BRIT AWARDS
The Brit Awards (sometimes stylised as the BRIT Awards; often simply called the Brits) are the British Phonographic Industry’s annual pop music awards. The awards originated as an annual event in 1982 under the auspices of the British record industry’s trade association, the BPI. The highest profile music awards ceremony in the UK, the Brit Awards have featured some of the most notable events in British popular culture, such as the final public appearance of Freddie Mercury, the Jarvis Cocker protest against Michael Jackson, and the Union Jack dress worn by Geri Halliwell of the Spice Girls. The Brit Award statuette given to the winners features Britannia, the female personification of Britain. (More from Wikipedia)
As Wikipedia notes: “Over a career spanning more than 50 years, [Cliff] Richard has become a fixture of the British entertainment world, amassing many gold and platinum discs and awards, including three Brit Awards and two Ivor Novello Awards. He has had more than 130 singles, albums and EPs make the UK Top 20, more than any other artist, and holds the record (with Elvis Presley) as the only act to make the UK singles charts in all of its first six decades (1950’s – 2000’s). He has achieved 14 UK No. 1 singles (or 18, depending on the counting methodology) and is the only singer to have had a No. 1 single in the UK in 5 consecutive decades: the 1950’s through to the 1990’s.”
(November 2014)
