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Harry Styles swept the board at The BRIT Awards 2023 with a haul of all four gongs he was up for including the controversial Artist of the Year prize.
The former One Direction singer, 29, also won Album of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Pop/R+B Act, and is making headlines for dedicating his Artist of the Year trophy to a string of female artists who werenโt nominated, after the BRITs was slammed for the all-male nominees line-up for the trophy after the category went gender-neutral.
Beyoncรฉ and Wet Leg were the next biggest winners at the ceremony on Saturday (11.02.23) night in Londonโs O2 Arena, picking up two gongs apiece.
Harryโs haul came after he opened proceedings with a rendition of โAs It Wasโ while wearing a sparkly red matador-style jacket.
His trophies take his BRIT Awards total from over the years to eight, and his latest wins followed his hit album โHarryโs Houseโ being named Best Album at last weekโs Grammys.
Harry said as he picked up the Song of the Year award for โAs It Wasโ: โThis album (โHarryโs Houseโ), and this song was the most fun Iโve ever had making music. Thank you to everyone who listened.โ
He beat Aitch featuring Ashanti for โBabyโ, Cat Burns with โGoโ, Dave for โStarlightโ, Ed Sheeran and Elton John for their festive tune โMerry Christmasโ, Eliza Rose and Interplanetary Criminal for โB.O.T.A. (Baddest Of Them All)โ, George Ezra for โGreen Green Grassโ, Lewis Capaldi for โForget Meโ, LF SYSTEM for โAfraid To Feelโ and Sam Smith and Kim Petras with โUnholyโ in the category.
He was presented with Album of the Year by actor Stanley Tucci, 62, with Harry saying on stage as he picked up his fourth award of the night: โThere is literally no-one in the world I love more than Stanley Tucci, so this means so much.โ
The singer added he would โnever forgetโ the night and declared: โThereโs no place like home โ Iโm so, so proud to be a British artist out there, and Iโm so proud to be here celebrating British artists.โ
Earlier in the night, Harry said he was โaware of my privilegeโ as he dedicated his Artist of the Year gong to female musicians.
He said: โIโm really, really grateful for this, and Iโm very aware of my privilege up here tonight, so this award is for Reyna, Florence (Welch), Mabel and Becky (Hill).โ
Harry then did a shot on stage with BRITs host Mo Gilligan, 34, who said: โClink, clinkโ before they downed their drinks.
The Best Male and Best Female awards were scrapped in 2021 in a bid to include non-binary artists, but it led to a male-dominated winners list this year, with only six of the 15 awards collected by female artists.
International Song Of The Year went to Beyoncรฉ for โBreak My Soulโ โ her second gong of the night.
She wasnโt at the ceremony and in her second video message of thanks she said: โThank you, thank you so much for loving โBreak My Soulโ. The only intention for this song was to dance, so thank you for joining this dance of freedom and individualityโฆ I hope youโre all having a beautiful night. Thank you and see you soon.โ
Beyoncรฉ, 41, also thanked fans via video for always supporting her as she was named International Artist of the Year โ beating Lizzo, Burna Boy, Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar in the category.
Best Group went to Wet Leg, who beat The 1975, Arctic Monkeys, Bad Boy Chiller Crew and Nova Twins to the gong.
The band also picked up Best New Artist.
Fontaines D.C. took Best International Group and sent a thank you video from tour on Australia.
They were up against BLACKPINK, Drake and 21 Savage, First Aid Kit and Gabriels in the category.
Best Alternative/Rock act was won by The 1975, who beat Arctic Monkeys, Nova Twins, Tom Grennan and Wet Leg.
Fatboy Slim, 59, also took to the stage near the end of the event to present David Guetta, 55, with Producer of the Year โ who said as he picked up the trophy: โI love this party.โ
BRIT Awards 2023 โ Winners List
Album Of The Year
Harry Styles โ โHarryโs Houseโ
Artist Of The Year
Harry Styles
Best Group
Wet Leg
Best New Artist
Wet Leg
Song Of The Year
Harry Styles โ โAs It Wasโ
Best International Artist
Beyoncรฉ
Best International Group
Fontaines D.C.
International Song Of The Year
Beyoncรฉ โ โBreak My Soulโ
Best Alternative/Rock
The 1975
Best Hip-Hop/Grime/Rap
Aitch
Best Dance
Becky Hill
Best Pop/R+B
Harry Styles
Rising Star
FLO (Announced in December 2022)
Producer of the Year
David Guetta