{"id":307202,"date":"2026-02-28T23:47:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T23:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/307202\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T23:47:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T23:47:19","slug":"brit-awards-2026-winners-in-full-as-olivia-dean-wins-album-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/307202\/","title":{"rendered":"Brit Awards 2026: Winners in full as Olivia Dean wins Album of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A delighted Olivia Dean<\/a> took home the double whammy of Artist and Album of the Year at this year\u2019s Brit Awards<\/a>, thanks to the success of her 2025 album The Art of Loving.<\/p>\n

The 2026 Brit Awards<\/a> ceremony was held at the Co-Op Live arena in Manchester on Saturday 28 February, with Dean<\/a>, Lily Allen<\/a> and Sam Fender<\/a> among the night\u2019s nominees.<\/p>\n

Dean, 26, enjoyed a huge year in 2025 thanks to the success of her second album, The Art of Loving<\/a>, and singles such as \u201cMan I Need\u201d and \u201cNice to Each Other\u201d, while also winning the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in January.<\/p>\n

The soul-pop singer was up for Song of the Year for two songs: for her single \u201cMan I Need\u201d and also for her collaboration with singer-songwriter Sam Fender<\/a>, \u201cRein Me In\u201d, ultimately winning with Fender for \u201cRein Me In\u201d before taking Artist of the Year. <\/p>\n

She won a total of four of the five nominations she had, only missing out on the fifth due to being nominated twice in the Song of the Year category.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, buzzy New York band Geese won International Group. Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher received the Songwriter of the Year award, following the band\u2019s massive reunion tour of 2025. Mark Ronson was honoured with Producer of the Year. Rock band Wolf Alice took home the prize for Best Group.<\/p>\n

\"Sam<\/p>\n

open image in gallery<\/p>\n

Sam Fender and Olivia Dean are nominated for their collaboration \u2018Rein Me In\u2019 (Getty)<\/p>\n

Here are the winners of the 2026 Brit Awards.<\/p>\n

Artist of the Year<\/p>\n

Dave<\/p>\n

Fred Again<\/p>\n

JADE<\/p>\n

Lily Allen<\/p>\n

Little Simz<\/p>\n

Lola Young<\/a><\/p>\n

Olivia Dean – WINNER<\/p>\n

PinkPantheress<\/p>\n

Sam Fender<\/p>\n

Self Esteem<\/p>\n

\"Olivia<\/p>\n

open image in gallery<\/p>\n

Olivia Dean swept the 2026 Brit Awards (Gareth Cattermole\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Group of the Year<\/p>\n

The Last Dinner Party<\/p>\n

Pulp<\/p>\n

Sleep Token<\/p>\n

Wet Leg <\/p>\n

Wolf Alice – WINNER <\/p>\n

\"Wolf<\/p>\n

open image in gallery<\/p>\n

Wolf Alice took home the prize for Group of the Year (AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Album of the Year<\/p>\n

Dave \u2013 The Boy Who Played the Harp<\/p>\n

Lily Allen \u2013 West End Girl<\/p>\n

Olivia Dean \u2013 The Art of Loving – WINNER<\/p>\n

Sam Fender \u2013 People Watching<\/p>\n

Wolf Alice \u2013 The Clearing<\/p>\n

\"Olivia<\/p>\n

open image in gallery<\/p>\n

Olivia Dean swept the Brit Awards after receiving five nominations (AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Breakthrough Artist<\/p>\n

Barry Can\u2019t Swim<\/p>\n

EsDeeKid<\/p>\n

Jim Legxacy<\/p>\n

Lola Young – WINNER<\/p>\n

Sky Newman<\/p>\n

\"Lola<\/p>\n

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Lola Young at the 2026 Brit Awards (PA Wire)<\/p>\n

International Artist<\/p>\n

Bad Bunny<\/p>\n

Chappell Roan<\/a><\/p>\n

CMAT<\/p>\n

Doechii<\/p>\n

Lady Gaga<\/p>\n

Rosalia<\/a> – WINNER<\/p>\n

Sabrina Carpenter<\/p>\n

Sombr<\/p>\n

Taylor Swift<\/a><\/p>\n

Tyler, the Creator<\/p>\n

\"Rosalia<\/p>\n

open image in gallery<\/p>\n

Rosalia won International Solo Artist at the Brit Awards 2026 (Gareth Cattermole\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

International Group<\/p>\n

Geese – WINNER<\/p>\n

Haim<\/a><\/p>\n

Hunter X<\/p>\n

Tame Impala<\/p>\n

Turnstile<\/p>\n

\"New<\/p>\n

open image in gallery<\/p>\n

New York band Geese won their first Brit Award (Lewis Evans)<\/p>\n

Song of the Year (public vote)<\/p>\n

Calvin Harris and Clementine Douglas \u2013 \u201cBlessings\u201d<\/p>\n

Chrystal and Notion \u2013 \u201cThe Days (Notion Remix)\u201d<\/p>\n

Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande \u2013 \u201cDefying Gravity\u201d<\/p>\n

Ed Sheeran \u2013 \u201cAzizam\u201d<\/p>\n

Fred Again, Skepta and PlaqueBoyMax \u2013 \u201cVictory Lap\u201d<\/p>\n

Lewis Capaldi \u2013 \u201cSurvive\u201d<\/p>\n

Lola Young \u2013 \u201cMessy\u201d<\/p>\n

Myles Smith \u2013 \u201cNice to Meet You\u201d<\/p>\n

Olivia Dean \u2013 \u201cMan I Need\u201d<\/p>\n

RAYE \u2013 \u201cWhere is My Husband?\u201d<\/p>\n

Sam Fender and Olivia Dean \u2013 \u201cRein Me In\u201d – WINNER<\/p>\n

Skye Newman \u2013 \u201cFamily Matters\u201d<\/p>\n

International Song (public vote)<\/p>\n

Alex Warren \u2013 \u201cOrdinary\u201d<\/p>\n

Chappell Roan \u2013 \u201cPink Pony Club\u201d<\/p>\n

Disco Lines x Tinashe \u2013 \u201cNo Broke Boys\u201d<\/p>\n

GG Perez \u2013 \u201cSailor Song\u201d<\/p>\n

Gracie Abrams \u2013 \u201cThat\u2019s So True\u201d<\/p>\n

Hunter X \u2013 \u201cGolden\u201d<\/p>\n

Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars \u2013 \u201cDie With a Smile\u201d <\/p>\n

Raven Lenni \u2013 \u201cLove Me Not\u201d<\/p>\n

Rose x Bruno Mars \u2013 \u201cAPT\u201d – WINNER<\/p>\n

Sabrina Carpenter \u2013 \u201cManchild\u201d<\/p>\n

Sombr \u2013 \u201cUndressed\u201d<\/p>\n

Taylor Swift – \u201cThe Fate of Ophelia\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Bruno<\/p>\n

open image in gallery<\/p>\n

Bruno Mars and Rose won for their collaboration \u2018APT\u2019 (CBS)<\/p>\n

Alternative\/Rock<\/p>\n

Blood Orange<\/p>\n

Lola Young<\/p>\n

Sam Fender – WINNER<\/p>\n

Wet Leg<\/p>\n

Wolf Alice<\/p>\n

\"Sam<\/p>\n

open image in gallery<\/p>\n

Sam Fender won for Alternative\/Rock Act (Gareth Cattermole\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Pop<\/p>\n

JADE<\/p>\n

Lily Allen<\/p>\n

Lola Young<\/p>\n

Olivia Dean – WINNER<\/p>\n

RAYE<\/p>\n

\"Olivia<\/p>\n

open image in gallery<\/p>\n

Olivia Dean won Artist of the Year at the 2026 Brit Awards (AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Hip-hop\/Grime\/Rap<\/p>\n

Central Cee<\/p>\n

Dave – WINNER<\/p>\n

Jim Legxacy<\/p>\n

Little Simz<\/p>\n

Loyle Carner<\/p>\n

R&B<\/p>\n

Jim Legxacy<\/p>\n

KWN<\/p>\n

Mabel<\/p>\n

Sasha Keeble<\/p>\n

Sault – WINNER<\/p>\n

Dance Act<\/p>\n

Calvin Harris and Clementine Douglas<\/p>\n

FKA twigs<\/p>\n

Fred Again, Skepta and PlaqueBoyMax – WINNER<\/p>\n

PinkPantheress<\/p>\n

Sammy Virgi<\/p>\n

Critics Choice<\/p>\n

Jacob Alon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":307203,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-307202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/307203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}