Arctic Monkeys and One Direction are the big winners with two gongs each as Ellie Goulding is crowned Queen of the BRITs
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Arctic Monkeys and One Direction were the big winners at the BRIT Awards - taking home two accolades apiece.
The Sheffield four-piece were named Best British Group and Album Of The Year for their disc AM during the star-studded ceremony at London's O2 Arena.
Meanwhile, manufactured pop quintet One Direction picked up Global Success Award and British Video Of The Year for Best Song Ever.
Scroll down for a list of winners and video
Northern lads done good: Arctic Monkeys accept their first award of the night - Best British Group
After years in the charts, it was finally Ellie Goulding's time to shine as she beat Laura Marling, Jessie J, Birdie and Laura Mvula to the coveted Best British Female Artist accolade.
A shaking Ellie accepted her award from Prince, saying: 'Thank you so much, I genuinely am in shock. I'm about to say a thank you to my lovely management.
'I'm shaking. Thank you so much, this means so much to me I can't even tell you.'
Stunned: Ellie Goulding looked lost for words as she came on stage to accept Best British Female Artist wearing a gold Julien Macdonald dress
Striking: Ellie's Julien Macdonald dress was much better received on Twitter than her red carpet ensemble
Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner provided some quirky responses to his group's two awards.
When they picked up Best British Group from Lily Allen, he quipped: 'Well there's that £15 we put on One Direction to win down the drain then innit...
'There's a lot of people who require thanks for this, but they need to hear their names read out about as much as you need to hear another list of people's names read out.'
New kids on the block: Bastille show off their award for Best British Breakthrough Act
London-based band Bastille were the surprise winners of the British Breakthrough Act - a tough category featuring Disclosure, Laura Mvula, London Grammar and Tom Odell.
Accepting their statuette from Tinie Tempah and Fearne Cotton, the four-piece said: 'I think that this time last year anyone in the room let alone us would've ever thought we'd even be here so thank you.
'I'm going to shut-up now. Thank you very much.'
Missing - one bandmember: Liam admitted he didn't know where Harry was
Celebrate: The boys show off their two awards backstage
Rather predictably, One Direction were named the winners of the Global Success Award for the second year in a row for a category which was unveiled for the first time last year.
However, Harry Styles missed the band's name being read out, meaning he ran on stage halfway through their acceptance speech.
Grabbing the microphone, he apologised for his tardy behaviour: 'I'm really sorry I was having a wee, the toilets are ages away!
Tribute to an icon: Kate Moss wore one of David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust playsuits to accept the British Male Artist Award on his behalf from Noel Gallagher
'A massive thank you to all our incredible fans. Thank you.'
One no-show of the night - but his lack of attendance was no surprise - was rock legend David Bowie, who was named Best British Male Solo Artist.
Instead, supermodel Kate Moss accepted it on his behalf wearing one of his Ziggy Stardust playsuits.
UK united: Kate read out a Japanese myth and appeal to Scotland to vote 'no' to independance
Reading out a Japanese myth, she said: ‘In Japanese myth the rabbits from my old costume that Kate's wearing live on the moon.
‘Kate comes from Venus and I from Mars, so that's nice. I'm completely delighted to have a Brit for being the best male, but I am, aren't I Kate? I think it's a great way to end the day.
‘Thank you very, very much and Scotland - stay with us.'
New Zealand's finest: Teen singer/songwriter Lorde with her Best International Female Award
Sharing the love: Bruno Mars won Best International Male Solo Artist
Another no show was French dance duo Daft Punk, who won Best International Group.
Instead, Chic rocker Nile Rodgers - who appears on several tracks on their Random Access Memories album - accepted it on their behalf.
Bruno Mars, who performed Treasure, was named International Male Solo Artist.
We did it! Rudimental brought Ella Eyre on stage with them to accept the award for Best British Single
So excited: London group Rudimental couldn't hide their joy at winning Best British Single for Waiting All Night
Accepting his trophy, he said: 'Thank you so much, thank you guys. It's an honour to be in this category with … I want to thank the fans. We love coming out here and performing for y'all.'
New Zealander Lorde looked stunned to be named International Female Solo Artist following her success at the Grammys last month.
She gushed: 'I'm still so new to getting awards like this. Thank you so much to the talented women in this category – it's amazing to have competition this happy.
'This really was a priceless surprise. Thank you.'
Funky: Nile Rodgers accepted Best International Group on behalf of Daft Punk, who were unable to attend
London collective Rudimental were stunned to win British Single - beating the likes of One Direction, Disclosure and Calvin Harris to the award, which is voted for by members of the Brits Academy.
The four-piece brought guest vocalist Ella Eyre to accept the gong for Waiting All Night.
Arctic Monkeys were the last winners of the night as they were named Mastercard Album of the Year for their record AM.
Frontman Alex took the mic again as he said: 'Thank you. That rock and roll eh. That rock and roll, it just won't go away.
Rock n roll: Alex Turner dropped the microphone on the stage at the end of his second acceptance speech of the night
'It might hibernate form time to time, sink back into the swamp, I think the cyclically nature in the universe in which it exists demands it adheres to some of its rules. But it's always waiting there just around the corner ready to make its way back through the sludge and smash through the glass ceiling looking better than ever.
'Yeah that rock and roll it seems like it's fading away sometimes but it'll never die and there's nothing you can do about it.
'Thank you very f***ing much for this, I do truly appreciate it. Don't take that the wrong way. Invoice me for the microphone if you need to.'
Ending the night on a rock 'n' roll note, he then dropped the microphone on the floor.
The next big thing: Sam Smith with his Critics' Choice Award
BRIT AWARD WINNERS 2014
British Male Solo Artist: David Bowie
British Female Solo Artist: Ellie Goulding
British Group: Arctic Monkeys
British Breakthrough Act: Bastille
Critics' Choice (already awarded): Sam Smith
British Single: Rudimental featuring Ella Eyre - Waiting All Night
British Album Of The Year: Arctic Monkeys - AM
British Video Of The Year: One Direction - Best Song Ever
International Male Solo Artist: Bruno Mars
International Female Solo Artist: Lorde
International Group: Daft Punk
Global Success Award: One Direction
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