The
Brit Awards: The winners are...
Dido
and
Kylie Minogue
each took home two trophies at the 2002 Brit Awards on Feb. 20 at London's Earls Court. Dido won
for the Best British Female and the Best British Album for 'No Angel
' (Arista), while
Kylie
took home the Best international
Female Artist and the Best
international Album for "Fever"
(Parlophone).
The Strokes,
the band who rose to instant fame in the U.K. last
year, won best international newcomer.
Sting was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award, and later performed a
four-song set that included such Police hits as "Every Breath You
Take" and "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic." Minogue
wove New Order's "Blue Monday
" into a rendition of her
international smash hit "Can't Get You Out of My
Head." The
evening also featured a "live" performance by animated act
Gorillaz, who
led
the field with six nominations but went home empty handed. Williams led last year's winners with three, including best British single
and video for "Rock DJ." Despite a then-record six nominations,
Craig David walked away with no trophies as did
Sade
but Robbie Williams
claims a record winning the best Male 4 years running.
Here is the full list of winners for the 2002 Brit Awards:
Best British female:
Dido
Best British newcomer:
Blue
Best international artist:
Shaggy
Best international group:
Destiny's Child
Best pop act:
Westlife
Best international newcomer:
The Strokes
Best single:
S Club 7, "Don't Stop Moving"
Best British dance act:
Basement Jaxx
Best international female artist:
Kylie Minogue
Best British video:
So Solid Crew, "21 Seconds"
Best British male:
Robbie Williams
Best British group:
Travis
Best international album:
Kylie Minogue, "Fever
"
Best British album: Dido, "No Angel"
Lifetime achievement award:
Sting
Source: billboard.com.
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Joi
states that she's 'Missing you'
Joi
returns to the neo-soul music arena with new record called 'Missing
you ' her 1st single for
her new label Universal. The Thandie
Newton look-a-like who
replaced Dawn Robinson
in the super R&B group Lucy
Pearl has
already released 3 albums to her credit but none of which has gained
mainstream notoriaty or sales.
The Nashville native who's father is
the late but great and 1st black NFL quarterback Joe Gilliam
has a
new album on the horizon called 'Star
Kitty's Revenge'
that will hit stores Mar. 19th. The single has the neo vibe going for
it with a wicked bass line to boot it has the potential to be big. Already
being serviced to radio be sure to tune into my show where you'll hear it
being played frequent and often.
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Michael
Jackson's songwriting team ventures out w/debut release
Michael
Jackson's songwriting team Floetry, (comprising London's
Marsha Ambrosius
and Natalie Stewart) who penned the
Michael Jackson hit "Butterflies,"
is scheduled to release its
debut album, Floetics,
June 4 on A Touch Of Jazz/DreamWorks.
In addition, the duo--who
met playing basketball together has also composed songs for the likes of
Jill
Scott, Glenn
Lewis, and Bilal.
Thier first single,
which is the title cut is expected to
hit radio on March 12.
"Floetics" is a term the artists
penned to describe their
combination of singing and spoken word. "It's spoken word, but I rhyme too,"
said Stewart, "Marsha sings and we're not caught up with egocentric creativity. We're not trying to be
Natalie Stewart
and
Marsha Ambrosius. We're more into mood of music and creating
moments. It's exciting because each song is like a little play,
miniseries, itself."
The group is produced by
the Misfits, whose members have made songs for Will
Smith, Lil'
Kim, Darius
Rucker, Musiq
Soulchild, Kenny
Lattimore and Cherokee, among others.
Source: spotlightonr&b "
