The BRIT Awards 2026 Winners
Having received five nominations, British breakout star Olivia Dean won the most awards on the night, tracking a huge year that saw her pick up Best New Artist at last month’s Grammy awards, as well as becoming the first woman in UK chart history to land a debut No. 1 single and album in the same week. Olivia was presented with Artist of the Year, Mastercard Album of the Year and Pop Act, and performed an elegant rendition of ‘Man I Need’ during the show.
A fourth award win was added to her haul with victory in Song of the Year with Mastercard for ‘Rein Me In’, the single remix of 2025 Mercury Prize winner Sam Fender’s original song, which currently sits atop of the UK Singles chart for the consecutive second week. Both artists took to the stage to receive the award from Robbie Williams. This award was voted for by fans this year (along with International Song of the Year) through WhatsApp as part of a wider partnership between The BRITs and Meta.
Sam Fender was back on stage later in the show to collect the award for Alternative/Rock Act, for the second year running.
Having equalled Olivia Dean for the most nominations this year with five, as well as being fellow BRIT School alumni, British standout star Lola Young won her first ever BRIT award for Breakthrough Artist, and accepted the award from 2025’s BRITs Critics’ Choice winner, Myles Smith.
After being the subject of a classic Jack Whitehall-comedy sketch that kicked off proceedings, global superstar Harry Styles officially opened the show with a worldwide exclusive performance of ‘Aperture’ from his fiercely anticipated new album. The critically-acclaimed Wolf Alice were presented with Group of the Year by Manchester music royalty Shaun Ryder and Bez; the same award they won in 2022, and performed a stunning version of ‘The Sofa’, which saw the band moving from stage to stage accompanied by dancers and captured in a one-camera shot.
Genre-defying Grammy-award winning Spanish pop star ROSALÍA won her first BRIT award for International Artist of the Year and delivered a visionary performance of ‘Berghain’, for which she brought out the Heritage Orchestra and Björk - the Icelandic artist’s first appearance at The BRIT Awards in ten years. International Song of the Year went to ROSÉ & Bruno Mars for ‘APT.’, the record-breaking and best-selling global single of 2025 - and the first ever BRIT award win for a K-pop artist. The BRITs this year broke another record for this globally-dominant genre, by presenting its first performance from a K-pop act; EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI, the singing voices of HUNTR/X from Netflix’s global phenomenon KPop Demon Hunters, came to Manchester earlier this week for a special and pyro-laden performance of their BRIT-nominated track ‘Golden’, outside the Co-op Live in front of an invited audience of fans which was played out during the live broadcast.
Internationally celebrated musician, producer and DJ Mark Ronson was presented with the Outstanding Contribution to Music award for playing a pivotal role in shaping era-defining and multi-platinum records for renowned artists worldwide, whilst also achieving significant international recognition as both a solo artist and producer, and marked the moment with a spectacular career-spanning medley, for which he was joined by Dua Lipa and Ghostface Killah (with Serge Pizzorno as a surprise ‘chaffeur’), with Amy Winehouse’s band.
Announced in advance of the show, PinkPantheress was this year’s Producer of the Year winner, and Jacob Alonwon the BRITs’ Critics’ Choice award. Manchester legend Noel Gallagher was presented by Bobby Gillespie with the Songwriter of the Year award, in acknowledgment of the songwriting that has permeated the fabric of British culture for over three decades, and that continues to resonate with audiences around the world, not least shown over the last year through the triumphant and record-breaking Oasis world tour.
Global rock icon Ozzy Osbourne was honoured with a BRITs Lifetime Achievement award, in recognition and celebration of his inimitable impact and influence on music worldwide. This award was introduced by country music icon and close friend Dolly Parton through a VT message, and was accepted in person by Sharon Osbourne. An all-star rock tribute performance of ‘No More Tears’ followed the award presentation to close the show, fronted by Robbie Williamsand featuring musicians that played as part of Ozzy’s band over the years: Adam Wakeman, Robert Trujillo, Tommy Clufetos and Zakk Wylde.
International Artist of the Year went to Brooklyn rock band Geese, who were presented with their award by Cat Burns; with No. 1 selling rapper and songwriter Dave winning Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Act for the second time, having first won this award in 2022, and Dance Act went to former Producer of the Year winner and critically acclaimed producer and artist Fred again.., and multi-faceted rapper and producer Skepta along with US producer PlaqueBoyMax, with Skepta collecting the award on their behalf. Anonymous multi-genre music collective SAULT were honoured with R&B Act.
