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Olivia Dean swept the board at the BRIT Awards as she took home four awards – winning in every category she was nominated for.
The British singer and songwriter, 26, won Best Artist, Best Album, Best Song and Best Pop Act.
In the Song of the Year category Olivia was nominated for two, for her single Man I Need, as well as her song Rein Me In with Sam Fender – which won.
She broke down in tears as she was named Artist of the Year, her third award of the night.
The singer, 26, thanked her team and band as she took to the stage, adding that it ‘takes a lot of people to be a good artist’.
Her voice broke as she began to cry, before adding: ‘I don’t know what else to say, thank you.’
It was a completely different night for Lily Allen who didn’t take home any awards.
For while Lily dominated the charts last year with the release of her fifth studio album West End Girl, she failed to beat Olivia in categories Artist of the Year, Album of the Year and Best Pop Act categories.
The singer, 40, used the album to chronicle the collapse of her marriage to Stranger Things star David Harbour, 50, and detailed his alleged affair with ‘Madeline’ whilst they were together.
Despite being nominated eight times previously, the Not Fair hitmaker was not in attendance at this year’s ceremony.
Manchester born Noel Gallagher, 58, was honoured with this year’s Songwriter of the Year award, after he reunited with his brother Liam for their mammoth Oasis reunion tour.
While his brother Liam wasn’t in attendance, his daughter Anais and nephew Lennon were in the crowd for support on the night.
‘I’ve got to thank my brother,’ Noel said, before addressing the crowd: ‘I’d like to thank you, the people who’ve kept those songs alive.’
Sharon Osbourne, 73, took to the stage to accept an award on behalf of her late husband Ozzy, who was honoured with the BRITs Lifetime Achievement Award.
She was supported by her daughter Kelly, 41, on the night, who joined her on stage as she accepted Ozzy’s award.
In an emotional speech, she said: ‘He was gifted, totally unpredictable, a wild man – he was a true artist.
‘He came from a small, working-class neighbourhood in Birmingham and rose to become one of the most recognisable and respected musicians of his life. He never stopped pushing himself to do better.
‘He was the most humble egomaniac you could ever meet. And yes, at the end of the day, he will always be a rock star. Ozzy’s heart never left England. Wherever he was in the world, he was always proud to be that working-class Brummie.’
What followed was an all-star rock tribute performance, to close the show on the which paid homage to Ozzy, who sadly passed away last July.
This performance was a special arrangement of ‘No More Tears’ – the title track from Ozzy’s multi-million selling 1991 album of the same name and was curated by Sharon Osbourne herself.
The performance featured musicians that played as part of Ozzy’s band over the years; Adam Wakeman, Robert Trujillo, Tommy Clufetos and Zakk Wylde; and was fronted by Robbie Williams, who was invited personally by Sharon to be part of this special moment, as a long-standing fan of the music, and friend of the Osbourne family.
Another of the night’s big winners was Lola Young. Off the back of winning her first ever Grammy, she took home the award for breakthrough artist after a turbulent few months.
It comes after the 25-year-old took a break from music, following her collapse on stage at a New York gig in September.
Lola cancelled her remaining tour dates to take a break and get her ‘head in a better place’, but has since returned to the music scene and took to the stage to accept her award.
British rapper Dave, 27, won in the Hip Hop category off the back of releasing his third studio album, The Boy Who Played The Harp, at the end of last year.
British producer and DJ Fred Again, real name Fred Gibson, Skepta and PlaqueBoyMax took home the Dance award, while Sam Fender triumphed in the Best Rock category.
Ten-time Grammy Award winning artist and producer Mark Ronson, 50, received the Outstanding Contribution to Music Award, before taking to the stage to perform.
And SAULT took home the R&B award, whilst Jacob Alon won the Critics Choice award and PinkPanthress won Producer of the Year.
Geese won Best International Group and Rosalia won Best International Artist whilst International Song of the Year was taken home by ROSE and Bruno Mars.
International Song of the Year was won by Rosé and Bruno Mars for APT with Rosé at the ceremony to accept the honour.
The Group of the Year award was won by Wolf Alice after the success of their fourth album The Clearing.
‘We want to dedicate this award to all the people who helped us out in the early years of Wolf Alice,’ singer Ellie Roswell said.
American rock band Geese won International Group of the Year, their first BRIT award.
Spanish star Rosalia won the International Artist of the Year award, beating out the likes of Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny and Lady Gaga.
Meanwhile, Olivia Dean is fast becoming the young queen of British pop. The Tottenham-born singer won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist earlier this year and has become well known for her soulful pop hits like Man I Need and The Art of Loving.
She has credited her cousin – So Solid Crew rapper and actor Ashley Walters – for inspiring her to make music as he topped the charts when she was young.
Olivia’s debut album Messy was nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2023, but it was last year’s The Art Of Loving that really put her on the map.
An intimate portrait of matters of the heart, it reached number one in the UK and earned her three concurrent top ten singles.
The entire album was composed and recorded in a rented house in east London, where Dean shunned A-list writers and asked her closest collaborators to spend two weeks there, mixing sessions with late night conversations over good food and ‘lots of red wine’.
Early in her career, she railed against being pigeonholed as an R&B artist when her music spanned genres like pop, alternative and folk, alongside throwback soul.
And last year, she made headlines again after demanding, and obtaining, a refund for fans who had bought resale tickets for her US tour from Ticketmaster.
The star wrote an open letter to ticketing companies after some tickets were listed at more than 14 times their original face value, with prices rising above £750.
A stark difference to last night, in 2024 she was nominated for three BRIT Awards, but went home empty handed.
Harry Styles took to the stage to perform, just seven days before his hotly anticipated album, Kiss All The Time, Disco, Occasionally.
Seven-time BRIT winner, Raye, 28, also performed her hit single, Where Is My Husband, which was nominated for Song of the Year.
Wolf Alice, Rosalia and Alex Warren, SOMBR, RAYE, and EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI, the singing voices of HUNTR/X from Netflix’s global phenomenon KPop Demon Hunters, also performed.
This year’s BRIT Awards was held in Manchester for the first time since the ceremony began in 1977.
Past venues include Earl’s Court, the London Arena, Alexandra Palace, Hammersmith Apollo, the Dominion Theatre, the Royal Albert Hall, the Grosvenor Hotel and its original location, Wembley Conference Centre.
But the move away from the capital signals another new era in the ceremony’s history, arguably the most seismic.
A source told the Daily Mail: ‘It’s officially the end of an era. The BRIT Awards has been hosted in London since the ceremony first took place in 1977 and now for the first time ever, it will be held outside of the capital.
‘Obviously, it’s going to come as sad news to artists and talent who are London-based but there’s a feeling within the music industry that these shows don’t always need to be held at the same venues, year after year.
‘The BRITs is the biggest night in the British music calendar and now it will be shared with a new audience, as fans from Manchester and the surrounding areas are more likely to attend.
‘In recent years, there has been a general appetite for the ceremony to move, as with the The Mercury Prize and The MOBO Awards and now for the first time the music scene won’t be as London-centric, both for the nominees and fans.’
Jason Iley MBE, Chairman and CEO, Sony Music UK & Ireland said: ‘This is a very exciting time for The BRIT Awards. Moving to Manchester, the home of some of the most iconic and defining artists of our lifetime, will invigorate the show and build on the BRITs legacy of celebrating and reinvesting in world-class music.
‘Hosting the show in Manchester, with its vibrant cultural history, perfectly captures the spirit and energy of the BRIT Awards. I can’t wait to see the show at the amazing state-of-the art Co-op Live venue.’