Emeli Sandé and Ben Howard head up BRITS 2013

Emeli Sandé and Ben Howard both picked up two gongs at a rather uninspiring BRITS show at the 02 Arena in London last night. Rather over polite host James Corden didn't seem to manage to annoy anyone, but it all went of very smoothly with live shows from One Direction, Muse and Taylor Swift amongst others - and it all finished on time which is nice. And the winners were: 

British Breakthrough Act: Ben Howard (Universal Music) 

British Female Solo Artist: Emeli Sandé (EMI Music) 

British Group: Mumford & Sons (Universal Music) 

British Live Act Coldplay (EMI Music) 

British Male Solo Artist: Ben Howard (Island / Universal Music) 

BRITs Global Success Award  One Direction (Syco)

British Producer of the Year: Paul Epworth

Special Recognition Award Winner: War Child UK

Critics’ Choice Award : Tom Odell (Sony Music)

International Group:  The Black Keys (Warner Music) 

International Female Solo Artist Nominees: Lana Del Rey (Universal Music) 

International Male Solo Artist Nominees: Frank Ocean (Universal Music) 

British Single: Adele ‘Skyfall’ (XL Recordings) 

MasterCard British Album of the Year:  Emeli Sandé ‘Our Version Of Events’ (EMI Music)

BRIT sales uplifts post show

1. Ben Howard - Every Kingdom (320%)
2. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange (136%)
3. Mumford & Sons - Babel (110%)
4. Muse - The Second Law (103%)
5. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More (95%)
6. Taylor Swift - Red (92%)
7. Justin Timberlake - Justified (76%)
8. Robbie Williams - Take The Crown (66%)
9. Emeli Sandé - Our Version Of Events (62%)
10. Lana Del Rey - Born To Die (52%)