In this final post (probably ever) about the British Rock & Pop Awards, I wanted to round out what we do know about the eight-year history of this ceremony. There weren’t too many awards each year, so this should be fairly brief.
Best Female Singer
- 1976: Kiki Dee
- 1978: Kate Bush
- 1979: Kate Bush
- 1980: Sheena Easton
- 1981: Toyah
- 1982: Alison Moyet
- 1983: unknown
Daily Mirror Readers’ Award for the Outstanding Pop Personality
- 1976: David Essex
- 1978: Ian Dury
- 1979: Paul McCartney
- 1980: Cliff Richard
- 1981: Adam Ant
- 1982: Boy George
- 1983: unknown
Best Group or Band
- 1976: Status Quo (Top Hard Rock Band), Wings (Top Pop Group), Wings (Top Rock Group)
- 1978: Bee Gees
- 1979: The Police
- 1980: The Police
- 1981: Adam and the Ants
- 1982: Duran Duran
- 1983: unknown
Best Male Singer
- 1976: David Essex (Best Male Singer), Paul McCartney (Best Male Group Singer)
- 1978: Leo Sayer
- 1979: Gary Numan
- 1980: David Bowie
- 1981: Shakin’ Stevens
- 1982: Simon Le Bon
- 1983: unknown
Best Album
- 1976: Bay City Rollers – Dedication
- 1978: Electric Light Orchestra – Out of the Blue
- 1979: The Police – Regatta de Blanc
- 1980: The Police – Zenyatta Mondatta
- 1981: The Human League – Dare
- 1982: Duran Duran – Rio
- 1983: unknown
Best Single
- 1976: Elton John & Kiki Dee – Don’t Go Breaking My Heart
- 1978: Gerry Rafferty – Baker Street
- 1979: Boomtown Rats – I Don’t Like Mondays
- 1980: The Jam – Going Underground
- 1981: Ultravox – Vienna
- 1982: Dexys Midnight Runners – Come On Eileen
- 1983: Culture Club – Karma Chameleon
Radio 1’s Disc Jockeys’ Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Pop Music
- 1976: unknown
- 1978: Nick Lowe
- 1979: Jerry Dammers
- 1980: John Lennon
- 1981: unknown
- 1982: unknown
- 1983: unknown
Nationwide Golden Award for the Artist or Group with the Most All-Round Family Appeal
- 1976: unknown
- 1978: Barron Knights
- 1979: unknown
- 1980: The Nolans
- 1981: unknown
- 1982: unknown
- 1983: unknown
Best Newcomer
- 1976: John Miles (Best New Singer), Real Thing (Best New Group)
- 1978: unknown
- 1979: unknown
- 1980: unknown
- 1981: unknown
- 1982: unknown
- 1983: unknown
Best Instrumentalist
- 1976: Eric Faulkner
Best Disc Jockey
- 1976: Noel Edmonds
Unknown Awards
- 1977: The Stranglers
You can see full details (or as much as my research was able to reveal) for all events below: 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983.