Brit Awards 1989

{{Infobox award

| name = Brit Awards 1989

| image =

| date = 13 February 1989

| venue = Royal Albert Hall

| host = Mick Fleetwood and Samantha Fox

| previous = 1988

| main = Brit Awards

| next = 1990

| network = BBC

|most_awards = Fairground Attraction, Michael Jackson and Tracy Chapman (2)

|most_nominations = The Christians, Enya, Fairground Attraction, Michael Jackson, Pet Shop Boys, Robert Palmer, Steve Winwood, Tanita Tikaram, Tracy Chapman and Wet Wet Wet (2)

}}

Brit Awards 1989 was the ninth edition of the Brit Awards, an annual pop music awards ceremony in the United Kingdom. It was organised by the British Phonographic Industry and took place on 13 February 1989 at Royal Albert Hall in London. This year marked the first presentation of the International Female Solo Artist and International Male Solo Artist awards.

The awards ceremony, hosted by Mick Fleetwood and Samantha Fox, was televised live by the BBC.{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/9111547c5b29442ebf81df9c327be316|title=The Brits 89|date=9 February 1989|issue=3401|pages=42|via=BBC Genome}} The hosting was criticised for being poorly coordinated, with missed cues and incorrect introductions;{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6354975.stm|title=Bad behaviour at the Brit Awards |date=14 February 2007 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=13 July 2022 |via=news.bbc.co.uk}} the teleprompter did not work properly,{{cite news |last1=Peplow |first1=Gemma |last2=Daukes |first2=Dan |title=Brit Awards 2021: From Geri to Jarvis - the biggest moments in show's history |url=https://news.sky.com/story/brit-awards-2021-from-geri-to-jarvis-the-biggest-moments-in-shows-history-11933822 |access-date=13 July 2022 |work=Sky News |date=11 May 2021}} and in 2010, Fox claimed that there had been multiple errors in the information given to the hosts on the night.{{cite news |last1=Fox |first1=Sam |title=Sam Fox: 'I wanted the floor to swallow me up' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/feb/16/sam-fox-brit-awards |access-date=13 July 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=16 February 2010}} The event organisers did not play a pre-recorded message from Michael Jackson, and the audience booed the government minister Kenneth Baker.

After the 1989 event, the awarding committee decided to have the Brit Awards recorded and broadcast on television the following night, to be able to edit out errors and unwanted happenings on the stage. The awards ceremony was not broadcast live again until the 2007 Brit Awards.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5271104.stm|title=2007 Brits to be broadcast live|date=21 August 2006|publisher=BBC News|access-date=13 July 2022 |via=news.bbc.co.uk}}

Performances

Bros – "I Owe You Nothing"
Def Leppard – "Pour Some Sugar on Me"
Fairground Attraction – "Perfect"
Gloria Estefan Miami Sound Machine – "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You"
Randy Newman ft. Mark Knopfler and the BRITs Supergroup – "Falling in love"
Tanita Tikaram – "Good Tradition"
Yazz – "Got to Share"

Winners and nominees

class="wikitable" style="width:95%"
bgcolor="#bebebe" ! width="50%" \| British Album of the Year ! width="50%" \| Lifetime Achievement
valign="top" \| Fairground Attraction – The First of a Million Kisses Aztec Camera – Love The Pasadenas – To Whom It May Concern Pet Shop Boys – Introspective Steve Winwood – Roll with It \| valign="top" \| Cliff Richard
width="50%" \| British Single of the Year ! width="50%" \| British Video of the Year
valign="top" \| Fairground Attraction – "Perfect" Art of Noise featuring Tom Jones – "Kiss" Deacon Blue – "Real Gone Kid" Robert Palmer – "She Makes My Day" Tanita Tikaram – "Twist in My Sobriety" \| valign="top" \| Michael Jackson – "Smooth Criminal" (United States) Bananarama – "Nathan Jones" The Christians – "Harvest for the World" George Harrison – "When We Was Fab" Wet Wet Wet – "Temptation"
width="50%" \| British Male Solo Artist ! width="50%" \| British Female Solo Artist
valign="top" \| Phil Collins Chris Rea George Michael Robert Palmer Steve Winwood \| valign="top" \| Annie Lennox Mica Paris Sade Adu Tanita Tikaram Yazz
width="50%" \| British Group ! width="50%" \| British Breakthrough Act
valign="top" \| Erasure The Christians Def Leppard Pet Shop Boys Wet Wet Wet \| valign="top" \| Bros
width="50%" \| International Male Solo Artist ! width="50%" \| International Female Solo Artist
valign="top" \| Michael Jackson Alexander O'Neal Luther Vandross Prince Terence Trent D'Arby \| valign="top" \| Tracy Chapman Anita Baker Enya Kylie Minogue Whitney Houston
width="50%" \| International Group ! width="50%" \| International Breakthrough Act
valign="top" \| U2 Bon Jovi Fleetwood Mac INXS Womack & Womack \| valign="top" \| Tracy Chapman Belinda Carlisle Enya Michelle Shocked Salt-N-Pepa
width="50%" \| Classical Recording ! width="50%" \| Soundtrack/Cast Recording
valign="top" \| Trevor Pinnock André Previn Jeffrey Tate Philip Brunelle Simon Rattle \| valign="top" \| *Buster* Good Morning, Vietnam Hairspray The Princess Bride Rattle and Hum

class="wikitable" style="width:95%"

bgcolor="#bebebe"

! width="50%" | British Album of the Year

! width="50%" | Lifetime Achievement

valign="top" |

Fairground Attraction – The First of a Million Kisses
Aztec Camera – Love
The Pasadenas – To Whom It May Concern
Pet Shop Boys – Introspective
Steve Winwood – Roll with It

| valign="top" |

Cliff Richard

width="50%" | British Single of the Year

! width="50%" | British Video of the Year

valign="top" |

Fairground Attraction – "Perfect"
Art of Noise featuring Tom Jones – "Kiss"
Deacon Blue – "Real Gone Kid"
Robert Palmer – "She Makes My Day"
Tanita Tikaram – "Twist in My Sobriety"

| valign="top" |

Michael Jackson – "Smooth Criminal" (United States)
Bananarama – "Nathan Jones"
The Christians – "Harvest for the World"
George Harrison – "When We Was Fab"
Wet Wet Wet – "Temptation"

width="50%" | British Male Solo Artist

! width="50%" | British Female Solo Artist

valign="top" |

| valign="top" |

width="50%" | British Group

! width="50%" | British Breakthrough Act

valign="top" |

| valign="top" |

Bros

width="50%" | International Male Solo Artist

! width="50%" | International Female Solo Artist

valign="top" |

| valign="top" |

width="50%" | International Group

! width="50%" | International Breakthrough Act

valign="top" |

| valign="top" |

width="50%" | Classical Recording

! width="50%" | Soundtrack/Cast Recording

valign="top" |

| valign="top" |

Multiple nominations and awards

The following artists received multiple awards and/or nominations.

scope="col" style="width:55px;" \|Nominations ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" \|Artist
class="wikitable" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" \|+ Artists that received multiple nominations
rowspan="10"\|2 \|The Christians
Enya
Fairground Attraction
Michael Jackson
Pet Shop Boys
Robert Palmer
Steve Winwood
Tanita Tikaram
Tracy Chapman
Wet Wet Wet

class="wikitable" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" \|+ Artists that received multiple awards
scope="col" style="width:55px;" \|Awards ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" \|Artist
rowspan="3"\|2 \|Fairground Attraction
Michael Jackson
Tracy Chapman

class="wikitable" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"

|+ Artists that received multiple awards

scope="col" style="width:55px;" |Awards

! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Artist

rowspan="3"|2

|Fairground Attraction

Michael Jackson

Tracy Chapman

References

External links

[http://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/1989 Brit Awards 1989 at Brits.co.uk]