2018 Brit Awards


The 2018 Brit Awards were held on 21 February 2018 at the O2 Arena in London. It was the 38th edition of the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards. On 8 December 2017, Jack Whitehall was announced as the host. Sculptor Sir Anish Kapoor designed the Brit Award statuette that was given to the winners. Foo Fighters, Dua Lipa and Ed Sheeran were among the global stars nominated for awards in the ceremony.

Performances

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 the ill Grande, performing "Live Forever".

Pre-ceremony

Main show

Winners and nominees

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

  • Stormzy – Gang Signs & Prayer
  • *Dua Lipa – Dua Lipa
  • *Ed Sheeran – ÷
  • *J Hus – Common Sense
  • *Rag'n'Bone Man – Human
  • British Producer of the Year: Steve Mac
  • Global Success Award: Ed Sheeran
    • British Single of the Year
    		British Video of the Year
  • Rag'n'Bone Man – "Human"
  • *Calvin Harris featuring Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry and Big Sean – "Feels"
  • *Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson – "Symphony"
  • *Dua Lipa – "New Rules"
  • *Ed Sheeran – "Shape of You"
  • *J Hus – "Did You See"
  • *Jax Jones featuring Raye – "You Don't Know Me"
  • *Jonas Blue featuring William Singe – "Mama"
  • *Liam Payne featuring Quavo – "Strip That Down"
  • *Little Mix – "Touch"
  • 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
  • *Anne-Marie – "Ciao Adios"
  • *Calvin Harris featuring Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry and Big Sean – "Feels"
  • *Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson – "Symphony"
  • *Dua Lipa – "New Rules"
  • *Jonas Blue featuring William Singe – "Mama"
    • British Male Solo Artist
    		British Female Solo Artist
  • Stormzy
  • *Ed Sheeran
  • *Liam Gallagher
  • *Loyle Carner
  • *Rag'n'Bone Man
  • Dua Lipa
  • *Jessie Ware
  • *Kate Tempest
  • *Laura Marling
  • *Paloma Faith
    • British Group
    		British Breakthrough Act
  • Gorillaz
  • *London Grammar
  • *Royal Blood
  • *Wolf Alice
  • *The xx
  • Dua Lipa
  • *Dave
  • *J Hus
  • *Loyle Carner
  • *Sampha
    • International Male Solo Artist
    		International Female Solo Artist
  • Kendrick Lamar
  • *Beck
  • *Childish Gambino
  • *DJ Khaled
  • *Drake
  • Lorde
  • *Alicia Keys
  • *Björk
  • *Pink
  • *Taylor Swift
    • International Group
    		Critics' Choice Award
  • Foo Fighters
  • *Arcade Fire
  • *Haim
  • *The Killers
  • *LCD Soundsystem
  • 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.

    Track listing

    CD 1

    CD 2

    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."