They bagged International Album, International Breakthrough Act and International Group which must have pissed off Bono no end. Everyone's favourite Elton John impersonators performed 'Take Your Mama' live at the ceremony. Frontman Jake Shears (pictured) was dressed up like a dungaree-wearing chicken. We shit you not.
Those picking up a pair each were Franz Ferdinand who won British Rock Act and British Group, which they dedicated to John Peel; Keane bagged British Album and British Breakthrough Act; and Joss Stone scored British Female Solo Artist and British Urban Act.
Robbie Williams' soppy ballad Angels scored the Brits 25 Best Song Award seeing off Kate Bush & Joy Division among others. He was presented with his award by Little Britain's Matt Lucas and David Walliams, dressed as his former Take That colleagues Gary Barlow and Howard Donald, leading him to quip he was "always the talented man of the band". The 'Robster' also performed the winning song live as a duet with double winning Joss Stone. This is the 15th Brit Williams has won: he's now got 11 as a solo artist and four with Take That. He probably took Joss Stone home too.
Meanwhile, The Streets' Mike Skinner, who sang 'Dry Your Eyes' at the ceremony, failed to pick up his British Male Solo Artist Award because he was in the bog, leaving a bemused band mate to give the acceptance speech. Seriously.
We don't know if Pete Doherty turned up or not. He should have been tucked up at home in bed by 10pm 'cos that's when his curfew kicks in. Plus, we wouldn't have wanted him to steal the limelight from Robbie Williams. Alledgedly.
Anyway, here's those Brit Awards winners - and losers - in full:
Brits 25 best song award (Voted for by BBC Radio 2 listeners):
Robbie Williams Angels
Also nominated:
Joy Division Love Will Tear Us Apart
Queen We Are The Champions
Will Young Leave Right Now
British breakthrough artist (Chosen by BBC Radio 1 listeners):
Keane
Also nominated:
Natasha Bedingfield
Franz Ferdinand
Joss Stone
The Zutons
British group:
Franz Ferdinand
Also nominated:
Kasabian
Keane
Muse
Snow Patrol
British rock act (chosen by Kerrang! TV viewers):
Franz Ferdinand
Also nominated:
Kasabian
The Libertines
Muse
Snow Patrol
British live act:
Muse
Also nominated:
Jamie Cullum
Franz Ferdinand
Kasabian
The Libertines
British album:
Keane Hopes and Fears
Also nominated:
Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand
Muse Absolution
Snow Patrol Final Straw
The Streets A Grand Don't Come For Free
British single (Voted for by commerical radio listeners):
Will Young Your Game
Also nominated:
Band Aid 20 Do They Know It's Christmas?,
Natasha Bedingfield These Words
Jamelia Thank You,
Keane Everybody's Changing
LMC vs U2 Take Me To The Clouds Above
George Michael Amazing
Shapeshifters Lola's Theme
The Streets Dry Your Eyes
Sugababes In The Middle
Pop act: (Promoted by ITV1's CD:UK, The Sun, O2 and Samsung)
McFly
Also nominated:
Girls Aloud
Natasha Bedingfield
Avril Lavigne
Westlife
British male solo artist:
The Streets
Also nominated:
Jamie Cullum
Lemar
Morrissey
Will Young
British female solo artist:
Joss Stone
Also nominated:
Natasha Bedingfield
PJ Harvey
Jamelia
Amy Winehouse
British urban act (Voted for by MTV Base viewers):
Joss Stone
Also nominated
Dizzee Rascal
Jamelia
Lemar
The Streets
International group:
Scissor Sisters
Also nominated:
Green Day
Maroon 5
OutKast
U2
International breakthrough act:
Scissor Sisters
Also nominated:
Jet
Killers
Maroon 5
Kanye West
International album:
Scissor Sisters Scissor Sisters
Also nominated:
Killers Hot Fuss
Maroon 5 Songs About Jane
OutKast Speakerboxxx/ The Love Below
U2 How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
International male solo artist:
Eminem
Also nominated:
Usher
Tom Waits
Kanye West
Brian Wilson
International female solo artist:
Gwen Stefani
Also nominated:
Alicia Keys
Anastacia
Kelis
Kylie Minogue
Outstanding contribution to music:
Bob Geldof
DiS-cuss: Did Scissor Sisters deserve to win three? Is Joss Stone really 'urban'? Are 'commerical radio listeners' really that stupid? Does anyone give a shit anyway?
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sorry, couldn't resisit the cheap-shot; i know its late.
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franz ferdinand best rock act (over muse!) - also fuck off.
i like franz i really do, but theyre not a better rock act than muse.
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Scissor Sisters can fuck right off. I have absolutley no time for a pop group who sound like a fusion of bad Elton John pop, and the theme tunes to 'Thomas the Tank Engine' and 'Grange Hill'. They're going to be headlinging V?! So now all of a sudden they're at the same level as The Strokes, Muse and The Pixies. Bloody hell, I'd rather see Dido than the Scissor Sisters!!
Everything was so predictable, and I'm too emotionally drained to correct every wrong with the Brits.
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Hi, we're the record industry and we like to play it safe by only rewarding those artists who already have huge marketing budgets.
And to all those listeners/viewers who voted, shame on you for playing along.
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but good on the scissors, best "pop" pop band in ages.
think most of you have the wrong perception of the brits, it doesnt really pretend to be anything other than a celebration of commercial success. i would imagine a quick poll across the country would probably conclude that robbie is better than joy division, he certainly sold more records. still a fucking tosspot, like.
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Yeah, anyway, I do get a kick out of Jake Shears's falsetto voice and gender-bending, Freddie Mecury jumpsuits but can admit that, atleast in the US, he and his group haven't yet had a mainstream single. Jet and the Killers, on the other hand, have totally taken this country over!
Something else that baffled me is how the Streets (plural--not a singular Street) won for best male solo artist yet there was a "bandmate" to accept the award on another's behalf. Now, my friend Rikki is a huge Streets-nut and says the Streets is essentially one guy, Mike Skinner, but, I dunno, I prefer Morrissey...
And Best Brit Album was a tough category! I appreciate ALL those bands. However, about Best Brit Live Act, everyone should know that the Hives totally bring it. Why wasn't their name dropped?
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Jamie
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Do you atleast agree that U2 are, in a general sense, the world's (maybe not yours) favorite band? And have you heard How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb yet? It rocks! I was just telling a friend a few minutes ago about how four years doesn't seem like a long time until you consider how long we went without a U2 record! Freshman year seems like yesterday, but All That You Can't Leave Behind came out an eternity ago...
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Now, you may lay into me... Be gentle... I'm just a girl...
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"Joss kittykitty."
I should have read the categories more carefully. You're right... But the Hives are, in my opinion, worth atleast the arguments I've made for them, even if my campaigning and complaining was regarding a category they, of course, couldn't qualify for.
I'll just relent now...
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Franz Ferdinand
Kasabian
The Libertines
Muse
Snow Patrol
ok...
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If it was for Band Aid, then I have to say the song itself wasn't a great contribution to british MUSIC! and didn't Midge Ure write it anyway??
sp xx
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So a camp Bee Gees tribute act is the best overseas talent we've seen and heard in the UK over the past 12 months? YEAH, RIGHT.
And Joss Stone? 10/10 for the look but she sounds permanently constipated when she attempts to sing.
And The Streets best solo act! I think the words "Taking", "The", and "Piss" spring to mind here. His only contribution to anything has been to increase the wearing of Burberry caps and Hackett tops and actually get the upper end of the city High Street fashion brigade to declare it tasteful.
At least the awards for Muse, Franz, Eminem and McFly were deserved, but on the whole, it just reeks of a Sony/BMG luvvie fest.
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Didn't think the Libertines would win anything, seeing as how no one knows who the other two are, one's ill and can't go anywhere near live music for a while and the other one's in the nick...or at least going back to it.
The Streets?
All he's done is talk in a fake cockney accent about "MaccyD's".
The Chav King!
I hate the fucking show, so I didn't watch it - every single fucking year the constipated smug monkey faced Slobbie Wankerams wins some undeserved award.
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For the record, I dig that Will Young song.
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Eminen beats Tom Waits?
Robbie Williams beats Joy Division?
Completely idiotic.
It's not about music, it's about money.
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The Brits? THE FUCKING IDIOTIC SHITS MORE LIKE.
I need to lie down.
Quickly.
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I prayed so hard for that I damn near followed through.....
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* British Male Solo Artist Daniel Bedingfield
* British Female Solo Artist Dido
* British Group The Darkness
* British Album The Darkness "Permission to Land"
* British Breakthrough Act Busted
* British Single Dido "White Flag"
* British Rock Act The Darkness
* British Urban Act Lemar
* British Dance Act Basement Jaxx
* International Male Solo Artist Justin Timberlake
* International Female Solo Artist Beyonce
* International Album Justin Timberlake "Justified"
* International Group White Stripes
* International Breakthrough Artist 50 Cent
* Pop Act Busted
* Outstanding Contribution Duran Duran
Now, in my opinion, the only act even wirth reading in that list is the White Stripes, but I know a helluva a lot of people who think them overrated. So, okay, the Brits aren't exactly a good representation of truly decent music, but that's not what they're about anyway. They serve more as celebrations of people who are rich, famous and adored, possibly through opening they're mouths or doing vaguely entertaining things with their fingers. But do you know what's wonderful? this year, for whatever reason, those same people just happen to not all be completely dire! HUZZAH!
In any case, it's a massive improvement on the fucking Darkness being all but one of the acts to represent rock-orientated music.
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I have no fucking chance.
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'...Mama'-mia! Scissor Sisters win three Brits
AND HOW IS JOSS STONE URBAN? Wow. They need to rename that...badly.