Brit Awards 2001 was the 21st edition of the annual

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Brit Awards awards ceremony in the

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. They are run by the

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and took place on 26 February 2001 at Earls Court in

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Performances

Winners and nominees

Outstanding Contribution to Music

* U2

List of British Newcomer shortlist

;British Dance Newcomer *

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(Runner-up) * Chicane * Oxide & Neutrino * Shaft * Sonique ;British Pop Newcomer * A1 (Runner-up) *

Atomic Kitten Atomic Kitten were an English girl group formed in Liverpool in 1998, whose original lineup comprised Kerry Katona, Liz McClarnon, and Natasha Hamilton. The group was founded by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) members Andy McCluskey an ...

* Lolly *

Point Break ''Point Break'' is a 1991 American action film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by W. Peter Iliff. It stars Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves, Lori Petty and Gary Busey. The film's title refers to the surfing term " point break", where a ...

* Richard Blackwood ;British Rock Newcomer * Badly Drawn Boy *

Coldplay Coldplay are a British Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1997. They consist of vocalist and pianist Chris Martin, guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman, drummer and percussionist Will Champion, and manager Phil Harvey (band m ...

(Runner-up) * Death in Vegas *

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Toploader Toploader are an English Rock music, rock band from Eastbourne, East Sussex, formed in 1997, with over two million album sales and several top-20 hits both home and abroad. Their debut album, ''Onka's Big Moka'', sold over one million units a ...

(Runner-up) ;British Urban Newcomer * Architechs *

Craig David Craig Ashley David (born 5 May 1981) is an English singer. He rose to fame in 1999, featuring on the single " Re-Rewind" by Artful Dodger. David's debut studio album, '' Born to Do It'', was released in 2000, to great commercial success. In to ...

(Runner-up) *

DJ Luck & MC Neat DJ Luck & MC Neat are a British musical duo, composed of Joel Samuels (a.k.a. DJ Luck) and Michael Rose (a.k.a. MC Neat) mainly performing a combination of house music and UK garage. They had three consecutive top 10 hits in the United Kingdo ...

* M. J. Cole * Sweet Female Attitude

Multiple nominations and awards

Notable moments

Noel Gallagher and A1

During the ceremony, boy band A1 picked up the 'Award for Best Newcomer'. At the end of the night,

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walked onto stage to present U2 with their 'Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music'. As Gallagher took the microphone at the start of his presenting speech, he said "This award ceremony over the years has been accused of not having a sense of humour, but when you see A1 winning best newcomer, you know that someone's taking the piss somewhere". A1 were apparently offended, and in April 2001 they performed a cover version of the Oasis song " Don't Look Back in Anger" in a mocking way, live using instruments, and not a backing track, as Gallagher had also called the band "manufactured".

References

External links

Brit Awards 2001 at Brits.co.uk
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