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Olivia Dean wins big at 2026 BRIT Awards

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Published by Cover Media

01 Mar 2026

Olivia Dean was the big winner at the 2026 BRIT Awards on Saturday night.

The Man I Need hitmaker scooped four prizes including Artist of the Year, Album of the Year for The Art of Loving, Best Pop Act and Song of the Year for Rein Me In, her collaboration with Sam Fender.

Fender was a double winner, also picking up Best Alternative/Rock Act, while the rest of the winners received one award each.

Rosé and Bruno Mars took home the International Song of the Year prize for APT., Spanish singer Rosalía was named International Artist of the Year, Lola Young was crowned Breakthrough Artist, and Wolf Alice and Geese won the group awards.

Meanwhile, Noel Gallagher was honoured with the Songwriter of the Year award, Mark Ronson received the Outstanding Contribution to Music prize, and Ozzy Osbourne was posthumously honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Harry Styles opened the show with a high-energy, dance-filled performance of his new single Aperture, marking his live music comeback after more than two years. In other performance highlights, Björk made a surprise appearance alongside Rosalía for the live debut of their collaboration Berghain, and Alex Warren sang Ordinary, accompanied by James Blunt on the piano.

Elsewhere, Robbie Williams fronted a tribute performance to the late Ozzy Osbourne alongside Robert Trujillo, Adam Wakeman, Tommy Clufetos and Zakk Wylde, and Mark Ronson performed a medley of his hits with surprise guests Dua Lipa and Ghostface Killah.

Other performers included EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami - the singing voices of Huntr/x from KPop Demon Hunters - as well as Dean, Raye, Wolf Alice, and Sombr.

The 2026 BRIT Awards were hosted by Jack Whitehall from Co-op Live arena in Manchester, marking the first time the ceremony was held outside of London.

Here is the full list of winners:

Album of the Year: Olivia Dean, The Art of Loving

Song of the Year: Sam Fender and Olivia Dean, Rein Me In

International Song of the Year: Rosé and Bruno Mars, APT.

Artist of the Year: Olivia Dean

International Artist of the Year: Rosalía

Group of the Year: Wolf Alice

International Group of the Year: Geese

Breakthrough Artist: Lola Young

Best Pop Act: Olivia Dean

Best R&B Act: Sault

Best Alternative/Rock Act: Sam Fender