BRIT Awards

The BRITs 2010 is over. Lady Gaga went home smiling with three awards, the best showing for an international act since Scissor Sisters in 2005.

Kasabian bagged one and shared their band philosophy with Tom telling us all "If you want to make omelettes, sometimes you've got to break eggs" and Liam, well he didn't break any eggs but did thank the Oasis fans for being the "f**king best fans" before disposing of his BRIT for Oasis' Album of 30 Years Award and the microphone into the audience, not quite a Jarvis or Chumbawumba moment but certainly not dull either...

Here's a quick re-cap on the nominees and who got what:

Already announced pre-Awards night:
Ellie Goulding took the Critics Choice, Robbie Williams bags a gong for Outstanding Contribution to Music.

BRIT Awards - February 16, 2010

British Male Solo Artist - Winner - Dizzee Rascal
Nominated:

Calvin Harris
Mika
Paolo Nutini
Robbie Williams

British Female Solo Artist - Winner - Lily Allen
Nominated:

Bat for Lashes
Florence & the Machine
Leona Lewis
Lily Allen
Pixie Lott

British Breakthrough Act - Winner - JLS
(Initial five selected by Voting Academy; winner chosen by listeners of Radio 1)
Nominated:

Florence & the Machine
Friendly Fires
La Roux
Pixie Lott

British Group - Winner - Kasabian
Nominated:

Doves
Friendly Fires
JLS
Muse

MasterCard British Album - Winner - Florence & the Machine for Lungs
Nominated:

Dizzee Rascal - Tongue n'Cheek
Kasabian - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You
Paolo Nutini - Sunny Side Up

British Single - Winner - JLS' Beat Again
Winner selected by UK Commercial Radio listeners.
Nominated:

Alesha Dixon - Breathe Slow
Alexandra Burke Ft Flo Rida - Bad Boys
Cheryl Cole - Fight For This Love
Joe McElderry - The Climb
La Roux - In For The Kill
Lily Allen - The Fear
Pixie Lott - Mama Do
Taio Cruz - Break Your Heart
Tinchy Stryder Ft N-Dubz - Number 1

International Male Solo Artist - Winner - Jay-Z
Nominated:

Bruce Springsteen
Eminem
Michael Bublé
Seasick Steve

International Female Solo Artist - Winner - Lady Gaga
Nominated:

Ladyhawke
Norah Jones
Rihanna
Shakira

International Breakthrough Act - Winner - Lady Gaga
Initial five selected by Voting Academy - winner picked by MTV viewers.
Nominated:

Animal Collective
Daniel Merriweather
Empire of the Sun
Taylor Swift

International Album - Winner - Lady Gaga's The Fame
Nominated:

Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D.
Empire of the Sun - Walking on a Dream
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3

Critics' Choice - Ellie Goulding
Nominated:

Delphic
Marina and the Diamonds

Outstanding Contribution to Music - Robbie Williams

BRITs Album of 30 Years - Winner - Oasis' (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
A special category for the previous top 10 selling albums that also won British
Album category over the past 29 years. The winner was be chosen by Radio 2 & 6 Music listeners.

Nominated:

Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head
Dido - No Angel
Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
Duffy - Rockferry
Keane - Hopes & Fears
Phil Collins - No Jacket Required
Sade - Diamond Life
The Verve - Urban Hymns
Travis - The Man Who

Brits Performance of 30th Year - Winner - Spice Girls - Wannabe / Who Do You Think You Are? (1997)
Nominated:

Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive/How Deep Is Your Love (1997)
Bros - I Owe You Nothing (1989)
Coldplay - Clocks (2003)
Eurythmics and Stevie Wonder - Angel (1999)
Girls Aloud - The Promise (2009)
Kanye West - Gold Digger (2006)
Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out Of My Head (2002)
Michael Jackson - Earth Song (1996)
Paul McCartney - Live And Let Die (2008)
Pet Shop Boys - Go West (1994)
Robbie Williams and Tom Jones - Full Monty medley
Scissor Sisters - Take Your Mama
The Who - Who Are You'(1988)

British Producer - Winner - Paul Epworth
Nominated:

Jim Abbiss
Ethan Johns
Steve Lillywhit

Seriously, what is with JLS bagging so many awards? I guess the Brits don’t always have better taste than the Americans. Well at least Oasis got the best album of the past 30 years. I don’t really like Dizzee Rascal, anyone else getting it would have been better, in my opinion. But Muse really should have gotten best British group, instead of Kasabian (though Kasabian’s really awesome too). Overall pretty good results anyway.