The Brits 2023 as it happened: Harry Styles wins coveted Album of the Year
Mo Gilligan hosted the awards ceremony for a second time at the O2 Arena in London
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Your support makes all the difference.The biggest night in British music came to a rather predictable end, as Harry Styles won every category he was nominated in.
The “As It Was” singer took home the prizes for Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Pop/R&B, as the 2023 Brit Awards were transformed into “Harry’s House”.
Wet Leg were the other big winners of the night, as the “Chaise Longue” hitmakers were awarded Best British Group and Best New Artist on Saturday (11 February). They lost out, however, to The 1975 in the Alt/Rock category (which is decided by fans) and to Styles in the Album of the Year category.
Read: Biggest talking points from the 2023 Brits
Hosted by Mo Gilligan, the show had a number of standout moments including Sam Smith and Kim Petras’s “Unholy” performance and Styles thanking his former One Direction bandmates during his Artist of the Year acceptance speech.
Elsewhere, Cat Burns performed a stunning rendition of of her 2020 TikTok hit “Go”, and Wet Leg bassist Ellis Durand had some strong words for the Tory party, which ITV rushed to bleep out.
Lizzo’s glittery, show-stopping performance earned praise on Twitter, and David Guetta’s finale act with Becky Hill and Sam Ryder was a surprise triumph.
In the run-up to the ceremony, there was considerable backlash to the all-male contender list for this year’s gender-neutral Artist of the Year prize.
Catch up on everything that happened below...
A look back at last year...
Cast your minds back to last year’s ceremony – when Anne-Marie took a tumble during her performance and Adele triumphed.
The six biggest talking points from the 2022 Brit Awards
Ceremony attended by stars including Adele, Ed Sheeran, Liam Gallagher and Maya Jama took place at the O2 Arena
Lewis Capaldi reveals ‘why he is here'
“I don’t know. They keep asking me to come!” Such a Lewis Capaldi answer, bless him.
Maya Jama chats to Sam Ryder
Eurovison star Sam Ryder looks brihgt and sunny in a pastel green suit.
Cat Burns wants to party with Jessie J
Cat Burns – a nominee tonight for Song of the Year and Pop/R&B – will be performing.
Dream scenario, who do you end up partying with tonight? “Maybe someone random like Jessie J. I think she’d be good vibes.”
Reminder...
PSA: in case you’ve forgotten, here is the full list of tonight’s nominees...
Rising Star award goes to FLO
Former Brit school alum Jessie J hand over the Brits Rising Star Award to FLO!
The ttrio are the first group to win the award. Previous recipients include Adele, Jessie J, and Sam Smith.
Introducing... Shania Twain
Music legend Shania Twain is a vision in yellow... Let’s go girls!
Let them eat cake!
Eliza Rose, who is up for two awards tonight, is giving serious Marie Antoinette vibes chatting with Maya Jama.
No sign of The 1975 so far...
The band – who are contenders in multiple categories – are nowhere to be seen at the ceremony. Yet, at least.
Recently, frontman Matty Healy became embroiled in controversy over an interview in which he and a podcast host mocked Japanese, Hawaiian, and Scottish people.
Matty Healy sparks backlash over podcast interview that mocks Japanese people
The 1975 frontman made a number of inflammatory remarks while being interviewed on US podcast ‘The Adam Friedland Show’
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