At the biggest night in British music, hosted by an irreverent Jack Whitehall, music stars including Charli XCX, Sabrina Carpenter and Sam Fender all took home awards.
Charli XCX has continued her Brat domination at the BRITs, winning five awards, including album of the year.
This year’s most nominated artist, she took the first prize of the night, best song, telling the crowd: “I’m really happy that a song about underwear now has a Brit award, very important stuff and I’m sure that that proves something about songwriting but I’m not quite sure what.”
The 32-year-old, whose real name is Charlotte Aitchison, went on to win best dance act and artist of the year, joking that there had been complaints about her sheer top, and adding “free the nipple”.
Taking the top prize of the night, best album, she said: “I used to tell myself awards weren’t important, and that was easy to do as until last year I wasn’t nominated for anything.
“I always felt like an outsider, particularly in the British music industry, it feels really nice to get recognition for this album. I’ve not changed anything… I guess culture caught up with us and wanted to be on this journey.”
