Cliff Richard repeated his 1977 win as Best British Male and John Lennon was honoured with the Outstanding Contribution award two years after his death. Hosted by David Jacobs, the show included Queen, Madness and Elvis Costello among the also-rans.
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A British Record Industry (BPI) Awards surgiu como a primeira de uma série da indústria de eventos no Hotel London Grovesnor e os " novos românticos", fizeram sua presença sentida com Human League, Adam Ant e Soft Cell todos obtendo seus prêmios.
Cliff Richard repetiu sua vitória de 1977 como Melhor Artista Masculino e John Lennon foi homenageado com o Outstanding Contribution Award ( Prêmio de Maior Contribuição à Música Britânica ) dois anos após a sua morte. Apresentado por David Jacobs, o show incluiu Queen, Madness e Elvis Costello entre outros.
Tim Rice took charge this year when The Beatles took the Outstanding Contribution award; which they also won in 1977; and Paul McCartney doubled up with Best Male and a Special Technical Excellence award from Sony.
Other winners on the night were Culture Club, Dexy’s Midnight Runners, Kim Wilde and Dire Straits while the Best British Album prize went to American singer Barbra Streisand, whose award was collected by one, Michael Jackson.
Dave Stewart and Annie Lennox have won BRIT Awards in eight separate years (1984 to 1999)
Jacko was in the spotlight again as a double winner and Annie Lennox won the first of her record eight solo awards while George Martin maintained a Beatles involvement in the awards by collecting the Outstanding Contribution title.
Culture Club became the first act to win at successive events with two more awards, opera singer Kiri Te Kanawa took the Classical award while comedian Tracey Ullman was a double nominee as Best Female ands Best Newcomer, a category which also featured an up and coming duo called Wham!
TV and radio presenter Noel Edmonds took over as host and oversaw the presentation of the one and only BPI Award for Best Comedy Record to Nigel Planer, in his guise of Neil from the Young Ones, who beat off competition from Alexei Sayle and Mel Brooks.
Bob Geldof and Midge Ure’s efforts with Band Aid earned them a Special Award, Frankie Goes To Hollywood and their producer Trevor Horn were both winners at a show which also featured Prince – complete with a giant security guard – collecting his first BPI/BRIT Award.
The appearance of Conservative Government Minister Norman (now Lord) Tebbitt, to present the Outstanding Contribution prize jointly to Elton John and Wham!. brought the first hint of official recognition for the British music industry.
Following performances a year earlier by US star Tina Turner alongside a selection of Britain’s finest; Nick Kershaw, Howard Jones, Bronski Beat and Alison Moyet; Phil Collins, Tears For Fears and Kate Bush entertained guests this year while a young Bruce Springsteen turned up to collect his award as Best International Artist.
The final industry-only bash at the Grovesnor saw Eric Clapton pick up the prize for Outstanding Contribution, Peter Gabriel collect two awards, Dave Stewart repeat his previous year’s Best Producer win and Julian Lloyd Webber become the first two-time Best Classical winner, four years after his first triumph.
Jonathan King acted as host of a show which included first time winners the Housemartins, Kate Bush and the Pet Shop Boys alongside solo victor Paul Simon, featured performances by Whitney Houston, Simply Red and Five Star and attracted an average BBC TV audience of 6.7million.
One of the most memorable of all shows – for all the wrong reasons – was the one that launched the brand new BRIT Awards. Joint hosts Sam Fox and Mick Fleetwood combined to miss their cues and fluff their lines while U2, Bros, Tracy Chapman, and old hands Phil Collins and Annie Lennox carried off the prizes.
And while Fairground Attraction were surprise winners of awards for both Best Album and Best Single and Cliff Richard collected the Outstanding Contribution award after 30 years in the business, there was another embarrassing moment when Government Minister Kenneth (now Lord) Baker was greeted by boos from the audience.
A new venue this year with a move to the Dominion Theatre where 60s TV star Cathy McGowan took over as host. U2, Phil Collins, Annie Lennox and partner Dave Stewart, as Best Producer, all carried on winning while Nigel Kennedy, Soul II Soul, Neneh Cherry and Rod Stewart were among the performers on the night.
But there was still a hint of controversy when double winners Fine Young Cannibals reacted to a video appearance by Margaret Thatcher choosing her own favourite pop song (she picked How Much Is That Doggy In The Window?) by returning their awards.
Following last year’s Outstanding Contribution win by Queen, veteran rockers Status Quo took the prize this year while The Three Tenors first emerged as prize winners following their 1990 World Cup performance and Michael Hutchence and his group INXS both collected awards.
Watched by an average TV audience of 8.2million, award winners The Cure, Beautiful South and Betty Boo all performed live while Seal’s contribution with partner Adamski was a taste of record things to come from the young singer.
Seal stole the show – the first at the Hammersmith Odeon – with the first hat-trick of wins in the history of the BPI/BRIT Awards while Simply Red and KLF (who later dumped a dead sheep at the official dinner venue) tied for the title Best British Group, the first and only time a BRIT award has been shared.
Queen won Best Single (15 years after Bohemian Rhapsody won them the same title) and singer Freddie Mercury was posthumously given the Outstanding Contribution award a year after his death while singer Lisa Stansfield completed her own hat-trick by winning a BRIT Award for the third consecutive year.
A new venue – Alexandra Palace; a new host – Richard O’Brien – and a new TV broadcaster as the BRIT Awards moved to Carlton after eight consecutive years with the BBC. It was also the start of a new series of special BRIT Award duets with Kd Lang and Erasure’s Andy Bell teaming-up on stage.
Rod Stewart brought back The Faces to celebrate him winning the Outstanding Contribution award, Annie Lennox won two more awards and Nigel Kennedy collected the final Best Classical trophy. There was a first BRITs appearance for new boy band Take That while guest presenters on the night included Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer, Naomi Campbell and Smashie & Nicie.
A new category for Best British Dance Act made its debut and M People notched up the first of two consecutive wins while Take That came back and collected two awards. The duets continued with hosts Elton John, Ru Paul, Bon Jovi and Dina Carroll, and PJ Harvey and Bjork all offering up numbers while the Pet Shops Boys brought their own Welsh Male Voice choir with them.
Ireland’s Van Morrison collected the Outstanding Contribution award from former hostage John McCarthy and friend Jill Morrell in the year in which Jamiroquai received their three first nominations which were to be followed by nine more unsuccessful listings for a BRIT Award over the next five years.
The year in which a new breed of British rock band took to the podium; Oasis stepped up as Best Newcomers while Blur established the record for most BRIT Awards in one year with four. The BRIT Awards voting system underwent a major change for these awards with the creation of a voting academy, expanded from 125 record companies to over 500 people from within the UK music industry.
While America’s R.E.M. nailed their Best International Group award in four years and former Fairground Attraction Eddie Reader took a solo Best Female award, host Chris Evans oversaw Sting presenting Elton John with his second Outstanding Contribution title, before duetting with M People, and introduced Madonna’s stunning BRIT Awards debut.
While the headlines went to Pulp’s Jarvis Cocker, after he jumped on stage and waggled his bum in protest at Michael Jackson’s performance, Oasis returned to snatch a hat-trick of awards alongside debut double winner Alanis Morissette.
Earls Court was the new venue for the show which brought an record high average TV audience of over 11million who saw Outstanding Contribution winner David Bowie team up with the Pet Shop Boys while Simply Red gave their fourth BRIT Awards live performance in a decade.
Prince/TAFKAP/squiggle won his record sixth International Male Artist award while a special Freddie Mercury Award went to the Help album in aid of Warchild charity and Jackson walked of with the title Artist Of A Generation.
New host Ben Elton introduced a record number of first time winners in the shape of the Spice Girls, Prodigy, Kula Shaker, Manic Street Preachers, Fugees, Beck and Sheryl Crow who collected their awards from the likes of Eddie Izzard, Frank Skinner, Lennox Lewis, Mrs Merton and Vinnie Jones & Colin Jackson.
Veteran group The Bee Gees were rewarded with the Outstanding Contribution award, George Michael collected his third solo BRIT while soul diva Diana Ross’ duet with Jamiroquai featured alongside appearances by Prince, the Spice Girls and Mark Morrison, complete with a bevy of out of uniform “policewomen”.
The move to London Arena brought the total of BRIT Award venues to six in 11 years while Ben Elton made it two in a row as host. There was no shortage of special duets this year with Texas and Method Man, Shola Ama and Dave Stewart and Robbie Williams and Tom Jones all teaming up on a night when Chumbawamba decided to pour cold water over Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott.
The award for Best Producer was presented for the last time after 17 years and went to The Verve and Chris Potter who joined the likes of George Martin, Trevor Horn, Stock, Aitken & Waterman, and Brian Eno on the roll of honour. On the night Bjork and U2 reappeared as winners, All Saints and The Verve triumphed for the first time and Fleetwood Mac returned to the UK to collect their Outstanding Contribution award.
