Singer nabs Music of the Yr, Artist of the Yr, Finest Pop/R&B Act, and Album of the Yr
Harry Types swept all 4 of the classes he was nominated in through the 2023 Brit Awards, paid homage to people who acquired him up to now, and acknowledged that whereas the awards ceremony was working to be inclusionary — going gender impartial a 12 months in the past — it ended up with all-male nominees for its Artist of the Yr class.
Throughout his acceptance speech for Artist of the Yr, he thanked One Course, his mother, and X Issue — the truth present that launched his profession.
“I wish to thank my mother for signing me up for X Issue with out telling me, so I actually wouldn’t be right here with out you,” he mentioned. “I wish to thank Niall, Louis, Liam, and Zayn, so I wouldn’t be right here with out you, both. Thanks a lot. And I’m actually, actually grateful for this.”
He added: “I’m very conscious of my privilege up right here tonight,” he mentioned. “So, this award is for Rina [Sawayama], Charli [XCX], Florence [Welch], Mabel and Becky [Hill]” — all of whom had been shut-out of the class this 12 months.
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Types additionally gained Finest Pop/R&B Act, Album of the Yr for 2022’s Harry’s Home, and Music of the Yr for the LP’s lead single “As It Was,” which he additionally carried out dwell through the present.
Final weekend, he delivered “As It Was” on the Grammys, too — the efficiency skilled technical difficulties, in response to a number of the dancers — the place he additionally took residence the Album of the Yr award.