{"id":193214,"date":"2016-02-25T08:37:25","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T08:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=193214"},"modified":"2016-02-25T08:37:25","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T08:37:25","slug":"brit-awards-2016-adele-dominates-with-four-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/02\/brit-awards-2016-adele-dominates-with-four-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Brit Awards 2016: Adele dominates with four awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body__introduction\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Adele is Queen of the Brits, winning four prizes including best British female solo artist and best album.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;To come back after so long away and be so warmly received means so much,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The star, who closed the show by performing When We Were Young, also received best British single and the Global Success award.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The show also featured an emotional tribute to David Bowie, led by Annie Lennox and his friend Gary Oldman.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lennox called Bowie, who died of cancer last month, &#8220;a quintessential visionary&#8221; and &#8220;the ultimate iconoclast.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Oldman then accepted a Brits icon award on behalf of the singer and his family.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;David you were mortal, but your potential was superhuman,&#8221; he said, &#8220;and your music lives on&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bowie&#8217;s band then performed a medley of his hits, before New Zealand singer Lorde joined them to sing Life On Mars.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ceremony was opened by Coldplay, who gave a colourful, floral performance of their single Hymn For The Weekend, showering the audience with confetti petals as they played on one of two separate stages at London&#8217;s O2 arena.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They went on to win best British group &#8211; making them the most successful band in the ceremony&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chris Martin and co now have nine trophies to their name, although the figure pales in comparison to Robbie Williams&#8217; 17 awards (12 as a solo artist and five with Take That).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><figure style=\"width: 603px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/4AC7\/production\/_88434191_coldplay_getty.jpg\" alt=\"Coldplay\" width=\"603\" height=\"339\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coldplay showered the crowd with confetti before going on to win best British group<\/figcaption><\/figure><figcaption class=\"media-caption\">\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Other awards went to James Bay, for best male, and Australian psych-rock band Tame Impala, who picked up best international group.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Canadian singer Justin Bieber, who performed his chart topping singles Love Yourself and Sorry, won best international male.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Man, I&#8217;m shaking right now,&#8221; he said as he took the stage, thanking his fans for their support after a couple of years where he appeared to go off the rails.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Life is a journey,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Everyone has their ups and downs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One Direction, who are officially on hiatus, also picked up best video for the space-themed Drag Me Down.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;We&#8217;ve been away for a little while, so it&#8217;s been a bit like getting back on a bike tonight,&#8221; said singer Liam Payne.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<figure style=\"width: 601px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/E12B\/production\/_88434675_bieber_getty.jpg\" alt=\"Justin Bieber\" width=\"601\" height=\"338\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Justin Bieber performed with James Bay and gave an emotional speech winning best international male<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One Direction&#8217;s victory in the fan-voted best video category robbed Adele of the opportunity to become the most-garlanded artist in a single Brits ceremony.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As it stands, her total of four awards is equalled only by Blur, who won the same number in 1995 for their album Parklife.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Adele became more emotional as the ceremony continued, bursting into tears after accepting the global success prize &#8211; which recognises success overseas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;I got really lost for a while and I didn&#8217;t know if I&#8217;d ever come back,&#8221; she said, referencing the writer&#8217;s block that delayed her much-anticipated third album.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;For you all to be so kind to me is so nice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, the star used her best female victory speech to declare support for US pop star Kesha, who has accused record producer Dr Luke of sexual and emotional abuse.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reflecting on her victory backstage, Adele told reporters: &#8220;I feel a bit worn out, emotionally. 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