Worst BRIT AWARDS Year?

Host: Michael Aspel
Venue: Wembley Conference Centre

n.b. these awards were to mark the Queen's Silver Jubilee and were for the previous 25 years of her reign.

Best British non-musical record: Richard Burton and cast Under Milk Wood
Best British producer: George Martin
Best classical soloist album: Jacqueline du Pré - Edward Elgar Cello Concerto
Best international album: Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
Best orchestral album: Benjamin Britten - War Requiem
British album: The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
British breakthrough act: Julie Covington
British female solo artist: Shirley Bassey
British group: The Beatles
British male solo artist: Cliff Richard
British single: Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody" & Procol Harum - "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (Joint Winners)
Outstanding Contribution: L.G. Wood and The Beatles (Joint Winners)

haha @ 1992
"British group: The KLF and Simply Red (Joint Winners)"
i missed this duet?

1999:

Best British Album: Manic Street Preachers - This Is My Truth, Tell Me Yours
Best British Single: Robbie Williams - Angels
Best British Video: Robbie Williams - Millennium
Best Soundtrack: Titanic
Best British Male: Robbie Williams
Best British Female: Des'ree
Best British Group: Manic Street Preachers
Best British Breakthrough Act: Belle & Sebastian (<- Pete Waterman protested because he thought Steps were going to win)
Best British Dance Act: Fatboy Slim
Best International Male: Beck
Best International Female: Natalie Imbruglia
Best International Breakthrough Act: Natalie Imbruglia
Best International Group: The Corrs

Outstanding Contribution To Music: Eurythmics

1996 was probably one of the more memorable Brit Awards, for various reasons. I have a feeling a lot of cocaine was done that year.

the 80s ones are still far worse than the 90s ones

haha how did Natalie Imbruglia win a breakthrough act award two years after her hit single

did you guys actually pay attention to her after "Torn"?

Nirvana won best breakthrough act in 93.

it's how the brit awards roll

tbf they are held in february

no excuse for 2 years out of date though. Except its the brit awards.

dan did you ever hear about the car crash that was the 1989 awards?

haha no but the wiki blurb makes it sound amazing

Was 1989 the Mick Fleetwood/Samantha Fox one?

never has there been such an incompetent live show broadcast on UK TV as that

oh yes.

Yeah, I've always cringed whenever I've seen footage of that!

i saw it live on tv. Yet it was entertaining in the way its never been since

look at the 80s ones alone. Words fail me

1989
Main article: 1989 BRIT Awards

Hosts: Mick Fleetwood & Samantha Fox
Venue: Royal Albert Hall

Best classical recording: George Frideric Handel's - Messiah
Best Music Video: Michael Jackson - "Smooth Criminal"
Best soundtrack: Buster
British album: Fairground Attraction - The First of a Million Kisses
British breakthrough act: Bros
British female solo artist: Annie Lennox
British group: Erasure
British male solo artist: Phil Collins
British single: Fairground Attraction - "Perfect"
International breakthrough act: Tracy Chapman
International female: Tracy Chapman
International group: U2
International male: Michael Jackson
Outstanding contribution: Cliff Richard

1988
Main article: 1988 BRIT Awards

Host: Noel Edmonds
Venue: Royal Albert Hall

Best British producer: Stock Aitken Waterman
Best classical recording: Ralph Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 5
Best international solo artist: Michael Jackson
Best Music Video: New Order - "True Faith"
Best soundtrack: The Phantom of the Opera
British album: Sting - ...Nothing Like the Sun
British breakthrough act: Wet Wet Wet
British female solo artist: Alison Moyet
British group: Pet Shop Boys
British male solo artist: George Michael
British single: Rick Astley - "Never Gonna Give You Up"
International breakthrough act: Terence Trent D'Arby
International group: U2
Outstanding contribution: The Who

1987
Main article: 1987 BRIT Awards

Host: Jonathan King
Venue: Grosvenor Hotel

Best British producer: Dave Stewart
Best classical recording: Julian Lloyd Webber/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Edward Elgar Cello Concerto
Best international solo artist – Paul Simon
Best soundtrack: Top Gun
British album: Dire Straits Brothers in Arms
British breakthrough act: The Housemartins
British female solo artist: Kate Bush
British group: Five Star
British male solo artist: Peter Gabriel
British single: Pet Shop Boys - "West End Girls"
British Video: Peter Gabriel - "Sledgehammer"
International group: The Bangles
Outstanding contribution: Eric Clapton

1986
Main article: 1986 BRIT Awards

Venue: Grosvenor Hotel

Best British producer: Dave Stewart
Best international solo artist: Bruce Springsteen
British female solo artist: Annie Lennox
British group: Dire Straits
British male solo artist: Phil Collins
British Single: Tears for Fears - "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
British Video: Paul Young - "Everytime You Go Away"
Best British Newcomer: Go West
International group: Huey Lewis and the News
Outstanding contribution: Wham! and Elton John (Joint Winners)

1985
Main article: 1985 BRIT Awards

Host: Noel Edmonds
Venue: Grosvenor Hotel

Best British comedy recording: Neil (also known as Nigel Planer) - "Hole in My Shoe"
Best British producer: Trevor Horn
Best classical recording: Antonio Vivaldi's - The Four Seasons
Best international artist: Prince and the Revolution
Best soundtrack: Purple Rain
British album: Sade - Diamond Life
British female solo artist: Alison Moyet
British group: Wham!
British male solo artist: Paul Young
British single: Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax
British newcomer: Frankie Goes to Hollywood
British Video: Duran Duran - "The Wild Boys"
Outstanding contribution: The Police
Special Award: Bob Geldof and Midge Ure

1984
Main article: 1984 BRIT Awards

Venue: Grosvenor Hotel

Best British producer: Steve Levine
Best classical recording: Kiri Te Kanawa - Songs of the Auvergne
Best international artist: Michael Jackson
British breakthrough act: Paul Young
British female solo artist: Annie Lennox
British group: Culture Club
British male solo artist: David Bowie
Best Selling Single: Culture Club - "Karma Chameleon"
Outstanding contribution: George Martin
The Sony award for technical excellence: Spandau Ballet

1983
Main article: 1983 BRIT Awards

Host: Tim Rice
Venue: Grosvenor Hotel

Best British Male Solo Artist: Paul McCartney
Best British Female Solo Artist: Kim Wilde
Best British Group: Dire Straits
Best British Newcomer: Yazoo
Best British Single: Come On Eileen – Dexys Midnight Runners
Best Selling Album: Love Songs – Barbra Streisand
Best British Producer: Trevor Horn
Best British Classical: Portrait Of John Williams – John Williams
International Artist: Kid Creole
Special Award: Chris Wright
Sony Trophy: Paul McCartney
Lifetime Achievement: Pete Townshend
Outstanding Contribution: The Beatles

1982
Main article: 1982 BRIT Awards

Host: David Jacobs
Venue: Grosvenor Hotel

Best British producer: Martin Rushent
Best classical recording: Gustav Mahler's - Symphony No. 10
Best selling album: Adam and the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier
British breakthrough act: The Human League
British female solo artist: Toyah
British group: The Police
British male solo artist: Cliff Richard
Outstanding contribution: John Lennon

best comedy record ffs???

Christ, look at 1986!

yeah I voted 86!

That was the year I went off pop music big style.

fucking live aid

Also LOL at Spandau Ballet winning the "Sony award for technical excellence" in 1984.

yeah, 86 was truly a bad year to be 18 in.
as i said to AG elsewhere, thank f*ck acid house was just around the corner ...

I feel like I'm being led somewhat, but '86 really doesn't have anything to save it. '89 is pretty terrible, too, but not quite as bad. Gonna have to browse through the more recent ones, surely there's got to be something to equal that nadir.

its hard to imagine

Lol, 2007 - International breakthrough act: Orson.

Dave Stewart has never been best producer, any year!

2012 was pretty lame mind you

Has there been a Good one?

that's true

94 is pretty bad

infact they all are.

But the burning question is: which one is the WORST!?

im sticking with 86 just because. I do hope every year gets a vote though

the best british rock act award only lasted 3 years. Look who won it

The best one is probably the 1992 one with the KLF & Extreme Noise Terror

awards winners wise though?

Not going to look tbh

oh but you should.

I bet the grammy awards arent as bad as these

I dunno, like, Jethro Tull winning a heavy metal grammy takes the cake!

Lol, really? I like the Tull, but... heavy metal?

Don't the grammies have awards for literally every conceivable genre/instrument/type of humanity, too? So, like, you could win for "Best Male Baby Grindcore Kazoo Solo" or something?

yeh they won the first ever heavy metal grammy

....in 1989

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Hard_Rock/Metal_Performance_Vocal_or_Instrumental

It is not known if Chuck Eddy had a vote that year.

There was a bit of a controversy over it, because most people thought Metallica were going to win it. In fact, Metallica's record company were so sure they were going to win it, they printed up "Grammy Winner" stickers for ...And Justice For All. Then Jethro Tull won.

And then Jethro Tull's record company responded with this...

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hah

all of the 89 show used to be on You Tube in full but here's 2 choice moments

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szbhlJYheXA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQILf5QntPE

the booing that Sir Cliff refers to came from the gaggle of kids that were packed in front of the stage. they don't do that anymore and instead pipe in screaming audience crowd noise to add some kind of atmosphere, which fools no-one every time it cuts to the actual crowd of bored looking journos and producers and label hacks and whatnot.

whatever happened to macy gray?

christ who would have one of these on their mantelpiece?
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She did what she wanted, in short. (xpost)

xpost me, for a kickoff!

i would hope A&A would forbid you on grounds of good taste.

ah, they'd laugh, but they'd be sorting out their 'pka' for themselves...

their what?

"Professionally known as" i.e. "changing their surnames"

Who do they think will win this year?

Also what year did you vote as worst?

The atmosphere/mood of the '89 one is so odd.

Voted 2011 because Plan B's performance that year was one of the most pitiful things I'd ever seen.

not seen it. Got a link? was the whole show as bad though? 89 is clearly the worst yet was entertaining. Something the others have never been.

Alice is into Jake Bugg thesedays, so she'll be dead chuffed if he gets one/some. Which he probably will.

Amber is part of the ginger unification, but I don't think Ed Sheeran is getting owt.

Did I vote worst? Whichever year they discovered Eurythmics should be getting loads of awards, that one.

Not a fan then?

what, of the Euryths? No.

Dave Stewart got best producer in 86. Annie Lennox got best female solo artist that year too

He got it again in 87

Actually he got a bunch of best producer awards and annie lennox got tons of best solo awards but cant see any Eurythmics awards until 1999 Outstanding contribution: Eurythmics. So they never realy won anything.

They 'weren't a group' or that the "best group" had some actual good groups in, or something..

They got passed over for "solo" awards because they weren't solo.

To be fair, they were the sort-of act that the rec execs would listen to at home for their own pleasure, so hey.

dire straits and sade had record execs home listening awards covered i suppose

ah.. "i saw the great minds of my generation destroyed by Brothers in Arms Dire Straits"....

not seen it. Got a link? was the whole show as bad though?

It was definitely the nadir but the whole thing was so mediocre - nothing as funny as e.g. Boy George as the Four Tops.

Here's the Plan B clip: http://youtu.be/M75NOWpxsVE

Too awesome: We were watching it w/inlaws, grandad was like "whoa!! some people are invading the stage with guns!! Looka!!""

(Was there a "Best" poll? Did it get won by the KLF/Extreme Noise Terror one, too easy?)

oof look at the winners in 2001

haha i forgot the brief British dance act. 2003 winners (voted by ILM?) Sugababes

A list of [i]Best British Breakthrough Acts[i/]

1977 - Julie Covington
1982 - The Human League
1983 - Yazoo
1984 - Paul Young
1985 - Frankie Goes to Hollywood (wasnt relax out in 82 or 83?)
1986 - Go West
1987 - The Housemartins
1988 - Wet Wet Wet
1989 - Bros
1990 - Lisa Stansfield
1991 - Betty Boo
1992 - Beverley Craven
1993 - Tasmin Archer
1994 - Gabrielle
1995 - Oasis
1996 - Supergrass
1997 - Kula Shaker
1998 - Stereophonics
1999 - Belle & Sebastian
2000 - S Club 7
2001 - a1
2002 - Blue
2003 - Will Young
2004 - Busted
2005 - Keane
2006 - Arctic Monkeys
2007 - The Fratellis
2008 - Mika
2009 - Duffy
2010 - JLS
2011 - Tinie Tempah
2012 - Ed Sheeran

A fine track record of predicting long lasting superstars of British music there rofl.

Better than most "picks" of that kind, to be fair..

Wrongs:
1977, 1986, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2001 (who?), 2007, 2008, 2009 (who'd have guessed?)

A fair few of those had almost no further hits after their award, let's say.

I don't even know who Julie Covington is but I assumed the 1977 awards was more a classical thing as it was for the queens silver jubilee

A1 were a boyband iirc

after B&S beat steps they made sure boybands won didn't they? the labels werent caught out on public votes after that
2000 - S Club 7
2001 - a1
2002 - Blue
2003 - Will Young
2004 - Busted

She was the 'lead' in Rock Follies, had a hit with "Don't cry for me Arg", in 1978 did Alice Cooper's "Only Women Bleed" which made the charts. But she was mainly a stage actress/singer, so sacked the 'pop career'..

A1 were a boyband iirc

That much I recall.

ahhh ok. See I know the Elaine Paige version better (mum had loads of her lps)

xp

whatever happened to macy gray?

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During his three-year tenure, Joseph has overseen some of the biggest changes in Brits' history: the venue changed to the O2, artists were included in the voting academy, a greater emphasis was given to album of the year, and the Brits statue was designed by well-known artists, this year featuring Damien Hirst's trademark spots.

"It think we've achieved everything we set out to do, we started off saying it was a bit chaotic and we wanted to make it more about music than about a TV show," he said. "I think we did manage to make it more like the Grammys, with more gravitas."

[/b]He denied suggestions the awards were too safe. "If people are looking for explosive controversy, we still don't know what's going to happen on the night. I'm not encouraging stage invasions, but they are magical moments that happen; no one has control over that.
"The lineup goes from pop to discovery to indie. It's not dull; it's a brilliant showcase for music."[/b]

The Brits remain important as a showcase for a certain moment in music, he said. "Shop windows and curation are massively needed when there is so much media fragmentation. Plus fans, viewers and, most importantly, artists love awards."

He denied suggestions the awards were too safe. "If people are looking for explosive controversy, we still don't know what's going to happen on the night. I'm not encouraging stage invasions, but they are magical moments that happen; no one has control over that.
"The lineup goes from pop to discovery to indie. It's not dull; it's a brilliant showcase for music."

ILM saves the Brit Awards blushes by going down during the ceremony.

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BRIT AWARDS:

Emeli Sande named best British female solo artist

would anyone have voted for this years? :)

This was astoundingly bad, Adele's Corden diss and Tay Swiff's costume change notwithstanding

Didn't watch it. What did Adele do?

And is it true they created an award just for One Direction?

Appeared on tape from LA and said she didn't want to talk too much in case they had to interrupt the best album speech at the end of the night. I guess it was more of a Corden diss in my mind.

But essentially, it was a parade of assholes

so mumford and sons performed then?

yes.

89 is gonna be the only one with multiple votes innit?

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

no, but yes.