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Brit Awards 2016 winners list in full from Adele to Justin Bieber

Adele beat Jess Glynne and Laura Marling to win best British female solo artist

Jess Denham
Thursday 25 February 2016 09:10 GMT
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Adele won four trophies at the Brit Awards, to nobody's surprise
Adele won four trophies at the Brit Awards, to nobody's surprise (Getty Images)

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Adele swept the board at the Brit Awards 2016, taking home the most gongs since Blur in 1995.

The “Hello” singer won four awards at the London ceremony to become the most successful solo artist in any one year.

Coldplay also earned a place in Brits history after being the first group to win best British group four times.

Controversy over the lack of diversity was further fuelled by an all-white winners list, with Justin Bieber taking the international male solo artist prize.

Sadly, not one artist mentioned the growing issue during their winning speech, but organisers have promised “new initiatives” to include underground genres such as grime that are rapidly becoming more mainstream.

Below is the winners list in full:

British male solo artist: James Bay

British female solo artist: Adele

British group: Coldplay

British breakthrough act: Catfish And The Bottlemen

Brits global success award: Adele

British single: Adele

MasterCard British album of the year: Adele: 25

International male solo artist: Justin Bieber

International female solo artist: Bjork

International group: Tame Impala

Critics choice: Jack Garratt

British artist video: One Direction

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