| Brit Awards 2020 | |
| Date: | 18 February 2020 |
| Host: | Jack Whitehall Alice Levine Clara Amfo |
| Main: | Brit Awards |
| Network: | ITV ITV2 (Red Carpet) YouTube |
| Previous: | 2019 |
| Venue: | The O2 Arena |
| Next: | 2021 |
| Most Awards: | Lewis Capaldi (2) |
| Ratings: | 3.8 million[1] |
| Runtime: | 125 minutes |
Brit Awards 2020 was the 40th edition of the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music show, the Brit Awards, and was marketed as "The 40th Show".[2] It was held on 18 February 2020 at the O2 Arena in London, with Jack Whitehall as the host for the third year running.[3] [4] BBC Radio 1 host Alice Levine hosted the BRITs Are Coming Nominations Launch Show on 11 January 2020. The show was broadcast on ITV.
Several changes were made to the award categories compared to the previous year with the overall number of awards based on nominations reduced from thirteen to nine.[5] [6] None of the categories included fan voting.[7]
Compared to 2019, the following awards were not awarded:
The following awards were renamed:
Following the launch show, the Brits were castigated for having male-dominated nominations on the main and gender-neutral categories.[8] [9] [10] [11] [12] The nominations for Album of the Year, Best Group and Best New Artist were almost entirely dominated by male solo artists, except for Mabel who was nominated for the latter, and international singers Normani and Miley Cyrus, who both were up for Song of the Year for their collaborations with Sam Smith and Mark Ronson.
| Liam Payne Cheat Codes | "Live Forever" | N/A | LP1 – 100 (–31) | |
| Freya Ridings | "Lost Without You" | N/A | Freya Ridings – 72 (+18) | |
| Aitch | "Taste (Make It Shake)" | N/A | N/A | |
| Dermot Kennedy | "Power Over Me" | 60 (+26) | Without Fear – 23 (+17) | |
| Mabel | "Don't Call Me Up" | 52 (+4) | High Expectations – 22 (+7) |
| Performer(s) | Song | UK Singles Chart reaction (week ending 27 February 2020) | UK Albums Chart reaction (week ending 27 February 2020) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mabel | "Don't Call Me Up" | 34 (+14) | High Expectations – 24 (+5) | |
| Lewis Capaldi | "Someone You Loved" | 6 (+1) | Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent – 2 (+/–) | |
| Harry Styles | "Falling" | 41 (+53) | Fine Line – 8 (+1) | |
| Lizzo | "Cuz I Love You" "Truth Hurts" "Good as Hell" "Juice" | N/A N/A 66 (+9) N/A | Cuz I Love You – 35 (re-entry) | |
| Dave | "Black" Freestyle[13] | 100 (re-entry) | Psychodrama – 14 (+43) | |
| Billie Eilish Finneas Johnny Marr Hans Zimmer | "No Time to Die" | 1 (debut) | When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? – 4 (+2) Don't Smile at Me – 13 (+4) | |
| Celeste | "Strange" | N/A | N/A | |
| Stormzy Burna Boy Tiana Major9 | "Don't Forget to Breathe" "Do Better" "Wiley Flow" "Own It" (with elements of "Fortune Teller" by J Hus) "Anybody" (Burna Boy) "Rainfall" | N/A N/A N/A 23 (+/–) N/A N/A | Heavy Is the Head – 7 (+/–) | |
| Rod Stewart Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Ronnie Wood Kenney Jones | "I Don't Want to Talk About It" "Stay with Me" | N/A N/A | – 34 (–8) |
The winners are in bold.[14] [15]
| Nominations | Artist | |
|---|---|---|
| scope=row rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | 4 | Dave |
| Lewis Capaldi | ||
| scope=row rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | 3 | Mabel |
| Stormzy | ||
| 2 | Burna Boy | |
| Harry Styles | ||
| Michael Kiwanuka | ||
| Fred Again |