Duffy wins trio at Brit Awards
Kings of Leon win international album, group
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Tennessee rockers Kings of Leon left the U.K. music industry bash grasping a brace of awards for international album and international group.
Hosted by singer Kylie Minogue and comedians Mathew Horne and James Corden, the annual event was held at London’s Earls Court. U2 opened the show — broadcast live by terrestrial network ITV — with a performance of new single "Get on Your Boots."
Veteran rockers Iron Maiden celebrated their first Brit nomination by collecting the live act trophy, while Elbow added a British group nod to its collection, having picked up the Mercury Music Prize last year.
Kanye West and Katy Perry made it a clean sweep for American acts in the international categories, while the award for British single, chosen by a live public vote during the airing of the show, was won by Girls Aloud.
Performing on the kudocast were British acts Girls Aloud, Coldplay, Take That, the Ting Tings and Estelle, while Kings of Leon made up the overseas collective along with fellow Americans Lady GaGa and the Killers’ frontman Brandon Flowers, who both made guest appearances with contribution to music winners Pet Shop Boys.
And the Brit music industry winners are:
BRITISH SINGLE
Girls Aloud
BRITISH ALBUM
Duffy
BRITISH GROUP
Elbow
BRITISH MALE SOLO ARTIST
Paul Weller
BRITISH FEMALE SOLO ARTIST
Duffy
BRITISH BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST
Duffy
BRITISH LIVE ACT
Iron Maiden
INTERNATIONAL ALBUM
Kings of Leon
INTERNATIONAL GROUP
Kings of Leon
INTERNATIONAL MALE SOLO ARTIST
Kanye West
INTERNATIONAL FEMALE SOLO ARTIST
Katy Perry
CRITICS CHOICE AWARD
Florence and the Machine
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Bernard Butler
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO MUSIC
Pet Shop Boys
