LONDON — Adele manufactured a return to stay general performance and won 3 prizes at the Brit Awards in London on Tuesday, weeks right after she canceled a a great deal-expected string of exhibits in Las Vegas.
The north London-born diva was named artist of the calendar year at the U.K.’s main songs prizes. She also took dwelling the album of the 12 months prize, for “30,” and won song of the year for “Easy on Me.”
Adele focused the award for “30,” an album solid from the break up of her marriage, to her son Angelo and ex-husband Simon Konecki.
“This album was all of our journey, not just mine,” she explained. “I am really proud of myself for sticking to my guns and placing an album out that was about anything so private to me because not lots of individuals do stuff like that any more.”
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Adele delighted the dwelling-city viewers at London’s O2 Arena, sitting down on a piano in a golden robe to sing “I Drink Wine.” It was her 1st overall performance considering the fact that she named off a Caesar’s Palace residency at the past moment in January, citing supply delays and coronavirus disease in her crew.
In current a long time, Brits organizers have shaken up awards that had develop into a slick but somewhat bland showcase for British expertise, generally criticized for lacking range and currently being slow to embrace genres including British grime and hip-hop. In 2017, the academy of much more than 1,000 songs marketplace industry experts that chooses Brits winners was expanded in an endeavor to make it a lot more gender well balanced and various.
This year’s ceremony included performances by two of the U.K.’s most interesting rap artists: genre-bending singer Very little Simz and powerful wordsmith Dave.
Both equally were also winners. Little Simz was named ideal new artist and Dave received the prize for greatest hip hop or grime act. He paid out tribute to other rap artists “who have experienced for decades and yrs and a long time and years and broken down so lots of barriers in this marketplace.”

Minor Simz performs at the 2022 Brit Awards in London. Picture by Peter Cziborra/Reuters
The Brits is one particular of the couple awards demonstrates not to have been canceled in the previous two many years due to the fact of the pandemic. The 2020 display took place months prior to Britain went into lockdown. Previous year’s awards had been held in Could as a exam run for the return of huge live activities with an viewers of 4,000, which includes wellbeing care staff supplied no cost tickets.
This year thousands of music lovers watched reside performances from acts including Ed Sheeran, previous Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher, rootsy singer-songwriter Sam Fender and singer Anne-Marie, who took a tumble following rising from inside a big onstage coronary heart.
“Didn’t need to have my remaining ankle anyway,” she tweeted afterwards.
Comedian Mo Gilligan hosted the display, and gave a shoutout to Conservative Key Minister Boris Johnson, who is caught up in a scandal over lockdown-breaching wine and cheese parties in his business office throughout the pandemic.
“I know you like a celebration — Come down, gentleman,” Gilligan stated. “I know you like a cheeseboard.”
American teenager star Olivia Rodrigo took the international song trophy for “Good 4 U,” and Billie Eilish was named most effective global artist. London alternative band Wolf Alice won the group of the calendar year prize, when superduo Silk Sonic was named worldwide team of the yr. Sheeran took Brit Award for most effective songwriter.
British singer-songwriter Holly Humberstone took the increasing star award, an accolade previously received by Adele and Florence + the Device.
The 2022 ceremony also involved four new awards for various genres, made a decision by public vote. Dua Lipa was named pop/R’n’B act, the prize for alternate/rock went to Sam Fender and Becky Hill was named best dance act.
Dave took the hip hop prize, and was joined onstage by 5 other rappers as he shut the show with his music “In the Hearth.”
In November, organizers announced they were being scrapping separate male and feminine artist types for the awards. Organizers explained the adjust would celebrate artists “solely for their music and function, alternatively than how they pick out to recognize or as many others may perhaps see them.”
Accepting her artist of the calendar year trophy, Adele claimed she understood the motives for the alter, but added: “I really appreciate getting a female and being a woman artist. I do. I am really proud of us.”