Charli XCX Dominates BRIT Awards 2025
Yara Sameh
Charli XCX gave the BRIT Awards, the U.K.'s leading music awards ceremony, a Brat makeover on Saturday night by scooping the biggest prizes of the night, including the album of the year prize.
The singer-songwriter-producer won four awards at the ceremony: Song of the Year, Dance Act, Artist of the Year, and Album of the Year. She also collected the Honorary Songwriter of the Year prize, while Brat's executive producer A.G. Cook won Producer of the Year.
Speaking when she collected the album of the year prize, Charli said: 'I used to tell myself things like this weren't important and that was easy for me to do because until last year I wasn't nominated for anything. I always felt like an outsider in the British music industry, so it feels nice to be recognized on this album when I actually haven't made any sacrifices.'
Brat was one of 2024's defining records, landing at No. 1 on the U.K.'s Official Album Charts and at No. 3 on the Billboard 200. It was named the Billboard staff's album of the year.
The awards took place at The O2 Arena in London and were hosted by comedian Jack Whitehall for a fifth time.
Elsewhere it was a big night for Chappell Roan, who triumphed in the international artist and international song categories, beating off competition from Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, and Beyoncé.
Sabrina Carpenter opened the show with a two-song medley of 'Espresso' and 'Bed Chem' and collected the honorary global success award.
Sam Fender had a big night, winning rock/alternative act and performing the title song from People Watching. On Friday, the North Shields-born musician's third album went to No. 1 and clocked the biggest opening week for a British act in three years, topping over 100,000 units.
Ezra Collective collected group of the year and shouted out youth clubs and the musical opportunities they offer, while Myles Smith challenged the U.K. government to do more for grassroots venues in his speech while collecting BRITs Rising Star.
Baroque-pop group The Last Dinner Party performed 'Nothing Matters' and picked up best new artist. Like Smith, they used their speech to champion the small venues in the U.K.
RAYE won best R&B act, and Stormzy shouted out his fellow nominee Central Cee when he triumphed in the best hip-hop/grime/rap.
Performances came from Carpenter, Teddy Swims, Ezra Collective, Fender, The Last Dinner Party, JADE, and Lola Young.
In December, the BRITs announced Luton-born singer-songwriter Myles Smith as the recipient of the 2025 BRIT Rising Star award — a new music prize that is handed out to the British act that the voting academy believes will make the biggest impact on music in the coming year. He performed his breakout song 'Stargazing' on the night.
It was not Dua Lipa's night: She went 0-4. The Cure and Central Cee were also shut out, despite three nominations.
The nominees and winners were chosen by the BRIT Awards Voting Academy, its membership made up of musicians and industry figures; the public decided the winners of the genre categories, with voting taking place via a WhatsApp campaign.
Here's the complete list of 2025 BRIT Awards winners.
Mastercard album of the year
Charli XCX – Brat, Atlantic/Warner Music (WINNER)
Ezra Collective – Dance, No One's Watching, Partisan Records
Dua Lipa – Radical Optimism, Warner/Warner Music
The Cure – Songs of a Lost World, Polydor/Universal Music
The Last Dinner Party – Prelude to Ecstasy, Island/Universal Music
Artist of the Year
Beabadoobee, Dirty Hit
Central Cee, Columbia/Sony Music
Charli XCX, Atlantic/Warner Music (WINNER)
Dua Lipa, Warner/Warner Music
Fred Again.., Atlantic/Warner Music
Jamie xx, Young/XL Beggars
Michael Kiwanuka, Polydor/Universal Music
Nia Archives, Island/Universal Music
Rachel Chinouriri, Parlophone/Universal Music
Sam Fender, Polydor/Universal Music
Group of the year
Bring Me the Horizon, RCA/Sony Music
Coldplay, Parlophone/Warner Music
Ezra Collective, Partisan Records (WINNER)
The Cure, Polydor/Universal Music
The Last Dinner Party, Island/Universal Music
Best new artist
English Teacher, Island/Universal Music
Ezra Collective, Partisan Records
Myles Smith, RCA/Sony Music
Rachel Chinouriri, Parlophone/Universal Music
The Last Dinner Party, Island/Universal Music(WINNER)
Song of the Year
'I Like the Way You Kiss Me,' Artemas, Parlophone/Warner Music
'Kisses,' BI3SS x CamrinWatsin (ft. Bbyclose), Atlantic/Warner Music
'BAND4BAND,' Central Cee (ft. Lil Baby), Columbia/Capitol/Motown/Sony Music
'Guess,' Charli XCX (ft. Billie Eilish), Atlantic/Interscope/Warner Music (WINNER)
'Backbone,' Chase & Status (ft. Stormzy), 0207 Records/EMI/Merky/Universal Music
'Feelslikeimfallinginlove,' Coldplay, Parlophone/Warner Music
'Training Season,' Dua Lipa, Warner/Warner Music
'Alibi,' Ella Henderson (ft. Rudimental), Atlantic/Warner Music
'Angel of My Dreams,' Jade, RCA/Sony Music
'Kehlani,' Jordan Adetunji, Warner/Warner Music
'Thick of It,' KSI (ft. Trippie Redd), Atlantic/Warner Music
'Stargazing,' Myles Smith, RCA/Sony Music
'You're Christmas to Me,' Sam Ryder, East West/Rhino/Warner Music
'Somedays,' Sonny Fedora/Jazzy/D.O.D, Solotoko/Ada Warner Music
'Now and Then,' The Beatles, Apple/UMR
BRITs Rising Star
Myles Smith, RCA/Sony Music (WINNER)
Elmiene, Polydor/Universal Music
Good Neighbours, Polydor/Universal Music
International artist of the year
Adrianne Lenker, 4AD/XL Beggars
Asake, YBNL Nation
Benson Boone, Warner/Warner Music
Beyoncé, Columbia/Parkwood Entertainment/Sony
Billie Eilish, Interscope/Universal Music
Chappell Roan, Island/Universal Music (WINNER)
Kendrick Lamar, Interscope/Universal Music
Sabrina Carpenter, Island/Universal Music
Taylor Swift, EMI/Universal Music
Tyler, the Creator, Columbia/Sony Music
International group of the year
Amyl and The Sniffers, Rough Trade Records/XL Beggars
Confidence Man, Chaos/Universal Music
Fontaines D.C., XL Recordings/XL Beggars (WINNER)
Future & Metro Boomin, RCA/Sony Music
Linkin Park, Warner/Warner Music
International song of the year
'Beautiful Things,' Benson Boone, Warner/Warner Music
'Texas Hold Em,' Beyoncé, Columbia/Parkwood Entertainment/Sony
'Birds of a Feather,' Billie Eilish, Interscope/Universal Music
'Good Luck, Babe!,' Chappell Roan, Island/Universal Music (WINNER)
'End of Beginning,' Djo, AWAL/Djo/The Orchard
'Houdini,' Eminem, Interscope/Universal Music
'Too Sweet,' Hozier, Island/Universal Music
'Lovin On Me,' Jack Harlow, Atlantic/Warner Music
'Stick Season,' Noah Kahan, Republic Records/Universal Music
'I Had Some Help,' Post Malone (ft. Morgan Wallen), Republic Records/Universal Music
'Espresso,' Sabrina Carpenter, Island/Universal Music
'A Bar Song (Tipsy),' Shaboozey, American Dogwood/Empire
'Fortnight,' Taylor Swift (ft. Post Malone), EMI/Universal Music
'Lose Control,' Teddy Swims, Atlantic/Warner Music
'Million Dollar Baby,' Tommy Richman, ISO Supremacy/Pulse/Stem Disintermedia
Alternative/rock act
Beabadoobee, Dirty Hit
Ezra Collective, Partisan Records
Sam Fender, Polydor/Universal Music (WINNER)
The Cure, Polydor/Universal Music
The Last Dinner Party, Island/Universal Music
Hip-hop/grime/rap act
Central Cee, Columbia/Sony Music
Dave, Def Jam/Universal Music
Ghetts, Warner/Warner Music
Little Simz, AWAL/Sony Music
Stormzy, 0207 Records/EMI/Merky/Universal Music (WINNER)
Dance act
Becky Hill, Polydor/Universal Music
Charli XCX, Atlantic/Warner Music (WINNER)
Chase & Status, 0207 Records/Universal Music
Fred Again.., Atlantic/Warner Music
Nia Archives, Island/Universal Music
Pop act
Charli XCX, Atlantic/Warner Music
Dua Lipa, Warner/Warner Music
Jade, RCA/Sony Music (WINNER)
Lola Young, Island/Universal Music
Myles Smith, RCA/Sony Music
R&B act
Cleo Sol, AWAL/Sony Music
Flo, Island/Universal Music
Jorja Smith, FAMM/The Orchard/Sony
Michael Kiwanuka, Polydor/Universal Music
Raye, Human Resources/The Orchard/Sony (WINNER)
Songwriter of the Year
Charli XCX (WINNER)
Producer of the Year
A.G. Cook (WINNER)
Global Success Award
Sabrina Carpenter (WINNER)
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