BRIT Awards 2010: The full list of winners and nominees

As we said goodbye to the Noughties, the 2010 BRITs was also saying farewell to Earl's Court – the iconic venue was set to be bulldozed and the ceremony would move to the O2 Arena from the following year.

But the greatest and wildest of the music biz certainly saw the place off in style. Presented by comedian Peter Kay, BRITs 2010 was the 30th edition of the show, and included some special awards for British Album of 30 Years and, even more excitingly, Best Live Performance of 30 Years.

The show opened with Lily Allen descending from the sky on the back of a huge black rocket, performing her second Number 1 single The Fear. Along with Lady Gaga, Pixie Lott, JLS and Florence and the Machine, Lily had the most nominations with three nods – would she go home empty-handed as she did in 2007? (Spoiler: no.)

Lily had NO fear with her pink parachutists. Image: Richard Young/Shutterstock

Samantha Fox, who co-presented the anarchic 1989 ceremony that has gone down in TV folkore as a camp classic, presented the Spice Girls with the best live performance of the last 30 years for their showstopping, Union Flag dress-featuring routine to Who Do You Think You Are from 1997. Mel B and Geri represented the rest of the band.

Onto the male awards next, and British winner, presented by Andy Serkis, who at the time was starring in Ian Dury biopic Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, went to Dizzee Rascal – the rapper had notched up three huge Number 1s in the last year, kicking off with the Calvin Harris collab Dance Wiv Me.

JLS performed Beat Again before Mel B was whisked back on stage to present the International Male to Jay-Z, who thanked the Spice Girls for inspiring him. Oh yes!

The award for British Album of 30 Years was next, with Slade frontman Noddy holder announcing Oasis's second album (What's The Story) Morning Glory as the winner. Only Liam Gallagher came to accept the award – the band had broken up the previous year after a series of rows, including one where Liam allegedly threw a plum at brother Noel.

British group nominees Kasabian took to the stage with Fire, followed by Geri Halliwell returning to hand JLS the award for British Breakthrough, beating La Roux and Florence and the Machine, and then… it was time for Mother Monster.

Lady Gaga was deeply affected by the death of her friend, the designer Alexander McQueen, and dedicated her emotional, raw, and fairly sparse performance of Telephone to him, before switching up a gear for Dance in the Dark, both songs taken from The Fame Monster.

Critics' Choice had already been announced, of course, as is custom, but winner Ellie Goulding's time to shine came when Courtney Love officially presented her with her statuette. Kasabian took the British group gong from Idris Elba, before Lady Gaga won her first award of the night for International Breakthrough.

Flo and Diz do the biz. Image: Andy Paradise/AP/Shutterstock

It's not the BRITs without a medley, and on mashup duties this year was Florence and the Machine with Dizzee rascal, who performed a new arrangement of their cover of The Source feat Candi Staton's classic You Got The Love and Dizzee's Dirtee Cash. Renamed You Got the Dirtee Love, it was a huge hit, peaking at number 2 the weeks after the show.

TV presenter and chat show don Jonathan Ross dressed up as a rapper (no one knows why) to present the award for International Female, which was claimed by Lady Gaga, her second award of the night, and British Female was presented by Dame Shirley Bassey went to Lily Allen, who by now was wearing a big orange wig. Well, why not? When you're a winner, you can do what you want!

Jay-Z and Alicia Keys performed their showstopping collaboration Empire State of Mind, before Mika presented the International Album award to… yep, Lady Gaga, giving the star a 100% conversion rate from nomination to win – three nods, three statuettes!

Spoiling for a fight, it's Cheryl. Image: Andy Paradise/AP/Shutterstock

Former Girl Aloud Cheryl Cole (as she was then) made her solo BRITs debut with million-selling Fight For This Love, wowing the crowd with a costume change halfway through the performance. JLS then won the British Single Award for their debut track Beat Again, their second win of the night – it was emotional!

JLYes! The boys took home two statuettes that night. Image: David Fisher/Shutterstock

In the home strait now, and Florence and the Machine made up for earlier defeats by taking home the British Album award for Lungs, presented to them by designer Tom Ford who was in the UK promoting his directorial debut A Single Man.

The show closed with a medley to end all medleys, from Outstanding Contribution winner Robbie Williams, who rattled through 13 of his greatest hits and fan faves, including Millennium, Angels, and Rock DJ, before ending on cult fave Rudebox.

And that was a wrap!

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The full list of winners and nominees for the 2010 BRIT Awards:

CATEGORY	ARTIST	SONG/ALBUM
British Breakthrough Act	Florence & The Machine
British Breakthrough Act	Friendly Fires
British Breakthrough Act	JLS (WINNER)
British Breakthrough Act	La Roux
British Breakthrough Act	Pixie Lott
British Female Solo Artist	Bat For Lashes
British Female Solo Artist	Florence & The Machine
British Female Solo Artist	Leona Lewis
British Female Solo Artist	Lily Allen (WINNER)
British Female Solo Artist	Pixie Lott
British Group	Doves
British Group	Friendly Fires
British Group	JLS
British Group	Kasabian (WINNER)
British Group	Muse
British Male Solo Artist	Calvin Harris
British Male Solo Artist	Dizzee Rascal (WINNER)
British Male Solo Artist	Mika
British Male Solo Artist	Paolo Nutini
British Male Solo Artist	Robbie Williams
British Producer of the Year	Ethan Jones
British Producer of the Year	Jim Abbiss
British Producer of the Year	Paul Epworth (WINNER)
British Producer of the Year	Steve Lillywhite
British Single	Alesha Dixon	Breathe Slow
British Single	Alexandra Burke ft. Flo Rida	Bad Boys
British Single	Cheryl Cole	Fight For This Love
British Single	JLS (WINNER)	Beat Again
British Single	Joe McElderry	The Climb
British Single	La Roux	In For The Kill
British Single	Lily Allen	The Fear
British Single	Pixie Lott	Mama Do
British Single	Taio Cruz	Break Your Heart
British Single	Tinchy Stryder ft. N-Dubz	Number 1
BRITs Album of 30 Years	Coldplay	A Rush Of Blood To The Head
BRITs Album of 30 Years	Dido	No Angel
BRITs Album of 30 Years	Dire Straits	Brothers In Arms
BRITs Album of 30 Years	Duffy	Rockferry
BRITs Album of 30 Years	Keane	Hopes & Fears
BRITs Album of 30 Years	Oasis (WINNER)	(What's The Story) Morning Glory?
BRITs Album of 30 Years	Phil Collins	No Jacket Required
BRITs Album of 30 Years	Sade	Diamond Life
BRITs Album of 30 Years	The Verve	Urban Hymns
BRITs Album of 30 Years	Travis	The Man Who
BRITs Performance of 30 Years	Bee Gees	Stayin' Alive/How Deep Is Your Love (1997)
BRITs Performance of 30 Years	Bros	I Owe You Nothing (1989)
BRITs Performance of 30 Years	Coldplay	Clocks (2003)
BRITs Performance of 30 Years	Eurythmics & Stevie Wonder	Angel (1999)
BRITs Performance of 30 Years	Girls Aloud	The Promise (2009)
BRITs Performance of 30 Years	Kanye West	Gold Digger (2006)
BRITs Performance of 30 Years	Kylie Minogue	Can't Get You Out Of My Head (2002)
BRITs Performance of 30 Years	Michael Jackson	Earth Song (1996)
BRITs Performance of 30 Years	Paul McCartney	Live & Let Die (2008)
BRITs Performance of 30 Years	Pet Shop Boys	Go West (1994)
BRITs Performance of 30 Years	Robbie Williams & Tom Jones	The Full Monty Medley (1998)
BRITs Performance of 30 Years	Scissor Sisters	Take Your Mama (2005)
BRITs Performance of 30 Years	Spice Girls (WINNER)	Who Do You Think You Are (1997)
BRITs Performance of 30 Years	Take That	Beatles Medley I Wanna Hold Your Hand/Hard Day's Night/She Loves Me (1994)
BRITs Performance of 30 Years	The Who	Who Are You (1988)
Critics' Choice	Delphic
Critics' Choice	Ellie Goulding (WINNER)
Critics' Choice	Marina & The Diamonds
International Album	Animal Collective	Merriweather Post Pavilion
International Album	Black Eyed Peas	The E.N.D.
International Album	Empire Of The Sun	Walking On A Dream
International Album	Jay-Z	The Blueprint 3
International Album	Lady Gaga (WINNER)	The Fame
International Breakthrough Act	Animal Collective
International Breakthrough Act	Daniel Merriweather
International Breakthrough Act	Empire Of The Sun
International Breakthrough Act	Lady Gaga (WINNER)
International Breakthrough Act	Taylor Swift
International Female Solo Artist	Lady Gaga (WINNER)
International Female Solo Artist	Ladyhawke
International Female Solo Artist	Norah Jones
International Female Solo Artist	Rihanna
International Female Solo Artist	Shakira
International Male Solo Artist	Bruce Springsteen
International Male Solo Artist	Eminem
International Male Solo Artist	Jay-Z (WINNER)
International Male Solo Artist	Michael Bublé
International Male Solo Artist	Seasick Steve
MasterCard British Album of the Year	Dizzee Rascal	Tongue n Cheek
MasterCard British Album of the Year	Florence & The Machine (WINNER)	Lungs
MasterCard British Album of the Year	Kasabian	West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
MasterCard British Album of the Year	Lily Allen	It's Not Me, It's You
MasterCard British Album of the Year	Paolo Nutini	Sunny Side Up

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