Tinie Tempah And Arcade Fire Lead The Brits Pack

With Mumford And Sons and Take That the night's other big winners...

The Brits went 'back to the music' last night with Tinie Tempah and Arcade Fire proving the biggest winners after walking away with two gongs each.

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Tinie, the most nominated artist of the night, won in half his categories taking away best British Breakthrough Act and Best Single for Pass Out.

Canadians Arcade Fire won in both the International Group and International Album categories, where their third album The Suburbs beat offerings from the likes of Eminem and Kings Of Leon.

Rap'n'B star Plan B was named best British Solo Male Artist, while Laura Marling trumped Cheryl Cole and Ellie Goulding to take home the British Female Solo Artist title.

The now five-piece Take That won in the British Group category, with Mark Owen telling Robbie Williams:

"Can I say, thanks for coming back mate… It's a real pleasure for the five of us to be up here."

Relative newcomers Mumford And Sons won the coveted MasterCard British Album of the Year for their debut Sigh No More, while Rihanna, Cee Lo Green and Justin Bieber took gongs in the International Female, Male and Breakthrough Act categories respectively.

As previously announced, Jessie J was awarded the Critics' Choice title, making her the fourth consecutive female to take home the gong.

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Full List Of The Brits Nominees And Winners (in bold):

British Male Solo Artist

Mark Ronson

Paul Weller

Plan B

Robert Plant

Tinie Tempah

 

British Female Solo Artist

Cheryl Cole

Ellie Goulding

Laura Marling

Paloma Faith

Rumer

 

British Breakthrough Act

Ellie Goulding

Mumford and Sons

Rumer

Tinie Tempah

The XX 

 

British Group

Biffy Clyro

Gorillaz

Mumford and Sons

Take That

The XX 

 

British Single

Alexandra Burke featuring Pitbull - All Night Long

Cheryl Cole - Parachute

Florence and the Machine - You've Got the Love

Matt Cardle - When We Collide

Olly Murs - Please Don't Let Me Go

Plan B - She Said

Scouting for Girls - This Ain't A Love Song

Taio Cruz - Dynamite

Tinie Tempah - Pass Out

The Wanted - All Time Low 

 

British Album of the Year

Mumford and Sons - Sigh No More

Plan B - The Defamation of Strickland Banks

Take That - Progress

Tinie Tempah - Disc- Overy

The XX - XX 

 

International Male Solo Artist

Bruce Springsteen

Cee Lo Green

David Guetta

Eminem

Kanye West 

 

International Female Solo Artist

Alicia Keys

Katy Perry

Kylie Minogue

Rihanna

Robyn 

 

International Breakthrough Act

Bruno Mars

Glee Cast

Justin Bieber

The National

The Temper Trap 

 

International Group

Arcade Fire

Black Eyed Peas

Kings of Leon

The Script

Vampire Weekend 

 

International Album

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

Cee Lo Green - The Lady Killer

Eminem - Recovery

Katy Perry - Teenage Dream

Kings of Leon - Come Around Sundown 

 

British Producer

Ethan Johns

John Leckie

Markus Dravs

Mike Pela

Stuart Price

  

Critics' Choice

Jessie J

James Blake

The Vaccines
 

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