Harry Styles sweeps board at BRITs with haul of all four gongs he was up for

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Harry Styles poses with the awards for British Pop/R&B Act, British Artist of the Year, Song of the Year and Album of the Year in the media room during The BRIT Awards 2023 at The O2 Arena on February 11, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images)
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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 werenโ€™t 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 Londonโ€™s O2 Arena, picking up two gongs apiece.

Harryโ€™s haul came after he opened proceedings with a rendition of โ€˜As 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 โ€˜Harryโ€™s Houseโ€™ being named Best Album at last weekโ€™s Grammys.

Harry said as he picked up the Song of the Year award for โ€˜As It Wasโ€™: โ€œThis album (โ€˜Harryโ€™s Houseโ€™), and this song was the most fun Iโ€™ve ever had making music. Thank you to everyone who listened.โ€

He beat Aitch featuring Ashanti for โ€˜Babyโ€™, Cat Burns with โ€˜Goโ€™, Dave for โ€˜Starlightโ€™, Ed Sheeran and Elton John for their festive tune โ€˜Merry Christmasโ€™, Eliza Rose and Interplanetary Criminal for โ€˜B.O.T.A. (Baddest Of Them All)โ€™, George Ezra for โ€˜Green Green Grassโ€™, Lewis Capaldi for โ€˜Forget Meโ€™, LF SYSTEM for โ€˜Afraid To Feelโ€™ and Sam Smith and Kim Petras with โ€˜Unholyโ€™ 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: โ€œThere is literally no-one in the world I love more than Stanley Tucci, so this means so much.โ€

The singer added he would โ€œnever forgetโ€ the night and declared: โ€œThereโ€™s no place like home โ€“ Iโ€™m so, so proud to be a British artist out there, and Iโ€™m so proud to be here celebrating British artists.โ€

Earlier in the night, Harry said he was โ€œaware of my privilegeโ€ as he dedicated his Artist of the Year gong to female musicians.

He said: โ€œIโ€™m really, really grateful for this, and Iโ€™m 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: โ€œClink, 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 โ€˜Break My Soulโ€™ โ€“ her second gong of the night.

She wasnโ€™t at the ceremony and in her second video message of thanks she said: โ€œThank you, thank you so much for loving โ€˜Break My Soulโ€™. The only intention for this song was to dance, so thank you for joining this dance of freedom and individualityโ€ฆ I hope youโ€™re 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: โ€œI love this party.โ€

BRIT Awards 2023 โ€“ Winners List

Album Of The Year

Harry Styles โ€“ โ€˜Harryโ€™s Houseโ€™

Artist Of The Year

Harry Styles

Best Group

Wet Leg

Best New Artist

Wet Leg

Song Of The Year

Harry Styles โ€“ โ€˜As It Wasโ€™

Best International Artist

Beyoncรฉ

Best International Group

Fontaines D.C.

International Song Of The Year

Beyoncรฉ โ€“ โ€˜Break 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


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