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BRIT Awards dished out
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 16 February 2011
So, it was the BRIT Awards last night. Do you care? Were you there? Did you go by boat? I mean, the Jubilee Line was fucked, wasn’t it? Or perhaps you tuned in via the wonders of the Independent Television network channel one, home of shit? Or did you opt to experience the whole thing through Twitter, trying to guess who’d won by all the bitchy remarks? We did a quick survey this morning and reckon the latter option was the most fun.
Anyway, what can I tell you? Tinie Tempah won two awards, as well he should, the faux-folk revival scored two prizes, one for Laura Marling and one for Mumford & Sons, which possibly confused the average ITV1 viewer, Arcade Fire took the Best International Group and Best International Album gongs, and Justin Bieber was declared Best International Breakthrough Act, which is good news for the Wikipedia biogs of fellow nominees Bruno Mars, The National, The Temper Trap and the cast of Glee, if nothing else.
In its new home under that large tent in Greenwich, the all new BRIT Awards show seems to have been generally well received, passing without any really embarrassing incidents, cock ups or fallouts, though some might argue that fact made the whole thing a bit dull, certainly for those watching at home. And James Cordon is still no Michael Aspel, whatever anyone says.
Take That, Rihanna, Plan B, Tinie Tempah and Adele were among those to sing songs and wiggle around a bit (well Adele didn’t do much wiggling). Cee-Lo Green closed the show, which was great until Paloma Faith joined him and sang along in the wrong key, but you can’t have everything. If you enjoyed those bits and want a copy to keep for eternity, the iTunes store is already selling copies of each BRITS performance in aid of the BRITS Trust, though they’re audio recordings so you’ll have to imagine the wiggling.
Anyway, how about a full list of winners? Go on, why not. No one ever died from reading a list BRIT Award winners. Well, there was that one time, but that was highly unusual.
British Male Solo Artist: Plan B
British Female Solo Artist: Laura Marling
British Breakthrough Act: Tinie Tempah
British Group: Take That
British Single: Tinie Tempah – Pass Out
British Album: Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More
International Male Solo Artist: Cee Lo Green
International Female Solo Artist: Rihanna
International Breakthrough Act: Justin Bieber
International Group: Arcade Fire
International Album: Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
Critics’ Choice: Jessie J
British Producer: Marcus Dravs
