Some very old oldies clogged up the chart in April – here are the singles from midway through the month:
The 2020 BRIT Awards snuck in just before that pandemic thing, and so it was only a fifteen month wait between awards. Famed as the first indoor music event in the UK in over a year, Jack Whitehall presented the ceremony at the O2 Arena in London on 11 May.
Nominees:
Winner: J Hus
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Winner: Dua Lipa
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Winner: Little Mix
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Winner: Harry Styles
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Winner: Arlo Parks
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Winner: Billie Eilish
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Winner: The Weeknd
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Winner: Haim
Winner: Taylor Swift
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Winner: Dua Lipa
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Winner: Griff
Performances included Coldplay, Olivia Rodrigo, Elton John with Years & Years (performing It’s a Sin, which was apparently also supposed to include Pet Shop Boys but they turned out to be unable to join for rights reasons), Pink, and many others.
There was also some rumbling controversy this year due to Sam Smith identifying as non-binary, and so not fitting any of the common “male”, “female”, or “group” categories. It will be interesting to see how this comes to be addressed in future years, as the categories are as old as the ceremony itself.
You can see the official list of winners here.
Music for stowaways 