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Brits 2006

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Brits: your reaction

Coldplay

Kaiser Chiefs are the champs of the Brits 2006 with three awards including best British group and best live act.

Both the Kaisers and James Blunt started the night with five nominations each, and James reeled in two for best pop and best British male.

Single of the year is Coldplay's Speed of Sound - Chris Martin fell to his knees and raised his arms as though to thank God when he came onstage for the prize.

Radio 1 listeners voted Arctic Monkeys as the British breakthrough act - but the lads were away on tour in Portsmouth. Madonna took best international female.

:: So how do you rate the winners so far?
:: Check the full winners list

miss wang
to all those who are slaggin off Kaiser Chiefs all i have 2 say is champs of the Brits includin three otha awards... well done arctic monekys lyk!! kanye west..what a god!! x

Lee-B
Fancy flying legendary Blondie singer Debbie Harry over just to present an award! It's about time Blondie got the lifetime achievement award or some other gong, to recognise their massive contribution to the music world.

Bodger
Its good to see Paul Weller being given the award at a time when so many of the new bands remind me of 80s Jam

Purple Pixie
Prince is the real deal, when the man's on stage no one can touch him. Madonna take note: no need to lip synch when you can actualy sing.

Chelsea
I love Kelly Clarkson she is so AMAZING! I dont know how people can dis her. She is the best singing out to date!! And she is true to her self and her fans! And she looked HOT!: )

Stacey
Well happy for KT Tunstall! May I ask WHY Shane Ward was nominated? He's just won pop idol and I dont think he has the staying power like other artists! Where are the acts that deserve to be atleast nominated? Like McFly, theyve had a great year and not even a single nomination, yet westlife do crap all and re-release songs and still get nominated, the brits are losing thier standars and going downhill!

anna
Thank god Peter Kaye didn't win best british single that would be the end of music as we know it

blunter
JAMES BLUNT ROCKS MANNN AND WHOEVER SAYS HE SINGS LIKE A GIRL SHUT THE HELL UPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sam
What i with all the fuss over the Artic Monkeys they sound the same as evrything else and the singer has a terrible voice and an annoying accent to boot.

Sarah
I can't see any negative comments about KT Tunstall.. GOOD! She's smashing, the other nominees are so-so, but no contest. And yes, Where was Hard-Fi's award? The others are ok.. again.. but no contest.

Fiona
KT Tunstall GO HOME what a pile of rubbish!!! Congrats to the Kaisers Coldplay and Artic Monkeys-deserved winners!

Jammin
Its a sad state of afairs when people like James Blunt and Kaisers Chiefs scoop at the Brits. I will be surprised if their 2nd albums will be AS sucessfull in the future because people will move on, find something else to fall in love with and probably wonder what all the fuss was about. Its all music for people that don't like music. There are proper bands out there signed and unsigned...go find em !!!!

Louise
Gorillaz should have won best album, most inventive and original album to come out of last year. Why did Greenday win best international album when that came out ages ago, it wasn't even that good

sue
Where were the awards for ARCADE FIRE ? The Brits are a joke!

Ells
Jack Johnson finally gets recognition for his awesome talent. Everyone in Cornwall loves you!!

Ems
Hard-Fi, Killers, Bloc Party... where were their awards?. I do like Kaisers but a bit repetitive. Cold Play are fast becoming a guilty pleasure - Oasis should have been in their place. Paul Weller is god he should have received Outstanding Contribution Award years ago - brilliant, brilliant, brilliant. How about Madness for next year?

Nicky Winters
I thinks its a bad sign for the sanity and musical appreciation of people everywhere when that useless fool james blunt wins anything! big up 2 green day and oh my god prince is god!!

Jonny
Aggreeing with Andrew completely, i'm sick of these new boy bands Arctic Monkeys, Kaiser Chiefs etc etc, they're all the same, will they be at the next brits? I doubt it. Prince, Kanye, KT, Coldplay - quality!

Claire
As ever, the most boring and middle-of-the road acts one. The only suprise at this year's 'pat yourself on the back awards' is Robbie didn't win. Kaisers are boring and derivative, Blunt is a mediocre fool and Coldplay are music for people who don't like music. When will originality and talent be rewarded at the Brits?

James
The Brits are like the smash hit awards absolute rubbish! The Grammy's are one of the few decent music awards left!

Rosler
Still can't believe Oasis weren't in the Best British Band or Best Album Catagory. An absolute disgrace. Is it any wonder they didn't turn up? Unlike the Q and NME awards the Brits mean nothing

Sarah Matkin
YEY!Thank God for KT Tunstall!

Alex
Why are their no proper rock bands under the catagory of Best British Rock Band...I mean come on, this country has one of the worlds biggest rock scenes. The nominations should have included Bullet for my Valentine, Funeral for a Friend, Iron Maiden, Dragonforce and Viking Skull, all of whom had *huge* releases recently and deserve awards. At least the Americans know what rock is when they do their nominations for their music award nights!!!

loulou
NOEL GALLAGHER EAT YOUR WORDS!!! GIVE JO WHILEY HER £50 I WANT YOU TO HAND IT OVER TODAY ON AIR PLEASE... THE ARTIC MONKEYS ROCK THEY JUST GOT IN THERE ON THE BRITS BUT YOU ALL KNOW THEY MUST BE AMAZING TO HAVE GOT IN A CATAGORY AT SUCH SHORT NOTICE ITS ABOUT TIME WE HAD SOME REAL ROCK N ROLL...

BERT
JAMES BLUNT IS RUBBISH, AND SO ARE THE KAISER CHIEFS. I DONT KNOW WHY SO MANY PEOPLE LIKE THEM. hOW DID BLUNT BEAT IAN BROWN, AND HOW THE BLEEP DID KAISER CHIEF BEAT GORILLAZ. A SAD DAY FOR MUSIC.

Sean
Can,t beleive Hard-fi didn't win best british group!! kaisers are sooooo overated. Hard-fi and Kasabian should have ruled the show!! jack Johnson is the best artisti have heard in ages!!!

TP
best pop...where were mcfly? they should have been nominated.....

Joe B
Really Glad the Chiefs got recognised but disappointed that the best album went to Coldplay. X & Y is by far their most "sit on the fence" work to date. Should have gone to Oasis!

Ben
Prince. Prince. Prince. You genius.

El
How is it possible that Kasabian, Kano and Gorillaz won nothing and the awards went to Kaiser Chiefs and James Blunt won them all????

megan
omg how come franz didnt win nething thats just not rite since theyre the greatst band in the world. they shouldv won @ least 1 award! all you who didnt vote for them have no musical taste!!!

Kicks
I think it's great to find out James Blunt has won two awards! But i am most dissapointed to see that Kelly Clarkson didn't win an award! I mean she has the best voice going and her album is amazing. Yey going to see her on Friday!! :D :D

kate itzhak
I do absolutely love the Brits, one thing though mr organisers "Er please dont invite the biggest prat in the world Paris Hilton". Can u imagine her havin a chat with Ricky from the kaisers, or a really beautiful talented lady who doesnt need to flash her tits,miss kt tunstall. So glad she won best female. Pleased with all the winners apart from the fact that Arcade Fire didnt win bestest,most innovavtive,original band in the whole entire world!!! oh one more thing why wasnt miss geri halliwell nominated for best female, her album passions was "amazing!"

Asma
Craig David should have won best british urban act! i am appalled that lemar won it. Craig was by far the best in that category! so so disappointed! i mean lemar, come on now. Craig all the way!!

mark
I think Prince stole the show. 26 or so years in the music business and he still rocks it harder than most of the so called rock artists out there!

Andrew
I thougt this year was a bit of a farce its just the same nominees for most awards every time and where are bands like razorlight, bloc party, the killers. The only good thing about it was Kanye and KT who did deserve thier awards, but others im not so sure

Fatima
Will someone explain what is so good about kanY West ? Both his hit singles have been heavily based on other people's hits. They just make me want to hear the originals.

Stu
The whole Brits is a shambles to be honest. Oasis deserve more recognition. X&Y better than Don't Believe The Truth? Don't make me laugh. Well done Kaisers and Monkeys though... at least some deserving acts won!

Fatima
Cliff Richard overlooked again. Bet none of this lot will be having hits 40 years from now.

Br86
Blunt deserved it, as did KT Tunstall. What's goin' on with Coldplay best album/song? Don't start me about the bleeding "it rhymes so i'll sing it" Kaiser Chiefs over Oasis. These awards mean nothing anymore. Oh, and how come U2's How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb was nominated last year for best international album, and again this year? Still didn't win.. ha.

Deano
Green day got 2 awards tonight and well deserved it was! Great album and a Great Band, Long Live Green Day!

raza
to be fair the brits never really honour the people they should and this year was no different with the kaisers and bland winning 5 of the awards, tis criminal!!

Rob James
Why are Coldplay given such a hard time. Chris I know you have it all but give us another album or there will be TROUBLE!!!

Venkathypathy
Im so happy that James Blunt picked up 2 awards, but surely he deserved at least another 2, definitely for best single which shocked me and also for best album.Come on the guy spends countless weeks at number 1 and sells a million.

Paul
Would like to have seen Kate Bush get something after a 12 year absence. Never mind, there's always next year

Pamela
So glad Green Day won both awards, best band i have ever seen live. Also glad Kaisers won, Coldplay are a joke!!

David
How the hell did Madonna win?! Mariah's year in the UK was more sucessfull then Madonna's last year! Mariah's popularity in the UK last year was phenominal! Madonna's Hung Up is a cheap Abba hook! I would have rather seen Kelly win over Madonna. So over rated.

Gaz
Another year of awful brit winners (no suprises there) ..and who the hell is buying and voting for the consistently rubbish and annoying James Blunt?! Crazy world....?!

Hakim
A travesty!!! I've had the pleasure to see the beautiful Ms. tunstall live and was horrified that she didn't win the category she most desired! But still at least her amazing vocals won the Female solo Artist award. Much love and regards for the future, you go gal!

Lliam
i am well pleased kt got something! i love her so much! i can't wait to watch it all tomorrow, her performance should be amazing! lookin forward to the kaisers too!

kelly
madonna so didnt deserve best international female..if u look kelly clarkson has outsold all the women she was nominated with had an million selling album, 3 top 10 singles. madonna won because she is madonna not a deserving winner

Ella
Adorable James Blunt should have got all five of his nominations! Having seen him live, I'm sure he has deserved all of them, but beating Robbie and Madonna, he can be proud of hiself! I wish he'll get the one for the album as well...

Mandy
James Blunt.... a fantastic performer with his own unique style, he deserves to win all 5 nomations he is up for..... Cant wait too see him at Stirling Castle. xxxxxxxxxxx

Hanna
How has Greenday won Best International when they were up against bands like The White Stripes and The Arcade Fire who really deserve the award!!!

Jim
Can´t complain about the winners so far although it must have been close between Bluntie and ColdPlay for Best Single. Fantastic that Green Day and Jack Johnson have been recognised in the International categories. Just need KT to do get the best female to put the icing on the cake

Ranju
Don't care who wins the Brits - I am just SO happy that a real artist called Prince is there to show what it's all about!

Alison
Kt Tunstall has an amazing talent. In her live show which I was fortunate enough to be at she breaks the songs down. Suddenly I see is brillant getting the whole crowd going and involved. She can work both on her own and with her funky band. British talent deserves to win this year after all it is the Brits so lets honour our home grown talent!

steve
Madonna madonna madonna

k10
doesnt noel g owe jo w 50 quid ? nice one arctic monkeys

Hope
GO KAISERS!!!!!!!!!!! 3 AWARDS SO FAR !!! ONE MORE TO GO HOPEFULLY!!!

lisa
well done JAMES BLUNT!!! all of your fans are so proud of you!! wooo he beat robbie and madonna!! come on lets have best album! x x

Emma G
The Kaiser Chiefs deserve their awards I hope KT Tunstall wins something too!!, Kelly Clarkson totally ROCKED!! cant wait for Kanye's performance it will be off the hook!!

funk
I dont care who wins, just glad Prince is gonna show ya'all real music

Bart
Prince realy rocked the house!! He showed all he's still the best!! There are no kings in this world...only Princes!!

rob.
highly dissapointed not to see maximo park, an amazing album not receiving the credit it deserves.....

Al
If this contest is judged on actual musical talent The Arcade Fire deserve to win all the categories they are nominated for, Funeral is the best Album I've heard in a decade.

Gaz
Oasis for best Rock and Live Act! They should be up for best album though! The Brit Awards need Noel and Liam there!

Nicola
Go Kelly Clarkson- the most talented person there. She's amazing really hope to picks up a adward and Edith back off Kelly she rocks!!!!Go Kelly!

Annie
It's got to be KT, she rocks!! Best performer of the year by far!

Sarah
KT Tunstall all the way!!! She deserves at least one brit after the year shes had!

Claire
KT Tunstall all the way! as much as i love coldplay and mr martin, it would make my day if she won best live act... she is fab!

dave-o
kt has to win,she is the best chick eva!shes brill with everything.she deserves it!

Paul
Prince at Brits... Fantastic,Everyone watch and learn when the master is on stage

Carrie ann
If ARcade fire dont win everything they are nominated for its all a sham. Though its the brits so they probably wont.

Rob
Best new band Arctic Monkeys, absolutly brilliant band with loads of raw talent they should go on and on. I bet they look good on the dancefloor too!

Eve
Will Young has been nominated for the third year running for best solo male. It's about time he won it. He's a fantastic live performer and I am really disappointed that once again he has not been invited to perform at Brits.

Rachel
Coldplay all the way!! 4 very talented british guys releasing superb material!! GOOD LUCK GUYS!

spt
Not Madonna as she just ripped off an Abba riff on hung up...Katie Tunstall is 10 times more talented.

matt
watch them all get blwon away when Prince performs

David
I want Missy to get international female. Class

David
I hope the Kaiser's get at least one and James Blunt. Oh and Jack Johnson (my fave album at the mo) I really want the Artic Monkeys to get break through and be good for KT to get one. British music rules at the mo. I have really enjoyed listening to radio 1 last couple of days. We are on fire B-)

jodie
COME ON THE TUNSTALL!!!! she so deserves best live act + best female!

Neil
I think KT Tunstall should a least get a gong and Kelly Clarkson and the Kaisers, ok well there's almost too many to choose from. Looking forward to the Gorillaz performance. Lovin' this years nominations!!

Leonie
I want KT turnstall to win. I got fr££ tickets to see her show last year had a fab time. The Kasier Chiefs have to win Best Live act, if you saw my WHOLE family dancing around the telly to their performance at Glastonbury alone you would understand.

Katy
KT Tunsta;; deserves some credit. She has a gorgeous gravelly voice, had ana amzing talent for writing songs and is so original. Every performance she does is different and she's not afraid to do things differently. Her album is fantastic, its very rare you find an album where you love every song but "Eye To The telescope" is deffinately one of those rare albums. Well done KT for a wonderful year and for influencing me and giving me the confidence to get up and give singing a go...turns out Black horse and the cherry tree is a fantastic song to sing!

Aaron
I think Madonna will and should win. She's had a great year and great album and is definately the queen of pop. I think Mariah and Kelly Clarkson might not be too happy though!

Justin
It has to be Madonna! What a year she has had and back on the top of her thrown after her "dodgy" rapping on American Life. Plus which 47 year old do you know that looks so good in a leotard!

mollie
Go on Kaisers! They rock so they should get a clean sweep! Employment is excellent!

Laura
I really want the Pussycat Dolls to win an award!!! There album is gr8 n "Dont Cha" is an awsum track!! =P I wud also like the Kaiser Cheifs r wicked to! I also hope kelly clarkson picks up at leats one award! Shes got an amazin voice!! No offence to either of them beause im sure their both lovely people but i really dont want james blunt or kt mellua to win an award because i dont like their music!!! sorry 2 ya both!!! =) xxx

Matt
Arctic monkeys have to win the breakthrough act, from having a small collection of internet fans, they release an album, and the euphoria surrounding them has been unbelievable. Their album is AMAZING, and just for Alex's story telling, they have to win!

Natalie Mystery
I really want Kanye and Arcade Fire to win. Don't rate many of the British bands nominated this year. Kieser Cheifs should def win Best Live Act though - haven't been so sweaty from dancing at a gig for a long time!

The One
I want KT Tunstall to clean up! Arcade Fire. kanYe West, John Legend & will Craig David EVER win a Brit! lol

Ross Foubister
I really hope Gorillaz win both their awards. They are one of the most original chart bands out there at the moment, and I'd love to see them gain the appreciation they deserve. They also deserve a lot of respect for collaborating with the controversial legend- Ike Turner.

Clare
Arcade Fire released one of the best albums of last year. If they don't win it is a joke.

Sara B
Really hope Kelly Clarkon picks up one of her awards. She has had a fantastic year so far, long may it continue. Can't wait to see her perform. Go KELLY!!!

mz
in the way of breakthrough, my vote has to be arctic monkeys, they have shot to fame. im also a huge fan of jack johnson and john legend, i hope they win some of the international awards.

Jo
Go KT Tunstall, beautiful voice, wonderful personality what more could you need!



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