Brit Awards 2012

At the ceremony which featured performances from a host of music stars, Adele, One Direction and Bruno Mars were just some of the winners.


Adele 'so proud to be British' as she wins best female. The 23-year-old from Tottenham won best British female and best album for 21.


She accepted the album award from George Michael and earned a standing ovation as she said: "Nothing makes me prouder than coming here with six Grammys... I'm so proud to be British and flying the flag."


Best British single – the only award of the night chosen by a public vote – went to What Makes You Beautiful by X Factor boyband One Direction.


The international awards went to Bruno Mars (best male), Rihanna (best female) and Foo Fighters (best group). Lana Del Rey won best international breakthrough act.


Emeli Sande took home the Critics’ Choice award, which marks out an artist tipped for success in 2012. Blur received the Outstanding Contribution award.

54th Grammys Dedicated To Whitney Houston

Adele, who captured the world's heart with an album about a broken romance, emerged as the top winner at Sunday's Grammy Awards, winning six trophies including the prestigious trifecta of record, song and album of the year. The music industry honored its biggest stars on a night marked by the loss of singer Whitney Houston at Grammy awards 2012.

Organisers of the Grammy Awards scrambled through the weekend to dedicate the 54th show to the late Whitney Houston. The 48-year-old American singing icon was found dead in her Beverly Hills hotel room a day before the awards show. LL Cool J began the awards night with a prayer for Houston, saying that there had been a death in the Grammy family. Houston had won and performed at the Grammys numerous times in the past, and is considered by many to be the greatest female vocalist of all time.