BBC Music Awards 2015

Summary

One Direction, Ellie Goulding, Rod Stewart, Stereophonics, James Bay and Little Mix all performed at the Genting Arena, Birmingham
Adele took BBC Live Performance of the Year and British Artist of the Year
Hozier won the audience vote for Song of the Year for Take Me to Church
Taylor Swift was awarded International Artist of the Year
Jack Garrett picked up the award for BBC Introducing Artist of the Year

Live Reporting

Frankie Ward, with Mark Savage, Paul Murphy, Ruth Levis and Emma Bradshaw

This is what the men wore on the BBC Music Awards red carpetpublished at 17:58
Half the fun of watching awards ceremonies is seeing what dresses the women wear on the red carpet.
But, for once, BBC Newsbeat take a look at the outfits the male celebrities turned up to the ceremony in.
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My favourite song: Trevor Nelsonpublished at 17:56
The Radio 1Xtra DJ and Presenter reveals his lifelong jam
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Everytime I listen to this song it makes me smile
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Everytime Trevor listens to this song it makes him smile, even today, but what is it?
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- Find out more well-known faces' favourite tracks
"If you want my body and you think..."published at 17:54
Sing along people!
Years & Years hang out backstage with the legend himself, Rod Stewart
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Throwback Thursday: Clean Banditpublished at 17:51
Clean Bandit, who made stringed instruments cool in 2014, brought an abundance of class - and credibility - to the Music Awards last year, inviting their friend, collaborator and 2015 Song of the Year nominee Jess Glynne to perform with them.
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Hozier: Song of the Yearpublished at 17:48
"You could kill a man"
Congratulations to Hozier who has won Song of the Year with Take Me To Church, against some tough competition!
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Find out more about Hozier over on BBC Music, along with tracks, clips, interviews and galleries
BBC Introducing Artist of the Year: Jack Garrattpublished at 17:46
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"What time am I on again?" asks OMIpublished at 17:43
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He comes and he conquers: James Baypublished at 17:40
In November 2012 James Bay created a BBC Introducing account - and since then he's won the BRIT Awards 2015: Critics Choice Award, and is performing at the BBC Music Awards.
Have a look here to see just how far he's come.
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WINNER: Hozier - Take Me To Churchpublished at 17:38
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Song of the Year 2015published at 17:31
The songs shortlisted have had the most airplay across the BBC’s music radio networks and BBC Music Television over the last 12 months and the shortlist is made up of songs from some of the biggest names in popular music.
- Bloodstream - Ed Sheeran
- Love Me Like You Do - Ellie Goulding
- Take Me To Church - Hozier
- Want To Want Me - Jason Derulo
- Hold My Hand - Jess Glynne
- Lean On - Major Lazer x DJ Snake (feat. MØ)
- Uptown Funk - Mark Ronson (feat. Bruno Mars)
- Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix) - OMI
- Can’t Feel My Face - The Weeknd
- See You Again - Wiz Khalifa (feat. Charlie Puth)
My favourite song: Nick Jonaspublished at 17:30
Nick Jonas: Singer, Songwriter and Actor
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My personal connection to this song is that my dad showed me his music and made me a huge fan of the artist
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Nick became a big fan of this artist after his Dad introduced him to his music...
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Jess Glynne - best hair in the biz?published at 17:26
What do you think?
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... and here's another photo from the red carpet in case you're in need of more evidence to weigh up:
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Jess Glynne
Throwback Thursday: will.i.ampublished at 17:22
The Voice coach will.i.am brought his mate Cody Wise along for a massive performance at 2014's Music Awards, showing exactly why most of the music industry are queuing up to work with him.
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Little Mix are at the top of their game tonight...published at 17:18
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There's magic and mischief occurring backstage...published at 17:15
BBC Radio 1's Chris Cox has been baffling and bemusing our celebrity guests with a bewildering array of magic. Keep an eye out here for more of his magical capers!
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Birmingham's music legacy: Ocean Colour Scenepublished at 17:11
Since their formation in 1989, Birmingham's Ocean Colour Scene have released ten studio albums and show no signs of slowing down. Second album Mosley Shoals was one of the most iconic Britpop albums of the nineties - and the title just happens to reference bohemian Birmingham suburb Mosley.
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It's Adele! Best live performance winnerpublished at 17:09
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BBC Live Performance of the Yearpublished at 17:08
The shortlist (in alphabetical order) for BBC Live Performance of the Year is:
Adele at the BBC (BBC One Special)
Florence + The Machine (Glastonbury)
Jeff Lynne’s ELO (Radio 2 In Concert)
Lionel Richie (Glastonbury)
Radio 1 Ibiza Prom (BBC Proms)
1Xtra Grime Prom (BBC Proms)
Spot the difference...published at 17:07
Awks.
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... but seriously... Harry's trousers are THE talk of the town right now!
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Picking up an award?published at 17:05
Greg is suited and booted and getting ready to head onto the stage to hand out an award. Alice has been asking him how the loyal radio listeners will know that he's thinking of them when he's up there.
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I'll pick my nose on stage in front of thousands of people. It'll be a classic Greg James pick n plug.
Greg James
You'll have to tune in on BBC One at 8pm to find out whether he does it.
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Jo and Greg