Brit Awards 2009
{{Short description|British music awards ceremony}}
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{{Infobox award
| name = Brit Awards 2009
| image = Brits 2009 logo.svg
| date = 18 February 2009
| venue = Earls Court
| host = James Corden, Mathew Horne and Kylie Minogue
| most_awards = Duffy (3)
| most_nominations = Coldplay and Duffy (4)
| network = ITV
| previous = 2008
| main = Brit Awards
| next = 2010
}}
Brit Awards 2009 was the 29th edition of the British Phonographic Industry's annual Brit Awards. The awards ceremony was held at Earls Court in London, and was broadcast live on ITV on 18 February at 8pm (GMT).[http://www.itv.com/Entertainment/Music/brits/Abouttheshow/default.html] – The Official Brit Awards 2009 page Duffy became the first female artist to ever win three awards in the same year, and only Blur, in 1995, have ever won more awards at a single ceremony.{{cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/02/18/incredible-brits-night-for-triple-winner-duffy-91466-22960248/|title=Incredible Brits night for triple winner Duffy|date=18 February 2009|work=WalesOnline.co.uk|publisher=Media Wales|access-date=18 February 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090220083751/http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/02/18/incredible-brits-night-for-triple-winner-duffy-91466-22960248/| archive-date= 20 February 2009 | url-status= live}} The show was advertised as live by ITV but the broadcast included several audio deletions which means the show was shown on a time delay system. The 2009 Brit Awards ceremony was watched by 5.49 million people and was the 32nd most watched programme on TV on the week ending 22 February.{{Cite web|url=http://www.barb.co.uk/whats-new/weekly-top-30?|title = Weekly top 30 programmes on TV sets (July 1998 – Sept 2018) | BARB}}
Hosts
Kylie Minogue, Mathew Horne and James Corden hosted the 2009 edition of the Brit Awards, with Fearne Cotton presenting backstage. Fearne also hosted the launch party for ITV2 in January.
Johnny Vegas introduced and closed the event, as well as reading out the nominees in a pre-recorded voiceover. Emma B provided the live voiceovers as the artists came to the stage.
Rufus Hound, Sara Cox, Melanie Blatt and Nicole Appleton presented the Red Carpet and Encore events on ITV2.
Alesha Dixon presented a backstage programme, screened on ITV two days after the ceremony.
Performances
Winners and nominees
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! width="50%" | British Album of the Year ! width="50%" | British Producer of the Year |
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| width="50%" | British Single of the Year (presented by Alan Carr) ! width="50%" | British Live Act |
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| width="50%" | British Male Solo Artist (presented by Jamie Oliver, Jamie Cullum and Adele) ! width="50%" | British Female Solo Artist |
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| width="50%" | British Group (presented by David Hasselhoff) ! width="50%" | British Breakthrough Act |
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| width="50%" | International Male Solo Artist (presented by Gok Wan) ! width="50%" | International Female Solo Artist |
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| width="50%" | International Group (presented by Natalie Imbruglia) ! width="50%" | International Album |
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| width="50%" | Critics' Choice Award (presented by Kylie Minogue) ! width="50%" | Outstanding Contribution to Music |
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Multiple nominations and awards
File:Duffylive.jpg as most nominations and awards]]
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|+ Artists that received multiple nominations |
| scope="col" style="width:55px;" |Nominations
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Artist |
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| rowspan="2"|4 (2) |
| Duffy |
| rowspan="3"|3 (3) |
| Elbow |
| Scouting for Girls |
| rowspan="10"|2 (10) |
| Estelle |
| Fleet Foxes |
| Girls Aloud |
| Kanye West |
| The Killers |
| Kings of Leon |
| MGMT |
| Radiohead |
| The Ting Tings |
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|+ Artists that received multiple awards |
| scope="col" style="width:55px;" |Awards
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Artist |
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| 3 |
| 2 |
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Memorable moments
=Girls Aloud=
British reality band, Girls Aloud, marked their first ever performance at the 2009 ceremony, by performing their single, "The Promise". The performance saw the band members, including Cheryl and Nicola Roberts appear as though they were naked, with their modesty being covered by pink feathers. This performance was nominated in the 2010 ceremony for the "BRITs Hits 30 – Best Live Performance at the BRIT Awards", alongside Oasis and The Who, which the Spice Girls eventually went on to win. "The Promise" won best British single, their first ever BRIT award.
=Mick Kluczynski=
Ten days before the 2009 Brits, Mick Kluczynski, the production manager for the Brits since 1995 who assisted with the transition from the Fleetwood/Fox debacle to the scale of the current ceremony, died. Despite this setback the team he put in place ensured that everything went as planned, and the show was dedicated to his memory.{{cite web |url=http://www.brain-damage.co.uk/images/media/mickkluczynski.pdf |title=TRIBUTE: Mick Kluczynski}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/2009 Brit Awards 2009 at Brits.co.uk]
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