| Brit Awards 2016 | |
| Date: | 24 February 2016 |
| Venue: | The O2 Arena |
| Host: | Ant & Dec |
| Network: | ITV YouTube |
| Most Awards: | Adele (4) |
| Most Nominations: | Adele, James Bay and Years & Years (4) |
| Previous: | 2015 |
| Main: | Brit Awards |
| Next: | 2017 |
Brit Awards 2016 was held on 24 February 2016 and was the 36th edition of the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards. The awards ceremony was held at The O2 Arena in London and were presented by Ant & Dec.[1] Award nominations were revealed on 14 January 2016.[2] British fashion designer Pam Hogg has designed the trophies for this year's ceremony, styling the BRIT statue.[3]
The ceremony included a tribute to late British music icon David Bowie featuring an introduction by Annie Lennox, a tribute speech by Gary Oldman and a performance by Lorde backed by Bowie's long-time backing group.[4] [5]
Laura Whitmore hosted the launch at the ITV Studios in London on Thursday 14 January.
| Artist | Song | UK Singles Chart reaction | UK Albums Chart reaction | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Don't Be So Hard on Yourself" | 37 (–9) | I Cry When I Laugh – 7 (–3) | ||
| "Eyes Shut" | 17 (+/–) | Communion – 22 (–11) | ||
| "Worry" | N/A | N/A | ||
| "Keeping Your Head Up" | N/A | N/A |
| Artist | Song | UK Singles Chart reaction[6] | UK Albums Chart reaction[7] |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Hymn for the Weekend" | 10 (+7) | A Head Full of Dreams – 5 (+/–) | |
| "Love Yourself" "Sorry" | 5 (+2) 9 (–1) | Purpose – 4 (–1) | |
| "Ain't Got Far to Go" "Don't Be So Hard on Yourself" "Hold My Hand" | 70 (re-entry) 61 (+1) 72 (re-entry) | I Cry When I Laugh – 6 (+/–) | |
| "Hold Back the River" | 56 (+35) | Chaos and the Calm – 7 (+10) | |
| "Consideration" "Work" | 88 (debut) 2 (+1) | Anti – 9 (+/–) | |
| "Black Magic" | 60 (+10) | Get Weird – 8 (+/–) | |
| Tribute to David Bowie Instrumental Medley: contains interpolations of the following "Space Oddity" "Rebel Rebel" "Let's Dance" "Ashes to Ashes" "Ziggy Stardust" "Fame" "Under Pressure" "Heroes" With Lorde: "Life on Mars?" | N/A | Best of Bowie – 2 (+/–) Nothing Has Changed – 13 (–3) Blackstar – 14 (–7) Hunky Dory – 37 (–8) The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars – 41 (–6) Aladdin Sane – 80 (–26) | |
| "The Hills" | 31 (+9) | Beauty Behind the Madness – 18 (+1) | |
| "When We Were Young" | 13 (+10) | 25 – 1 (+/–) 21 – 26 (+7) 19 – 55 (+13) | |
The nominations were revealed on 14 January 2016.[9]
1 Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson accept this award for British Video of the Year.
| Nominations | Artist |
|---|---|
| 4 (3) | Adele |
| James Bay | |
| Years & Years | |
| 3 (2) | Calvin Harris |
| Jess Glynne | |
| 2 (9) | Coldplay |
| Disciples | |
| Ed Sheeran | |
| Ellie Goulding | |
| Florence and the Machine | |
| Jamie xx | |
| Little Mix | |
| Mark Ronson | |
| One Direction |
| Italic Title: | no |
| Brit Awards 2016 | |
| Type: | compilation |
| Longtype: | / Box set |
| Artist: | Various Artists |
| Cover: | Brit Awards 2016 album.png |
| Border: | yes |
| Released: | 12 February 2016 |
| Label: | UMTV |
| Prev Title: | Brit Awards 2015 |
| Prev Year: | 2015 |
| Next Title: | Brit Awards 2017 |
| Next Year: | 2017 |
The Brit Awards 2016 is a compilation and box set which includes the "62 biggest tracks from the past year". The box set has three discs with a total of sixty-two songs by various artists.
| Chart (2016) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Irish Compilation Albums[10] | 5 | |
| UK Compilation Albums[11] | 1 |