Moloko *, All Saints, Radiohead, Toploader
- Award was presented by Fay Ripley and Ralf Little.
Best Pop Act :
WESTLIFE
Ronan Keating, S Club 7, Britney Spears, Steps
- Award was presented by Ant & Dec and Cat Deeley (again)
Best Newcomer Award :
A1
Toploader, Artful Dodger, Coldplay *, Craig David
- Award presented by Sara Cox and Pete Tong.
Best Male Solo Artist :
ROBBIE WILLIAMS
Badly Drawn Boy *, David Gray, Fat Boy Slim, Craig David
- Award was presented by Geri Halliwell
Best Female Solo Artist :
SONIQUE
PJ Harvey *, Dido, Jamelia, Sade
- Award was presented by Avid Merrion's greatest fans, Jamie & Jules Oliver.
Definitely not "pukka".
Best Single :
ROBBIE WILLIAMS - ROCK DJ
David Gray - Babylon
Craig David - Seven Days
Coldplay - Trouble
Sonique - Sky
Toploader - Dancing in the Moonlight
All Saints - Pure Shores
Spiller - Groovejet
Sugababes - Overload
Moloko - The Time is Now * - Award was presented by David Ginola and Joely Richardson
Best Album :
COLDPLAY - PARACHUTES
Craig David - Born To Do It
Radiohead - Kid A
David Gray - White Ladder
Robbie Williams - Sing When You're Winning
- Award was presented by Samuel L Jackson
Best Video :
ROBBIE WILLIAMS - ROCK DJ
All Saints - Pure Shores
Coldplay - Yellow *
Toploader - Dancing in the Moonlight
Craig David - Seven Days
- Award was presented by Jane Horrocks and Graham Norton
Best Dance Act :
FAT BOY SLIM
Artful Dodger, Craig David, Sonique, Moloko * - Award was presented by Audley Harrison and Denise Lewis
Best International Group :
U2
Westlife, The Corrs, Santana, Savage Garden
- Award was presented by Kylie Minogue and Huey (Fun Lovin' Criminals)
Best International Male Solo Artist :
EMINEM
Ricky Martin, Ronan Keating, Sisqo, Wyclef Jean
- Award was presented by Elton John.
Best International Female Solo Artist :
Madonna
Pink, Kylie Minogue, Jill Scott, Britney Spears
- Award was presented by Donny Osmond and Helena Christensen.
*
Best International Newcomer :
KELIS
Westlife, Jill Scott, Lene Marlin, Pink,
- Award presented by the "Popstars" now known as Hear'Say.
Award for Outstanding Contribution :
U2 - Award presented by Noel Gallagher
N.B.:
This year there were no awards for Best Live Act or Best Film Soundtrack/Cast
Recording.
Low-point of the evening :
Craig David getting all hyper before the event because he won none
of the six categories in which he was nominated. He blamed the votes being
spread too thinly over the categories. Perhaps, instead, he should be blaming
the fact that all his records are shit.
DVDs reviewed by the editor are watched on a Panasonic TXW32R4 32" widescreen TV
connected to either a Creative Dxr2 DVD-ROM player or Microsoft Xbox and
played through a Sony STR-DB930 amplifier.
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