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Friday, February 22, 2019 Lifestyle | Feature
British band ‘The 1975’, Matthew Healy, Ross MacDonald, George Daniel and Adam Hann speak after collecting their British Album of the Year award during the BRIT Awards 2019 ceremony and live show in London. — AFP photos Australian actor and singer Hugh Jackman performs on stage. Pop rockers The 1975 win big at Brits
op rockers The 1975 stole the show at award, beating off competition from garage British pop music’s annual celebration pioneer Craig David, veteran avant-garde Pon Wednesday, winning the coveted techno producer Aphex Twin and soul singer Best Album Brit award, with US singer Pink Sam Smith. He followed up by performing also honored. The Manchester four-piece upbeat summer chart-topper “Shotgun”, claimed the prize for their raw number one shortly before 21-year-old soul diva Jorja album “A Brief Inquiry into Online Relation- Smith was named best female solo artist. ships” ahead of Florence + The Machine and US superstar Ariana Grande and hip-hop indie singer George Ezra. The band also giants Drake and The Carters-comprised of claimed the best British group award-speak- power couple Jay-Z and Beyonce-scooped ing out against misogyny in their acceptance the international awards, with the latter speech-before performing “Sincerity Is sending a video thank you message in front Scary” for the thousands packed into the of a regal painting of Meghan, the Duchess London’s O2 Arena at the 39th annual cere- of Sussex. Dua Lipa, the big winner of last mony, which recognized Britain’s top talent year’s Brits, made a show-stopping perform- of 2018. ance as part of a superstar collaboration Australian A-lister Hugh Jackman kicked with hit producer Calvin Harris and singer off proceedings in a blaze of Hollywood raz- Sam Smith. Rising star Anne-Marie, who zamatazz, performing “the Greatest Show” shot to fame as the vocalist on Clean Bandit’s from hit musical “The Greatest Showman” worldwide hit “Rockabye”, was nominated British singer-songwriter George Ezra collects his accompanied by scores of gravity-defying for four awards, including for the Britney British Male Solo Artist award. dancers. George Ezra was the night’s early Spears-inspired video to “2002”, but left British singer-songwriter Tom Walker speaks after winner, taking the Best Male Solo Artist empty-handed. collecting his British Breakthrough Act award.
British band ‘The 1975’, Matthew Healy, Ross MacDonald, George Daniel and Adam Hann perform British singer Jorja Smith speaks after collecting her on stage. British singer-songwriter George Ezra performs on stage. British Female Solo Artist award.