Country United Kingdom Presented by BBC Music | Official website BBC Music Awards | |
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Awarded for Best in popular music from the last 12 months Hosted by Chris Evans (2014–15)
Fearne Cotton
Claudia Winkleman (2016–) Network BBC One
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 2 Runtime 120 minutes (2014–15)
90 minutes (2016–) Ceremony date December 12, 2016, 12:30 PM PST Hosts Fearne Cotton, Chris Evans (2014–2015), Claudia Winkleman (2016–) Winners HelloAdele, Hello, Song of the Year, Song of the Year, 25Adele, 25, Album of the Year, Album of the Year, Coldplay, Coldplay, British Artist of the Year, British Artist of the Year, Izzy Bizu, Izzy Bizu, Introducing Award, Introducing Award, The 1975What Makes You Beautiful, The 1975, Live Performance of the Year, Live Performance of the Year | ||
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The BBC Music Awards are the BBC's annual pop music awards, held every December, as a celebration of the musical achievements over the past twelve months. The event is coordinated by the BBC's music division, BBC Music.
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2014
The inaugural BBC Music Awards was held on 11 December 2014, broadcast live simultaneously across BBC One, BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2. It was held at London's Earl's Court and presented by BBC Radio's Chris Evans and Fearne Cotton.
Artists who performed during the first awards ceremony included One Direction, will.i.am from The Black Eyed Peas and The Voice UK, George Ezra, Take That, Labrinth, Ella Henderson and Catfish and the Bottlemen. Among the winners were Ed Sheeran for British Artist of the Year, and Pharrell Williams, who picked up the awards for Best International Artist of the Year, and Single of the Year for "Happy".
An average audience of 3.9 million watched the ceremony live on BBC One, with a peak audience of 4.7 million at 21:00 GMT.
2015
The second BBC Music Awards took place on 10 December 2015. In 2015, the award for Best Live Performance was introduced, given to an artist who delivered a "stand out live moment" on the BBC.
It was held in Birmingham at the Genting Arena.
2016
The third BBC Music Awards was announced on 28 October, stating it would take place on 12 December. It took place in London at ExCeL London. Two new awards were introduced, the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge Performance of the Year award and the BBC Radio 2 Album of the Year award. The first winner of the former was The 1975, who performed "What Makes You Beautiful" (originally by One Direction) and the winner of the latter award was Adele for her album 25.