Our favourite moments from The BRIT Awards 2022

It was a great night!

Author: Georgie HollandPublished 8th Feb 2022
Last updated 11th Feb 2022

After Jack Whitehall stepped down from the show, comedian Mo Gilligan presented The BRIT Awards 2022 with Mastercard on Tuesday 8th February, and it was most certainly a night to remember.

The prestigious ceremony, which took place at The 02 in London, showcased some of the best talent in the world of music, with awards and some EPIC performances on the night from the likes of Ed Sheeran, Sam Fender and Liam Gallagher.

Dave's incredible closing performance

Bringing an amazing ceremony to an end, Dave took to the stage to give a phenomenal performance, featuring Giggs, Ghetts and Fredo.

Adele's inspirational speech for Mastercard Album of the Year

Picking up yet another award, Adele shared an inspirational message during her heart-warming speech. She gushed: "Thank you very much, thank you again for the company I'm in, I've thanked everyone I work with, the labels and stuff, but I'd like to dedicate this award to my son. And to Simon, to his dad, this album was all of our journey, not just mine. I'm very proud of myself for sticking to my guns and putting out an album about something that was so personal to me because not many people do that anymore. My son has been so gracious, and kind and patient over the last couple of. years and it's for him.

"I don't know if it was mentioned earlier as I had to get ready for my song, someone who was absolutely integral is producer of the year this year, his name Inflo, He works with Little Simz a lot and he really changed my life, not just with my music but he really helped me in so many ways, Flo I love you, this is for you as well. Thank you very much, goodnight."

Adele's iconic performance

Shortly before picking up her second award of the night, Adele wowed the crowd as she showed off her gorgeous vocals with her track 'I Drink Wine'.

Becky Hill picking up her first BRIT Award for Best Dance Act...

Congratulations to Becky Hill who picked up her very first BRIT Award!

...And giving a pretty emotional speech!

Picking up her first ever BRIT Award for Best Dance Act, it's fair to say Becky Hill got us feeling all kinds of ways with her emotional speech!

Olivia Rodrigo winning her first ever BRIT Award

Olivia Rodrigo picked up her first ever BRIT Award, just one year after making her debut UK performance at the 2021 ceremony! Her track 'good 4 u' certainly deserved it!

Adele's acceptance speech for Song Of The Year

In true Adele style, the singer gave a cracking acceptance speech after she picked up the Song Of The Year award for her track 'Easy On Me'. The singer gushed: "I didn't realise that there were that many songs, I can't believe a piano ballad won against that many bangers.

"Thank you so much, it's always a pleasure to be here and I always love coming home and The BRITs were a big part of my career, coming from way back when I was a little fetus, thank you so much, I love you to and all, how do I get down there with two things in my hand?"

Ed Sheeran setting the arena on FIRE with his opening performance 🔥

Of course, we all knew that Ed Sheeran's BRIT Award performance would be nothing shy of amazing, but throw rock band Bring Me The Horizon into the mix and the stage was most certainly set on fire (literally)!

Adele's jaw dropping gown

Adele arrived looking absolutely STUNNING, of course, in her floor length black gown. We couldn't help but spot another rather gorgeous, and sparkling, accessory on her left hand... 👀

Naturally, fans are now pretty convinced that the 'Easy On Me' singer in now engaged!

Mo Gilligan looking suave as he prepares to host his first ever BRIT Awards

KSI gushing over his BFF Anne-Marie...

Sam Fender talking about turning his award into a beer bump...

Tom Grennan arriving alongside his mother

As well as turning up looking incredibly dapper, we couldn't help but love Tom Grennan that little bit more as he arrived with his mum!

Sam Fender looking dapper with his band

Anne-Marie and Ed Sheeran looking incredible on the red carpet...

...Then giving us the ultimate friendship goals 😍

Check out all of the winners from The BRIT Awards 2022:

Album of the Year

WINNER: Adele


NOMINEES:
ADELE: '30'


DAVE: 'WE'RE ALL ALONE IN THIS TOGETHER'


ED SHEERAN: '='


LITTLE SIMZ: 'SOMETIMES I MIGHT BE INTROVERT'


SAM FENDER: 'SEVENTEEN GOING UNDER'

Song of the Year

WINNER: Adele


NOMINEES:
A1 & J1: 'LATEST TRENDS'


ADELE: 'EASY ON ME'


ANNE-MARIE, KSI, DIGITAL FARM ANIMALS: 'DON'T PLAY'


BECKY HILL & DAVID GUETTA: 'REMEMBER'


CENTRAL CEE: 'OBSESSED WITH YOU'


DAVE FT STORMZY: 'CLASH'


ED SHEERAN: 'BAD HABITS'


ELTON JOHN & DUA LIPA: 'COLD HEART (PNAU MIX)'


GLASS ANIMALS: 'HEAT WAVES'


JOEL CORRY, RAYE, DAVID GUETTA: 'BED'


KSI: 'HOLIDAY'


NATHAN EVANS, 220KID, BILLEN TED: 'WELLERMAN'


RITON X NIGHTCRAWLERS FT MUFASA & HYPEMAN: 'FRIDAY (DOPAMINE RE-EDIT)'


TION WAYNE & RUSS MILLIONS: 'BODY'


TOM GRENNAN: 'LITTLE BIT OF LOVE'

International Song of the Year

WINNER: Olivia Rodrigo 'Good 4U'
NOMINEES:
ATB, TOPIC, A7S: 'YOUR LOVE (9PM)'

BILLIE EILISH: 'HAPPIER THAN EVER'

CKAY: 'LOVE NWANTITI (AH AH AH)'

DOJA CAT FT SZA: 'KISS ME MORE'

DRAKE FT LIL BABY: 'GIRLS WANT GIRLS'

GALANTIS, DAVID GUETTA, LITTLE MIX: 'HEARTBREAK ANTHEM'

JONASU: 'BLACK MAGIC'

KID LAROI & JUSTIN BIEBER: 'STAY'

LIL NAS X: 'MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME)'

LIL TIJAY & 6LACK: 'CALLING MY PHONE'

MANESKIN: 'I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE'

OLIVIA RODRIGO: 'GOOD 4 U'

POLO G: 'RAPSTAR'

TIESTO: 'THE BUSINESS'

THE WEEKND: 'SAVE YOUR TEARS'

Best Pop/R&B Act

WINNER: Dua Lipa


NOMINEES:
ADELE


DUA LIPA


ED SHEERAN


GRIFF


JOY CROOKES

Best Rock/Alternative Act

WINNER: Sam Fender


NOMINEES:
COLDPLAY


GLASS ANIMALS


SAM FENDER


TOM GRENNAN


WOLF ALICE

Best Dance Act

WINNER: Becky Hill


NOMINEES:
BECKY HILL


CALVIN HARRIS


FRED AGAIN..


JOEL CORRY


RAYE

Artist of the Year

WINNER: Adele


NOMINEES:
ADELE


DAVE


ED SHEERAN


LITTLE SIMZ


SAM FENDER

International Artist of the Year

WINNER: Billie Eilish


NOMINEES:
BILLIE EILISH


DOJA CAT


LIL NAS X


OLIVIA RODRIGO


TAYLOR SWIFT

Best Group

WINNER: Wolf Alice


NOMINEES:
COLDPLAY


D-BLOCK EUROPE


LITTLE MIX


LONDON GRAMMAR


WOLF ALICE

Best New Artist

WINNER: Little Simz
NOMINEES:
CENTRAL CEE


GRIFF


JOY CROOKES


LITTLE SIMZ


SELF ESTEEM

Best Hip Hop/Rap/Grime Act

WINNER: Dave


NOMINEES:
AJ TRACEY


CENTRAL CEE


DAVE


GHETTS


LITTLE SIMZ

International Group of the Year

WINNER: Silk Sonic


NOMINEES:
ABBA


BTS


Måneskin


Silk Sonic


The War On Drugs

Songwriter of the Year

WINNER: Ed Sheeran

BRITs Rising Star

WINNER: Holly Humberstone

Check out all of the red carpet looks from The BRIT Awards 2022:

Adele


Adele


Adele


Adele


Adele


Ed Sheeran


Ed Sheeran


Mo Gilligan


Mo Gilligan


Anne-Marie


Anne-Marie


KSI


KSI


Nick Gale from Digital Farm Animals


Sam Fender


Sam Fender


Little Simz


Little Simz


Little Simz


Anne-Marie and Ed Sheeran


Anne-Marie and Ed Sheeran


Aitch


Aitch


Maya Jama


Maya Jama


Harriet Rose


Harriet Rose


Clara Amfo


Talia Storm


Holly Humberstone


Joel Corry


Joel Corry


Lola Young


Bree Runway


Tom Grennan


Tom Grennan


Abby Roberts


220 Kid


Jaime Winstone


Olivia Rodrigo


Becky Hill


Dave


Dave


Jodie Whittaker


Laura Whitmore


Vicky McClure


Griff


Emily Atack


Raye


Iain Stirling


Sir Mo Farah


Maneskin


Graziano Di Prima


Oti Mabuse


Gemma Atkinson


Olivia Rodrigo


Alex Scott


Fleur East


You can rewatch The BRIT Awards 2022 on the ITV Hub.

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