{"id":225735,"date":"2026-03-01T00:57:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T00:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/01\/what-happened-at-the-2026-brit-awards\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T00:57:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T00:57:11","slug":"what-happened-at-the-2026-brit-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/01\/what-happened-at-the-2026-brit-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"What happened at the 2026 BRIT Awards?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2026-03-01\" datetime=\"1772326631\" pubdate=\"\">1 March 2026<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p>Olivia Dean was the big winner at the BRIT Awards.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Olivia Dean won four prizes at the BRIT Awards<\/p>\n<p>The Man I Need hitmaker took home four prizes as the ceremony took place in Manchester for the first time on Saturday (28.02.26) night.<\/p>\n<p>Olivia took Song of the Year for Rein Me In &#8211; her duet with Sam Fender &#8211; at the start of the evening before going on to add the Best Pop Act, British Artist of the Year and British Album of the Year (for her record The Art of Loving) later in the evening.<\/p>\n<p>After taking home the Album of the Year gong, the 26-year-old singer said: \u201cMaking this album has changed my life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis album is about love and loving each other in a world that feels loveless right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nElsewhere, Sam took home two awards as he added the Best Alternative\/Rock Act prize to the Song of the Year honour that he won alongside Olivia.<\/p>\n<p>\nMeanwhile, Lola Young won her first-ever BRIT Award for Best Breakthrough Act &#8211; having received the joint most nominations (five) alongside Dean.<\/p>\n<p>\nHistory was made at the ceremony, as Catalan star Rosalia became the first BRIT winner to be recognised for music sung in a foreign language whilst BLACKPINK star Ros\u00e9 became the first K-pop act to win an award as APT &#8211; her duet with Bruno Mars &#8211; took home Best International Song.<\/p>\n<p>\nElsewhere, Wolf Alice won Group of the Year for the second time with Dave doing likewise in the Best Hip Hop\/Grime\/Rap Act category.<\/p>\n<p>\nA number of award winners had been named prior to the ceremony, with Manchester icon Noel Gallagher thanking his brother Liam Gallagher and his Oasis bandmates as he collected the Songwriter of the Year prize and Mark Ronson hailing the late Amy Winehouse as took home the Outstanding Contribution to Music gong.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe evening was opened by a Harry Styles, who returned to the stage for the first time in three years as he performed his new track Aperture whilst Dua Lipa made a surprise appearance as she performed the tracks Dance the Night and Electricity alongside Ronson.<\/p>\n<p>\nIcelandic star Bjork joined Rosalia for a performance of their hit Berghain.<\/p>\n<p>\nMeanwhile, the late Stone Roses legend Gary \u2018Mani\u2019 Mounfield was honoured as &#8220;one of the phenomenal ones&#8221; by The Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess following his death at the age of 63 in November &#8211; with the In Memoriam segment also paying tribute to those in the music industry who passed away over the past year.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe ceremony was brought to a close as the late Black Sabbath icon Ozzy Osbourne was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award &#8211; with his widow Sharon Osbourne and daughter Kelly Osbourne giving a heartfelt speech before Robbie Williams led a supergroup in a special rendition of Ozzy\u2019s track No More Tears.<\/p>\n<p>\nBRIT Awards 2026 Full List of Winners:<\/p>\n<p>\nArtist of the Year:<\/p>\n<p>\nOlivia Dean<\/p>\n<p>\nGroup of the Year:<\/p>\n<p>\nWolf Alice<\/p>\n<p>\nAlbum of the Year:<\/p>\n<p>\nOlivia Dean &#8211; The Art of Loving<\/p>\n<p>\nSong of the Year:<\/p>\n<p>\nSam Fender and Olivia Dean &#8211; Rein Me In<\/p>\n<p>\nInternational Artist of the Year:<\/p>\n<p>\nRosalia<\/p>\n<p>\nInternational Group of the Year:<\/p>\n<p>\nGeese<\/p>\n<p>\nInternational Song of the Year:<\/p>\n<p>\nRos\u00e9 and Bruno Mars &#8211; APT<\/p>\n<p>\nBreakthrough Artist:<\/p>\n<p>\nLola Young<\/p>\n<p>\nCritics\u2019 Choice:<\/p>\n<p>\nJacob Alon<\/p>\n<p>\nBest Alternative\/Rock Act:<\/p>\n<p>\nSam Fender<\/p>\n<p>\nBest Pop Act:<\/p>\n<p>\nOlivia Dean<\/p>\n<p>\nBest Hip Hop\/Grime\/Rap Act:<\/p>\n<p>\nDave<\/p>\n<p>\nBest R+B Act:<\/p>\n<p>\nSault<\/p>\n<p>\nBest Dance Act:<\/p>\n<p>\nFred again\u2026, Skepta and PlaqueBoyMax<\/p>\n<p>\nProducer of the Year:<\/p>\n<p>\nPinkPantheress<\/p>\n<p>\nSongwriter of the Year:<\/p>\n<p>\nNoel Gallagher<\/p>\n<p>\nOutstanding Contribution to Music:<\/p>\n<p>\nMark Ronson<\/p>\n<p>\nLifetime Achievement:<\/p>\n<p>\nOzzy Osbourne<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/happened-2026-brit-awards-1438407.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 March 2026 Olivia Dean was the big winner at the BRIT Awards. 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