Brit Awards 2016


Brit Awards 2016 was held on 24 February 2016 and was the 36th edition of the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards. The awards ceremony was held at The O2 Arena in London and were presented by Ant & Dec. Award nominations were revealed on 14 January 2016. British fashion designer Pam Hogg has designed the trophies for this year's ceremony, styling the BRIT statue.
The ceremony included a tribute to late British music icon David Bowie featuring an introduction by Annie Lennox, a tribute speech by Gary Oldman and a performance by Lorde backed by Bowie's long-time backing group.

Performances

The Brits Are Coming: Nominations Launch Party

hosted the launch at the ITV Studios in London on Thursday 14 January.
ArtistSongUK Singles Chart reactionUK Albums Chart reaction
Jess Glynne"Don't Be So Hard on Yourself"37 I Cry When I Laugh – 7
Years & Years"Eyes Shut"17 Communion – 22
Jack Garratt"Worry"N/AN/A
Birdy"Keeping Your Head Up"N/AN/A

Main show Performances

Winners and nominees

The nominations were revealed on 14 January 2016.
British Album of the Year
British Producer of the Year

  • Charlie Andrew
  • *Mark Ronson
  • *Mike Crossey
  • *Tom Dalgety
    • British Single of the YearBritish Video of the Year

  • One Direction – "Drag Me Down" 1
  • * Adele – "Hello"
  • * Ed Sheeran – "Photograph"
  • * Jessie J – "Flashlight"
  • * Little Mix – "Black Magic"
    • Eliminated
    • *Calvin Harris & Disciples – "How Deep Is Your Love"
    • *Ellie Goulding – "Love Me like You Do"
    • *Naughty Boy featuring Beyoncé & Arrow Benjamin – "Runnin' "
    • *Sam Smith – "Writing's on the Wall"
    • *Years & Years – "King"
    British Male Solo ArtistBritish Female Solo Artist

  • Adele
  • * Amy Winehouse
  • * Florence and the Machine
  • * Jess Glynne
  • * Laura Marling
    • British GroupBritish Breakthrough Act

    • Coldplay
    • * Blur
    • * Foals
    • * One Direction
    • * Years & Years
  • Catfish and the Bottlemen
  • * James Bay
  • * Jess Glynne
  • * Wolf Alice
  • * Years & Years
    • International Male Solo ArtistInternational Female Solo Artist

  • Björk
  • * Ariana Grande
  • * Courtney Barnett
  • * Lana Del Rey
  • * Meghan Trainor
    • International GroupCritics' Choice Award

  • Jack Garratt
  • * Frances
  • * Izzy Bizu
    • Global Success AwardIcon Award

    • Adele
  • David Bowie
    • 1 Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson accept this award for British Video of the Year.

    Multiple nominations and awards

    NominationsArtist
    4
    		Adele
    4
    		James Bay
    4
    		Years & Years
    3
    		Calvin Harris
    3
    		Jess Glynne
    2
    		Coldplay
    2
    		Disciples
    2
    		Ed Sheeran
    2
    		Ellie Goulding
    2
    		Florence and the Machine
    2
    		Jamie xx
    2
    		Little Mix
    2
    		Mark Ronson
    2
    		One Direction

    AwardsArtist
    4Adele

    ''Brit Awards 2016'' album

    The Brit Awards 2016 is a compilation and box set which includes the "62 biggest tracks from the past year". The box set has three discs with a total of sixty-two songs by various artists.

    Track listing

    CD 1

    CD 2

    CD 3

    Weekly charts