Brit Awards 2017 winners: Little Mix win first ever award as David Bowie scoops top prizes

Little Mix and David Bowie were the big winners at this year’s Brit Awards.

The chart-topping British girl group screamed as they rushed up on to the stage to collect their first ever Brit award for Best Single during Wednesday night’s ceremony.

“We honestly didn’t know where to go, we didn't think we’d win it,” said Jade Thirlwall. “We were just sitting there chin-wagging. This is for all our exes.”

David Bowie, who died after a battle with cancer last year, won a posthumous award for Best British Solo Male Artist as well as collecting the top accolade of Best Album for Blackstar.

Bowie’s son Duncan Jones accepted the award, telling the crowd: “I lost my dad last year but I also became a dad.”

Speaking about his father, he said: “He’s always been there supporting people who are a little bit weird, a little bit strange, a little bit different. This award is for all the kooks, and the people who make the kooks."

Lazarus star Michael C Hall collected Bowie’s Solo Male Artist prize, joking: “If David Bowie could be here tonight, he wouldn’t be here tonight.”

Emeli Sandé beat Ellie Goulding, Lianna La Havas, Anohni and Nao to be crowned Best British Female Solo artist, taking her sister up on stage with her.

The 1975 were named Best British Band, seeing off competition from the likes of Radiohead and Bastille.

“At the moment a lot of people in pop music and the public in general are told to ‘stay in your lane’ but if you have a platform don’t do that, please don’t do that,” frontman Matt Healy said on stage.

“This is mental, we’ve been the same line up since we were 13-years-old, so this kind of thing doesn’t really happen.”

Liam Payne was the only member of One Direction on hand to pick up the Best Video Award, sharing a rather awkward encounter with Simon Cowell on stage.

After his brief speech, Cowell jumped in to tell him to thank video director Ben Winston.

Robbie Williams closed the show after picking up the Icon Award, while other performances included an Ed Sheeran and Stormzy duet and Chris Martin's tribute to the late George Michael.

Brit Awards 2017 - winners

British Female Solo Artist

Ellie Goulding

Lianna La Havas

Anohni

Nao

Emelie Sande - WINNER

Best British Group

Bastille

Biffy Clyro

Radiohead

The 1975 - WINNER

Little Mix

British Male Solo Artist

Craig David

Skepta

David Bowie - WINNER

Kano

Michael Kiwanuka

British Breakthrough Act

Anne-Marie

Skepta

Rag n Bone Man - WINNER

Blossoms

Stormzy

Best British Single

Zayn - Pillow Talk

Clean Bandit - Rockabye

Tinie Tempah ft Zara Larsson - Girls Like

Jonas Blue - Fast Car

James Arhtur - Say You Won’t Let go

Alan Walker - Faded

Coldplay - Hym for the Weekend

Callum Scott - Dancing on my Own

Little Mix - Shout Out to My Ex - W|INNER

Calvin Harris ft Rihanna - This is What you Came for

Global Success Award

Adele

International Male Solo Artist

Bon Iver

Bruno Mars

Drake - WINNER

Leonard Cohen

The Weeknd

International Female Solo Artist

Beyoncé - WINNER

Christine and the Queens

Rihanna

Sia

Solange

International Group

A Tribe Called Quest - WINNER

Drake & Future

Kings of Leon

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

Twenty One Pilots

British Artist Video of the Year

Adele - Send My Love To Your New Lover

Calvin Harris feat. Rihanna - This Is What You Came For

Clean Bandit feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie - Rockabye

Coldplay - Hymn For The Weekend

James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go

Jonas Blue feat. Dakota - Fast Car

Little Mix feat. Sean Paul - Hair

One Direction - History - WINNER

Tinie Tempah feat. Zara Larsson - Girls Like

Zayn - Pillowtalk

British Album of the Year

The 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep For You Are Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It

David Bowie - Blackstar WINNER

Kano - Made In The Manor

Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate

Skepta - Konnichiwa