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42nd Brit Awards
Brit Awards 2022, presented by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), was held on 8 February 2022 to recognize the best in British and international music. The ceremony took place at The O2 Arena in London, and was hosted by British comedian Mo Gilligan. Coverage of the red carpet was broadcast on ITV2 and presented by Clara Amfo and Maya Jama. The BPI announced in November 2021 that the Brit Awards would no longer use gendered categories, and that it would also revive the categories for best Alternative/Rock Act, Dance Act, Hip Hop/Rap/Grime Act, and Pop/R&B Act. Nominations were announced on 18 December 2021, with Adele, Dave, Ed Sheeran, and Little Simz tied for the most nominations, and the largest number of nominations given to female acts since Brit Awards 2010. Performances Nominations show Main show Winners and nominees On 22 November 2021, the BPI announced that it would re-align the categories for the 42nd Brit Awards to be gender-neutral; it was stated t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mo Gilligan
Mosiah Bikila Gilligan (born 19 February 1988) is a British stand-up comedian, television presenter and content creator. He is known for his observational comedy. After several years of uploading comedy clips to social media, he found a wider audience in 2017. He hosted '' The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan'' (2019) on Channel 4. He currently co-hosts '' The Big Narstie Show'' on Channel 4, and is a judge on ''The Masked Singer UK'' since the second series in 2020, and a judge on '' The Masked Dancer UK'' since 2021. In 2022 Gilligan took a break from ''The Masked Dancer UK'' due to work conflicts, and was replaced by Peter Crouch. Early life Mosiah Bikila Gilligan was born on 19 February 1988 in Lambeth, London to British parents of Jamaican and St. Lucian descent. His mother was born in Wales while his father is from Brixton. His parents separated when he was 5, and he was raised by both parents while living in Camberwell, London. Education Gilligan was educated at Pimlico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brit Award For British Dance Act
The Brit Award for British Dance Act is an award given by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), an organisation which represents record companies and artists in the United Kingdom. The accolade was presented at the Brit Awards, an annual celebration of British and international music. The winners and nominees were determined by the Brit Awards voting academy with over one-thousand members comprising record labels, publishers, managers, agents, media, and previous winners and nominees. The inaugural recipients of the award are M People, who won consecutively in 1994 and 1995. Fatboy Slim was the first solo act to win the category in 1999 and is one of five acts to have won the award twice, alongside M People, The Prodigy, Basement Jaxx and Becky Hill. Jamiroquai hold the record for most nominations without a win, with six. The current holder of the award is Charli XCX, who won in 2025. History The award was first presented in 1994. British Dance Act has been won by M People, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bed (Joel Corry, Raye And David Guetta Song)
"Bed" is a song by British DJ Joel Corry, British singer Raye and French DJ David Guetta. It was released as a single on 26 February 2021, through Perfect Havoc and Asylum Records UK. The song was written by Corry, Raye, Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Jin Jin, Lewis Thompson and Neave Applebaum. The song was certified platinum by the BPI on 23 July 2021. Background In an interview with the Official Charts Company, Corry explained that the creation of the song started in summer 2020 during a studio session with singer-songwriter Janée "Jin Jin" Bennett. After listening to demos recorded by Raye, he proceeded to contact the singer via Instagram, saying "she told me that she wrote the idea with David Guetta. I got in contact with David and he was happy for me to work on it with Raye. Me and Raye hit the studio together and developed the rest of the song. Fast forward eight months and we are ready to release 'Bed' to the world". Prior to the release, Corry revealed, "I've put so much har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Out Out (song)
"Out Out" is a song by British DJs Joel Corry and Jax Jones, featuring British singer Charli XCX and American rapper Saweetie performing vocals. The single was released on 13 August 2021 by Asylum Records UK. "Out Out" peaked at number six on the UK Singles Chart. Background and composition "Out Out" samples "Alors on danse" by Belgian musician Stromae. In a statement, Joel Corry called himself a "huge fan" of "Alors on danse", saying he wanted to "put a fun spin on it for summer 2021".> Jax Jones said that he was "a big fan of Charli and Saweetie, having them on the song makes it feel like a moment with real synergy". Critical reception Althea Legaspi of ''Rolling Stone'' stated that "Out Out" was a "bumping new track", where "Charli XCX and Saweetie beckon all to hit the dancefloor". ''NME'' writer Greta Brereton labeled the single an "up-tempo dance track". In ''Complex'', Jordan Rose said that the track was "a spectacular combination of all four unique skillsets" on the so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gracey (singer)
Grace Barker (born 20 February 1998, Brighton), known professionally as Gracey (stylised in all caps), is an English singer who made her breakthrough in 2020 when she collaborated with 220 KID on the BRIT nominated single " Don't Need Love". The song reached a peak of number 9 for two weeks on the UK Singles Chart. Gracey's family consists of her mother who worked in production at the BBC, her father in the advertising industry, and two older brothers. Her family moved to Haywards Heath during her early childhood. She credits her dyslexia with helping her become more creative, and she went on to study musical theatre at the BRIT School in London from 2012 to 2016. Through writing demos of pop songs and uploading them to SoundCloud, she was invited by Brian Higgins to join production team Xenomania at the age of sixteen. Her first professionally-recorded song was " By Your Side" by Jonas Blue featuring Raye, which went on to be certified platinum in the UK. Gracey's firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Corry
Joel Corry (born 10 June 1989) is an English DJ, producer and television personality. He came to prominence in 2019 with the release of his single " Sorry", featuring vocals from Hayley May, which reached number six in the UK Singles Chart. In 2020, Corry released the singles " Lonely" and " Head & Heart". The latter, which features MNEK on vocals, spent six weeks at number one in the UK Top Singles Chart and also became Corry's first entry on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Career Corry had a recurring role on MTV reality television series '' Geordie Shore'', alongside his then girlfriend Sophie Kasaei from 2012 to 2013, briefly appearing again in 2017. He also has a personal training business, an app called Joel Corry PT and a gym and leisurewear company Most Rated, which is also the name of his own record label. In 2015 he released his debut singles "Back Again" and "Light It Up". In 2017 he released the singles "Just Wanna", "All the Things", "All Night", "Sunlight" and " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mimi Webb
Amelia Anne "Mimi" Webb (born 23 July 2000), is an English singer and songwriter. In October 2021, she released her debut EP, '' Seven Shades of Heartbreak,'' which peaked at number nine on the UK Albums Chart, and included the single " Good Without", which peaked at number eight on the UK Singles Chart. Webb released her debut studio album, '' Amelia'', in March 2023, which spawned the successful singles " House on Fire", " Ghost of You" and " Red Flags". Early life Webb was born and raised in Canterbury. She has a brother, Michael Webb. She attended the independent school Kent College in Canterbury. She learned guitar and piano, and began to write her own songs at age 13. She credits her piano teacher with encouraging a musical career when she was 15. She cites Adele, Amy Winehouse, Emeli Sandé, and Sam Smith among her influences, along with jazz/pop singers Louis Armstrong, Etta James, Ella Fitzgerald and Nat King Cole. At the age of 16, she moved to Brighton to att ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heat Waves
"Heat Waves" is a song by British indie rock band Glass Animals released as a single from their third studio album ''Dreamland (Glass Animals album), Dreamland'' on 29 June 2020. A sleeper hit, it is the band's signature song and biggest hit single to date. In addition to reaching number five on the UK Singles Chart and being a top-five hit in several other European countries, it reached number one in Australia, Canada, Lithuania, Switzerland and the United States, where it topped the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for five weeks in early 2022 after a record-breaking 59-week climb to number one. At 91 weeks, it is the longest charting song on the Hot 100 of all time, surpassing "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd. It would later be surpassed by Teddy Swims' "Lose Control (Teddy Swims song), Lose Control" in May 2025. By June 2024, the song had accumulated more than three billion streams on Spotify. At the 42nd Brit Awards, 2022 Brit Awards, "Heat Waves" was nominated for Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glass Animals
Glass Animals are a British indie rock band formed in Oxford, England in 2010. The band's line-up consists of Dave Bayley (vocals, guitar, keyboards, drums, songwriting), Drew MacFarlane (guitar, keyboards, backing vocals), Edmund Irwin-Singer (bass, keyboards, backing vocals), and Joe Seaward (drums). Their first album, ''Zaba (album), Zaba'' (2014), spawned the single "Gooey (song), Gooey", which was eventually Music recording certification, certified platinum in the U.S. Their second full album, ''How to Be a Human Being'', received positive reviews and won in two categories at the 2018 Music Producers Guild, MPG Awards for UK Album of the Year and Self Producing Artist of the Year, as well as a spot on the Mercury Prize shortlist. The third, ''Dreamland (Glass Animals album), Dreamland'', peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart and number seven on the US Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200. The band is best known for their biggest hit single "Heat Waves", which went vira ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Therapy (Anne-Marie Album)
''Therapy'' is the second studio album by English singer-songwriter Anne-Marie. It was released on 23 July 2021, through Major Tom's and Asylum Records. It features guest appearances by KSI, Digital Farm Animals, Little Mix, Niall Horan, Nathan Dawe, MoStack, and Rudimental. The album was supported by four singles: " Don't Play", " Way Too Long", " Our Song", and "Kiss My (Uh-Oh)". The album received generally positive reviews from music critics and was also a commercial success. ''Therapy'' peaked at number 2 in both the UK albums chart and the Scottish albums chart. It also peaked at number 4 on the Irish albums chart. Background Planning for Anne-Marie's second album began in 2019; in an interview with ''Music Week'' in March of that year, she provided information on her upcoming second studio album, stating "I love the studio. I was able to get in there and have some sort of therapy with my own brain for a week and that's going towards the next album". She further comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiss My (Uh-Oh)
"Kiss My (Uh-Oh)" is a song by English singer-songwriter Anne-Marie and British girl group Little Mix. It was released by Asylum Records, as the fourth single from Anne-Marie's second studio-album ''Therapy'' (2021). It was written by Anne Marie, Taylor Upsahl, Camille Purcell, Pete Nappi, and John Banfield, with production by Nappi and Mojam. An electropop and calypso-pop song which samples Lumidee's song " Never Leave You (Uh Oooh, Uh Oooh)", the song lyrically discusses the liberation someone feels after walking away from a toxic relationship. "Kiss My (Uh-Oh)" was met with mixed reviews from critics. On 26 August 2021, a remix of the song titled "Girl Power remix" was released featuring Becky Hill, Raye, and Stefflon Don. The remix helped the song reach a new peak of number ten in the UK, becoming Anne Marie's sixth and Little Mix's nineteenth top ten single in the UK. Kiss My (Uh-Oh) also reached the top ten in Latvia and the top fifteen of the Irish Singles Chart and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne-Marie
Anne-Marie Rose Nicholson (born 7 April 1991) is an English singer and songwriter. She has attained various charting singles on the UK Singles Chart, including Clean Bandit's " Rockabye", which peaked at number one, as well as "Alarm", " Ciao Adios", "Friends", "2002", " Don't Play" and "Kiss My (Uh-Oh)". Her debut studio album, '' Speak Your Mind'' (2018), peaked at number three on the UK Albums Chart. Her next two studio albums, ''Therapy'' (2021) and '' Unhealthy'' (2023), both peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart. Anne-Marie was nominated for four awards at the 2019 Brit Awards, including Best British Female Solo Artist. To date she has been nominated for ten Brit Awards and has also received a nomination for a ''Billboard'' Music Award and a Grammy Award. In 2015, she signed a record deal with Asylum Records and began releasing her work through the label. From 2021 to 2023, Anne-Marie appeared as a coach on the television singing competition ''The Voice UK''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
