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The Brit Awards sees Madonna wardrobe malfunction
The Brit Awards sees Ed Sheeran take the awards for Best Male Solo Artist and Best British Album for “X”. Palomo Faith is Best Female Solo Artist and Mark Ronson (ft Bruno Mars) wins best British Song with Uptown Funk. But the biggest memory of the night was Madonna being dragged down a flight of steps by one of her dancers when the neck cord of her cape didn’t release. See video below.
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The Brit Awards 2015 Winners List
British male solo artist
Winner: Ed Sheeran
Damon Albarn
George Ezra
Paolo Nutini
Sam Smith
British female solo artist
Winner: Paloma Faith
Ella Henderson
FKA Twigs
Jessie Ware
Lily Allen
British group
Winner: Royal Blood
Clean Bandit
Coldplay
One Direction
British breakthrough act
Winner: Sam Smith
Chvrches
FKA Twigs
George Ezra
Royal Blood
Critics’ Choice
Winner: James Bay
George the Poet
Years & Years
British single
Winner: Mark Ronson ft Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk
Calvin Harris – Summer
Clean Bandit ft Jess Glynne – Rather Be
Duke Dumont ft Jax Jones – I Got U
Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud
Ella Henderson – Ghost
George Ezra – Budapest
Route 94 ft Jess Glynne – My Love
Sam Smith – Stay With Me
Sigma – Nobody to Love
British album of the year
Winner: Ed Sheeran – X
Alt-J – This Is All Yours
George Ezra – Wanted On Voyage
Royal Blood – Royal Blood
Sam Smith – In The Lonely Hour
British artist video of the year
Winner: One Direction – You and I
Calvin Harris – Summer
Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud
Mark Ronson ft Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk
Sam Smith – Stay With Me
Global success award
Winner: Sam Smith
International male solo artist
Winner: Pharrell Williams
Beck
Hozier
Jack White
John Legend
International female solo artist
Winner: Taylor Swift
Beyonce
Lana Del Rey
Sia
St Vincent
International group
Winner: Foo Fighters
5 Seconds of Summer
The Black Keys
First Aid Kit
The War On Drugs
British producer of the year
Winner: Paul Epworth
Alison Goldfrapp & Will Gregory
Flood
Jake Gosling
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- American entertainer Madonna falls off stage while performing “Living for Love” at the 2015 Brit Awards. (PA via WA Today)
- Mark Ronson wins Best British single for “Uptown Funk” featuring American singer Bruno Mars. (The Guardian)
- Ed Sheeran wins Best British album for x. (The Guardian)
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- Morgan Stanley agrees to pay $2.6 billion to settle with the United States Department of Justice over its sale of residential mortgage backed securities. (Bloomberg)
- The Austrian Parliament passes a bill, partly aimed at tackling Islamist radicalism, that gives Muslims more legal security but bans foreign funding for mosques and imams. (BBC)
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