Brit Music Awards Go Pop!

by Jarrett Martineau | February 20, 2008 at 04:27 pm

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Take that you Monkeys and Chiefs, it's time to recap the mighty Brit Award winners and performers of 2008:

• Amy Winehouse -- back on her game, back on the stage but not back to winning a Brit Award
• Mika -- Beirut's finest UK 50s sock-hop throwback nabbed Best British Breakthrough Act
• Kylie Minogue -- tracksuit clad pop star triumphed as Best International Female Solo Artist
• Take That -- that boy band took home Best British Live Act and Best British Single
• Kanye West -- hip-hop braggadocio gots his Best International Male Solo Artist
• Foo Fighters -- the Grohltastic rockers fought and won Best International Album and Group
• The Arctic Monkeys -- put down their bananas to clutch Best British Group and Best Album

Oh yeah, and Paul McCartney sang an old Beatles tune, picked up a Lifetime Achievement Award and continued to battle his ex-wife in court.

Here's the Full List of Winners.

Pop reigned supreme at the Brit Awards on Wednesday as comeback kings Take That, Australian star Kylie Minogue and Beirut-born Mika scooped a clutch of top prizes at the British music industry's big night of the year.

And it was the perfect chance for two stars to put their worst nightmares behind them -- Amy Winehouse shrugged off her drug woes to perform live and former Beatle Paul McCartney won a Lifetime Achievement Award after a week in the divorce courts.

To crown their comeback as one of the longest-running boybands in the business, Take That fought off tough competition from the Arctic Monkeys and Kaiser Chiefs to be named Best British Live Act. They also won Best British Single for "Shine."

The Beirut-born Mika opened the show with a medley of his hits set against a backdrop of fireworks exploding across the stage before being named Best British Breakthrough Act.