The BRIT Awards took place at The O2 Arena in London on Wednesday 20 February 2019.
The annual music awards, presented by British comedian Jack Whitehall, distributed awards for 14 categories to recognise the biggest and best achievements in popular music, including Mastercard British Album of the Year, Best British Breakthrough for emerging acts and Outstanding Contribution to Music award.
Many of the night’s winners are Ticketmaster Artist Services clients, with whom we have worked closely along with their labels, management and talent agents on numerous and varying campaigns in recent months. Each winner is an exceptional talent and we are honoured to be ticketing partner in every case.
Here are just some of the direct-to-fan ticketing campaigns from this year’s winners.
Outstanding contribution to music WINNER: P!NK
Receiving the night’s biggest award was multiplatinum selling US singer-songwriter P!NK, who celebrates two decades operating at the very highest level in popular music Late last year, the star announced she would bring her Beautiful Trauma World tour to the UK and Ireland for Summer 2019. To ensure that P!NK’s fans had the fairest and best access to tickets over professional resellers and bots, UK promoter Marshall Arts employed Ticketmaster International as the tour’s official ticket seller, utilising Ticketmaster’s exclusive Verified Fan mechanic. She also offered fans a commemorative 3D lenticular Collector Ticket which proved to be the biggest-Selling Collector Ticket in 2018. Read the full story here.
British group & British album of the year WINNER: The 1975
Also picking up gongs were Manchester’s The 1975, who won in the Best Group and Best Album categories. For their commercially and critically acclaimed third album A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships, Ticketmaster Artist Services teamed up with the band’s label Dirty Hit (Polydor Universal), agent Primary and promoter Festival Republic to deliver a high profile album pre-order and tour presale ticketing campaign in January this year.
British male solo artist WINNER: George Ezra
Closer Management’s George Ezra scoped another BRIT Award thanks to the success of his sophomore album Staying at Tamara’s which features the hit singles Shotgun and Paradise. His label Sony and management have frequently used Ticketmaster Artist Services throughout the singer-songwriter’s career on anti-resale measures for intimate shows plus artist presales – including a hugely successful one for his biggest tour yet. Read all about it in our case study here.
British breakthrough act WINNER: Tom Walker
Scottish singer-songwriter Tom Walker looked genuinely shocked when he was announced as the breakthrough winner at The O2 on Wednesday night. A very worthy winner, Walker has been making waves since the release of his single Leave a Light On which features on his forthcoming debut album What A Time to Be Alive which is out on Relentless Records / Sony Music in March 2019. Artist Services caught Tom live at Eurosonic festival, Groningen, and even got to celebrate a great performance with a cup of tea backstage with him! In addition, TicketWeb has been long-time supporter of Walker’s, running features on the artist at every stage of his developing career, as well as featuring Tom in our New For 2018 list.
Label Sony Music have partnered with Artist Services for three of Tom’s UK tours, including his biggest in 2019 which included a DTC album pre-order mechanic to give fans who buy the album chance to buy tickets via an exclusive TicketWeb presale.
All in all of all 14 categories at the BRIT Awards 2019, eight were won by Ticketmaster clients.Check out the full list below of winners, where we’ve highlighted Ticketmaster clients.
British Breakthrough Act
WINNER: Tom Walker
Ella Mai
Idles
Jorja Smith
Mabel
British Album of the Year
WINNER: The 1975 – A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships
Anne-Marie – Speak Your Mind
Florence + The Machine – High As Hope
George Ezra – Staying At Tamara’s
Jorja Smith – Lost & Found
British Female Solo Artist
WINNER: Jorja Smith
Anne-Marie
Florence + The Machine
Jess Glynne
Lily Allen
British Male Solo Artist
WINNER: George Ezra
Aphex Twin
Craig David
Giggs
Sam Smith
British Group
WINNER: The 1975
Arctic Monkeys
Gorillaz
Little Mix
Years & Years
British Breakthrough Act
WINNER: Tom Walker
Ella Mai
Idles
Jorja Smith
Mabel
Critics’ Choice
WINNER: Sam Fender
Lewis Capaldi
Mahalia
British Single
WINNER: Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa – One Kiss
Anne-Marie – 2002
Clean Bandit ft Demi Lovato – Solo
Dua Lipa – IDGAF
George Ezra – Shotgun
Jess Glynne – I’ll Be There
RAMZ – Barking
Rudimental – These Days
Siagla and Paloma Faith – Lullaby
Tom Walker – Leave A Light On
British Video
WINNER: Little Mix ft Nicki Minaj – Woman Like Me
Anne-Marie – 2002
Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa – One Kiss
Clean Bandit ft Demi Lovato – Solo
Dua Lipa – IDGAF
Jax Jones ft Ina Wroldsen – Breathe
Jonas Blue ft Jack & Jack – Rise
Liam Payne and Rita Ora – For You
Rita Ora – Let Me Love You
Rudimental – These Days
International Male Solo Artist
WINNER: Drake
Eminem
Kamasi Washington
Shawn Mendes
Travis Scott
International Female Solo Artist
WINNER: Ariana Grande
Camila Cabello
Cardi B
Christine & The Queen
Janelle Monae
International Group
WINNER: The Carters – Beyonce & Jay-Z
Brockhampton
First Aid Kit
Nile Rodgers & Chic
Twenty One Pilots
Brits Global Success Award
WINNER: Ed Sheeran
British producer of the year
WINNER: Calvin Harris
Outstanding contribution to music
WINNER: P!NK
