Brit Awards 2018


Brit Awards 2018 was the 38th edition of the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music show, the Brit Awards. It was held on the 21st February 2018 at the O2 Arena in London, with Jack Whitehall as the host. The Brit Award statuette designed by sculptor Sir Anish Kapoor was awarded to the winners. Foo Fighters, Dua Lipa and Ed Sheeran were among the global stars nominated for awards in the ceremony.

Performances

Ariana Grande was scheduled to perform a tribute, in remembrance of those who lost their lives at the Manchester Arena Bombing, but later withdrew due to illness. Liam Gallagher instead, stood in for Grande, performing "Live Forever".

Winners and nominees

The nominations were revealed on 13 January 2018.
British Album of the Year
Special Achievement Award

  • British Producer of the Year: Steve Mac
  • Global Success Award: Ed Sheeran
    • British Single of the YearBritish Video of the Year

  • Harry Styles – "Sign of the Times"
  • *Ed Sheeran – "Shape of You"
  • *Little Mix – "Touch"
  • *Liam Payne featuring Quavo – "Strip That Down"
  • *Zayn and Taylor Swift – "I Don't Wanna Live Forever"
    • Eliminated
    British Male Solo ArtistBritish Female Solo Artist

  • Dua Lipa
  • *Jessie Ware
  • *Kae Tempest
  • *Laura Marling
  • *Paloma Faith
    • British GroupBritish Breakthrough Act

  • Dua Lipa
  • *Dave
  • *J Hus
  • *Loyle Carner
  • *Sampha
    • International Male Solo ArtistInternational Female Solo Artist

  • Lorde
  • *Alicia Keys
  • *Björk
  • *Pink
  • *Taylor Swift
    • International GroupCritics' Choice Award

  • Jorja Smith
  • *Mabel
  • *Stefflon Don

    • Multiple nominations and awards

    NominationsArtist
    5Dua Lipa
    4Ed Sheeran
    3J Hus
    3Rag'n'Bone Man
    2Big Sean
    2Calvin Harris
    2Clean Bandit
    2Jonas Blue
    2Katy Perry
    2Liam Payne
    2Little Mix
    2Loyle Carner
    2Pharrell Williams
    2Quavo
    2Stormzy
    2Taylor Swift
    2William Singe
    2Zara Larsson

    WinsArtist
    2Dua Lipa
    2Stormzy

    ''Brit Awards 2018'' album

    The Brit Awards 2018 is a compilation and box set which has two discs with a total of forty songs.

    British Video of the Year controversy

    The 2018 ceremony garnered controversy when Harry Styles was announced as the winner of the British Video of the Year. The official Brits leaderboard for these votes showed Little Mix consistently maintaining the number one spot each week, followed by Styles at number two. During the final voting event on the night of the ceremony Little Mix and Styles alternated between the top spot on numerous occasions. The last leader-board update placed Little Mix at the top spot, with Styles at number two. After the announcement of Styles as a winner, the Brit Awards were accused by Little Mix fans of rigging the votes for this category. The Brits responded to the claim, saying: "The final leader-board was displayed on The BRITs website prior to the final count being checked and verified independently by the Electoral Reform Services, the company that independently run all BRITs voting processes. The leader-board doesn’t work in real time and the vote was incredibly tight at the top. Fans can have complete confidence in the BRITs public vote." The Electoral Reform Services added: "Robust vote-counting rules and filters are in place which are in accordance with ITV's voting regulations, and agreed and tested prior to any vote taking place. We are confident that the vote integrity has not been compromised."