2013 Brit Awards

The 2013 Brit Awards were held on 20 February 2013. This was the 33rd edition of the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards. The awards ceremony was held at The O2 Arena in London, and was presented for the third time in three years by James Corden.[2][3]

33rd Brit Awards
Date	20 February 2013
Venue	The O2 Arena
Hosted by	James Corden
Most awards	Emeli Sandé and Ben Howard (2)
Most nominations	Emeli Sandé and Mumford & Sons (4)
Television/radio coverage
Network	ITV
Viewership	6.5 million[1]

Leading the nominations were Mumford & Sons and Emeli Sandé with four nominations each, but Sandé and Ben Howard ended up as the most successful winners, with two awards each.[4][5][6]

The statue for 2013 was designed by Damien Hirst.[7] Coverage on ITV attracted more than 6.5 million viewers, with a peak of 7.5 million, the biggest audience for the awards in ten years.[8]

Performances

Artist(s)	Song(s)	UK Singles Chart Reaction	UK Albums Chart Reaction
Muse	"Supremacy"	58 (debut)	The 2nd Law – 23 (+33)
Robbie Williams	"Candy"	39 (+12)	Take the Crown – 42 (+9)
Justin Timberlake	"Mirrors"	4 (+24)
Taylor Swift	"I Knew You Were Trouble"	6 (+6)	Red – 7 (+18)
One Direction	"One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)"	1 (debut)	Take Me Home – 14 (+1) Up All Night – 29 (+7)
Ben Howard	"Only Love"	9 (+181)	Every Kingdom – 4 (+42)
Mumford & Sons	"I Will Wait"	12 (+34)	Babel – 2 (+3) Sigh No More – 32 (+7)
Emeli Sandé	"Clown" "Next to Me"	10 (−1) 45	Our Version of Events – 1 (+2)

Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced on 10 January 2013 during the 2013 BRIT Awards Launch at the Savoy Hotel in London. The event was hosted by Nick Grimshaw

British Album of the Year (presented by Bryan Ferry)	British Producer of the Year
Emeli Sandé – Our Version of Events Alt-J – An Awesome Wave Mumford & Sons – Babel Paloma Faith – Fall to Grace Plan B – Ill Manors	Paul Epworth Damon Albarn Jake Gosling
British Single of the Year (presented by Tom Daley and Jonathan Ross)	British Live Act (presented by Louis Smith and Jack Whitehall)
Adele – "Skyfall" Alex Clare – "Too Close" Coldplay & Rihanna – "Princess of China" DJ Fresh featuring Rita Ora – "Hot Right Now" Emeli Sandé – "Next to Me" Florence and the Machine – "Spectrum (Say My Name)" James Arthur – "Impossible" Jessie J – "Domino" Labrinth featuring Emeli Sandé – "Beneath Your Beautiful" Olly Murs featuring Flo Rida – "Troublemaker" Rita Ora featuring Tinie Tempah – "R.I.P." Rizzle Kicks – "Mama Do the Hump" Robbie Williams – "Candy" Rudimental featuring John Newman – "Feel the Love" Stooshe – "Black Heart"	Coldplay Mumford & Sons Muse The Rolling Stones The Vaccines
British Male Solo Artist (presented by Ed Sheeran)	British Female Solo Artist (presented by Taylor Swift)
Ben Howard Calvin Harris Olly Murs Plan B Richard Hawley	Emeli Sandé Amy Winehouse Bat for Lashes Jessie Ware Paloma Faith
British Group (presented by Simon Pegg and Bérénice Marlohe)	British Breakthrough Act (presented by Nick Grimshaw)
Mumford & Sons Alt-J Muse One Direction The xx	Ben Howard Alt-J Jake Bugg Jessie Ware Rita Ora
International Male Solo Artist (presented by Jourdan Dunn and Rafe Spall)	International Female Solo Artist (presented by Dermot O'Leary and Sharon Osbourne)
Frank Ocean Bruce Springsteen Gotye Jack White Michael Bublé	Lana Del Rey Alicia Keys Cat Power Rihanna Taylor Swift
International Group (presented by Dave Grohl)	Critics' Choice Award[9]
The Black Keys Alabama Shakes Fun. The Killers The Script	Tom Odell[10][11] AlunaGeorge[12] Laura Mvula[13]
Global Success Award (presented by Robbie Williams)	Special Recognition (presented by Damon Albarn)
One Direction	War Child

Multiple nominations and awards

Two time winner Emeli Sandé as most nominations and awards

Artists that received multiple nominations

Nominations	Artist
4	Emeli Sandé
3 (3)	alt-J
	Mumford & Sons
	Rita Ora
2 (8)	Ben Howard
	Coldplay
	Jessie Ware
	Muse
	Olly Murs
	Paloma Faith
	Plan B
	Rihanna

Artists that received multiple awards

Awards	Artist
2 (2)	Ben Howard
	Emeli Sandé

References

1. Brit Awards get biggest TV audience for a decade - Feb 22, 2013
2. Tim Ingham (29 November 2012). "Brit Awards 2013 details revealed". Music Week. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
3. "Biggest names in the music industry gather for tonight's ceremony". The Independent. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
4. "Emeli Sandé, Mumford & Sons, One Direction – the triumph of the bland". Daily Telegraph. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
5. "Read all about it ... Emeli Sandé reigns at the Brit awards 2013". Guardian UK. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
6. "Brit Awards: Sande wins two awards". BBC News. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
7. "Details of awards night & nominations launch unveiled" Archived 15 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Brits.co.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2013
8. "Brits hits right note with biggest TV audience for a decade". The Guardian. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
9. "Brit Awards 2013 BRITs Critics' Choice Award – Nominees Announced". BRIT Awards. 6 December 2012. Archived from the original on 16 June 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
10. "Brit Awards 2013 Spotlight on... Tom Odell". BRIT Awards. 12 December 2012. Archived from the original on 25 June 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
11. "Brit Awards 2013 Critics' Choice Winner – Tom Odell". BRIT Awards. 20 December 2012. Archived from the original on 24 February 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
12. "Brit Awards 2013 Spotlight on... AlunaGeorge". BRIT Awards. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
13. "Brit Awards 2013 Spotlight on... Laura Mvula". BRIT Awards. 13 December 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2012.

External links

• 2013 Brit Awards at Brits.co.uk
• 2013 Brit Awards at BBC Programmes