Adele won the most Brit Awards at the 2022 ceremony at a sold-out O2 arena with three wins, bringing her complete tally of Brit trophies to 12 since winning the first ever Rising Star award in 2008.
Adele was presented with the Mastercard Album of the Year for the third time, having won for her previous two albums in 2012 and 2016, making her the only solo artist in Brits history to have won this award three times.
Adele also became the first ever recipient of the Brits’ inaugural Artist of the Year award, winning the Song of the Year accolade for Easy On Me.
The 42nd Brits ceremony was broadcast live on ITV and ITV Hub and streamed on YouTube for non-UK viewers, with a total of 13 awards presented throughout the evening alongside an all British line-up of performances.
Hosted by Mo Gilligan, the 2.5 hour show kicked off with a theatrical performance from Ed Sheeran with a new version of Bad Habits, for which he was joined by special guests Bring Me The Horizon.
Anne-Marie and KSI along with Digital Farm Animals delivered a three song set, whilst Liam Gallagher took a helicopter to the O2 arena to perform his new single Everything’s Electric.
Billie Eilish picked up International Artist of the Year, while Olivia Rodrigo was presented with International Song of the Year for Good 4 U – the biggest selling international single of the year in the UK.
International Group went to Silk Sonic - the collaborative superduo consisting of US artists Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak.
Making her Brits debut both on stage with a two-song performance and in this year’s shortlists, Little Simz was presented with Best New Artist, beating off competition from Central Cee, Griff, Joy Crookes and Self Esteem.
The Mercury Prize-winning London band Wolf Alice won Best Group, the second year they have been nominated in this category.
The 2022 Brits Rising Star shortlist saw three female artists compete for the prize, as chosen by critics and heads of music to identify the future stars of British music.
Winner Holly Humberstone got to perform to her biggest audience yet with a rendition of her new single London is Lonely, and was introduced on stage by last year’s Rising Star recipient, Griff.
The Brits in 2022 saw a number of changes to awards categories in order to create more opportunities for artists to be recognised.
The recipient of the Brits’ first ever Songwriter of the Year award tonight went to Ed Sheeran. Alongside his opening performance, Ed performed a second number, The Joker and The Queen later in the show.
Four new genre awards were launched this year, with a public vote by fans determining the overall winner in each of the new categories. Powered by TikTok, millions of votes were cast in total over the two week voting period.
Having picked up two awards last year, Dua Lipa was awarded with Pop/R&B Act, and having received her first ever Brit nominations this year, Becky Hill was awarded Dance Act.
Alternative/Rock Act went to Sam Fender (bringing his UK record label Polydor’s tally of trophies up to five), who later in the show performed Seventeen Going Under.
British rapper, Dave was presented with the award for Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Act by Ian Wright and Bukayo Saka, and closed the ceremony with a performance of In The Fire, where he was joined by fellow rappers Ghetts, Giggs, Fredo, Konyikeh and Meekz.
The Brits Producer of the Year award winner was announced as Inflo, in recognition of his work with Brit winners Adele and Little Simz, along with Michael Kiwanuka and SAULT.
Full Winners List
Song of The Year: Adele - Easy On Me
In association with Mastercard
Presented by: Ted Lasso’s Hannah Waddingham & Brett Goldstein
International Song Of The Year: Olivia Rodrigo - Good 4 U
Presented by: Johnny McDaid and Courtney Cox
Pop/R&B Act: Dua Lipa
Presented by: Lando Norris and Jaime Winstone
Alternative/Rock Act: Sam Fender
Presented by: Ronnie Wood
Dance Act: Becky Hill
Presented by: Pete Tong and David Guetta
Group: Wolf Alice
Presented by: Måneskin
International Artist of the Year: Billie Eilish
Presented by: Vicky McClure and Jodie Whittaker
Best New Artist: Little Simz
Presented by: Tom Daley & Celeste
Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Act: Dave
Presented by: Ian Wright & Bukayo Saka
International Group: Silk Sonic/Bruno Mars/Anderson .Paak
Presented by: Clara Amfo
Artist Of The Year: Adele
In association with YouTube Shorts
Presented by: Mo Farah
Songwriter Of The Year - Ed Sheeran
Presented by: Brian Cox
Mastercard Album Of The Year: Adele - 30
Presented by: Idris Elba
Rising Star: Holly Humberstone
In association with BBC Radio 1
Producer of the Year: Inflo
Presenters on the night included Courtney Cox and Johnny McDaid, Brian Cox, Vicky McClure, Jodie Whittaker, Mo Farah, Tom Daley and Ronnie Wood.
The Brits’ first ever NFT collection will be available from today at 9am in celebration of this year’s Brit Awards winners.
In partnership with eco-friendly NFT platform Serenade and designed by West Midlands-born digital artist MRE, fans will get the opportunity to own a piece of music history through purchasing one of the limited edition NFTs which cost just £10 each, with all proceeds going to The Brit Trust.
The Brits 2022 was chaired by Tom March (Co-President Polydor UK) who oversaw the Brits creative team, which included set and stage design by Block9, Brits TV executive producer Sally Wood and Brits TV director Phil Heyes.
Mastercard returned as headline partner for the 24th year having supported The Brits for over two decades.