Brit Awards 2019
| Brit Awards 2019 | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Date | 20 February 2019 |
| Venue | The O2 Arena |
| Hosted by | Jack Whitehall Clara Amfo (BRITs Are Coming Nominations Launch Show and live from the Red carpet) Alice Levine (live from the Red carpet) |
| Most awards | The 1975 and Calvin Harris (2) |
| Most nominations | Anne-Marie, Dua Lipa and Jess Glynne (4) |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | ITV ITV2 (Red carpet) YouTube |
| Runtime | 140 minutes[1] |
| Viewership | 4.1 million[2] |
Brit Awards 2019 was the 39th edition of the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music show, the Brit Awards. It was held on 20 February 2019 at The O2 Arena in London, with Jack Whitehall as the host for the second year running.[3] Architect David Adjaye designed the BRIT statuette.[4] BBC Radio 1, Live Lounge and Top of the Pops host Clara Amfo hosted the BRITs Are Coming Nominations Launch Show on 12 January 2019. Clara Amfo and Alice Levine were live from the Red Carpet before the Main Show on ITV2.
Hugh Jackman opened the ceremony with a song from The Greatest Showman soundtrack, and Pink closed the ceremony.[5][6]
Performers
[edit]Pre-ceremony
[edit]| Performer(s) | Song | UK Singles Chart reaction (week ending 24 January 2019) |
UK Albums Chart reaction (week ending 24 January 2019) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jess Glynne | "Thursday" | 24 (–5) | Always In Between – 5 ( 1) I Cry When I Laugh – 36 ( 10) |
| George Ezra | "Hold My Girl" | 12 (–4) | Staying at Tamara's – 2 ( /–) Wanted on Voyage – 40 (–6) |
| Not3s Mabel |
"Fine Line" "My Lover" |
N/A | N/A |
| Little Mix | "Think About Us" | N/A | LM5 – 21 ( 1) Glory Days – 60 ( 3) |
| Sam Fender | "Play God" | N/A | N/A |
Main show
[edit]Winners and nominees
[edit]The nominations were revealed on 12 January 2019.[7][8]
Multiple nominations and awards
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| Nominations | Artist |
|---|---|
| 4 | Anne-Marie |
| Dua Lipa | |
| Jess Glynne | |
| 3 | George Ezra |
| Jorja Smith | |
| 2 | The 1975 |
| Calvin Harris | |
| Clean Bandit | |
| Dan Caplen | |
| Demi Lovato | |
| Florence and the Machine | |
| Little Mix | |
| Macklemore | |
| Rita Ora | |
| Rudimental | |
| Tom Walker |
| Awards | Artist |
|---|---|
| 2 | The 1975 |
| Calvin Harris |
YouTube Music and Facebook hosts
[edit]On 14 February 2019, it was announced that Capital FM Breakfast Show host Vick Hope and Todrick Hall would host the YouTube Music Live Stream from 7:45pm GMT and it was also announced on the same day, that Jamie Laing and Yasmin Evans would host the Facebook Red Carpet Live Stream from 4:30pm GMT.
References
[edit]- ^ How Long Are The BRITs 2019? - Viewers Have A Lot To Look Forward To, February 2019
- ^ Brit Awards audience falls to just over four million - 21 February 2019
- ^ Highland, News. "Jack Whitehall to host 2019 Brit Awards…and he wants to upset some celebs! - Highland Radio - Latest Donegal News and Sport". www.highlandradio.com.
{{cite web}}:|first=has generic name (help) - ^ "Sir David Adjaye announced as 2019 statue designer". BRIT Awards.
- ^ "Hugh Jackman to open The BRITs 2019". BRIT Awards. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
- ^ "Brit awards 2019: the live show and winners – as it happened". Guardian. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- ^ "'The BRITs Are Coming' Nominations Show". BRIT Awards. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ "Full list of Brit awards 2019 winners". Guardian. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2019.