The best British pop musician is named

On Wednesday, February 25, Brit Awards in the field of pop music was awarded in London. In the nominations “Best British Artist” and “Best British Album”, the 24-year-old performer of ED Shiran won.

The prize in the nomination "Best British Album" was brought to him by the disc "X" , which became No. 1 in the charts of the USA, Australia, Great Britain, Germany, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, Norway.

This year the best British artist was also claimed by Damon Albarn, George Ezra, Paolo Nutini and Sam Smith, who recently won four Grammy. As a result, the 22-year-old musician received the Brit Awards in the British Breakthrough of the Year nomination.

Palom Faith was recognized as the best British performer. At the ceremony, she said that she went to this award for 14 years, BBC reports. The best British group was Royal Blood Rock Duet.

In the nominations for foreign performers, Americans dominated: the “Best Foreign Group” category won Foo Fighters , Taylor Svift was awarded the prize of the best foreign performer, Farrell Williams was recognized as the best foreign performer.

A full list of nominees and winners of 2015 Brit Awards is given on the Prize website .

The British equivalent of Grammy, the Brit Awards Award was founded by the British Association of Phonogram manufacturers in 1977 (then the three prizes were awarded The Beatles ), since 1982 it has been awarded annually. Last year, two prizes received Arctic Monkeys and One Direction .