Brit Awards 2009

Brit Awards 2009
Date	18 February 2009
Venue	Earls Court
Hosted by	James Corden,Mathew HorneandKylie Minogue
Most awards	Duffy(3)
Most nominations	ColdplayandDuffy(4)
Television/radio coverage
Network	ITV

Brit Awards 2009was the 29th edition of theBritish Phonographic Industry's annualBrit Awards.The awards ceremony was held atEarls Courtin London, and was broadcast live onITVon 18 February at 8pm (GMT).Duffybecame the first female artist to ever win three awards in the same year, and onlyBlur,in 1995, have ever won more awards at a single ceremony.The show was advertised as live by ITV but the broadcast included several audio deletions which means the show was shown on atime delay system.The 2009 Brit Awards ceremony was watched by 5.49 million people and was the 32nd most watched programme on TV on the week ending 22 February.

Hosts

Kylie Minogue,Mathew HorneandJames Cordenhosted the 2009 edition of the Brit Awards, withFearne Cottonpresenting backstage. Fearne also hosted the launch party forITV2in January.

Johnny Vegasintroduced and closed the event, as well as reading out the nominees in a pre-recorded voiceover.Emma Bprovided the live voiceovers as the artists came to the stage.

Rufus Hound,Sara Cox,Melanie BlattandNicole Appletonpresented the Red Carpet and Encore events on ITV2.

Alesha Dixonpresented a backstage programme, screened on ITV two days after the ceremony.

Performances

Performer(s)	Song	UK Singles Chart reaction (week ending 28 February 2009)	UK Albums Chart reaction (week ending 28 February 2009)
U2	"Get on Your Boots"	12 (debut)	U218 Singles– 48 (+6)
Girls Aloud	"The Promise"	39 (+19)	Out of Control– 37 (+5)
Coldplay	"Viva la Vida"	27 (+18)	Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends– 15 (+16)
Duffy	"Warwick Avenue"	71 (re-entry)	Rockferry– 4 (+15)
Take That	"Greatest Day"	52 (+10)	The Circus– 16 (+1) Beautiful World– 52 (+4) Never Forget - The Ultimate Collection– 61 (-4)
Kings of Leon	"Use Somebody"	3 (+9)	Only by the Night– 1 (+1) Because of the Times– 36 (+15) Aha Shake Heartbreak– 55 (+24)
The Ting Tings Estelle	"Shut Up and Let Me Go" "American Boy" "That's Not My Name"	86 (re-entry) 82 (+17) 58 (+33)	We Started Nothing– 8 (+25)
Pet Shop Boys Lady Gaga Brandon Flowers	"Suburbia" "Love etc." "Left to My Own Devices" "Always on My Mind" "Go West" "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" "Domino Dancing" "I'm With Stupid" "Being Boring" "It's a Sin" "All Over the World" "West End Girls"	N/A	PopArt: The Hits– 19 (re-entry)

Winners and nominees

British Album of the Year (presented byTom Jones)	British Producer of the Year
Duffy–Rockferry Coldplay–Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends Elbow–The Seldom Seen Kid Radiohead–In Rainbows The Ting Tings–We Started Nothing	Bernard Butler Brian Eno Steve Mac
British Single of the Year (presented byAlan Carr)	British Live Act (presented byNick Frost)
Girls Aloud– "The Promise" Coldplay– "Viva La Vida" Duffy– "Mercy" Leona Lewis– "Better in Time" Scouting for Girls– "Heartbeat" Alexandra Burke– "Hallelujah"eliminated on 13 February Dizzee Rascal(featuringCalvin HarrisandChrome) – "Dance wiv Me"eliminated on 12 February Adele– "Chasing Pavements"eliminated on 11 February The X FactorFinalists 2008– "Hero"eliminated on 10 February Estelle(featuringKanye West) – "American Boy"eliminated on 9 February	Iron Maiden Coldplay Elbow Scouting for Girls The Verve
British Male Solo Artist (presented byJamie Oliver,Jamie CullumandAdele)	British Female Solo Artist (presented bySimon Pegg)
Paul Weller Ian Brown James Morrison The Streets Will Young	Duffy Adele Beth Rowley Estelle M.I.A.
British Group (presented byDavid Hasselhoff)	British Breakthrough Act (presented byAlex James)
Elbow Coldplay Girls Aloud Radiohead Take That	Duffy Adele The Last Shadow Puppets Scouting for Girls The Ting Tings
International Male Solo Artist (presented byGok Wan)	International Female Solo Artist (presented byLionel Richie)
Kanye West Beck Jay-Z Neil Diamond Seasick Steve	Katy Perry Beyoncé Gabriella Cilmi Pink Santogold
International Group (presented byNatalie Imbruglia)	International Album (presented byJoe Calzaghe)
Kings of Leon AC/DC Fleet Foxes The Killers MGMT	Kings of Leon–Only by the Night AC/DC–Black Ice Fleet Foxes–Fleet Foxes The Killers–Day & Age MGMT–Oracular Spectacular
Critics' Choice Award (presented byKylie Minogue)	Outstanding Contribution to Music (presented byBrandon Flowers)
Florence and the Machine Little Boots White Lies	Pet Shop Boys

Multiple nominations and awards

Three-time winnerDuffyas most nominations and awards

Artists that received multiple nominations

Nominations	Artist
4 (2)	Coldplay
	Duffy
3 (3)	Adele
	Elbow
	Scouting for Girls
2 (10)	AC/DC
	Estelle
	Fleet Foxes
	Girls Aloud
	Kanye West
	The Killers
	Kings of Leon
	MGMT
	Radiohead
	The Ting Tings

Artists that received multiple awards

Awards	Artist
3	Duffy
2	Kings of Leon

Memorable moments

Girls Aloud

British reality band,Girls Aloud,marked their first ever performance at the 2009 ceremony, by performing their single, "The Promise".The performance saw the band members, includingCherylandNicola Robertsappear as though they were naked, with their modesty being covered by pink feathers. This performance was nominated in the 2010 ceremony for the "BRITs Hits 30 – Best Live Performance at the BRIT Awards", alongsideOasisandThe Who,which theSpice Girlseventually went on to win. "The Promise" won best British single, their first ever BRIT award.

Mick Kluczynski

Ten days before the 2009 Brits, Mick Kluczynski, the production manager for the Brits since 1995 who assisted with the transition from the Fleetwood/Fox debacle to the scale of the current ceremony, died. Despite this setback the team he put in place ensured that everything went as planned, and the show was dedicated to his memory.

External links

• Brit Awards 2009 at Brits.co.uk