Brit Awards Success For Adele

Arguably the highlight of last years Brit awards Adele has achieved a definitive exclamation mark on another highlight year with the 23-year-old singer winning the awards for best British female and best British album.

With 17m sales of her album, 21, it was a distinctly more confident Adele at last night’s awards who received a standing ovation when she collected her award for best British female from Kyle Minogue. Thanking her record label, independent XL, she said, “No one makes me feel like you, so thank you so much.”

Accepting the award for best album, the key honour of the night, she said she was “proud to be British” but was cut short by host James Corden, her was told to rush her to make way for Blur, flipping ‘the finger’ as she left the stage. “I flipped the finger but it wasn't to my fans. I'm sorry if I offended anyone but it was the suits that offended me.”

Corden later expressed his unhappiness to ITV2, "I don't quite understand why I was made to… I just feel bad about having to cut Adele off.”

Receiving the award for outstanding contribution to music Blur made their first appearance in 17 years, performing versions of greatest hits Girls and Boys, Song 2, Parklife and This is a Low. Blur were also announced yesterday as the headline act for the closing ceremony of the 2012 Olympics.

Other awards went to Ed Sheeran, best British male and best breakthrough act, One Direction for best British single, Bruno Mars, best international solo male, Lana Del Ray, international breakthrough act and Rihanna took the best international female award.



Coldplay – best British group

Foo Fighters – international group

Emeil Sande – critics choice

Ethan Johns – British producer

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