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BRIT Awards 2008: The Winners

The winners of the 2008 BRIT Awards were announced last night during a star-studded ceremony at London's Earls Court.



The Arctic Monkeys were one of the evening's big winners, taking home the awards for best British Album and British Group.



American rockers the Foo Fighters followed closely in their footsteps, receiving the awards for International Album and International Group.

However, it was the recently reformed Take That who were the surprise winners of the night, after being awarded Best Single for Shine and British Live Act.



Other winners of the evening included Kate Nash - British Female Solo Artist, Kylie - International Female Solo Artist, Mark Ronson - British Male Solo Artist, Kanye West - International Male Solo Artist and Mika - British Breakthrough Act.



Young British singer Adele was awarded the Critics Choice Award while Sir Paul McCartney was honoured with the Outstanding Contribution To Music title.



Sir Paul then went on to close the show by performing five songs live, including recent single Dance Tonight and the classic Beatles' hits Hey Jude and Get Back.



For more information, see www.brits.co.uk.


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