Nudity, swearing, petulance, club anthems, more nudity, and a woman dressed as a horse – the 2025 Brit Awards had it all. Charli XCX was the big winner.

Charli XCX dominated the 2025 BRIT Awards on Sunday night (March 1), taking home four top prizes including Artist of the Year, Album of the Year for Brat, Song of the Year for her Billie Eilish collaboration, Dance Act of the Year, as well as the honorary Songwriter of the Year prize. Brat‘s executive producer A.G. Cook also won Producer of the Year. ‘I always felt like an outsider in the British music industry, so it feels nice to be recognized on this album when I actually haven’t made any sacrifices,’ Charli said during her acceptance speech.
The pop star’s seventh album, Brat, captured the cultural zeitgeist in a way that few artists ever manage. Released in June, the record combined abrasive dance-floor beats, soaring hooks, and meme-friendly artwork; as the 32-year-old assessed her place in the music industry, the real and imaginary rivals she’s accumulated along the way, and whether or not to leave it all behind to have a baby. In the star’s own words, the album was ‘chaos and emotional turmoil set to a club soundtrack’. Just as everyone was absorbing that, she hired a bunch of guest stars – Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande, Lorde, Addison Rae, Bon Iver – and re-recorded an entirely new, sometimes superior, version of the album.
Critics called it ‘pop music for the future’ and praised the way its ‘painfully relatable’ lyrics captured Charli‘s coming of age. Knowingly trashy, yet surprisingly deep, it was easily the best British album of the last 12 months – and one that proved Charli’s detractors wrong. ‘I feel like dance music, electronic music, gets a really bad rep because everyone is like, ‘It’s not that deep, is it? And I kind of feel it is,’ she said after collecting her second award. ‘This genre of music, for me, is euphoric, it allows me to escape, it allows me to feel on such a deep level.’
The event, which took place at London’s O2 Arena and was hosted by comedian Jack Whitehall, also featured an emotional tribute to the late One Direction singer, Liam Payne. ‘We have so many amazing memories of Liam here at the BRITs, so tonight we celebrate his legacy and look back and remember the remarkable Liam Payne,’ Whitehall said in his introduction of a video montage that honored the singer, which featured video clips, sound-bites, and photos from throughout his career, soundtracked by Payne’s tender performance of One Direction’s ‘Little Things.’
The BRITS also recognized Chappell Roan as International Artist of the Year, while her hit single, ‘Good Luck, Babe!’ won International Song of the Year. Ezra Collective took home Group of the Year, the Last Dinner Party won Best New Artist, Raye won R&B Act of the Year, Jade received Pop Act of the Year, Stormzy won Best Hip-Hop Act, Sam Fender won Alternative/Rock Act of the Year, Fontaines D.C. won International Group of the Year, Myles Smith was BRITs Rising Star recipient, and Sabrina Carpenter – who opened the show with a two-song medley of ‘Espresso’ and ‘Bed Chem’ – collected the honorary Global Success Award. Additional live performances came from Teddy Swims, Ezra Collective, Fender, the Last Dinner Party, Jade, and Lola Young.
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