"2009 Brit Awards The 2009 Brit Awards ceremony took place on Wednesday 18 February 2009. It was the 29th edition of the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards. The awards ceremony was held at Earls Court in London, and was broadcast live on ITV on 18 February at 8pm (GMT). Duffy became the first female artist to ever win three awards in the same year, and only Blur, in 1995, have ever won more awards at a single ceremony. The show was advertised as live by ITV but the broadcast included several audio deletions which means the show was"
"at four ceremonies each, with all four performances taking place on the same evenings (2008, 2011, 2012 and 2016). There have been numerous acts, both groups and individuals, that have won multiple awards. The table below shows those that have won four or more awards. Brit Awards The BRIT Awards (often simply called The BRITs) are the British Phonographic Industry's annual popular music awards. The name was originally a shortened form of ""British"", ""Britain"", or ""Britannia"" (in the early days the awards were sponsored by Britannia Music Club), but subsequently became a backronym for British Record Industry Trusts Show. In"
"Rats (1978), The Clash (1979), The Jam (1980), The Selecter (1980), UB40 (1981), Girlschool (1981), U2 (1982), Whitesnake (1983), The Alarm (1984), Nina Hagen (1984), The Cure (1985), The Damned (1986), The Pretenders (1987), The Stranglers (1988), Tanita Tikaram (1989), Georgia Satellites (1989), Soundgarden (1990), Bob Dylan (1990), Midnight Oil (1990), Billy Idol (1991), Nirvana (1992), Faith No More (1993), Chris Isaak (1993), Jethro Tull (1993), Aerosmith (1994), Simple Minds (1995), Bon Jovi (1995), Blur (1996), Pulp (1996), Neil Young (1996), David Bowie (1997), Sting (1997), Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (1997), Pet Shop Boys (1997), Beastie Boys (1998),"
"with Oasis becoming the first band in the modern era to win three awards. Again in 1996 Oasis won four awards - Best Band, Best Live Band, Best Album (""(What's the Story) Morning Glory?"") and Best Single (""Wonderwall""). Later in the decade major winners were the Manic Street Preachers (4 awards in 1999) and Blur (3 awards in 2000). In 2002, the awards reflected the ""NME""s support for the ""New Rock Revolution"" Garage Rock revival, with The Strokes winning three awards (""Best New Act"", ""Best Album"" and ""Band of the Year""). After the 2002 awards an article on telegraph.co.uk reported"
"in 1993 when Rod Stewart was awarded the Lifetime Achievement award at the Brit Awards. Ronnie Lane made his final concert appearance in 1992 at a Ronnie Wood show with Ian McLagan on keyboards; Lane died in 1997. In 2004 a 4-disc Faces box set entitled ""Five Guys Walk into a Bar..."" was released by Rhino Records, featuring many of the band's most popular tracks as well as several previously unreleased songs. Drummer Kenney Jones formed a group called the Jones Gang, together with singer Robert Hart (formerly of Bad Company), Patrick Walford and guitarist Rick Wills (formerly of Foreigner);"
"Brit Awards The BRIT Awards (often simply called The BRITs) are the British Phonographic Industry's annual popular music awards. The name was originally a shortened form of ""British"", ""Britain"", or ""Britannia"" (in the early days the awards were sponsored by Britannia Music Club), but subsequently became a backronym for British Record Industry Trusts Show. In addition, an equivalent awards ceremony for classical music, called the Classic BRIT Awards, is held in the month of May. Robbie Williams holds the record for the most BRIT Awards, 13 as a solo artist and another five as part of Take That. The awards"
"with a 4x platinum certification for the album. In recent years, the band's discography has included studio albums ""12 Memories"" (2003), ""The Boy with No Name"" (2007), ""Ode to J. Smith"" (2008), ""Where You Stand"" (2013) and recently ""Everything at Once"" (2016), which debuted at number five on the UK Albums Chart. In 2004, the band released their first greatest hits album, ""Singles"", which spent nineteen weeks in the top 100 of the UK albums chart. Travis have twice been awarded best band at the BRIT Awards and were awarded the NME Artist of the Year award at their 2000"
"has won numerous music awards throughout their career, including a Brit Award—winning Best British Dance Act, two MTV Europe Music Awards, and two Q Awards. They have released five studio albums that have sold over 11 million copies worldwide. DJs Daddy G and Andrew Vowles and graffiti artist-turned-rapper Robert Del Naja met as members of partying collective The Wild Bunch. One of the first homegrown soundsystems in the UK, The Wild Bunch became dominant on the Bristol club scene in the mid-1980s. Massive Attack started as a spin-off production trio in 1988, with the independently released song, ""Any Love"", sung"
"performed by musicians or groups originating from Canada, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. There have been four instances in which one artist or group was nominated for two works in the same year: the group Aerosmith was nominated for both ""Cryin'"" and ""Livin' on the Edge"" in 1994, Melissa Etheridge received nominations for ""Come to My Window"" and ""I'm the Only One"" in 1995, Jakob Dylan of The Wallflowers won for ""One Headlight"" and was also nominated for ""The Difference"" in 1998, and U2 was nominated for the songs ""Elevation"" and ""Walk On"" in 2002. Coldplay holds the record for"
"8 February 1983 at Grosvenor House Hotel in London. Paul McCartney (one with The Beatles) won three awards. The 1984 Brit Awards were the 4th edition of the biggest annual pop music awards in the United Kingdom. They are run by the British Phonographic Industry and took place on 21 February 1984 at Grosvenor House Hotel in London. Culture Club and Michael Jackson won two awards. The 1985 Brit Awards were the 5th edition of the biggest annual pop music awards in the United Kingdom. They are run by the British Phonographic Industry and took place on 11 February 1985"
"were sitting at the table he trampled. Coldplay frontman Chris Martin allegedly laughed off the incident, stating that ""it was great, very rock and roll"". Current Current touring musicians Former Former touring musicians Studio albums Grammy Awards ""NME"" Awards ""Kerrang!"" Awards AIM Independent Music Awards Alternative Press UK Music Video Awards Readers polls Footnotes Citations Bibliography Bring Me the Horizon Bring Me the Horizon, often known by the acronym BMTH, are an English rock band from Sheffield, South Yorkshire. Formed in 2004, the group now consists of vocalist Oliver Sykes, guitarist Lee Malia, bassist Matt Kean, drummer Matt Nicholls and"
"was announced that Sony would be merging it's two independent distribution companies The Orchard and Red Essential. 2014 saw Sony's best singles success for 33 years, with 11 number 1 singles. Sony Music artists won a total of five individual awards at the BRITs 2015, including Best Female Solo Artist for Paloma Faith and Mark Ronson's 'Uptown Funk', which picked up Best British Single. Several other of the label's artists - Foo Fighters, One Direction and Pharrell Williams - also collected awards. Sony's performance at the BRITs 2015 was the label's best in nearly 20 years, winning a total of"
"Jesus and Mary Chain (1998), Metallica (1999), Ministry (1999), Blondie (1999), Oasis (2000), Iron Maiden (2000), Lou Reed (2000), Hellacopters (2001), Kent (2002), Manic Street Preachers (2003), Dio (2003), The Cardigans (2003), Motörhead (2004), Stray Cats (2004), Hawkwind (2004), Within Temptation (2005), Rammstein (2005), New York Dolls (2006), Morrissey (2006), Tool (2006), Flogging Molly (2006), Saxon (2006), Opeth (2006), Billy Talent (2007), Interpol (2008), Primal Scream (2008), Bullet for my Valentine (2008), Anti-Flag (2008), Slipknot (2009), Volbeat (2009), Canned Heat (2010), Ozzy Osbourne (2010), NOFX (2010), The Specials (2010), Amon Amarth (2010), The National (2011), Nekromantix (2011), Paramore (2011), Suicidal"
"The Roots, Fatboy Slim, Happy Mondays, Garbage, Marilyn Manson, Blur, Massive Attack, The Cardigans, Skunk Anansie 2000: Sonic Youth, Oasis, Leftfield, Moby, Death in Vegas, Morten Abel, Madrugada, Nine Inch Nails, Counting Crows, Macy Gray 2001: Manic Street Preachers, Deftones, Beck, Alanis Morissette, PJ Harvey, The Dandy Warhols, Motörhead, Coldplay, Wyclef Jean, Mayhem 2002: David Bowie, Travis, Rammstein, No Doubt, Morten Abel, Belle and Sebastian, Turbonegro, Kent, …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Kaizers Orchestra, Muse, White Stripes 2003: Massive Attack, Nas, Coldplay, The Flaming Lips, Queens of the Stone Age, Röyksopp,"
"- Bloodhound Gang - HammerFall - Manic Street Prachers - Meshuggah - Orgy (cancelled) 1998 Black Sabbath - garbage - Eagle Eye Cherry - Bob Hund - Wilmer X - Rancid - Kent - NOFX - Turbonegro - The Soundtrack of our Lives 1997 The Prodigy - Suede - Rage Against the Machine - Wu-Tang Clan - Daft Punk - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Stereophonics- The Cardigans - Placebo - The Hellacopters - Millencolin - Marilyn Manson (cancelled) - Supergrass 1996 Blur - Björk - Ministry - The Cure - Iggy Pop - Pulp - Bad Religion"
"in early March 2000, peaking at number 9. On 3 March 2000, Five opened at the BRIT Awards with rock legends Queen, performing an updated version of that band's hit, ""We Will Rock You"". That night Five won their first BRIT Award, as ""Best Pop Act"", and their cover of the Queen song went on to become their second number 1 in the UK in July 2000. The first half of 2000 found Five on a successful world tour, performing concerts in the UK, Europe, Russia, Australasia and—as a foursome—South America, after Neville contracted chickenpox and had to be flown"
"Crow, Duran Duran, Faith No More, The Flaming Lips, KMFDM, The Smoothies, The Lupins, Phunk Junkeez, Sponge, The Stone Roses <br>1996 – Afghan Whigs, Candlebox, Cracker, Cypress Hill, Everclear, Filter, Foo Fighters, Garbage, Girls Against Boys, KoRn, No Doubt, Seven Mary Three, Stabbing Westward <br>1997 – Beck, The Cardigans, Echo & the Bunnymen, Erasure, Jamiroquai, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Moby, Republica, Social Distortion, Veruca Salt, Verve Pipe <br>1998 – Barenaked Ladies, Ben Folds Five, Creed, Eve 6, Fastball, Foo Fighters, Harvey Danger, Soul Asylum, Spacehog, The Specials, They Might Be Giants, Scott Weiland <br>1999 – 2 Skinnee J's, Blink-182, Blondie, The"
"- The Prodigy - Bruce Dickinson - Fear Factory - Emmylou Harris - Frank Black - Skunk Anansie (cancelled) 1995 Pantera - Slayer - Nationalteatern - Chemical Brothers - Supergrass - the Cardigans - Kent - Millencolin - Beastie Boys (cancelled) - Chris Isaak (cancelled) 1994 Motörhead - Oasis - Blur - Midnight Oil - Die Totenhosen - The Prodigy - Primal Scream - The Verve - Refused - Meshuggah - Bob Hund 1993 The Ramones - Iggy Pop - Rollins Band - Stero MC's - Manic Street Preachers - Sick of it All - Ulf Lundell - Wilmer X"
"on 8 July 2016, 13 years since original release in 2003 onto iTunes with bonus tracks. Tymes 4 Tymes 4 were a four-piece girl band from London. They released two albums and three singles. Their first single was ""Bodyrock"", released in August 2001 in the United Kingdom. It was promoted around the UK, appearing on different television shows and with Tymes 4 doing a mini tour around selected schools. The track reached #23 in the UK Singles Chart, with a three-week residence. Their second single was ""She Got Game"" and featured on BBC Television's ""Children in Need"" show ""Live &"
"Disorder, Chaos UK, Siege, Killing Joke, Joy Division, Swans circa 1983–1995, Cocteau Twins, Membranes, Public Image Limited, Zoviet France, Nurse with Wound, Skinny Puppy, Meat Beat Manifesto, old school and darkside jungle, drum & bass circa 1993–1996, early Aphex Twin, Brian Eno, Lee Scratch Perry, Scientist, Jon Hassell, Miles Davis up to 1975, John Coltrane and Alice Coltrane, Moritz Von Oswald and Berlin Dub Experimentalists, Jeff Mills, Robert Hood, minimal and hard techno, John Zorn, electroacoustic and musique concrète, Found Sounds, Japanese hardcore bands Kuro and Gai (also known as Swankys), Celtic Frost, Possessed, Slayer, Metallica, Death Strike, Genocide, Repulsion,"
"has a reputation for being awarded to outside chances rather than the favourites. The 1994 award winner was ""Elegant Slumming"" by the pop act M People, which some felt was a controversial decision considering the shortlist included popular albums from Britpop figureheads Paul Weller, Blur and Pulp, and electronica band The Prodigy. Other music journalists critical of the awards stated that the 2005 award should not have been given to Antony and the Johnsons for their album ""I Am a Bird Now"" as, although they are British-born and therefore eligible for the Prize, the band were based in the United"
"with the Pat Metheny Group). David Sanborn is the only other musician to win the award more than once, with two. The composition ""Birdland"", written by Weather Report, earned two musicians the award: The Manhattan Transfer won in 1981 and Quincy Jones won in 1991 for the version that appears on the compilation album ""Back on the Block"". The award went to artists or groups originating from the United States each year it was presented. Metheny also holds the record for the most nominations, with seven (including five consecutive nominations between 1981 and 1985). The group Spyro Gyra holds the"
"in the UK classical charts. The album was nominated for ""Album of the Year"" at the Classical BRIT Awards held at the Royal Albert Hall on May 26, 2004 and was performed at the Awards. The Opera Band The Opera Band is the debut album by Amici Forever released in 2004. The members of Amici Forever met when rehearsing and performing at opera venues around the world. Tenor Geoff Sewell, originally from New Zealand, came up with the idea of an ""opera band"" mixing traditional opera with contemporary pop. The band features two tenors, two soprano singers and a bass-baritone"
"""More Talk About Last Night"" in 2004. There were a number of animated videos created for ""The Bellwether Project"", including one for the song ""Dirtwater Telegraph,"" which won an international animation award. American Express also used the song ""What A Day May Bring"" in a commercial featuring Tiger Woods. Formed in 1995, Brute was a side project that featured singer/guitarist Vic Chesnutt and Widespread Panic members Dave Schools, John Bell, Michael Houser, John Hermann and Todd Nance. They released ""Nine High a Pallet"" on Capricorn Records in 1995 and followed with 2002's ""Co-Balt"" on Widespread Records. The band played a"
"the five winning contestants of ""Popstars"" formed Hear'Say, the five runner-up contestants formed the group Liberty. The name Liberty was chosen to reflect the freedom the members experienced following their participation in ""Popstars"". Amidst pejorative media commentary (including the term ""Flopstars""), the act proceeded to sign a multimillion-pound record contract with Richard Branson's independent record label, V2 records. Shortly after forming, Liberty received a legal challenge in the UK High Court from a funk R&B band, also called ""Liberty"", who achieved success in the 1990s, including being awarded Capital Radio Band of the Year, playing at Wembley Arena, touring around"
"on 2 January. the occasion was marked by special events in Britain, Canada and the US, including the premiere of his final work, ""The Rose Lake"". A collection of his essays, ""Tippett on Music"", was published in the same year. The other most notable British classical composer of the year was Karl Jenkins, whose album """" was released in September to become a huge hit, thanks to the music's exposure in television advertisements. Notes: The 1995 BRIT Awards winners were: The 1995 Mercury Music Prize was awarded to Portishead - ""Dummy"". 1995 in British music This is a summary of"
"Five Star Five Star (also styled as 5 Star) are a British pop group, formed in 1983 and comprising siblings Stedman, Lorraine, Denise, Doris and Delroy Pearson. Between 1985 and 1988, Five Star had four Top 20 albums and 15 Top 40 singles in the UK, including the Top 10 hits ""System Addict"" (1986), ""Can't Wait Another Minute"" (1986), ""Find the Time"" (1986), ""Rain or Shine"" (1986), ""Stay Out of My Life"" (1987) and ""The Slightest Touch"" (1987). They won the 1987 Brit Award for Best British Group. The five-piece group of siblings from Romford were masterminded by their father"
"the five runner-up contestants formed the group Liberty. The name Liberty was chosen to reflect the freedom the members experienced following their participation in ""Popstars"". Amidst pejorative media commentary (including the term ""Flopstars""), the act proceeded to sign a multi-million-pound record contract with Richard Branson's independent record label, V2 Records. Shortly after forming, Liberty received a legal challenge in the UK High Court from a funk R&B band, also called ""Liberty"", who achieved success in the 1990s, including being awarded Capital Radio Band of the Year, playing Wembley Arena, European tours and the release of albums in the UK, the"
"2005 in British music This is a summary of 2005 in music in the United Kingdom. On 14 January pop band Busted announced that they were to split. The band had released two albums and topped the singles chart four times. Other British artists who did well in the charts included The Chemical Brothers, James Blunt, McFly, Sugababes, Arctic Monkeys, Damon Albarn's Gorillaz, Oasis and Robbie Williams. Stereophonics earned their first number-one single with ""Dakota"". Kate Bush returned to the music world after a 12-year absence with the single ""King of the Mountain"", which became her biggest UK hit in"
"were first held in 1977 and originated as an annual event in 1982 under the auspices of the British record industry's trade association, the BPI. In 1989, they were renamed The BRIT Awards. MasterCard has been the long-term sponsor of the event. The highest profile music awards ceremony in the UK, The BRIT Awards have featured some of the most notable events in British popular culture, such as the final public appearance of Freddie Mercury, the Jarvis Cocker protest against Michael Jackson, and the Union Jack dress worn by Geri Halliwell of the Spice Girls. The BRIT Awards were broadcast"
"Get the Blessing Get the Blessing (previously known as The Blessing) are a jazz rock quartet based in Bristol, England, active since 2000. They were formed when Jim Barr (bass) and Clive Deamer (drums), the rhythm section from the trip hop group Portishead, teamed up with Jake McMurchie (saxophone) and Pete Judge (trumpet) over their mutual appreciation of Ornette Coleman. To date, they have released six albums; their debut ""All is Yes"" won best album at the 2008 BBC Jazz Awards. Their most recent album, Bristopia, was released in 2018. The group have been widely received as part of a"
"The BRIT Awards were held at The O2 Arena in London for the first time in 2011. The BRIT Award statuette given to the winners features Britannia, the female personification of Britain. Since 2011, the statuette has been regularly redesigned by some of the best known British designers, stylists and artists, including Vivienne Westwood, Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin, Peter Blake, Zaha Hadid, Anish Kapoor and David Adjaye. The first awards ceremony was in 1977, as ""The BRITish Record Industry BRITannia Awards"", to mark the Queen's Silver Jubilee and was televised by Thames Television. There have been 37 editions to date."
"record contract with Richard Branson's independent record label, V2 Records. Branson said: ""From our first meeting I was completely wowed by their determination, optimism and refusal to give up. But it was when I heard their music that I knew they were going to be a huge success."" Shortly after forming, Liberty received a legal challenge in the UK High Court from a funk R&B band, also called ""Liberty"", who achieved success in the 1990s, including being awarded Capital Radio Band of the Year, playing Wembley Arena, European tours and the release of albums in the USA, Europe and UK."