BRIT Awards 2016: The winners in full

Adele dominates, while Coldplay, Justin Bieber and One Direction also triumph.
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Adele was once again the queen of The BRIT Awards last night.

You could be mistaken for thinking that 25 is the number of BRITs Adele has in her trophy cabinet, but it is in fact the name of her Album of the Year; one of four prizes she took home from this year's ceremony. 

Adele’s third studio collection helped her take home three further awards from last night's bash, which took place at London's O2 Arena. The star saw off competition from the likes of Amy Winehouse and Laura Marling to win in the British Female Solo Artist, British Single of the Year and Brits Global Success.

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Adele also closed the show with a mesmerising performance of latest single When We Were Young. Others who took to the stage included Coldplay, who gave a rendition of their Beyonce collaboration Hymn For The Weekend, while Rihanna and Drake performed their current single Work.

International Male Solo Artist winner Justin Bieber and British Male Solo Artist James Bay took to the stage together for a rendition of Love Yourself before Justin went solo for a fiery take on Sorry, whilst James brought the house down with Hold Back The River.

Meanwhile, Lorde made a special appearance in memory of the legendary David Bowie, who passed away last month. The New Zealander sang Life On Mars as part of the memorial segment that saw Annie Lennox present Bowie’s BRITs Icon award to his close friend, actor Gary Oldman.

View the full list of winners below:

British Male Solo Artist:
Aphex Twin
Calvin Harris
James Bay - WINNER
Jamie XX
Mark Ronson

British Female Solo Artist:
Adele - WINNER

Amy Winehouse
Florence + The Machine
Jess Glynne
Laura Marling

British Group:
Blur
Coldplay - WINNER
Foals
One Direction
Years & Years

British Breakthrough Act:
Catfish And The Bottlemen - WINNER

James Bay
Jess Glynne
Wolf Alice
Years & Years

British Single:
Adele - Hello - WINNER

Calvin Harris and Disciples - How Deep Is Your Love
Ed Sheeran + Rudimental - Bloodstream
Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do
James Bay - Hold Back The River
Jess Glynne - Hold My Hand
Little Mix - Black Magic
Olly Murs/Demi Lovato - Up
Phillip George - Wish You Were Mine
Years & Years - King

Mastercard British Album of Year
Adele - 25 - WINNER

Coldplay - A Head Full of Dreams
Florence + The Machine - How Big How Blue How Beautiful
James Bay - Chaos and Calm
Jamie xx - In Colour

British Video of the Year:
Adele - Hello
Calvin Harris and Disciples - How Deep Is Your Love
Ed Sheeran - Photograph
Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do
Jessie J - Flashlight
Little Mix - Black Magic
Naughty Boy ft Beyonce - Runnin’
One Direction - Drag Me Down - WINNER
Sam Smith - Writing’s On The Wall
Years & Years - King

International Male Solo Artist:
Drake
Father John Misty
Justin Bieber - WINNER
Kendrick Lamar
The Weeknd

International Female Solo Artist:
Ariana Grande
Bjork - WINNER
Courtney Barnett
Lana Del Rey
Meghan Trainor

International Group:
Alabama Shakes
Eagles of Death Metal
Major Lazer
Tame Impala - WINNER
U2

Global Success:
Adele

Icon:
David Bowie

Listen to our BRIT Award winners playlist below: 

Remind yourself of some of the best moments in BRIT Awards history below:

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Article Image: Rex

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