The best bits from The BRIT Awards 2023 🔥
What an incredible night!
Last updated 12th Feb 2023
The BRIT Awards 2023 with Mastercard took place at The O2 arena in London.on Saturday 11th February, with comedian Mo Gilligan hosting for the second time in a row.
Featuring some big winners on the night and some simply ICONIC performances from artists including Stormzy, Lizzo, Lewis Capaldi, Sam Smith, David Guetta, Cat Burns, Harry Styles and more, it's safe to say The BRIT Awards 2023 was a memorable one.
We were down on the red carpet, so take a look through the best bits from the night...
KISS Presenter Harriet Rose was on the red carpet to get all the gossip
Not only did our very own KISS presenter Harriet Rose look AMAZING on the red carpet, but she was also on hand to chat with all of the celebs as they arrived.
We played 'Say it or shot it' with Aitch
So was Aitch's romance with Amelia Dimoldenberg a PR stunt...
We got snaps with some of our faves on the red carpet
Always time for a Polaroid on the red carpet!
We caught up with Rising Star winners Flo
When asked if they could be bigger than Little Mix, Flo told us: "Little Mix walked so we could run."
Mimi Webb shocked Harriet with her VERY fancy jewellery
Mimi Webb shocked us with a necklace worth £1.3 million and a bodyguard to go with it!
Harry Styles opened The BRIT Awards 2023 with Mastercard
Harry Styles kicked things off with a performance of 'As It Was'.
And then Harry Styles won all FOUR of the BRIT Awards he was nominated for
Harry Styles addressed the crowd as he picked up his first award of the night: "Thank you so, so much for this. First of all, I know this was a fan voted award, so to all my friends who voted thank you. I have so many wonderful memories of the BRITs so thank you for another one and it is so good to be home. Thank you so, so much."
Harry won Best Pop/R&B Act, Artist of the Year with YouTube Shorts, Song of the Year for 'As It Was' and finally Mastercard Album of the Year.
Aitch won the BRIT Award for Hip Hop, Grime, Rap Act and opened up about inspiring others
“First of all I just want to big up the fans for voting, of course thank you very much.” He went on to thank all his team, and his record company, then continued: “Not to get all cliche, I just want to say not many people where I’m from, especially my side of Manchester, get the opportunity to stand up here and receive such an amazing gift or reward.
“I think that’s the main reason I do it, to set examples, to make people know that, it’s possible no matter where you’re from and just because 5 million people haven’t done it before you. So yeah big up everyone.
“And yeah one more thing, I think everyone should be proud of themselves in the room just for being here and I think sometimes we need to kick back and reflect on how well everyone is doing, because I don’t do that personally enough. So big up everyone, respect. 0161 in the building. All love. Thank you.”
Lizzo WOWED with an INCREDIBLE mashup of her songs
Looking stunning as ever, Lizzo performed a medley of her tracks 'Special', '2 Be Loved' and 'About Damn Time' and she even managed to add in a flute solo!
Leigh-Anne Pinnock revealed what we can expect from her this year and we're SO EXCITED
Leigh-Anne Pinnock also looked AMAZING as she rocked the red carpet and later presented an award.
We got TWO acceptance speeches from the legendary Beyoncé
Although Beyoncé couldn't be there in person, we got a pre-recorded speech for her win of International Artist of the Year: “Thank you so much for this incredible recognition, I would like to say thank you to all my fans out there in Britain for your continued support over the years and the renaissance begins. I’ll see y’all on tour, thank you so much for this honour.”
After Break My Soul won International Song of the Year, Bey said: “Thank you, thank you so much for loving Break My Soul, the only intention for this song was to dance so thank y’all for joining this dance of freedom and individuality. I’d like to give a special thank you to The-Dream for co-creating this song with me, I hope y’all having a beautiful night. God bless you and see you all soon.”
Lewis Capaldi wowed with a performance of 'Forget Me'
Becky Hill gave a very emotional speech for her Dance Act BRIT Award sponsored by KISS
She said: "I want to thank the BRITs committee for putting me on the shortlist of the Dance Act for another year, and it is such an honour to be nominated especially alongside the amazing Eliza Rose, and the incredible RAYE who are an inspiration for women and people of colour in such an underrepresented scene.
“I think Beyoncé actually said it best in her GRAMMY speech. We all have the queer community to thank for the best genre on earth. I want to thank my incredible label Polydor, who are just as passionate about my new music and my upcoming album as I am.
“And the incredible team over at Sony, music publishing and CAA and Simkins and my incredible management Alex Martin and Amanda Barker.
“The biggest thanks of all has to go to my fans who for another year have helped me win a BRIT Award and imposter syndrome kicked straight in when the nominees were announced. I was so scared and when I read all their comments I was so touched, so thank you so much. Thank you!”
Stormzy delivered a stunning performance of ‘Hide And Seek’ and ‘I Got My Smile Back’
Stormzy was nominated for three awards and delivered a truly incredible performance featuring not one, but TWO songs from his new album, 'This Is What I Mean'.
And Sam Smith and Kim Petras performed their amazing song 'Unholy'
On the red carpet we had MNEK answering the tough questions
Cat Burns gave an incredible performance of 'Go'
David Guetta’s performance with Becky Hill, Ella Henderson and Sam Ryder was the perfect way to end the show
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Check out all of the winners from The BRIT Awards 2023:
RISING STAR
WINNER: FLO
When it was announced that they had won, FLO said: "From growing up watching the BRITs, to finding each other and forming FLO, releasing our first body of work in 2022 and winning a BRIT award in the same year!! We are so shocked and grateful. We are the first group to win the BRITs Rising Star! We've just made history and couldn't have done it without our wonderful fans and supportive families. It's truly a dream come true. We feel so empowered creating the music we love and we hope others feel that too."
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
WINNER: DAVID GUETTA
David Guetta said of the award: "I am very honoured to receive Producer of the Year. I have always felt a strong connection to British music and culture. The UK music scene is full of world class artists and producers so to be recognised like this means a lot to me. Thank you so much!"
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
WINNER: KID HARPOON
Kid Harpoon co-wrote and co-produced Harry Styles' 'Harry's House'. He said: "To be acknowledged by the BRITs this year for songwriting, a beautiful and complex craft, is unbelievable. It's a dream come true to create for a living, I cannot wait to celebrate with everyone on Saturday."
HIP HOP, GRIME, RAP ACT
WINNER: AITCH
Aitch said: "First of all I just want to big up the fans for voting, of course thank you very much.
"I think that's the main reason I do it, to set examples, to make people know that, it's possible no matter where you're from and just because 5 million people haven't done it before you. So yeah big up everyone."
NOMINEES
Central Cee
Dave
Loyle Carner
Stormzy
INTERNATIONAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR
WINNER: BEYONCÉ
Beyoncé: "Thank you so much for this incredible recognition, I would like to say thank you to all my fans out there in Britain for your continued support over the years and the renaissance begins. I'll see y'all on tour, thank you so much for this honour."
NOMINEES
Burna Boy
Kendrick Lamar
Lizzo
Taylor Swift
DANCE ACT - supported by KISS FM
WINNER: BECKY HILL
Becky said: "The biggest thanks of all has to go to my fans who for another year have helped me win a BRIT Award and imposter syndrome kicked straight in when the nominees were announced.
"I was so scared and when I read all their comments I was so touched, so thank you so much. Thank you!"
NOMINEES
Bonobo
Calvin Harris
Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal
Fred Again...
POP / R&B ACT
WINNER: HARRY STYLES
Harry Styles addressed the crowd: "Thank you so, so much for this. First of all, I know this was a fan voted award, so to all my friends who voted thank you. I have so many wonderful memories of the BRITs so thank you for another one and it is so good to be home. Thank you so, so much."
NOMINEES
Cat Burns
Charli XCX
Dua Lipa
Sam Smith
BEST NEW ARTIST
WINNER: WET LEG
The winners of the Best New Artist said: "That rock 'N' roll, it just won't go away, it might hibernate from time to time, and sink back into the swamp. No, but also it's nice, thank you so much. It's really cool to be doing this on an indie label, shout out Domino."
NOMINEES
Kojey Radical
Mimi Webb
Rina Sawayama
Sam Ryder
ARTIST OF THE YEAR WITH YOUTUBE SHORTS
WINNER: HARRY STYLES
Harry thanked his family as well as saying: "Niall, Louis, Liam and Zayn, thank you so much. I'm really really grateful and I'm very aware of my privilege up here tonight, so this award is for Rina, Charlie, Florence, Mabel and Becky. Thank you so much."
NOMINEES
Central Cee
Fred again..
George Ezra
Stormzy
INTERNATIONAL GROUP OF THE YEAR
WINNER: FONTAINES D.C.
Unable to attend, they said: "Thanks for voting us Best International Group, sorry we couldn't be there, we're in Australia currently. We sent our best man, Carlos, so hopefully he's behaving himself."
NOMINEES
Blackpink
Drake & 21 Savage
First Aid Kit
Gabriels
GROUP OF THE YEAR
WINNER: WET LEG
For their second acceptance speech of the night, Wet Leg said: "They build smooth ships, they build big ships, but they don't build friendships.
"This is really cool, thanks very much."
NOMINEES
The 1975
Arctic Monkeys
Bad Boy Chiller Crew
Nova Twins
INTERNATIONAL SONG OF THE YEAR
WINNER: BEYONCÉ - 'BREAK MY SOUL'
Beyoncé accepted her second award saying: "Thank you, thank you so much for loving 'Break My Soul', the only intention for this song was to dance so thank y'all for joining this dance of freedom and individuality. I'd like to give a special thank you to The-Dream for co-creating this song with me, I hope y'all having a beautiful night. God bless you and see you all soon."
NOMINEES
David Guetta & Bebe Rexha - 'I'm Good (Blue)'
Fireboy DML & Ed Sheeran - 'Peru'
Gaitan / Castillo / Adassa / Feliz - 'We Don't Talk About Bruno'
Gayle - 'abcdefu'
Jack Harlow - 'First Class'
Lizzo - 'About Damn Time'
Lost Frequencies / Calum Scott - 'Where Are You Now'
OneRepublic - 'I Ain't Worried'
Taylor Swift - 'Anti-Hero'
ALTERNATIVE / ROCK ACT supported by Absolute Radio
WINNER: THE 1975
The 1975 took to the stage to accept their award saying: "Thank you so much, this is the first BRIT that we've won that has been voted by the fans so that means a lot, thank you very much."
Lead singer Matt Healy then went on to thank their team for all their support for the band.
NOMINEES
Arctic Monkeys
Nova Twins
Tom Grennan
Wet Leg
SONG OF THE YEAR
WINNER: HARRY STYLES - 'AS IT WAS'
As he accepted his third award of the night, Harry greeted the crowd with a cheery "Hello!". He continued: "This album and this song was the most fun I've ever had making music. I want to thank Rob Stringer for lending me his house to record this in, write it in.
"I want to thank Tom and Tyler and everyone, all my friends who support me. Thank you to everyone who listened and thank you Lewis!"
NOMINEES
Aitch / Ashanti - 'Baby'
Cat Burns - 'Go'
Dave - 'Starlight'
Ed Sheeran & Elton John - 'Merry Christmas'
Eliza Rose / Interplanetary Criminal - 'B.O.T.A. (Baddest Of Them All)'
George Ezra - 'Green Green Grass'
Lewis Capaldi - 'Forget Me'
LF System - 'Afraid To Feel'
Sam Smith & Kim Petras - 'Unholy'
MASTERCARD ALBUM OF THE YEAR
WINNER: HARRY STYLES - 'HARRY'S HOUSE'
For his final acceptance speech, Harry said: "There's literally no one I love more in the world than Stanley Tucci (who presented the award). Thank you so much, this night has been really, really special to me and I will never forget it.
"Thank you for the welcome home, I will never forget it. I am so proud to be a British artist out in the world and here celebrating British artists."
NOMINEES
The 1975 - 'Being Funny In A Foreign Language'
Wet Leg - 'Wet Leg'
Stormzy - 'This Is What I Mean'
Fred again.. - 'Actual Life 3 (January 1 - September 9 2022)'
Check out all of the red carpet looks from The BRIT Awards 2023:
Harry Styles
Sam Smith
Maya Jama
Leigh-Anne Pinnock
Amelia Dimoldenberg
Lewis Capaldi
Lizzo
Harriet Rose
Mimi Webb
FLO
Ellie Goulding
Michelle Visage
Nella Rose
Tom Grennan
Mo Gilligan
Jessie J
Kim Petras
AJ Odudu
David Guetta
Ella Henderson
Sam Ryder
Stormzy
MNEK
Becky Hill
Aitch
Wet Leg
Zara McDermott
Nova Twins
Sam Thompson
Fatboy Slim
James Barr
Daisy May Cooper
Laura Whitmore
Lucien Laviscount
Shania Twain
You can rewatch The BRIT Awards 2023 on the ITV Hub.
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