Becky Hill gives emotional speech after winning her second BRIT Award
Yes, Becky!
Last updated 12th Feb 2023
Not only did Becky Hill perform at The BRIT Awards 2023 with Mastercard on Saturday 11th February, but she was also among this year's winners! This is her second BRIT Award, having won her first last year, and she was clearly over the moon as she gave thanks in her acceptance speech.
Becky was the winner of the Best British Dance Act Award supported by KISS FM and when she first received the award, she commented: “It’s heavy!” before giving an emotional speech.
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."
Watch Becky Hill's speech at The BRIT Awards 2023:
WARNING: This video contains swearing
Becky continued: "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.
Of course, she also had a special mention for her fans, adding: "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!"
As well as her incredible win, Becky also performed 'Crazy What Love Can Do' with David Guetta and Ella Henderson.
Congratulations, Becky!
Check out the other winners from The BRIT Awards 2023 with Mastercard:
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)'
Take a look through Becky Hill's amazing career:
2012: The Voice
Becky Hill took part in The Voice in 2012, and working with Jessie J she made it to the semi-finals! Although she didn't win the show, this helped start her career and she became the first contestant to get a Number 1 UK single.
2014: Debut single - 'Gecko (Overdrive)'
'Gecko (Overdrive)' was Becky Hill's debut single, which she released with Oliver Heldens in 2014. The song got to Number 1 in the UK Charts and kicked off her incredible career.
2017: ASCAP London Music Awards
Becky Hill got her first ASCAP London Music Award in 2017 for the song 'False Alarm' with Matoma. Her song 'Lose Control', which she released with Meduza, Goodboys and Conor Blake Manning, then won the award for Winning Hot Dance/Electronic Song Award at the 2021 ASCAP London Music Awards!
2019: 'Get To Know' album
'Get To Know' was Becky Hill's debut compilation album, made up of amazing tunes including 'I Could Get Used To This' with Weiss and 'Find A Place' with MNEK. It was released in September 2019.
2019: 'Wish You Well' with Sigala
Becky Hill has teamed up with several big names in music to create some incredible dance tracks. She worked with DJ Sigala to create 'Wish You Well' in 2019 and in 2020 they teamed up again with MNEK to release 'Heaven On My Mind'.
2021: 'Everything' features in Everybody's Talking About Jamie
The film adaption of the musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie used Becky Hill's song 'Everything' in the movie soundtrack. The film came out in 2021 and also included songs from Chaka Khan, Todrick Hall and Sophie Ellis-Bextor.
2021: 'Only Honest On The Weekend' album
In 2021, Becky Hill released her debut studio album 'Only Honest On The Weekend', which includes amazing dance floor fillers like 'My Heart Goes (La Di Da)' and 'Heaven On My Mind' with Sigala.
The album has since gone on to be certified Platinum.
2021: 'Remember' with David Guetta
David Guetta and Becky Hill's incredible dance track 'Remember' came out in 2021 and as well as getting to Number 3 in the Charts, it was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2022 BRIT Awards.
2021: KISS Haunted House Party
In 2021 Becky Hill performed at the KISS Haunted House Party, where she sang her epic tracks 'Heaven On My Mind', 'My Heart Goes' and 'Remember'.
2021: Hits Live
In November 2021, Becky Hill took to the stage at Hits Live Liverpool and Hits Live Birmingham to perform some of her biggest songs.
2022: Winning her first BRIT Award
After being nominated for two awards, Becky Hill took home the award for Best Dance Act at the 2022 BRIT Awards in February. She gave an emotional speech thanking fans and saying that she was "heart-warmed" by the result.
2022: 'Run' with Galantis
Becky Hill released her song 'Run' with Swedish duo Galantis in February 2022 along with a gorgeous music video filmed in Cape Town. She worked with MNEK to write the song and said: "This next phase of my artistry is an extension of me fully coming out as a popstar, but this time with a BRIT Award in hand!"
2022: 'Here For You' with Wilkinson
Dance DJ Wilkinson and Becky Hill teamed up to created 'Afterglow' in 2013, and got together again to release another amazing dance hit 'Here For You' in March 2022. The incredible track features on Wilkinson's album 'Cognition'.
2022: David Guetta's 'Crazy What Love Can Do' mini movie
In April 2022, Becky Hill appeared alongside Ella Henderson in David Guetta's 'Crazy What Love Can Do' mini movie as their collab was released. 12 days after the song and lyric video were released, the French DJ premiered the 'David Guetta Production' on Facebook.
Becky and Ella play two friends who decide to give up their mundane jobs, pack their bags, throw their suitcases in the back of a convertible and head on an adventure. The pair take off into the desert on a 'journey of a lifetime', with the singers described as 'pushed to their limits'.
2022: Becky Hill performs at the Women's Euro 2022 final
Becky Hill performed at the Women's Euro 2022 final on 31st July 2022, where the England team won. Becky performed a medley of her songs including 'Remember' and 'My Heart Goes (La Di Da)'.
2022: Summer festival performances
She played a number of shows across the UK in 2022 including South Facing Festival and Creamfields in August, performing her amazing music.
2023: Nominated at the BRIT Awards 2023
Becky was nominated for the second year running in the Dance category at the BRIT Awards 2023! The awards ceremony, which took place on 11th February, and saw Becky go up against Bonobo, Calvin Harris, Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal and Fred Again... in the category which she won last year.
2023: Becky Hill wins second BRIT Award
Not only did Becky Hill perform at The BRIT Awards 2023 with Ella Henderson, David Guetta and Sam Ryder, but she also won Best British Dance Act Award supported by KISS FM!
Becky was clearly emotional about winning her second BRIT Award and said in her acceptance speech: "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!"
2023: Becky Hill joins Project Icon
Becky joined Jason Derulo, and US music mogul Frank Harris on a new BBC Three show called Project Icon. The series sees the trio meet 10 unsigned artists as they attempt to make it in the music business.
2023: Becky Hill's second album
Becky Hill has revealed her second album will be released in 2024. She has yet to confirm the exact date, or what it's called.
2023: Becky performs at Glastonbury
In June 2023, Becky performed at the iconic Glastonbury Festival as she took to the Other Stage to wow the crowd with an incredible set.
2023: Becky Hill announces her first arena tour
In October 2023, Becky Hill announced her first arena tour will take place in October 2024. The singer will perform nine dates in the UK, and tickets are on sale now.
2024: Becky Hill releases her second album 'Believe Me Now?'
Becky Hill has now released her second album called 'Believe Me Now?'. It was released on 31st May 2024 and features 15 songs, including her his 'Disconnect', 'Side Effects' and 'Outside of Love'.
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