THE BRIT AWARDS, 1977-2007

Brit Awards Records Most Brit Awards: Annie Lennox - 8 Michael Jackson - 6 Robbie Williams - 6 Most nominations: George Michael - 19 Most Brits in 1 Year: Blur - 1995 (4) Best Group Best Album - 'Parklife' Best Single - 'Parklife' Best Video - 'Parklife'

BRIT AWARDS: 1977-2007 Year: 2007 British Male Solo Artist - James Morrison British Female Solo Artist - Amy Winehouse British Group - Arctic Monkeys British Album Arctic Monkeys - “Whatever people say I am, that’s what I’m not” British Single - Take That “Patience” British Breakthrough Act - The Fratellis British Live Act - Muse International Male Solo Artist - Justin Timberlake International Female Solo Artist - Nelly Furtado International Group - The Killers International Album - The Killers “Sam’s Town” International Breakthrough Act - Orson Outstanding Contribution to Music - Oasis Year: 2006 Best British Male Solo Artist - James Blunt Best British Female Solo Artist - KT Tunstall Best British Group - Kaiser Chiefs Best British Album - Coldplay - "X&Y" Best British Single - Coldplay - "Speed Of Sound" Best British Rock Act - Kaiser Chiefs Best British Urban Act - Lemar Best British Live Act - Kaiser Chiefs British Breakthrough Artist - Arctic Monkeys Best Pop Act - James Blunt Best International Male Solo Artist - Kanye West Best International Female Solo Artist - Madonna Best International Album - Green Day - "American Idiot" Best International Group - Green Day International Breakthrough Artist - Jack Johnson Outstanding Contribution to music - Paul Weller Year: 2005 Best British Male Solo Artist - The Streets Best British Female Solo Artist - Joss Stone Best British Group - Franz Ferdinand Best British Album - Keane - "Hopes And Fears" Best British Single - Will Young - "Your Game" Best British Rock Act - Franz Ferdinand Best British Urban Act - Joss Stone Best British Live Act - Muse British Breakthrough Artist - Keane Best Pop Act - McFly Best International Male Solo Artist - Eminem Best International Female Solo Artist - Gwen Stefani Best International Album - Scissor Sisters - "Scissor Sisters" Best International Group - Scissor Sisters International Breakthrough Artist - Scissor Sisters Brits 25th Anniversary Best Song Award - Robbie Williams - "Angels" Outstanding Contribution to music - Sir Bob Geldof Year: 2004 Best British Male Solo Artist Daniel Bedingfield Best British Female Solo Artist Dido Best British Group Darkness Best British Album Darkness - "Permission To Land" Best British Single Dido - "White Flag" Best British Rock Act Darkness Best British Urban Act Lemar Best British Dance Act Basement Jaxx British Breakthrough Artist Busted Best Pop Act Busted Best International Male Solo Artist Justin Timberlake Best International Female Solo Artist Beyonce Best International Album Justin Timberlake - "Justified" Best International Group White Stripes International Breakthrough Artist 50 Cent Outstanding Contribution To Music Duran Duran Year: 2003 Best British Male Solo Artist Robbie Williams Best British Female Solo Artist Ms Dynamite Best British Group Coldplay Best British Album Coldplay - "A Rush Of Blood To The Head" Best British Urban Act Ms Dynamite Best British Dance Act Sugababes British Breakthrough Artist Will Young Best International Male Eminem Best International Female Pink Best International Group Red Hot Chili Peppers International Breakthrough Artist Norah Jones Best International Album Eminem - "The Eminem Show" Best British Video n/a Best British Single Liberty X - "Just A Little'" Best Pop Act Blue Outstanding Contribution Tom Jones Year: 2002 Best British Male Solo Artist Robbie Williams Best British Female Solo Artist Dido Best British Group Travis Best British Album Dido - "No Angel" Best British Dance Act Basement Jaxx Best British Newcomer Blue Best International Male Shaggy Best International Female Kylie Minogue Best International Group Destiny's Child Best International Newcomer The Strokes Best International Album Kylie Minogue - "Fever" Best British Video So Solid Crew - "21 Seconds" Best British Single S Club 7 - "Don't Stop Movin'" Best Pop Act Westlife Outstanding Contribution Sting Year: 2001 Best British Male Solo Artist Robbie Williams Best British Female Solo Artist Sonique Best British Group Coldplay Best British Album Coldplay - "Parachutes" Best British Dance Act Fat Boy Slim Best British Newcomer A1 Best International Male Eminem Best International Female Madonna Best International Group U2 Best International Newcomer Kelis Best Soundtrack American Beauty Best British Video Robbie Williams - "Rock DJ" Best British Single Robbie Williams - "Rock DJ" Best Pop Act Westlife Outstanding Contribution U2 Year: 2000 Best British Male Solo Artist Tom Jones Best British Female Solo Artist Beth Orton Best British Group Travis Best British Album Travis - "The Man Who" Best British Dance Act The Chemical Brothers Best British Newcomer S Club 7 Best International Male Beck Best International Female Macy Gray Best International Group TLC Best International Newcomer Macy Gray Best Soundtrack Notting Hill Best British Video Robbie Williams - "She's The One" Best British Single Robbie Williams - "She's The One" Best Pop Act Five Outstanding Contribution Spice Girls Discretionary Awards for year 2000 Best Selling Live Act Steps Year: 1999 Best British Male Solo Artist Robbie Williams Best British Female Solo Artist Des'ree Best British Group Manic Street Preachers Best British Album Manic Street Preachers - "This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours" Best British Dance Act Fat Boy Slim Best British Newcomer Belle & Sebastian Best International Male Beck Best International Female Natalie Imbruglia Best International Group The Corrs Best International Newcomer Natalie Imbruglia Best Soundtrack Titanic Best British Video Robbie Williams - "Millennium" Best British Single Robbie Williams - "Angels" Outstanding Contribution Eurythmics Discretionary Awards for year 1999 Freddie Mercury Award Jubilee 2000 Year: 1998 Best British Male Solo Artist Finley Quaye Best British Female Solo Artist Shola Ama Best British Group The Verve Best British Album The Verve - "Urban Hymns" Best British Dance Act Prodigy Best British Newcomer Stereophonics Best International Male Jon Bon Jovi Best International Female Björk Best International Group U2 Best International Newcomer eels Best Soundtrack The Full Monty Best British Video All Saints - "Never Ever" Best British Single All Saints - "Never Ever" Outstanding Contribution Fleetwood Mac Discretionary Awards for year 1998 Best British Producer Chris Potter & Youth Best Selling British Album Act The Spice Girls Freddie Mercury Award Sir Elton John Year: 1997 Best British Male Solo Artist George Michael Best British Female Solo Artist Gabrielle Best British Group Manic Street Preachers Best British Album Manic Street Preachers - "Everything Must Go" Best British Dance Act Prodigy Best British Newcomer Kula Shaker Best International Male Beck Best International Female Sheryl Crow Best International Group Fugees Best International Newcomer Robert Miles Best Soundtrack Train Spotting Best British Video Spice Girls - "Say You'll Be There" Best British Single Spice Girls - "Wannabe" Outstanding Contribution Bee Gees Discretionary Awards for year 1997 Best British Producer John Leckie Year: 1996 Best British Male Solo Artist Paul Weller Best British Female Solo Artist Annie Lennox Best British Group Oasis Best British Album Oasis - "(What's The Story) Morning Glory?" Best British Dance Act Massive Attack Best British Newcomer Supergrass Best International Male The Artist Best International Female Björk Best International Group Bon Jovi Best International Newcomer Alanis Morissette Best Soundtrack Batman Forever Best British Video Oasis - "Wonderwall" Best British Single Take That - "Back for Good" Outstanding Contribution David Bowie Discretionary Awards for year 1996 Best British Producer Brian Eno The Freddie Mercury Award The Help Album for the Charity Warchild Artist of a Generation Michael Jackson Year: 1995 Best British Male Solo Artist Paul Weller Best British Female Solo Artist Eddie Reader Best British Group Blur Best British Album Blur - "Parklife" Best British Dance Act M People Best British Newcomer Oasis Best International Male The Artist Best International Female kd lang Best International Group REM Best International Newcomer Lisa Loeb Best Soundtrack Pulp Fiction Best British Video Blur - "Parklife" Best British Single Blur - "Parklife" Outstanding Contribution Elton John Discretionary Awards for year 1995 Best British Producer Nellee Hooper Year: 1994 Best British Male Solo Artist Sting Best British Female Solo Artist Dina Carroll Best British Group Stereo MC's Best British Album Stereo MC's - "Connected" Best British Dance Act M People Best British Newcomer Gabrielle Best International Male Lenny Kravitz Best International Female Björk Best International Group Crowded House Best International Newcomer Björk Best Soundtrack The Bodyguard Best British Video Take That - "Pray" Best British Single Take That - "Pray" Outstanding Contribution Van Morrison Discretionary Awards for year 1994 Best British Producer Brian Eno Best Selling Album & Single Meatloaf Year: 1993 Best British Male Solo Artist Mick Hucknall Best British Female Solo Artist Annie Lennox Best British Group Simply Red Best British Album Annie Lennox - "Diva" Best British Newcomer Tasmin Archer Best International Male see below * Best International Female see below * Best International Group REM Best International Newcomer Nirvana Best Soundtrack Wayne's World Best British Video Shakespear's Sister - "Stay" Best British Single Take That - "Could it be Magic" Outstanding Contribution Rod Stewart Discretionary Awards for year 1993 *Best International Solo Artist Prince Year: 1992 Best British Male Solo Artist Seal Best British Female Solo Artist Lisa Stansfield Best British Group The KLF/Simply Red (Joint Winners) Best British Album Seal - "Seal" Best British Newcomer Beverley Craven Best International Male see below * Best International Female see below * Best International Group U2 Best International Newcomer PM Dawn Best Soundtrack The Commitments Best British Video Seal - "Killer" Best British Single Queen - "These Are The Best Days Of Our Lives" Outstanding Contribution Freddie Mercury Discretionary Awards for year 1992 Best British Producer Trevor Horn Best Classical Recording Verdi (Sir Georg Solti) - "Otello" * Best International Solo Artist Prince Year: 1991 Best British Male Solo Artist Elton John Best British Female Solo Artist Lisa Stansfield Best British Group The Cure Best British Album George Michael - "Listen Without Predudice Vol.1" Best British Newcomer Betty Boo Best International Male Michael Hutchence Best International Female Sinead O'Connor Best International Group INXS Best International Newcomer MC Hammer Best Soundtrack Twin Peaks Best British Video The Beautiful South - "A Little Time" Best British Single Depeche Mode Outstanding Contribution Status Quo Discretionary Awards for year 1991 Best British Producer Chris Thomas Best Classical Recording Carreras / Domingo / Pavorotti - "In Concert" Year: 1990 Best British Male Solo Artist Phil Collins Best British Female Solo Artist Annie Lennox Best British Group Fine Young Cannibals Best British Album Fine Young Cannibals - "The Raw And The Cooked" Best British Newcomer Lisa Stansfield Best International Male see below * Best International Female see below * Best International Group U2 Best International Newcomer Neneh Cherry Best Soundtrack Batman Best British Video Best Music Video: The Cure - "Lullaby" Best British Single Phil Collins - "Another Day In Parasdise" Outstanding Contribution Queen Discretionary Awards for year 1990 Best British Producer Dave Stewart Best Classical Recording Simon Rattle - "Gershiwn / Porgy & Bess" * Best International Artist Neneh Cherry Year: 1989 Best British Male Solo Artist Phil Collins Best British Female Solo Artist Annie Lennox Best British Group Erasure Best British Album Fairground Attraction - "First Of A Million Kisses" Best British Newcomer Bros Best International Male Michael Jackson Best International Female Tracey Chapman Best International Group U2 Best International Newcomer Tracey Chapman Best Soundtrack Buster Best British Video Best Music Video: Michael Jackson - "Smooth Criminal" Best British Single Fairground Attraction - "Perfect" Outstanding Contribution Cliff Richard Discretionary Awards for year 1989 Best Classical Recording Handel - "Messiah" Year: 1988 Best British Male Solo Artist George Michael Best British Female Solo Artist Alison Moyet Best British Group Pet Shop Boys Best British Album Sting - "Nothing Like The Sun" Best British Newcomer Wet Wet Wet Best International Male see below * Best International Female see below * Best International Group U2 Best International Newcomer Terence Trent D'Arby Best Soundtrack Phantom Of The Opera Best British Video Best Music Video: New Order - "True Faith" Best British Single Rick Astley - "Never Gonna Give You Up" Outstanding Contribution The Who Discretionary Awards for year 1988 Best British Producer Stock/Aitkin/Waterman Best British Classical Recording Vaughan Williams - "Symphony No 5" Best International Solo Artist Michael Jackson Year: 1987 Best British Male Solo Artist Peter Gabriel Best British Female Solo Artist Kate Bush Best British Group Five Star Best British Album Dire Straits - "Brothers In Arms" Best British Newcomer The Housemartins Best International Male see below * Best International Female see below * Best International Group The Bangles Best Soundtrack Top Gun Best British Video Peter Gabriel - "Sledgehammer" Best British Single Pet Shop Boys - "West End Girls" Outstanding Contribution Eric Clapton Discretionary Awards for year 1987 Best British Producer David Stewart Best Classical Recording Julian Lloyd Webber/RPO - "Elgar Cello Concerto" * Best International Solo Artist Paul Simon Year: 1986 Best British Male Solo Artist Phil Collins Best British Female Solo Artist Annie Lennox Best British Group Dire Straits Best International Male see below * Best International Female see below * Best International Group Huey Lewis & The News Best British Single Tears For Fears - "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" Outstanding Contribution Wham & Elton John Discretionary Awards for year 1986 Best British Producer David Stewart * Best International Solo Artist Bruce Springsteen Year: 1985 Best British Male Solo Artist Paul Young Best British Female Solo Artist Alison Moyet Best British Group Wham Best British Album Sade - "Diamond Life" Best International Male see below * Best International Female see below * Best International Group see below * Best Soundtrack Purple Rain Best British Single Frankie Goes To Hollywood - "Relax" Outstanding Contribution The Police Discretionary Awards for year 1985 Best British Producer Trevor Horn Best British Classical recording Vivaldi - "The Four Seasons" Best British Comedy Recording Neil - "Hole In My Shoe" Special Award Bob Geldof & Midge Ure * Best International Artist Prince & The Revolutions Year: 1984 Best British Male Solo Artist David Bowie Best British Female Solo Artist Annie Lennox Best British Group Culture Club Best British Album n/a Best British Dance Act n/a Best British Newcomer Paul Young Best International Male see below * Best International Female see below * Best International Group see below * Best British Single Best Selling Single: Culture Club - "Karma Chameleon" Outstanding Contribution George Martin Discretionary Awards for year 1984 Best British Producer Steve Levine Best British Classical Recording Kiri Te Kanawa - "Songs Of The Auvergne" The Sony Award For Technical Excellence Spandau Ballet * Best International Artist Michael Jackson Year: 1983 Best British Male Solo Artist Paul McCartney Best British Female Solo Artist Kim Wilde Best British Group Dire Straits Best British Album Best Selling Album: Barbara Sreisand - "Love Songs" Best British Newcomer Culture Club Best International Male see below * Best International Female see below * Best International Group see below * Best British Selling Single: Dexy's Midnight Runners - "Come On Eileen" Outstanding Contribution The Beatles Discretionary Awards for year 1983 Best British Producer Trevor Horn Best British Classical Recording John Williams - "Portrait" The Sony Award For Technical Excellence Paul McCartney Special Award Chris Wright | Best Live Act: U2 Life Achievement Award Pete Townshend * Best International Act Kid Creole & The Coconuts Year: 1982 Best British Male Solo Artist Cliff Richard Best British Female Solo Artist Randy Crawford Best British Group The Police Best British Selling Album: Adam & The Ants - "Kings Of The Wild Frontier" Best British Newcomer The Human League Outstanding Contribution John Lennon Discretionary Awards for year 1982 Best Producer Martin Rushent Best Classical Recording Mahler - "Symphony No 10" Year: 1977 Best British Male Solo Artist Cliff Richard Best British Female Solo Artist Shirley Bassey Best British Group The Beatles Best British Album The Beatles - "Sgt Pepper's Loneley Heart Club Band" Best British Newcomer Julie Covington Best British Single Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody" Outstanding Contribution L.G. Wood/The Beatles (Joint Winners) Discretionary Awards for year 1977 Best British Producer George Martin Best International Single Simon & Garfunkel - "Bridge Over Troubled Water" Best International Album Simon & Garfunkel - "Bridge Over Troubled Water" Best Orchestral Album Benjamin Britten - "War Requiem" Best Classical Soloist Album Jacqueline Du Pre - "Elgar / Cello Concerto" Best British Non Musical Record Richard Burton & Cast - "Under Milkwood"

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MERCURY MUSIC AWARDS, 1992-2006

This award is given by the Music industry to a British artist for the best contemporary album of the year. It is regarded as one of the most important awards in the British Music Industry. Previous winners have included more commercial performers, such as Pulp, Primal Scream and M People, but also unearthed hidden talents such as PJ Harvey, Portishead and most recently Antony and the Johnsons. Many talents have emerged based purely on featuring in the shortlist for this award, which is released 2 months before the winner is announced. Acts such as Radiohead, Coldplay, Oasis, U2, Stereo MCs, Paul Weller, The Prodigy, Supergrass, Leftfield, Underworld, Manic Street Preachers, Chemical Brothers, Basement Jaxx, Massive Attack, Faithless, Blur and The Streets have all profited from the Mercury's high regard in the Music industry. Winners, 1992-2006: 1992: Primal Scream - Screamadelica 1993: Suede - Suede 1994: M People - Elegant Slumming 1995: Portishead - Dummy 1996: Pulp - Different Class 1997: Roni Size/Reprazent - New Forms 1998: Gomez - Bring It On 1999: Talvin Singh - OK 2000: Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour of Bewilderbeast 2001: PJ Harvey - Songs from the City, Stories from the Sea 2002: Ms. Dynamite - A Little Deeper 2003: Dizzee Rascal - Boy in da Corner 2004: Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand 2005: Antony and the Johnsons - I am a Bird now 2006: Arctic Monkeys - Whatever people say I am that's what I'm not

EUROVISION SONG CONTEST HISTORY, 1956-2006

Athens, May 20 2006: 01 FINLAND 292 02 RUSSIA 248 03 BOSNIA AND HERZ 229 04 ROMANIA 172 05 SWEDEN 170 06 LITHUANIA 162 07 UKRAINE 145 08 ARMENIA 129 09 GREECE 128 10 IRELAND 93 11 TURKEY 91 12 CROATIA 56 12 FYR MACEDONIA 56 14 NORWAY 36 15 GERMANY 36 16 LATVIA 30 17 SWITZERLAND 30 18 DENMARK 26 19 UNITED KINGDOM 25 20 MOLDOVA 22 21 SPAIN 18 22 FRANCE 5 23 ISRAEL 4 24 MALTA 1

EUROVISION HISTORY The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held between active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), in which participating countries each submit a song to be performed on live television; then proceed to cast votes for the other countries' songs, in order to find the most popular song in the competition. Each country participates via one of their national EBU-member television stations, whose task it is to select a singer and a song to go forward to represent the country in the international competition. The Contest has been broadcast every year since its inauguration in 1956, and is one of the longest-running television programmes in the world. Despite much criticism, it remains one of the most-watched non-sporting events in the world, with audience figures having been quoted in recent years as anything between 100 million and 600 million internationally. It has been broadcast around the globe — beyond Europe — to such places as Australia, Canada, Egypt, Jordan, Hong Kong, India, Korea, New Zealand and the USA; even though these countries do not participate. Since the year 2000, the Contest has also been broadcast over the Internet with more than 74,000 people in almost 140 countries having watched the 2006 edition online. The Contest is historically known for being mainly a bastion of formulaic, orchestrated pop music. However it has featured a vast, diverse array of songs, including such musical genres as Arab, Balkan, Celtic music, Dance, Folk, Israeli, Greek, Latin, Metal, Nordic, Pop-rap, Rock, and Turkish. Over the years, the Song Contest has grown from a mere televisual experiment into an international institution of mammoth proportions. Most countries in Europe have taken part at least once during the Contest's history, and such is the magnitude and scale of the Contest that the word "Eurovision" is one of the few household names to be recognised across an entire continent.

2006  WINNERS: FINLAND (LORDI) (left: 1960 Votes cast, with France winning) Classic winners: Lulu (1969), Bucks Fizz (1981), Katrina and the Waves (1997), and Abba (1974)