Ed Sheeran Taylor Swift and More Win at the Brit Awards
The U.K.'s Brit Awards nominees were full of big contenders for British and international artists alike and with performances by the likes of Taylor Swift and Sam Smith, the night promised to be full of great moments. Madonna took a tumble and Kanye West performed a new song, and there were still awards to be handed out. Sheeran snatched up two of the biggest awards of the night, MasterCard British Album and Best Male Solo Artist, and the Brits honored singer-songwriter Paloma Faith with Best Female Solo Artist. Royal Blood took home British Group. For the full list of winners, see below. MasterCard British Album, Alt-J  This Is All Yours' WINNER Ed Sheeran  X' George Ezra  Wanted On Voyage' Royal Blood  Royal Blood' Sam Smith  In The Lonely Hour', British Female Solo Artist, Ella Henderson FKA Twigs Jessie Ware Lily Allen WINNER Paloma Faith, Bristish Male Solo Artist, Damon Albarn WINNER Ed Sheeran George Ezra Paolo Nutini Sam Smith, British Group, Alt-J Clean Bandit Coldplay One Direction WINNER Royal Blood, British Artist Video of the Year, Calvin Harris  Summer Charlie XCX  Boom Clap Duke Dumont ft Jax Jones  I Got U Ed Sheeran  Thinking Out Loud Mark Ronson ft Bruno Mars  Uptown Funk WINNER One Direction  You  I Rita Ora  I Will Never Let You Down Route 94 ft Jess Glynne  My Love Sam Smith  Stay With Me Sigma  Nobody To Love, British Breakthrough Artist, Chvrches FKA Twigs George Ezra Royal Blood WINNER Sam Smith, International Female Solo Artist , Beyonce WINNER Taylor Swift Lana Del Rey Sia St. Vincent, International Group, The War On Drugs 5 Seconds Of Summer The Black Keys First Aid Kit WINNER Foo Fighters, Critics' Choice Award, WINNER James Bay George The Poet Years  Years, British Producer, Alison Goldfrapp  Will Gregory Flood Jake Gosling WINNER Paul Epworth, British Single, Calvin Harris  Summer' Clean Bandit Ft Jess Glynne  Rather Be' Duke Dumont Ft Jax Jones  I Got U' Ed Sheeran  Thinking Out Loud' Ella Henderson  Ghost' George Ezra  Budapest' WINNER Mark Ronson Ft Bruno Mars  Uptown Funk' Route 94 Ft Jess Glynne  My Love' Sam Smith  Stay With Me' Sigma  Nobody To Love', International Male Solo Artist, Beck Hozier Jack White John Legend WINNER Pharrell Williams, This article originally appeared on EW.com