4 Brit Awards (Best Album for Parklife , Best Single and Best British Video for the single with same name as the album Parklife (song) and Best Band) in only one night, something unheard in the history of the awards' show. Michael Jackson and Jarvis Cocker (1996) In 1996, Michael Jackson was given a special Artist of a Generation award.

At the ceremony he accompanied his single " Earth Song " with a stage show, culminating with Jackson as a 'Christ-like figure' surrounded by children. Jarvis Cocker , of the band Pulp , mounted the stage in what he would later claim as protest at this portion of the performance. Cocker ran across the stage, lifting his shirt and pointing his (clothed) bottom in Jackson's direction. Cocker was subsequently questioned by the police on suspicion of causing injury towards three of the children in Jackson's performance, who were now on stage. No criminal proceedings followed. This was Jackson's penultimate performance in the UK before his death in 2009 - the final performance being at Wembley Stadium in 1997. Oasis and Blur (1996) 1996 saw the height of a well-documented feud between Oasis and fellow Britpop band Blur . The differing styles of the bands, coupled with their prominence within the Britpop movement, led the British media to seize upon the rivalry between the bands.

Both factions played along, with the Gallaghers taunting Blur at the 1996 BRIT Awards by singing a rendition of "Parklife" when they collected their "Best British Band" award (with Liam changing the lyrics to "Shite-life"). Geri Halliwell's Union Jack dress (1997) Ginger Spice, Geri Halliwell , wore an infamous Union Jack dress . [7] [8] Spicemania was at its height in the UK and the Spice Girls had just cracked the US as well, reaching number 1 with their debut single and album. Geri Halliwell captured the zeitgeist and became pin-up girl for Cool Britannia . Halliwell was originally going to wear an all-black dress, but she thought it was too boring so her sister sewed on a Union Jack tea-towel, with a 'peace' sign on the back, so as to not offend anyone. It was worn during the Spice Girls' performance of their number one song " Who Do You Think You Are ".

Later on she sold her dress in a charity auction to Hard Rock Cafe in Las Vegas for a record £41,320, giving Halliwell the Guinness World Record for the most expensive piece of pop star clothing ever sold. [9] The performance won Most Memorable Performance Of 30 Years at the Brit Awards in 2010. Melanie C and Liam Gallagher (1997) Prior to the ceremony in 1997, Liam Gallagher stated in the British media that he "wasn't going to the Brit Awards because if he bumped into the Spice Girls, he would smack them". In response to this, as the Spice Girls received the award for Best British Video, during their acceptance speech, Sporty Spice, Melanie C , challenged Gallagher by saying "Come and have a go if you think you're hard enough". Chumbawamba and John Prescott (1998) In 1998, Danbert Nobacon of politically active band Chumbawamba threw a bucket of iced water over Labour cabinet minister John Prescott .

Despite apologies on behalf of the band from EMI Europe, Chumbawamba were unrepentant, claiming "If John Prescott has the nerve to turn up at events like the Brit Awards in a vain attempt to make Labour seem cool and trendy, then he deserves all we can throw at him." Belle & Sebastian (1999) In 1999, indie band Belle & Sebastian were nominated for Best British Newcomers, despite having released three albums before the 1999 Awards. The award was sponsored by Radio One and voted for online by their listeners. At the time, Steps were arguably Britain's biggest boy/girl pop band and were also nominated. Despite this, the award was won by Belle & Sebastian. On the Saturday after the awards, a story appeared in the press alleging that the group had rigged the vote in their favour, encouraging students from two universities to vote online. However, fans argued that the band had a predominantly large student following, that band member Isobel Campbell had attended one of the universities in question, and in particular, the award ought to be given on artistic merit as opposed to popularity or CD sales.

Robbie Williams and Liam Gallagher (2000) Around the time of his departure from Take That , Robbie Williams had begun a friendship with the Gallagher brothers from Oasis at the Glastonbury Festival . However, it was short-lived and the two parties regularly traded insults in the press with Noel Gallagher referring to Williams as "the fat dancer from Take That". Having won Best British Single and Best Video for "She's the One", Williams challenged Liam Gallagher to a televised fight, saying: "So, anybody like to see me fight Liam? Would you pay to come and see it? Liam, a hundred grand of your money and a hundred grand of my money. We'll get in a ring and we'll have a fight and you can all watch it on TV, what d'you think about that?". Liam Gallagher was not in the country at the time. Ronnie Wood and Brandon Block (2000) Dance DJ Brandon Block was told by his friends that he had won an award and had been summoned to the stage to collect it.

Because of his advanced state of intoxication he believed them and walked on to the stage, eventually ending up next to a bemused Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood and actress Thora Birch , who were about to present the award for Best Soundtrack Album. After Block was removed from the stage by security, Wood aimed an insult in his direction, at which Block broke free to square up to the guitarist. A series of insults were then traded between the two, both of which were audible through the stage microphone, causing claims that the whole event may have been staged. Wood then threw his drink into Block's face, and the DJ was ejected from the event. Some time after the incident, Block claimed that he had subsequently apologised to Wood for his behaviour, and Wood had merely brushed it off. Geri Halliwell Vs. The Spice Girls (2000) The Spice Girls were set to receive the Outstanding Contribution award at the 2000 Brit awards, reportedly to mark their dominance of the music scene in the past decade. There was much media speculation before and even during the event as to whether or not former Ginger Spice, Geri Halliwell would accept the award with the four remaining members of the group.

[10] On the night, however, Halliwell declined to join her former band mates and instead ensured front page coverage the following day by performing her solo number 1 single Bag It Up straddling a pole between a pair of giant inflatable legs. Noel Gallagher and A1 (2001) During the night, British pop rock/boyband group A1 picked up an award for 'Best Newcomer'. At the end of the night, Noel Gallagher walked onto stage to present the night's Outstanding Contribution winners, U2 , their award. As Gallagher took the microphone at the start of his presenting speech, he said "This award ceremony over the years has been accused of not having a sense of humour, but when you see A1 winning best newcomer, you know that someone's taking the piss somewhere". Apparently, A1 were offended, and in April 2001 they performed a cover version of the Oasis song " Don't Look Back in Anger " in a mocking way, live using instruments, and not a backing track, as Gallagher had also called the band "manufactured".

[11] Russell Brand (2007) Some controversy was caused by the host of the 2007 Awards ceremony, comedian Russell Brand , who made several quips relating to news stories of the time including singer Robbie Williams ' entering rehab for addiction to prescription drugs, the Queen's 'naughty bits' and a fatal friendly fire incident involving a British soldier killed by American armed forces in Iraq . ITV1 received over 300 complaint calls from viewers. [12] He would again instigate controversy the following year at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards . Vic Reeves and Sharon Osbourne (2008) After Vic Reeves appeared to forget which award he was presenting, Sharon Osbourne attempted to wrestle the microphone from him, insisted he was drunk and called him a "pissed bastard". She proceeded to make the full announcement herself. The next day it was reported that Reeves was not intoxicated and was hurt by Osbourne's behaviour. [13] The incident has since been ascribed to an autocue malfunction, but Reeves said in his defence that he was trying to read the autocue screen, but he couldn't read it because Osbourne was pushing him out of the way.

Girls Aloud (2009) British reality band, Girls Aloud , marked their first ever performance at the 2008 ceremony, by performing their single, " The Promise ". The performance saw the band members, including Cheryl Cole and Nicola Roberts appear as though they were naked , with their modesty being covered by pink feathers. This performance was nominated in the 2011 ceremony for the "BRITs Hits 30 - Best Live Performance at the BRIT Awards", alongside Oasis and The Who , which the Spice Girls eventually went on to win. The promise won best British single, their first ever BRIT award. Mick Kluczynski (2009) Ten days before the 2009 Brits, Mick Kluczynski, the production manager for the Brits since 1995 who assisted with the transition from the Fleetwood/Fox debacle to the scale of the current ceremony, died. Despite this setback the team he put in place ensured that everything went as planned, and the show was dedicated to his memory.

[14] Liam Gallagher and Peter Kay (2010) At the 2010 Brits, Liam Gallagher made a surprise appearance to accept his award for Best Brits album of the past 30 years. After thanking all of his former bandmates (apart from brother Noel ) and declaring his fans "the best fans in the fucking world", he gave his award to a lucky fan and hurled his microphone into the audience; a search for the microphone caused a 10 minute delay. After walking off stage, comedian Peter Kay , who hosted the awards, reacted to Liam's actions by saying "what a knobhead". Adele's Performance of "Someone Like You" (2011) Adele performed her song " Someone Like You " at the 2011 Brits with only a piano accompanying her. Her emotional performance was received with a standing ovation at the O2 Arena and the video received millions of hits on YouTube within days. The performance launched "Someone Like You" 46 spots up the UK charts to number one, and in the process, made Adele the first artist in the UK since The Beatles to have two top five singles and two top five albums at the same time.

[15] Adele's acceptance speech cut short and Blur's comeback performance (2012) At the Brit Awards 2012, Adele won the award for 'Mastercard British Album of the Year' which is widely regarded as the most important award of the ceremony. Less than half a minute into her acceptance speech, host James Corden was forced to cut Adele off [16] in order to introduce Blur who were due to perform an eleven minute set as they had won the 'Outstanding Contribution to Music' award and the ceremony was over-running. [17] Adele was visibly annoyed and proceeded to flick her middle finger up into the air [18] and the producers of the show came under fire from members of social networking website Twitter for the decision. [19] Following the incident Adele said "I got cut off during my speech for Best Album and I flung the middle finger. But that finger was to the suits at the BRIT Awards, not to my fans". [20] Adele received an apology from the show's organisers, who stated; "We send our deepest apologies to Adele that her big moment was cut short.

We don't want this to undermine her incredible achievement in winning our night's biggest award. It tops off what's been an incredible year for her." [21] Most successful acts There have been numerous acts, both groups and individuals, that have won multiple awards. The table below shows those that have won four or more awards. British Acts Take That - MusicBrainz Take That Annotation Originally disbanded 1996-02-13 But, on 2005-11-25 the group (less Robbie Williams) announced they are reforming and going on tour in 2006. See: On 2010-07-15, Robbie Williams rejoined Take That. Annotation last modified on 2011-01-16 00:05 UTC.

Question: Which group won the BRIT award for "Best British single record" in the years 1993, 1994 and 1996 ?
Answer: TAKE THAT