Brit Awards 2011

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Nominees:-

British Male Solo Artist
Mark Ronson
Paul Weller
Plan B
Robert Plant
Tinie Tempah

British Female Solo Artist
Cheryl Cole
Ellie Goulding
Laura Marling
Paloma Faith
Rumer

British Breakthrough Act
Ellie Goulding
Mumford & Sons
Rumer
Tinie Tempah
The xx

British Group
Biffy Clyro
Gorillaz
Mumford & Sons
Take That
The xx

British Single
Alexandra Burke ft. Pitbull: 'All Night Long'
Cheryl Cole: 'Parachute'
Florence & The Machine: 'You've Got The Love'
Matt Cardle: 'When We Collide'
Olly Murs: 'Please Don't Let Me Go'
Plan B: 'She Said'
Scouting For Girls: 'This Ain't A Love Song'
Taio Cruz: 'Dynamite'
Tinie Tempah: 'Pass Out'
The Wanted: 'All Time Low'

Mastercard British Album Of The Year
Mumford & Sons: Sigh No More
Plan B: The Defamation Of Strickland Banks
Take That: Progress
Tinie Tempah: Disc-Overy
The xx: xx

International Male Solo Artist
Bruce Springsteen
Cee Lo Green
David Guetta
Eminem
Kanye West

International Female Solo Artist
Alicia Keys
Katy Perry
Kylie Minogue
Rihanna
Robyn

International Group
Arcade Fire
Black Eyed Peas
Kings of Leon
The Script
Vampire Weekend

International Album
Arcade Fire: The Suburbs
Cee Lo Green: The Lady Killer
Eminem: Recovery
Katy Perry: Teenage Dream
Kings of Leon: Come Around Sundown

Critics' Choice
Jessie J

British Producer
Ethan Johns
John Leckie
Markus Dravs
Mike Pela
Stuart Price

James Corden hosts the show tonight.

ricero

arcade fire will fleece the international category's they deserve the awards and i hope plan b does well

InTheTrees

I've never understood the black eyed pees...

jill_valentine

Good to see Laura Marling get a nod. Twitter traffic about it makes me want to kill myself though.

sunnysummer

though it was pretty random Roger Daltry when he was announcing the album of the year and he mentioned that Plan B reminded him of his own band and he then went on to annouce Mumford and Sons as the winner.
Thought the way he mentioned Plan B that he had won it.
Think Stictland banks is a grt album though.

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Tinie Tempah and Arcade Fire were the major winners at tonight's Brit Awards, taking home two trophies apiece.

Tempah - real name Patrick Okogwu, Jr. - collected the 'British Breakthrough Act' prize while also picking up the 'British Single' gong for his chart-topping debut 'Pass Out'.

The South London rapper celebrated by taking to the stage at London's O2 Arena to perform a medley of his hits 'Written In The Stars', 'Miami 2 Ibiza', 'Frisky' and 'Pass Out'.

Arcade Fire added to their 'Album Of The Year' accolade at last week's Grammy Awards by collecting two trophies tonight: 'International Album' for their transatlantic chart-topperThe Suburbs and 'International Group'.

Take That were named 'British Group' of the past 12 months - the 20th Brit Award to have been collected either by the pop combo as a whole or Robbie Williams as a solo artist.

Meanwhile, Mumford & Sons collected the prestigious 'Mastercard British Album Of The Year' prize for Sigh No More.

Laura Marling pipped Ellie Goulding and Cheryl Cole in the 'British Female' category, while Plan B beat Tempah and Mark Ronson to the 'British Male' award.

Rihanna nuked competition from Katy Perry and Kylie Minogue to take home the 'International Female' trophy, while Cee Lo Green was named 'International Male' over Eminem and Kanye West.

Meanwhile, Justin Bieber beat the Glee cast in the 'International Breakthrough Act' category.

Notable performances at the annual events came from Adele, Rihanna, Take That, Cee Lo Green and Plan B. The ceremony was hosted by Gavin and Stacey star James Corden.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a304002/tinie-tempah-arcade-fire-score-brits-doubles.html

RayM

jill_valentine wrote: »

Good to see Laura Marling get a nod. Twitter traffic about it makes me want to kill myself though.

I wondered why she was a trending topic and clicked. I wish I hadn't. I didn't realise that so many semi-literate imbeciles used Twitter. Great to see talent prevailing over celebrity for a change.

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jill_valentine wrote: »

Good to see Laura Marling get a nod. Twitter traffic about it makes me want to kill myself though.

I'm glad she won and not Cheryl Cole

H8GHOTI

Why were The National up for Best International Breakthrough Act? Surely that's for acts that only came out with their first album in the last year or so? Or is it different from 'Newcomer' in that a band that have been around for years under the radar qualify because they had a big year last year?

jill_valentine

The National's category was baffling. The National and Justin Bieber in the same category was ridiculous.

I'm a big Arcade Fire fan, but thought their performance was a bit meh, especially in light of their phenomenal turn at the Grammys the other night. Adele was great. Biggest surprise of the night was possibly Take That outMusing Muse - in fact I'd say their production was far more effective.