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The Best of the BRITs!

As always, I am unbelievably excited for Britain's biggest music awards- the BRITs. Every year, I wait in anticipation to find out which artists have been nominated for an award and who is performing on the stage. Something that makes this year even more exciting (for me, anyway) is the fact that I am GOING to the BRIT Awards! No, no, I wasn't invited (though I will forever hope to be), but I received a pair of tickets to the awards for Christmas- eeek! So, this Wednesday, I am heading to The O2, London to watch performances from the likes of Justin Bieber, Adele and, my utmost favourites, Coldplay.
Over the years, the BRITs have played host to many wonderfully wacky performances from a variety of artists. These are my particular highlights from the past ten years...

Er, okay, so I may be slightly biased as a lifelong "Alouder" but Girls Aloud were the centre of the glitz and glamour of the awards show back in 2009, when they performed "The Promise" with some guys covering them with fluffy pink feathers. To top off the night, they also won their first (and only) BRIT Award. I remember screaming at the TV I was so proud.


(A clip of the Girls can be found here)

Picture from http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre
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The BRITs are certainly never short of collaborations and another brilliant one was back in 2010 when Florence & the Machine teamed up with Dizzee Rascal for the track that brought Flo rekindled and earned her fame from. Love it. 


Imagine throwing paint around in a box with Rihanna. Ah, bet that had never crossed your mind before. Some choreographer somewhere came up with that exact idea and, somehow, it worked exceptionally. 



Who can forget the most dramatic outfit change of all time? Taylor Swift performed the most bad-ass edition of "I Knew You Were Trouble", and still managed to keep it professional at the BRITs in 2012. That breakdown... So intense.

http://taylorswift.com/news/130821


Disclosure's "White Noise" is simply one of those tracks that will never get old  and their special performance with Lorde two years ago is not one that will be forgotten either. A sublime mash-up of 2013's biggest tracks.




Disclosure + Lorde = smash collaboration. Pet Shop Boys, Lady GaGa and Brandon Flowers on the other hand... Most bizarre collaboration? I have so much love for the smooth escalator entrance mid-performance. 





For all the fun of the BRITs, tune into ITV1 at 8pm this Wednesday 24th February!
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