2013 Brit Awards


The 2013 Brit Awards were held on 20 February 2013. This was the 33rd edition of the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards. The awards ceremony was held at The O2 Arena in London, and was presented for the third time in three years by James Corden.
Leading the nominations were Mumford & Sons and Emeli Sandé with four nominations each, but Sandé and Ben Howard ended up as the most successful winners, with two awards each.
The statue for 2013 was designed by Damien Hirst. Coverage on ITV attracted more than 6.5 million viewers, with a peak of 7.5 million, the biggest audience for the awards in ten years.

Performances

Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced on 10 January 2013 during the 2013 BRIT Awards Launch at the Savoy Hotel in London. The event was hosted by Nick Grimshaw
British Album of the Year
British Producer of the Year

  • Emeli Sandé – Our Version of Events
  • *Alt-J – An Awesome Wave
  • *Mumford & Sons – Babel
  • *Paloma Faith – Fall to Grace
  • *Plan B – Ill Manors
  • Paul Epworth
  • *Damon Albarn
  • *Jake Gosling
    • British Single of the Year
    		British Live Act
  • Adele – "Skyfall"
  • *Alex Clare – "Too Close"
  • *Coldplay & Rihanna – "Princess of China"
  • *DJ Fresh featuring Rita Ora – "Hot Right Now"
  • *Emeli Sandé – "Next to Me"
  • *Florence and the Machine – "Spectrum "
  • *James Arthur – "Impossible"
  • *Jessie J – "Domino"
  • *Labrinth featuring Emeli Sandé – "Beneath Your Beautiful"
  • *Olly Murs featuring Flo Rida – "Troublemaker"
  • *Rita Ora featuring Tinie Tempah – "R.I.P."
  • *Rizzle Kicks – "Mama Do the Hump"
  • *Robbie Williams – "Candy"
  • *Rudimental featuring John Newman – "Feel the Love"
  • *Stooshe – "Black Heart"
  • Coldplay
  • *Mumford & Sons
  • *Muse
  • *The Rolling Stones
  • *The Vaccines
    • British Male Solo Artist
    		British Female Solo Artist
  • Ben Howard
  • *Calvin Harris
  • *Olly Murs
  • *Plan B
  • *Richard Hawley
  • Emeli Sandé
  • *Amy Winehouse
  • *Bat for Lashes
  • *Jessie Ware
  • *Paloma Faith
    • British Group
    		British Breakthrough Act
  • Mumford & Sons
  • *Alt-J
  • *Muse
  • *One Direction
  • *The xx
  • Ben Howard
  • *Alt-J
  • *Jake Bugg
  • *Jessie Ware
  • *Rita Ora
    • International Male Solo Artist
    		International Female Solo Artist
  • Frank Ocean
  • *Bruce Springsteen
  • *Gotye
  • *Jack White
  • *Michael Bublé
  • Lana Del Rey
  • *Alicia Keys
  • *Cat Power
  • *Rihanna
  • *Taylor Swift
    • International Group
    		Critics' Choice Award
  • The Black Keys
  • *Alabama Shakes
  • *Fun.
  • *The Killers
  • *The Script
  • Tom Odell
  • *AlunaGeorge
  • *Laura Mvula
    • Global Success Award
    		Special Recognition
  • One Direction
  • War Child

    • Multiple nominations and awards

    NominationsArtist
    4Emeli Sandé
    3
    		alt-J
    3
    		Mumford & Sons
    3
    		Rita Ora
    2
    		Ben Howard
    2
    		Coldplay
    2
    		Jessie Ware
    2
    		Muse
    2
    		Olly Murs
    2
    		Paloma Faith
    2
    		Plan B
    2
    		Rihanna

    AwardsArtist
    2
    		Ben Howard
    2
    		Emeli Sandé