--- title: Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift and More Win at the Brit Awards description: The U.K.’s Brit Awards nominees were full of big contenders for British and international artists alike and with performances by the likes of Taylor Swift... canonical: https://time.com/3723382/ed-sheeran-taylor-swift-brit-awards-pharrell/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-26T02:42:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T04:43:36.068Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift and More Win at the Brit Awards og:description: The U.K.’s Brit Awards nominees were full of big contenders og:url: https://time.com/3723382/ed-sheeran-taylor-swift-brit-awards-pharrell/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt712f52a41a5ad5d0/6987811ccd68480e79099e3a/gettyimages_464384930.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: BRIT Awards 2015 - Winners Room og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift and More Win at the Brit Awards twitter:description: The U.K.’s Brit Awards nominees were full of big contenders twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt712f52a41a5ad5d0/6987811ccd68480e79099e3a/gettyimages_464384930.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift and More Win at the Brit Awards by [Megan Daley / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Megan Daley / Entertainment Weekly Feb 26, 2015 2:42 AM CUT  Singer Taylor Swift, winner of the International Female Solo Artist Award, poses in the winners room during the BRIT Awards 2015 at the O2 Arena in London on Feb. 25, 2015 Singer Taylor Swift, winner of the International Female Solo Artist Award, poses in the winners room during the BRIT Awards 2015 at the O2 Arena in London on Feb. 25, 2015Ian Gavan—Getty Images by [Megan Daley / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Megan Daley / Entertainment Weekly Feb 26, 2015 2:42 AM CUT The U.K.’s Brit Awards nominees were full of big contenders for British and international artists alike and with performances by the likes of Taylor Swift and Sam Smith, the night promised to be full of great moments. [Madonna took a tumble](http://time.com/3723027/madonna-brit-awards/ "undefined") and [Kanye West performed a new song](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/02/25/kanye-all-day-brit-awards "undefined"), and there were still awards to be handed out. Sheeran snatched up two of the biggest awards of the night, MasterCard British Album and Best Male Solo Artist, and the Brits honored singer-songwriter Paloma Faith with Best Female Solo Artist. Royal Blood took home British Group. For the full list of winners, see below. **MasterCard British Album** Alt-J – ‘This Is All Yours’ **WINNER: Ed Sheeran – ‘X’** George Ezra – ‘Wanted On Voyage’ Royal Blood – ‘Royal Blood’ Sam Smith – ‘In The Lonely Hour’ **British Female Solo Artist** Ella Henderson FKA Twigs Jessie Ware Lily Allen **WINNER: Paloma Faith** **Bristish Male Solo Artist** Damon Albarn **WINNER: Ed Sheeran** George Ezra Paolo Nutini Sam Smith **British Group** Alt-J Clean Bandit Coldplay One Direction **WINNER: Royal Blood** **British Artist Video of the Year** Calvin Harris – Summer Charlie XCX – Boom Clap Duke Dumont ft Jax Jones – I Got U Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud Mark Ronson ft Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk **WINNER: One Direction – You & I** Rita Ora – I Will Never Let You Down Route 94 ft Jess Glynne – My Love Sam Smith – Stay With Me Sigma – Nobody To Love **British Breakthrough Artist** Chvrches FKA Twigs George Ezra Royal Blood **WINNER: Sam Smith** **International Female Solo Artist** Beyonce **WINNER: Taylor Swift** Lana Del Rey Sia St. Vincent **International Group** The War On Drugs 5 Seconds Of Summer The Black Keys First Aid Kit **WINNER: Foo Fighters** **Critics’ Choice Award** **WINNER: James Bay** George The Poet Years & Years **British Producer** Alison Goldfrapp & Will Gregory Flood Jake Gosling **WINNER: Paul Epworth** **British Single** Calvin Harris – ‘Summer’ Clean Bandit Ft Jess Glynne – ‘Rather Be’ Duke Dumont Ft Jax Jones – ‘I Got U’ Ed Sheeran – ‘Thinking Out Loud’ Ella Henderson – ‘Ghost’ George Ezra – ‘Budapest’ **WINNER: Mark Ronson Ft Bruno Mars – ‘Uptown Funk’** Route 94 Ft Jess Glynne – ‘My Love’ Sam Smith – ‘Stay With Me’ Sigma – ‘Nobody To Love’ **International Male Solo Artist** Beck Hozier Jack White John Legend **WINNER: Pharrell Williams** [_This article originally appeared on EW.com_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/02/25/ed-sheeran-taylor-swift-and-more-win-brit-awards "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3723382/ed-sheeran-taylor-swift-brit-awards-pharrell/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3723382/ed-sheeran-taylor-swift-brit-awards-pharrell/"},"headline":"Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift and More Win at the Brit Awards","datePublished":"2015-02-26T02:42:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:43:36.068Z","description":"The U.K.’s Brit Awards nominees were full of big contenders for British and international artists alike and with performances by the likes of Taylor Swift...","url":"https://time.com/3723382/ed-sheeran-taylor-swift-brit-awards-pharrell/","keywords":["Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt712f52a41a5ad5d0/6987811ccd68480e79099e3a/gettyimages_464384930.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan Daley / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt712f52a41a5ad5d0/6987811ccd68480e79099e3a/gettyimages_464384930.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"BRIT Awards 2015 - Winners Room","caption":"BRIT Awards 2015 - Winners Room","creditText":"Ian Gavan—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3723382/ed-sheeran-taylor-swift-brit-awards-pharrell/","name":"Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift and More Win at the Brit Awards"}}]}] ```