The 2012 Brit Awards - the winners

We don't like to blow our own trumpets at Bobbysix but, four years ago, we stated that a little-known singer from Tottenham called Adele had "the potential to be a truly remarkable artist." Four years ago! Well, her meteoric rise to megastardom continued this week when she took out Best British Female and Best British Album at the 2012 Brit Awards.

Mind you, how much faith can you put in the Brits, in terms of a yardstick of quality? Sure, Adele has talent, Blur deserve their pat on the back and Foo Fighters are worthy enough winners but, come on, Bruno Fucking Mars and One Direction? Far out.

The awards ceremony took place in London on Tuesday night and included performances from Coldplay (whose frontman Chris Martin later joined Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds on piano), Florence And The Machine and Rihanna. There were also video tributes to Amy Winehouse and Whitney Houston.

The Winners: 
British Female Solo Artist - Adele
International Male Solo Artist - Bruno Mars 
British Single - One Direction: What Makes You Beautiful
International Female Solo Artist -  Rihanna
British Male Solo Artist - Ed Sheeran
British Group - Coldplay
International Group - Foo Fighters
British Breakthrough Act - Ed Sheeran
International Breakthrough Act - Lana Del Rey
Mastercard British Album Of The Year - Adele: 21
Critics' Choice Award - Emeli Sande
British Producer - Paul Epworth
Outstanding Contribution To Music - Blur

Bobbysix.com's End of Year Review 2011 - Celeste Macdonald

Having split her year between the UK, The States, Europe and Australia, Celeste Macdonald is well-placed to give her opinion on what's been the best of 2011. Check back on New Year's Day for the overall winners of best album, song, film and gig, as voted for by you:

Top 10 albums

1. El Camino – THE BLACK KEYS
2. Making Mirrors – GOTYE
3. Prisoner – THE JEZABELS
4. To The Horses – LANIE LANE
5. Come On Board – JEFFREY LEWIS
6. Bad As Me – TOM WAITS
7. Let England Shake – PJ HARVEY
8. Bon Iver – BON IVER
9. Rain On A Humming Wire – THE PANICS
10. I Want That You Are Always Happy – THE MIDDLE EAST

Top 10 songs

1. Video Games – LANA DEL REY




2. Lay It Down – THE RUBENS
3. Run Right Back – THE BLACK KEYS
4. What Do I Do – LANIE LANE
5. Somebody That I Used To Know (featuring Kimbra) – GOTYE
6. Golden Revolver – SAN CISCO
7. I Follow Rivers – LYKKE LI
8. Brother – MATT CORBY
9. Second Chance – PETER, BJORN AND JOHN
10. Tongue Tied – GROUPLOVE

Top 5 Gigs

1. JEFFREY LEWIS - Sticky Mike's Frog Bar, Brighton
2. DARK HORSES - Concorde2, Brighton
3. THREE TRAPPED TIGERS - Sticky Mike's Frog Bar, Brighton
4. PURITY RING - The Green Door Store, Brighton
5. CARL BARAT - The Prince Albert, Brighton

Highlight of the year
Having the privilege of spending nearly nine months of 2011 traveling around Europe and the United States, I stumbled upon maybe the greatest place on earth, Budapest. Added to its greatness, I had the pleasure of being there with Bobbysix himself.

2011 in words
Fantastically amazing year for music, incredibly disappointing year for Hollywood.

Prediction for 2012
After 2011 came out with the highest number of Hollywood sequels ever, (yes, EVER) Hollywood decides to stop making sequels and instead take a chance on original, independent and thought-provoking cinema...fingers crossed.

Celeste Macdonald - Contributor

Celeste likes to travel to world. She knows her stuff about music, movies and TV. She is deadly with a pool cue.