BRIT Awards 2012

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It is definitely award season. The Annual BRIT Awards 2012 were just held and the winners are below:

The full list of winners:

British Male Solo Artist

Ed Sheeran

British Female Solo Artist

Adele

Mastercard British Album of the Year

Adele, "21"

British Breakthrough Act

Ed Sheeran

British Group

Coldplay

British Single

One Direction, "What Makes You Beautiful"

International Male Solo Artist

Bruno Mars

International Female Solo Artist

Rihanna

International Group

Foo Fighters

International Breakthrough Act

Lana Del Rey

Outstanding Contribution to Music

Blur

Critics Choice

Emeli Sandé

ENDS

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Here are a couple of key performances from the BRITS this year.

This first performance was Adele's triumphant return to the BRITs performing "Rolling In The Deep". . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRWsbIcJeeY

And the Best British Single when to a new cutie boy band ONE DIRECTION and they won for "What Makes You Beautiful":

Here is their music video for "What Makes You Beautiful":

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Also Blur received the Lifetime Achievement Award. They rocked the place!

[JKane]

I'm starting to get tired of the same (depressing) songs over and over, but I like Adele's personality...

Was surprised by the thick cockney accent too!

From Towle:

Adele won Album of the Year at this evening's Brit Awards, but producers made host James Corden cut her off moments into her speech. She responded by flipping them the bird.

Adele said her gesture was aimed at "the suits, not the fans".

Read more: http://www.towleroad.com/#ixzz1n8e0hsB6

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Now the Producers of the Brits have apologized publicly to Adele for cutting her off on the biggest award of the night.

http://music.yahoo.com/news/brit-awards-organizers-apologize-adele-181022169.html