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Brit Awards go Brat as Charli XCX sweeps best artist and song of the year

The Essex star won artist, song and album of the year, for her LP which became a cultural phenomenon.

Ezra Collective, Sam Fender, Stormzy and The Last Dinner Party were the other big British winners on Saturday night, while Fontaines DC and Chappell Roan bagged the international awards. Fans of the star who have been eagerly following her Short n' Sweet Tour will have recognised some elements of it in her Brits performance - which was given a suitably British update with the opening strains of Rule Britannia and a, ahem, close encounter with a beefeater. Having flown over from US filming commitments a few days ago, he showed little signs of jet lag in his bid to "Make the Brits Great Again", as he had joked in a pre-show video this week.

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