Our favourite moments from The BRIT Awards 2023
It was a great night!
Last updated 12th Feb 2023
Comedian Mo Gilligan presented the prestigious BRIT Awards 2023 with Mastercard on Saturday 11th February, and it was most certainly a night to remember.
We saw amazing performances on the night from the likes of Harry Styles, Lewis Capaldi, David Guetta with Becky Hill and Ella Henderson, and Sam Smith with Kim Petras, to name a few. Here are some of the best bits from the fantastic ceremony.
Stars wowed us on The BRITs red carpet
Here are just a few of the iconic looks on The BRITs red carpet, take a look at our full red carpet gallery and see some of the best moments from the red carpet below.
Sam Smith turned heads in their BRITs outfit
Leigh-Anne looked amazing as she posed on the red carpet
Lewis Capaldi had fun striking different poses for the cameras
Becky Hill gave an emotional speech
Becky Hill has won Best Dance Act at The BRIT Awards for the second year in a row and she got very emotional during her acceptance speech. Aww! Becky told the audience: "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!"
Harry Styles melted our hearts when he thanked Niall, Liam, Louis and Zayn
Yes, you read that right, as Harry picked up his second award of the night, he thanked his mum and family, followed by his former bandmates Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik.
He said: "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."
Harry Styles swept the board with all four awards
He was nominated for four awards and he won all four! Harry picked up Pop/R&B Act, Artist of the Year, Song of The Year, and Album of the Year awards, and his reaction to hearing he'd won was brilliant!
He went on to reflect on his big wins at The BRITs as well as his recent Grammy Award wins and spoke about his "overwhelming week" while backstage.
It certainly was an incredible night for him, and he even treated us to a performance of 'As It Was'.
Watch Harry Styles perform at The BRIT Awards
Leigh-Anne Pinnock teased what we can expect from her this year
The crowd was thrilled to hear Leigh-Anne say that "music, possibly" would be coming out this year!
Lewis Capaldi was joined on stage by a choir
Lewis had a full choir behind him to sing 'Forget Me', and what a performance it was!
Beyoncé thanked fans for her TWO award wins
Music legend Beyoncé couldn't be at the BRIT Awards in person but she still thanked her fans with speeches when she won International Artist of the Year and International Song of the Year.
She said in her speech for International Artist of the Year: "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."
She thanked fans again when 'Break My Soul' won International Song of the Year, 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."
Sam Smith and Kim Petras owned The BRITs stage
Performing their amazing song 'Unholy' Sam Smith and Kim Petras owned The BRITs stage taking it over with what looked like a greasy garage, with Kim, Sam and their dancers all dressed in black and leather.
Lizzo performed an epic medley of her songs
Dressed in a pink fluffy dress with a huge matching neckpiece, Lizzo performed some of her biggest hits as a medley of songs from her album 'Special', which fans absolutely loved.
David Guetta brought out Becky Hill, Ella Henderson and Sam Ryder for a medley of hits
BRIT Award winner David Guetta ended the show with an epic medley of collabs, including his song 'Remember' with Becky Hill, 'Crazy What Love Can Do' with Ella Henderson and Becky and finally 'I'm Good (Blue)' with Sam Ryder.
Stormzy gave an incredible performance
The rapper took to the stage to perform ‘Hide And Seek’ and ‘I Got My Smile Back’ from his new album, 'This Is What I Mean'.
Cat Burns wowed with her song 'Go'
She gave an amazing performance of her powerful track.
Check out all of the winners from The BRIT Awards 2023:
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)'
Check out all of the red carpet looks from The BRIT Awards 2023:
Harry Styles
Sam Smith
Maya Jama
Leigh-Anne Pinnock
Amelia Dimoldenberg
Lewis Capaldi
Lizzo
Harriet Rose
Mimi Webb
FLO
Ellie Goulding
Michelle Visage
Nella Rose
Tom Grennan
Mo Gilligan
Jessie J
Kim Petras
AJ Odudu
David Guetta
Ella Henderson
Sam Ryder
Stormzy
MNEK
Becky Hill
Aitch
Wet Leg
Zara McDermott
Nova Twins
Sam Thompson
Fatboy Slim
James Barr
Daisy May Cooper
Laura Whitmore
Lucien Laviscount
Shania Twain
You can rewatch The BRIT Awards 2023 on the ITV Hub.
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