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Coffee Break: Brit Awards winners past and present

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by Anna Reed

February 23, 2017

The 2017 Brit Awards happened last night, with David Bowie, Emeli Sande, The 1975, Rag'n'Bone Man, A Tribe Called Quest, Drake, Beyonce and Adele taking home major awards.

The annual pop music awards were first held in 1977 with The Beatles and Queen taking home big awards, and hundreds of great acts have been awarded since. So this morning, let's focus on a selection of winners over time.

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear from musicians who have won Brit Awards, past and present?

Submit your own idea for a Coffee Break and browse past Coffee Breaks in our archive.

Songs played

Laura Marling - Ghosts
Terence Trent D'Arby - Wishing Well
Elastica - Stutter
Eurythmics - Here Comes the Rain Again
Muse - Uprising
The Streets - Fit But You Know It
Catfish and the Bottlemen - 7