The BRIT Awards
We have been the official photographers since 1992.
Our Photo library contains some truly iconic moments of British music history.
2021 Highlights
Main Show: 11,000 shots taken
Team of 5 professional industry photographers.
Capturing all aspects of the event from build day to After Show Party
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2020
Retrospective
1992–2019
1992: Seal scooped a hat trick of wins in 1992, but it was The KLF who hit the headlines with a terrifying stunt. Instead of celebrating their joint British Group win, the art-house pranksters finished a mix of 3am Eternal brandishing AK47s, and firing blank rounds at the audience. Their rep shouted “Ladies and Gentlemen, the KLF have now left the Music Business”. And they had.
1993: Over to Ally Pally for the 13th show, where Crystal Maze host Richard O’Brien welcomed show openers Madness, Suede, and U2, riding high on the success of the Zoo tour. Highgate son Rod Stewart took the very short trip to Muswell Hill to collect his Outstanding Contribution. But who’s that hiding behind the Britannia-themed podium? It’s only those young British Single winners, Take That.
![1995: Britpop has landed! Blur owned the evening, scooping a record four awards for themselves, but in an unexpected moment of bonhomie, Damon explained, the British Group Award “should have been shared with [British Newcomer winners] Oasis’. Stuck i](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/602f83e91f1de445374b6388/61f91041-68ff-4eeb-9e89-4c328328420f/1995_Blur_BRITAwards107.jpg)
1995: Britpop has landed! Blur owned the evening, scooping a record four awards for themselves, but in an unexpected moment of bonhomie, Damon explained, the British Group Award “should have been shared with [British Newcomer winners] Oasis’. Stuck in dispute, Prince scrawled the word Slave on his cheek, and Blur’s Mr. Rowntree went one better, cheekily etching Dave.
1996: Here’s a night of BRITs legend, in which Michael Jackson brought in busloads of waiflike ‘refugee’ children to join him on stage for a messiah-like rendition of Earth Song, prompting Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker to get his bum out to moon the ‘King of Pop’. Watching, all agog, were the triple award-winners Oasis, Outstanding Contribution victor David Bowie, plus Neil and Chris from the Pet Shop Boys. Jarvis was quickly arrested - but he was let go without charge pretty quick.
1999: Yep, Fatboy Slim thought he was being funny when he held up the A4 with speechless penned on it. But there was Let Me Entertain You wag Robbie, who thanked the academy for his win by writing ‘legless’ instead. remove admitting altogether. Robbie was packed off to rehab by Elton John pretty soon after. But not before Bille/B*Witched/Steps/Cleopatra/Tina Cousins celebrated ABBA, and Boyzone performed the Comic Relief single When The Going Gets Tough with boxers Chris Eubank and Barry McGuigan and Nigel Benn.
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2000: The 20th BRIT Awards planned unforgettable duet moments, including Queen’s pressurised collaboration with boyband 5ive, and Welsh teamwork from Tom Jones and The Stereophonics. But Geri Halliwell’s leggy stageset may have captured the nation’s attention instead. Elsewhere, Robbie Williams challenged Liam Gallagher to a fight, and drunk DJ Brandon Block squared up to Rolling Stone Legend Ronnie Wood, after going to ‘collect’ an award that wasn’t his! BRITs Behaving Badly, indeed.
2001: A fresh-faced Ant and Dec arrived in an Ice Cream Van to present The BRITs 2001, hosting a show that saw pop battle rock for our favours. Coldplay, Oasis and Outstanding Contribution winners U2 strummed their way to success while A1 picked up Best Newcomer and Hear’say - big new band of the day – performed Pure and Simple. However, 2001 is remembered as the year Craig David didn’t win (despite six nominations), or the one where Eminem came in with a mask and chainsaw and we were all too scared to enjoy the ‘bants’.
2003: The BRITs liked Kylie so much they invited her back the next year to duet on Rapture with Justin Timberlake, who would get into a lot of trouble if he tried this kind of tomfoolery nowadays. International Female Pink kicked everything off with Get The Party Started/ Just Like A Pill and Tom Jones closed it with a rafter-raising Outstanding Contribution medley.
2004: Champagne anyone? Cat Deeley announced the return of rock and, with three awards, The Darkness ruled the roost. This show was one big wonderful mash-up; with OutKast and Beyoncé duetting, Katie Melua and Jamie Cullum doing Love Cats, and Stefani & co giving a fresh take on the Prince favourite Kiss. Missed your BRITs afterbash invite? Fear not. International Newcomer 50 Cent and his crew made sure he was In Da Club, up on stage.
2008: Collaborations ahoy! 2008 was an all-killer, no filler delight from start to finish, set in the throne room of the night’s host family, the Osbourne clan. There were three mash-up moments – Mika and Beth Ditto on tracks including Grace Kelly, Rihanna and the Klaxons delivered a once-is-not-enough jawdropping Umbrella, and Mark Ronson got his groove on with unforgettable duets with Daniel Merriweather, Amy Winehouse and Adele.
2009: The wonderful Kylie helped Gavin and Stacey’s Matthew Horne and James Corden present this year’s extravaganza with theatre to the fore with Pet Show Boys’ highly stylized, highbrow Outstanding Contribution medley setting the tone. Welsh singer Duffy scooped three trophies, a newly reformed Take That performed comeback track Greatest Day, while reality show newcomers Girls Aloud performed a teasing track Promise Me featuring copious featherography from Mr. Ostrich and co.
2010: Woo-ha! Another anniversary show. Oasis grabbed a special award for the Best British Album of 30 Years and the Spice Girls’ Wannabe was rewarded as Best Live Performance of 30 years. Robbie won Outstanding Contribution and his medley was so long, to be fair, the other acts could have thought twice about being on. Triple award winner Lady Gaga ensured all eyes were on her Alexander McQueen tribute of Telephone/ Dance Into The Dark while wearing a remarkable white-powdered make-up and wig combo in the style of Dangerous Liaisons gone mad.
2017: The BRIT Awards 2018 were tinged with sadness; we’d lost ‘family members’ George Michael, George Martin, Prince and David Bowie the previous year. As well a tear-jerking tribute from Wham! bandmates, Chris Martin delivered You Have Been Loved for George, and David Bowie was remembered via British Album and British Male wins for his final record. Katy Perry kept things current with giant Trump and Theresa May puppet heads, and Robbie celebrated his BRITs ICON win with a medley from Heavy Entertainment.
2019: This Is The Greatest Show! blasted Hugh Jackman in an all-singing all-dancing silver screen-style opener (and he wasn’t wrong). 2019 saw Scots DJ Calvin Harris scoop two awards after fourteen nominations, and double award winners The 1975 sauntering across the stage in Sincerity is Scary. The Carters accepted their BRIT in front of a Meghan Markle portrait, and Outstanding Contribution winner Pink ended the evening in fiery excitement. We had a blast!