Brit Awards 2016 Explained

Brit Awards 2016
Date:24 February 2016
Venue:The O2 Arena
Host:Ant & Dec
Network:ITV
YouTube
Most Awards:Adele (4)
Most Nominations:Adele, James Bay and Years & Years (4)
Previous:2015
Main:Brit Awards
Next:2017

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.[1] Award nominations were revealed on 14 January 2016.[2] British fashion designer Pam Hogg has designed the trophies for this year's ceremony, styling the BRIT statue.[3]

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.[4] [5]

Performances

The Brits Are Coming: Nominations Launch Party

Laura Whitmore hosted the launch at the ITV Studios in London on Thursday 14 January.

Artist Song UK Singles Chart reaction UK Albums Chart reaction
"Don't Be So Hard on Yourself" 37 (–9) I Cry When I Laugh – 7 (–3)
"Eyes Shut" 17 (+/–) Communion – 22 (–11)
"Worry" N/A N/A
"Keeping Your Head Up" N/A N/A

Main show Performances

Artist Song UK Singles Chart reaction[6] UK Albums Chart reaction[7]
"Hymn for the Weekend" 10 (+7) A Head Full of Dreams – 5 (+/–)
"Love Yourself"
"Sorry"
5 (+2)
9 (–1)
Purpose – 4 (–1)
"Ain't Got Far to Go"
"Don't Be So Hard on Yourself"
"Hold My Hand"
70 (re-entry)
61 (+1)
72 (re-entry)
I Cry When I Laugh – 6 (+/–)
"Hold Back the River" 56 (+35) Chaos and the Calm – 7 (+10)
"Consideration"
"Work"
88 (debut)
2 (+1)
Anti – 9 (+/–)
"Black Magic" 60 (+10) Get Weird – 8 (+/–)
Tribute to David Bowie
Instrumental Medley:
contains interpolations of the following
"Space Oddity"
"Rebel Rebel"
"Let's Dance"
"Ashes to Ashes"
"Ziggy Stardust"
"Fame"
"Under Pressure"
"Heroes"
With Lorde:
"Life on Mars?"
N/A Best of Bowie – 2 (+/–)
Nothing Has Changed – 13 (–3)
Blackstar – 14 (–7)
Hunky Dory – 37 (–8)
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars – 41 (–6)
Aladdin Sane – 80 (–26)
"The Hills" 31 (+9) Beauty Behind the Madness – 18 (+1)
"When We Were Young" 13 (+10) 25 – 1 (+/–)
21 – 26 (+7)
19 – 55 (+13)

Winners and nominees

The nominations were revealed on 14 January 2016.[9]

British Album of the Year
(presented by Mark Ronson)
British Producer of the Year
British Single of the Year
(presented by Suki Waterhouse and Simon Le Bon)
British Video of the Year
(presented by Alan Carr and Lianne La Havas)
British Male Solo Artist
(presented by Kylie Minogue)
British Female Solo Artist
(presented by Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne)
British Group
(presented by Simon Pegg)
British Breakthrough Act
(presented by Nick Grimshaw and Cheryl)
International Male Solo Artist
(presented by Major Lazer)
International Female Solo Artist
(presented by Fleur East and Craig David)
International Group
(presented by Jourdan Dunn and Henry Cavill)
Critics' Choice Award
Global Success Award
(presented by Tim Peake)
Icon Award
(presented by Annie Lennox)

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

Multiple nominations and awards

Artists that received multiple nominations
NominationsArtist
4
(3)
Adele
James Bay
Years & Years
3
(2)
Calvin Harris
Jess Glynne
2
(9)
Coldplay
Disciples
Ed Sheeran
Ellie Goulding
Florence and the Machine
Jamie xx
Little Mix
Mark Ronson
One Direction

Brit Awards 2016 album

Italic Title:no
Brit Awards 2016
Type:compilation
Longtype:/ Box set
Artist:Various Artists
Cover:Brit Awards 2016 album.png
Border:yes
Released:12 February 2016
Label:UMTV
Prev Title:Brit Awards 2015
Prev Year:2015
Next Title:Brit Awards 2017
Next Year:2017

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 3

Weekly charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Irish Compilation Albums[10] 5
UK Compilation Albums[11] 1

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ant & Dec return for The BRITs 2016. The BRIT Awards. 14 September 2015.
  2. Web site: BRIT Awards 2016: Justin Bieber AND Coldplay Join Adele As Confirmed Performers. Capital FM. 18 December 2015.
  3. Web site: Pam Hogg revealed as BRITs Trophy Designer. BRIT Awards. 29 November 2015.
  4. Web site: David Bowie: Brit Awards tribute for 'visionary' musician. 12 January 2016. BBC. 12 January 2016.
  5. Web site: Brit awards 2016 with Adele, Coldplay, Justin Bieber and more – as it happened. 24 February 2016. Guardian. 25 February 2016.
  6. Web site: Official Singles Chart Top 100. Official Charts Company. 21 February 2016.
  7. Web site: Official Albums Chart Top 100. Official Charts Company. 21 February 2016.
  8. Spanos. Brittany. Brittany Spanos . Watch Lorde's Moving David Bowie Cover at Brit Awards . Rolling Stone. 25 February 2016.
  9. Web site: NOMINEES . 14 January 2016 . 14 January 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151128073735/http://www.brits.co.uk/nominees/ . November 28, 2015 .
  10. Web site: Top 30 Multi-Artist Compilation Album, week ending 25 February 2016 . . 30 November 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171201081041/https://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240003&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=8 . 1 December 2017 . dead .
  11. Web site: Official Compilations Chart – 26 February 2016 . . 30 November 2017.