Brit Awards 2016 winners list in full from Adele to Justin Bieber
Adele beat Jess Glynne and Laura Marling to win best British female solo artist
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Your support makes all the difference.Adele swept the board at the Brit Awards 2016, taking home the most gongs since Blur in 1995.
The “Hello” singer won four awards at the London ceremony to become the most successful solo artist in any one year.
Coldplay also earned a place in Brits history after being the first group to win best British group four times.
Controversy over the lack of diversity was further fuelled by an all-white winners list, with Justin Bieber taking the international male solo artist prize.
Sadly, not one artist mentioned the growing issue during their winning speech, but organisers have promised “new initiatives” to include underground genres such as grime that are rapidly becoming more mainstream.
Below is the winners list in full:
British male solo artist: James Bay
British female solo artist: Adele
British group: Coldplay
British breakthrough act: Catfish And The Bottlemen
Brits global success award: Adele
British single: Adele
MasterCard British album of the year: Adele: 25
International male solo artist: Justin Bieber
International female solo artist: Bjork
International group: Tame Impala
Critics choice: Jack Garratt
British artist video: One Direction
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