BRITs Hits

So...this week...the biggest night in music happened. Yep, I'm talking about the BRITs. As you probably have read, I predicted who would win. Let's see which ones I got right and which ones I got wrong.

Best British Male

I predicted that Craig David would receive this award. However, I also noted how he had strong competition in the form of David Bowie. And yep...of course David Bowie won.

Best British Female

Of course it was going to be Emeli Sande. With her second album getting to number one, it is clear that everyone had missed her. This BRIT award was the icing on the cake for Emeli after having her hugely successful comeback. Oh and when she received her award, she brought her sister on stage to accept the award with her. That is what I call "sister goals."

Best British Group

We had Bastille. We had Radiohead. Somehow, The 1975 won. Matty Healy used his acceptance speech to inform people to use whatever platform they had to speak about what was important to them. To be fair, The sound and Chocolate are both good songs, and it was the least predictable win of the night.

Best British Video

This was voted for on Twitter so obviously, One Direction won. I think we should just give awards to One Direction, when Twitter decides the winner, to be honest.

Best British Single

I missed this category out of my predictions because it could have gone to any one. There were so many good songs by acts such as, Coldplay, James Arthur, Clean Bandit and Calvin Harris, to name a few. However, all eyes were on the fact Little Mix's Shout Out to my Ex was up against erm...the ex, in the form of Zayn's Pillowtalk. The champions of this battle were Little Mix, who thanked their exes for inspiring this song. It is also noteworthy that the girls were up against Zayn's former band mates in the best video category, with One Direction winning, as previously mentioned.

Best British Breakthrough

I really thought Blossoms had this. They even went as far as forming their own campaign, which included the band handing out leaflets saying "vote Blossoms" to members of the public. However, Rag 'n' Bone man won. Don't get me wrong, I like Rag 'n' Bone Man but he had already received an award, in the form of the Critics' Choice. Surely, with their full on campaign, Blossoms had a chance?

Best International male

To be honest, he had to win for having the longest running number one, with One Dance, and having the most annoying song in the form of Work. Yep, I am talking about Drake. However, yes it was number one for weeks, but One Dance is a good song and during his speech, Drake took the time to do a shout out for Skepta. Could there be a collaboration on the way?...

Best international female

Who else would it have been but Beyoncé? Yep, Queen Bey herself bagged the prize, beating the likes of the princess of R n B, Rihanna and quirky girl, Sia. Also, she beat Solange in the whole "battle of the sisters." All hail Queen Bey!

Best International group

So...we had two huge successes of 2016, which were Kings of Leon and Twenty One Pilots. Randomly though, it went to A Tribe Called Quest. A lot of people I think were wondering who they are, myself included.

Best British album

It was David Bowie...obviously. The man is a legend and will never be forgotten. What was sweet was that Duncan Jones, Bowie's son, came to collect the award, with the intention of telling his son what his grandad was like. He also stated that the award was for people who were considered to be  "kooks" who liked to be different.

Notable moments

The BRITs are usually so controversial but recently it has been really tame. But I would like to thank Katy Perry for providing entertainment into what is known as "a falling house." Yep,  a dancer dressed as a house fell off the stage. Also, she had massive skeleton puppets who were strangely dressed like Donald Trump and Theresa May. Well played Katy. Well played!

Another highlight was Twitter going into a panic when The 1975 performed The Sound, as they thought that The 1975, The BRITs and ITV1 itself had been hacked. This was due to pink screens showing insults about the band popping up between shots of the band performing. However, The 1975 fans knew that messages just so happened to appear in The Sound music video. Problem solved!

There was also a not so secret performance from Coldplay and The Chainsmokers, who performed their new song, Something Like This. This was no thanks to Spotify, who had announced the release of the single earlier that day. Chris Martin also performed a beautiful tribute to George Michael, by singing A Different Corner, with George being shown on a big screen. Before the tribute, Andrew Ridgely, Pepsi and Shirli spoke about times with their bandmate, with tears in their eyes, showing how loved George Michael was.

So...the BRITs are over for another year. With some worthy winners and some standout moments, will the BRITs 2018 top the BRITs 2017? Time will tell.

Em x