The Brit Awards 2013: Winners list

Justin Timberlake, Taylor Swift and Robbie Williams hit the red carpet for the 2013 BRIT Awards in London. Picture: Splash Source: news.com.au

EMELI Sande and Ben Howard were among the big winners on the night at this year's Brit Awards, taking home two gongs each.

The biggest names in British music stepped out at London's 02 Arena for the 2013 awards to recognise a host of national and international stars for their achievements over the last year.

Stars strut their stuff on Brit Awards red carpet

Rock band Muse kicked off the show backed by a 60-piece string section with a stellar performance of their song Supremacy.

Emeli Sande picked up the first award of the night for Best British Female.

"Wow. Good evening everybody. This feels amazing. This is incredible. I am so happy to win this award on this incredible whirlwind. Thank you to my wonderful family, mum, dad, Lucy and my incredible husband [Adam Gouraguine]," she gushed.

The Scottish singer - who won the Critics' Choice award last year -  garnered nods in three categories this year and her EP Our Version Of Events scored the biggest award of the evening, winning British Album of the Year.

Newcomer Ben Howard took home the awards for Best Breakthrough Act and Best British Male.

"This is bizarre, isn't it? I didn't really expect it. I'm quite stoked to even come to the awards, so to come away with two of these is amazing" The Londoner said after accepting his second award.

Among the live acts was Justin Timberlake, who donned a suit and tie and wowed the crowd with the performance premiere of his new song Mirrors.

British boyband One Direction impressed with their rendition of charitable single One Way Or Another, which benefits UK organisation Comic Relief. The boys also picked up the BRITs Global Success Award.

Taylor Swift performed hit single I Knew You Were Trouble but missed out on the award for Best International Female.

Emeli closed out the ceremony with a medley of her tracks Clown and Next To Me.

Here's the full list of this year's winners:

Best British Female
Paloma Faith
Bat For Lashes
Jessie Ware
Amy Winehouse
WINNER: Emeli Sande

Best British Group
The xx
Muse
One Direction
Alt-J
WINNER: Mumford and Sons

Best British Breakthrough
Jake Bugg
Jessie Ware
Alt-J
Rita Ora
WINNER: Ben Howard

Best British Male
Calvin Harris
Plan B
Richard Hawley
Olly Murs
WINNER: Ben Howard

Best International Female
Rihanna
Alicia Keys
Cat Power
Taylor Swift
WINNER: Lana Del Rey

Best Live Act
Mumford and Sons
Muse
The Vaccines
The Rolling Stones
WINNER: Coldplay

Best British Single
Alex Clare - Too Close
Coldplay and Rihanna - Princess of China
DJ Fresh feat. Rita Ora - Hot Right Now
Emeli Sande - Next To Me
Florence + the Machine - Spectrum
James Arthur - Impossible
Jessie J - Domino
Rizzle Kicks - Mama Do the Hump
Labrinth and Emeli Sande - Beneath Your Beautiful
Robbie Williams - Candy
Olly Murs feat. Flo Rida - Troublemaker
Rita Ora feat. Tine Tempah - RIP
Stooshe - Black Heart
Rudimental feat. John Newman - Feel the Love
WINNER: Adele - Skyfall

Best International Group
The Script
Alabama Shakes
Fun
The Killers
WINNER: The Black Keys

Best International Male
Jack White
Gotye
Michael Buble
Bruce Springsteen
WINNER: Frank Ocean

Mastercard British Album of the Year
Alt-J - An Awesome Wave
Paloma Faith - Fall To Grace
Plan B - iLL Manors
Mumford and Sons - Babel
WINNER: Emeli Sande - Our Version Of Events

Global Success Award
WINNER: One Direction
 

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