Adele and Ed Sheeran were the big winners of the night at the BRIT Awards 2012, with both scooping 2 awards a piece. One Direction, Lana Del Rey and The Foo Fighters also walked away with prizes.

Hosted by James Corden for the second year in a row, the Awards saw performances by Bruno Mars, Rihanna, Florence + The Machine, Olly Murs (featuring Rizzle Kicks), Noel Gallagher and Ed Sheeran.

During the show The BRITs also paid tribute to both Whitney Houston and Amy Winehouse with video montages.

This year artists were battling it out for the special 2012 BRITs trophy, exclusively restyled by Sir Peter Blake.

It was an emotional return for Adele with it being her first performance on British soil since her throat operation last year.

Since its release in January 2011, Adele’s award winning ‘21’ has gone on to sell over 15 million copies worldwide.  

The winners in full:

BRITISH MALE SOLO ARTIST
Ed Sheeran
Presented by Plan B

BRITISH FEMALE SOLO ARTIST
Adele
Presented by Kylie

BRITISH BREAKTHROUGH ACT
(Top five selected by Academy. Category promoted by BBC Radio 1)
Ed Sheeran
Presented by Cesc Fabregas & Nicole Scherzinger

BRITISH GROUP
(Top five selected by Academy. Category promoted by BBC Radio 2)
Coldplay
Presented by Jo Whiley & Huey Morgan

BRITISH SINGLE
(Top ten British singles based on commercial radio airplay and sales in the calendar year are automatically nominated. Promoted by Capital FM and iTunes, listeners and users voted for their favourite single of the year.)

One Direction – What Makes You Beautiful Presented by Tinie Tempah

MASTERCARD BRITISH ALBUM OF THE YEAR (promoted by ITV’s Daybreak and The Sun Bizarre column)
Adele – 21
Presented by George Michael

INTERNATIONAL MALE SOLO ARTIST
Bruno Mars
Presented by Jessie J & Jack Whitehall

INTERNATIONAL FEMALE
Rihanna
Presented by Jenson Button

INTERNATIONAL GROUP
Foo Fighters
Presented by Brian May and Roger Taylor

INTERNATIONAL BREAKTHROUGH ACT
Lana Del Rey
Presented by will.i.am & Rob Brydon

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO MUSIC AWARD
Blur
Presented by Ray Winstone

NOT PRESENTED DURING THE SHOW:

CRITICS' CHOICE (In association with War Child)
Emeli Sandé

BRITISH PRODUCER
Ethan Johns