One Direction & Arctic Monkeys Dominate The BRIT Awards

One Direction and Arctic Monkeys dominated The BRIT Awards last night taking home two prestigious honours.

Fresh from kicking off the night with a scintillating rendition of ‘Do I Wanna Know?’, Sheffield’s finest Arctic Monkeys were named Best Group and took home the British Album of the Year honour for ‘AM’.

Also present at the ceremony, One Direction scooped the British Global Success Award and the fan-voted British Video Award for ‘Best Song Ever’.

There was a sensational surprise performance from Beyoncé who lit up The O2 Arena with the her first ever live performance of ‘XO’.

Queen Bey’s fellow Americans, International Male Solo Artist winner Bruno Mars and Katy Perry also wowed with live performances, while Pharrell Williams (wearing his infamous hat) sang ‘Get Lucky’ with the legendary Nile Rodgers.

International Female Solo Artist victor Lorde didn’t disappoint with her stunning Disclosure duet, while dual winners Bastille (British Breakthrough) and Rudimental (British Single) played their two biggest hits ‘Pompeii’ and ‘Waiting All Night’ with Ella Eyre.

Music legend David Bowie scooped British Male Solo Artist with Kate Moss accepting the award on his behalf - bizarrely his speech called on Scotland to not go independent.

Click the links below to check out amazing photos from last night:

The BRIT Awards 2014 Red Carpet

The BRIT Awards ceremony & winners

The full winners’ list is as follows: ****

Best British Male Solo Artist David Bowie (presented by Noel Gallagher – collected by Kate Moss) Best British Female Artist Ellie Goulding (Presented by Prince and 3rd Eye Girl) British Group Arctic Monkeys (presented by Lily Allen) British Breakthrough Act Bastille (presented Fearne Cotton and Tinie Tempah) Critics Choice Sam Smith (Already presented by Tom Odell at BRITs launch) ** ** British Global Success Award 1D (Presented by Rosie Huntington-Whiteley) British Single Rudimental featuring Ella Eyre ‘Waiting All Night’ (presented by Katy Perry) British Album of The Year Arctic Monkeys ‘AM’ (presented by Emeli Sandé) British Producer Of The Year Flood (Mark Ellis) & Alan Moulder (presented previously at Producers Guild) British Video Award One Direction ‘Best Song Ever’(Presented by Jimmy Carr) International Male Solo Artist Bruno Mars (presented by Kylie Minogue and Pharrell Williams) International Female Solo Artist Lorde (presented by Nick Grimshaw) International Group Daft Punk (presented by Cesc Fabregas and Nicole Scherzinger)