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2013 Brit Awards
Brit Awards 2013 was held on 20 February 2013. This was the 33rd edition of the British Phonographic Industry's annual Brit Awards. The awards ceremony was held at The O2 Arena in London, and was presented for the third time in three years by James Corden. Leading the nominations were Mumford & Sons and Emeli Sandé with four nominations each, but Sandé and Ben Howard ended up as the most successful winners, with two awards each. The statue for 2013 was designed by Damien Hirst. Coverage on ITV attracted more than 6.5 million viewers, with a peak of 7.5 million, the biggest audience for the awards in ten years. Performances Winners and nominees The nominations were announced on 10 January 2013 during the 2013 BRIT Awards Launch at the Savoy Hotel in London. The event was hosted by Nick Grimshaw Nicholas Peter Andrew Grimshaw (born 14 August 1984), nicknamed "Grimmy", is an English broadcaster and author. He became known for having hosted a variety of shows on BBC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mumford & Sons
Mumford & Sons are a British folk rock band formed in London in 2007. The band consists of Marcus Mumford (lead vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, drums), Ted Dwane (vocals, double bass, bass guitar), and Ben Lovett (British musician), Ben Lovett (vocals, keyboards, synths, piano). Mumford & Sons have released five studio albums: ''Sigh No More (Mumford & Sons album), Sigh No More'' (2009), ''Babel (Mumford & Sons album), Babel'' (2012), ''Wilder Mind'' (2015), ''Delta (Mumford & Sons album), Delta'' (2018), and ''Rushmere (album), Rushmere'' (2025). Their debut ''Sigh No More'' peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart and the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 in the US, with ''Babel'', ''Wilder Mind'' and ''Delta'' all debuting at number one in the US, the former becoming the fastest-selling rock album of the decade and leading to a headline performance at Glastonbury Festival in 2013. The band has won music awards throughout their career, with ''Sigh No More'' earnin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The O2 Arena
The O2 Arena, commonly known as The O2, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the centre of The O2 entertainment district on the Greenwich Peninsula in southeast London, England. It opened in its present form in 2007. It has the third-highest seating capacity of any indoor venue in the United Kingdom, behind Co-op Live and Manchester Arena, and in 2008 was the world's busiest music arena. As of 2022, it is the List of largest buildings#Largest usable volume, ninth-largest building in the world by volume with a diameter of 365 metres (399 yards) and a height of 52 metres (57 yards). The arena was built under the Millennium Dome (renamed The O2), a large dome-shaped building built to house an exhibition celebrating the turn of the third millennium; as the structure still stands over the arena, ''The Dome'' remains a name in common usage for the venue. The arena, as well as the overall complex, is named after its primary sponsor, the telecommunications company O2 (UK), O2, a subsidiar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Take The Crown (album)
''Take the Crown'' is the ninth studio album released by English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams. The album was released in the United Kingdom on 5 November 2012 via Island Records. ''Take the Crown'' is preceded by the lead single, "Candy", a track Williams co-wrote with Gary Barlow which became his seventh solo number one single in the UK and 14th career UK number one. The album also featured the original demo version of Take That's " Eight Letters", which is entirely performed by Williams. It is his first solo album in three years after his return to Take That in 2010. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), ''Take the Crown'' was the 36th global best-selling album of 2012, with sales of 1.2 million copies. At the 2013 Brit Awards, "Candy" was nominated for British Single of the Year but lost to Adele's "Skyfall". To promote the album, Williams started the Take the Crown Stadium Tour, which lasted from June to August 2013. Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babel (Mumford & Sons Album)
''Babel'' is the second studio album by British folk rock band Mumford & Sons. As with '' Sigh No More'', the album was produced by Markus Dravs. The vinyl LP version of the record was pressed by United Record Pressing in Nashville, Tennessee. It was released on 21 September 2012 in Ireland, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Norway, Australia and New Zealand. It was released on 24 September 2012 in the United Kingdom, Scandinavia, Spain, Italy, Eastern Europe, South America, and on 25 September 2012 in the United States and Canada. Upon its release, ''Babel'' debuted at number one on both the UK Albums Chart and the US ''Billboard'' 200."New Mumford & Sons album Babel is fastest seller of 2012 in UK and US" The Guardia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Will Wait
"I Will Wait" is a song by British rock band Mumford & Sons. The track was first released in the United States on 7 August 2012 as the lead single from the band's second studio album, ''Babel'' (2012). The song sold 153,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release and became their highest-charting song in the US to date, peaking at number 12. It also reached the top ten in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Irish, Canadian and Scottish national charts and was voted into fifth place in Australian radio station Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2012. The song is playable in the video game ''Guitar Hero Live''. Music video The music video was directed by Fred & Nick. It was filmed at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado. Critical reception The song has received generally favourable reviews. Grady Smith of ''Entertainment Weekly'' gave the song a positive review, saying how the song "hearkens back to their Grammy-nomination-festooned single "The Cave" with its shoute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Every Kingdom
''Every Kingdom'' is the debut studio album by the English singer-songwriter Ben Howard. It was released in the United Kingdom on 30 September 2011 as a digital download, CD, LP, and 200-copy limited edition cassette by Island Records. It reached a peak chart position of number four in the UK Albums Chart on 24 February 2013 following his success at the Brit Awards that week. The songs on the album were written by Ben Howard and produced by Chris Bond. The cover art was designed by Owen Tozer, based on photography by Mickey Smith and Roddy Bow. The song " Old Pine" is the music video version of the original found on the extended play (EP) '' Old Pine'' (2011). A remix of the song by the art rock band Everything Everything was released by Howard as a single on 20 July 2012. The songs " The Wolves" and "These Waters" are re-recordings of the original versions found on the EP ''These Waters'' (2009). The song " Keep Your Head Up" is a re-recording of the original version found on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Only Love (Ben Howard Song)
"Only Love" is a song by the English singer-songwriter Ben Howard from his debut studio album ''Every Kingdom'' (2011). It was released as a single in the United Kingdom on 4 May 2012 as a digital download and on CD. It entered the UK singles chart at number 80 and rose to 37 the following week. The song was written by Ben Howard and produced by Chris Bond and Darren Lawson. The cover art was designed by Owen Tozer. A live performance of the song at the Brit Awards 2013 where Howard won two awards, was released on 20 February 2013 as a digital download single. This version helped the single reach its peak chart position of 9. Music video A music video to accompany the release of "Only Love" was released onto YouTube on 8 May 2012 with a total length of three minutes and fifty-three seconds, in colour, at a variety of resolutions, running at twenty-five frames per second (progressive scan). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Up All Night (One Direction Album)
''Up All Night'' is the debut studio album by English-Irish boy band One Direction, released by Syco Music, Syco Records in November 2011 in Ireland and the United Kingdom, followed by a worldwide release during 2012. Four months after finishing third in the The X Factor (British series 7), seventh series of British reality singing contest ''The X Factor (British TV series), The X Factor'' in December 2010, One Direction began recording the album in Sweden, the UK, and the United States, working with a variety of writers and producers. The album's lyrical content regards being young, relationships, heartbreak and empowerment. The album received generally favourable reviews from contemporary Music journalism, music critics, many of whom appreciated the album's combination of melodic song craft and catchy, pop-oriented material that, while slickly produced, avoided the commercial cynicism and adult contemporary posturing of some of their '80s and '90s forebears. The album bowed at nu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Take Me Home (One Direction Album)
''Take Me Home'' is the second studio album by British-Irish boy band One Direction, released on November 9, 2012, by Syco Music and Columbia Records. As a follow-up to One Direction's internationally successful debut album '' Up All Night'' (2011), ''Take Me Home'' was written in groups and has an average of just under five songwriters per track. Largely recorded and composed in Sweden during 2012, Savan Kotecha, Rami Yacoub and Carl Falk, who composed One Direction's hits, " What Makes You Beautiful" and " One Thing", spent six months in Stockholm developing songs for the album, and were able to shape melodies around the members' tones. The album's songs are characterised by metronomic pop, vocal harmonies, hand claps, prominent electric guitar riffs, bright synthesizers, a homogeneous sound and message, and rotations of lead vocals. The members' voices are presented individually on the record, and its lyricism speaks of falling in love, unrequited love, commitment, jea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Way Or Another (Teenage Kicks)
"One Way or Another" is a song by American rock music, rock band Blondie (band), Blondie from their 1978 album ''Parallel Lines''. Lyrically, the song was inspired by Blondie frontwoman Deborah Harry's experience with a stalker in the early 1970s, an incident which forced her to move away from New Jersey. The song's music was composed by bassist Nigel Harrison, who introduced the the Ventures, Ventures-influenced track to keyboardist Jimmy Destri. "One Way or Another" was released as the fourth North American single from ''Parallel Lines'', following the band's chart-topping "Heart of Glass (song), Heart of Glass" single. The song reached number 24 in the US and number 7 in Canada. It was not released as a single in the UK, but later charted in 2013, along with a cover by British band One Direction for Comic Relief, with the latter reaching number 1. "One Way or Another" has since seen critical acclaim for Harry's aggressive vocals and the band's energetic performance. It has b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Direction
One Direction, often shortened to 1D, were an English-Irish pop boy band formed in London in 2010. The group consisted of Niall Horan, Zayn Malik (until his departure in 2015), Liam Payne, Harry Styles, and Louis Tomlinson. The group sold over 70 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling boy bands of all time, before going on an indefinite hiatus in 2016. Formed on British singing competition ''The X Factor (British TV series), The X Factor'' in 2010, the group were propelled to global success by social media. One Direction's debut single "What Makes You Beautiful" was a commercial and international success, reaching number one on the UK singles chart and being performed by the band at the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony. They became the first British act to have their debut album top the charts on the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 with ''Up All Night (One Direction album), Up All Night'' (2011), and subsequently became the first band to have th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red (Taylor Swift Album)
''Red'' is the fourth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was released on October 22, 2012, by Big Machine Records. Swift designated ''Red'' as a breakup album and her last to be promoted as country music. To convey the complex and conflicting feelings ensuing from lost love through music, Swift engaged new producers to experiment with styles other than the country pop sound of her past albums. She produced the majority of ''Red'' with her long-time collaborator Nathan Chapman and the rest with Dann Huff, Max Martin, Shellback, Jeff Bhasker, Dan Wilson, Jacknife Lee, and Butch Walker. The album incorporates styles of pop, rock, folk, and country, composed of acoustic instruments, electronic synths, and drum machines. Initial reviews mostly praised Swift's songwriting for its emotional exploration and engagement, but critics deemed the production inconsistent and questioned her identity as a country artist. Swift supported ''Red'' with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
