Olivia Dean wins big as Brits hosted in Manchester for the first time
She won four awards on the night including artist of the year
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Singer Olivia Dean dominated last night's BRIT Awards in Manchester, winning four prizes in total.
Lola Young picked up best breakthrough act, while Wolf Alice were named best British group.
Songwriter of the year went to Noel Gallagher, as the Co-op Live venue in Manchester hosted the event for the first time
Soulful pop star Dean took home awards for artist of the year, album of the year, pop act, and song of the year for Rein Me In, alongside Sam Fender, whose album People Watching the song features on.
Becoming emotional after winning album of the year for The Art Of Loving, she said:
"Making this album has changed my life, I feel so proud to have made it, and to work with everybody that I did on it...
"Thank you so much for believing in me when I didn't really believe in myself sometimes... this album is just about love and loving each other in a world that feels lovelessness right now, so I don't know, thank you."
After receiving song of the year, Dean thanked Fender for "a beautiful song", adding it had "been a pleasure to be a part of it".
Fender said he loved the song, which he had written about four years ago, adding:
"Olivia made it her own, and I just want to say thank you to Olivia and her fans."
The awards ceremony kicked off with a sketch starring comedian and host Jack Whitehall, as he reminisced about missing the former One Direction star.
In a montage of clips set to Styles' number one debut single, Sign Of The Times, Whitehall was seen wondering where the singer was, poking fun at his lengthy break from music.
The Bad Education actor was then seen looking at a corkboard which read: "Where is Harry?"
On a night with many memorable moments , Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne was remembered by his widow Sharon as "authentic, gifted and unpredictable", as he was honoured with a posthumous lifetime achievement award.
The singer, known as the Prince of Darkness, died aged 76 in July last year just over two weeks after his Back To The Beginning farewell concert where he was reunited with his bandmates.
His widow Sharon and their daughter Kelly collected the accolade on his behalf as his legacy was recognised during the annual award show.
Wolf Alice used their group of the year winners' speech to call for support for the UK's small venues.
Singer Ellie Rowsell said:
"It's worth mentioning that despite the billions of pounds the live sector contributes to our economy, last year, 30 independent venues closed down.
"Six thousand jobs were lost, and over half of small venues reported making no profit at all, it shouldn't be a battle to survive as a band or any artist.
"We shouldn't be reliant on favours or anyone on funding schemes in order to do things at a level we feel proud of.
Spanish singer Rosalia, who was joined on stage by Bjork for a performance of Berghain, took home the award for international act, following a year which saw her release her critically acclaimed Lux album.
She said it was "insane" to win: "I was so grateful just to be here tonight, just to perform."
Rosalia added:
"It's such an honour to bring my music far from home, and I would love to share this (award) with all my peers who also make music in Spanish."
The singer added: "Let's keep celebrating the other names. Let's keep celebrating different music, different cultures, different languages."