(London) Singer Adele scooped up three awards, including coveted “best album of the year” at the Brit Awards ceremony held on Tuesday night in London with, for the first time, the end of categories “man” and “woman”.
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The British star was awarded for her fourth studio album, 30and also won Song of the Year with his hit Easy On Me and Artist of the Year.
The title 30 is a reference to Adele’s age when she started it three years ago, when her life was in turmoil, between her divorce and the abrupt end to her career.
“I understand why they changed the name of this award, but I really like being a woman, a female artist, really,” she said to applause in the packed London hall of the O2. arena.
The Brit Awards – Britain’s pop music trophies – have scrapped gender categories to single out artists ‘solely for their work and their music rather than how they choose to identify themselves or how others may perceive them “, explained the organizers.
Briton Sam Smith, who considers himself non-binary (does not identify with either the male or female gender), did not compete in 2021 at the Brit Awards because no category corresponded to him.
“I can’t believe a piano ballad won against so many great songs,” Adele said after receiving her Song of the Year award, beating contestants like A1 & J1, Central Cee, Glass Animals and KSI.
British pop star Ed Sheeran won songwriter of the year and young American Olivia Rodrigo was crowned international song of the year with Good For You.