Brit Awards 2014 was held on 19 February 2014. It was the 34th edition of the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop Brit Awards. The awards ceremony was held at The O2 Arena in London and was presented by James Corden for the fourth consecutive year. Leading the nominations was Ellie Goulding with five nominations. Arctic Monkeys and One Direction both won the most awards, winning two awards each. For the first time ever, a backstage livestream was broadcast on the internet, via YouTube. The stream was hosted by internet vloggers Daniel Howell and Phil Lester, with guests including One Direction and Ellie Goulding. 67-year-old David Bowie became the oldest winner to date of the British Male Solo Artist award.
A new glossy black finish design statue designed by fashion designer Philip Treacy was presented for the first time.
Statuette design The statuette for the 2014 BRIT Awards was designed by Irish milliner Philip Treacy. Taking the form of Britannia (the national personification of Britain), the trophy has been redesigned by various artists since the BRIT Awards revamp in 2011. Treacy stated that music has always been his inspiration, with the 2014 trophy being inspired by "a uniquely British genre of music, Punk." It was unveiled on 28 November 2013. The statuette has a glossy black finish, with a black and white circular hat that represents a mohawk, which sits atop the helmet at the apex of the trophy.
Performances The Brits Are Coming: Nominations Launch Party
Nick Grimshaw hosted the launch show inside the ITV Studios in London on Thursday 9 January.
Artist(s)Song(s)UK Singles Chart reactionTinie Tempah"Children of the Sun""Lover Not a Fighter"did not chart42 (+78)Pixie Lott"Nasty"9 (debut)Sam Smith "Money on My Mind"1 (debut)Rudimental "Not Giving In"84 (−17)
Main show performances The following performances took place during the live broadcast on 19 February 2014.
Artist Song UK SinglesChart reaction UK Albums Chart reaction Arctic Monkeys "R U Mine?" 55 (re-entry) AM – 2 (+11)Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not – 40 (+71)Favourite Worst Nightmare – 84 (re-entry) Katy Perry "Dark Horse" 6 (+4) Prism – 27 (+10) Bruno Mars "Treasure" 61 (+99) Unorthodox Jukebox – 14 (+16)Doo-Wops & Hooligans – 56 (+61) Beyoncé "XO" 23 (+26) Beyoncé – 7 (−4) DisclosureLordeAluna Francis "Royals" "White Noise" 36 (+7)67 (re-entry) Settle – 3 (+32)Pure Heroine – 9 (+12) Ellie Goulding "I Need Your Love" "Burn" did not chart35 (+18) Halcyon – 4 (−2) BastilleRudimentalElla Eyre "Pompeii" "Waiting All Night" 20 (+41)42 (+64) Bad Blood – 1 (+10)Home – 5 (+19) Pharrell WilliamsNile Rodgers "Get Lucky" "Good Times""Happy" 47 (+16)did not chart2 (+1) Random Access Memories – 36 (+78)
Select performances were made available for purchase on iTunes following the ceremony, and "Pompeii/Waiting All Night" by Bastille, Rudimental and Ella Eyre debuted at number 21 on the UK Singles Chart, whilst Lorde and Disclosure's "White Noise/Royals" debuted at number 72.
Winners and nominees British Album of the Year(presented by Emeli Sandé) British Producer of the Year Arctic Monkeys – AM Bastille – Bad Blood David Bowie – The Next Day Disclosure – Settle Rudimental – HomeFlood and Alan Moulder Ethan Johns Paul Epworth British Single of the Year(presented by Katy Perry) British Video of the Year(presented by Jimmy Carr) Rudimental featuring Ella Eyre – "Waiting All Night" Bastille – "Pompeii" Calvin Harris featuring Ellie Goulding – "I Need Your Love" Disclosure featuring AlunaGeorge – "White Noise" Ellie Goulding – "Burn" John Newman – "Love Me Again" Naughty Boy featuring Sam Smith – "La La La" Olly Murs – "Dear Darlin'" One Direction – "One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)" Passenger – "Let Her Go" One Direction – "Best Song Ever" Calvin Harris featuring Ellie Goulding – "I Need Your Love" Ellie Goulding – "Burn" John Newman – "Love Me Again" Naughty Boy featuring Sam Smith – "La La La" British Male Solo Artist(presented by Noel Gallagher) British Female Solo Artist(presented by Prince and 3rdeyegirl) David Bowie (collected by Kate Moss) Jake Bugg James Blake John Newman Tom Odell Ellie Goulding Birdy Jessie J Laura Marling Laura Mvula British Group(presented by Lily Allen) British Breakthrough Act(presented by Tinie Tempah and Fearne Cotton) Arctic Monkeys Bastille Disclosure One Direction Rudimental Bastille Disclosure Laura Mvula London Grammar Tom Odell International Male Solo Artist(presented by Pharrell Williams and Kylie Minogue) International Female Solo Artist(presented by Nick Grimshaw) Bruno Mars Drake Eminem John Grant Justin Timberlake Lorde Janelle Monáe Katy Perry Lady Gaga Pink International Group(presented by Cesc Fàbregas and Nicole Scherzinger) Critics' Choice Award Daft Punk (collected by Nile Rodgers) Arcade Fire Haim Kings of Leon Macklemore & Ryan LewisSam Smith Ella Eyre Chlöe Howl Global Success Award(presented by Rosie Huntington-Whiteley) Icon Award(presented by Rod Stewart) One Direction Elton John
Multiple nominations and awards
+ Artists that received multiple nominationsNominationsArtist5Ellie Goulding4(2)BastilleDisclosure3(4)John NewmanOne DirectionRudimentalSam Smith2(6)Arctic MonkeysCalvin HarrisDavid BowieLaura MvulaNaughty BoyTom Odell
+ Artists that received multiple awardsAwardsArtist2Arctic Monkeys
Brit Awards 2014 album
The Brit Awards 2014 is a compilation and box set which includes the "62 biggest tracks from the past year". The box set has three discs with a total of sixty-two songs by various artists.
Track listing The set has three discs; the first disc includes twenty-one songs, the second disc includes twenty songs and the third disc includes twenty-one songs. Sam Smith, Ellie Goulding and Calvin Harris are the only artists to have more than one song in the album.
Weekly charts Chart (2014)PeakpositionIrish Compilation Albums4UK Compilation Albums1
References
External links Brit Awards 2014 at Brits.co.uk BRIT Awards 2014 Album Track listing