Olivia Dean Sweeps The Board At The Brits
The pop star won four awards including album of the year
Soulful pop star Olivia Dean has completed a sweep of four Brit Awards at the 2026 ceremony after winning album of the year for her record The Art Of Loving.
Becoming emotional, she said: “Making this album has changed my life, I feel so proud to have made it, and to work with everybody that I did on it…
“Thank you so much for believing in me when I didn’t really believe in myself sometimes… this album is just about love and loving each other in a world that feels lovelessness right now, so I don’t know, thank you.”
Dean also won pop act and artist of the year, as well as song of the year for Rein Me In with Sam Fender.
Spanish singer-songwriter Rosalia received the gong for international artist of the year at the 2026 Brit Awards.
As she accepted her prize, the pop star referenced her performance at the ceremony and said: “I was so grateful just to be here tonight, just to perform. So this is insane.
“It’s such an honour to bring my music far from home, and I would love to share this (award) with all my peers who also make music in Spanish.”
Rosalia added: “Let’s keep celebrating the other names. Let’s keep celebrating different music, different cultures, different languages.”
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola asked Noel Gallagher to “share” his Brit Award for songwriter of the year with his brother Liam.
In a video played before Noel collected his award, Guardiola said: “You deserve it now with your brother Liam and your band – you come back, you never disappear and yeah, share it a little bit this award with your brother, Liam, please.
“I’m so proud of you, hats off, and I love you!”
Wolf Alice have paid tribute to grassroots music venues as they accepted their award for group of the year.
In their acceptance speech, lead singer Ellie Rowsell said: “It’s worth mentioning that despite the billions of pounds the live sector contributes to our economy, last year 30 independent venues closed down, 6,000 jobs were lost, and over half of small venues reported making no profit at all.
“It shouldn’t be a battle to survive as a band or any artist.”
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