Brit Awards 2006 was the 26th show of the

Brit Awards The BRIT Awards (often simply called the BRITs) are the British Phonographic Industry's annual popular music awards. The name was originally a shortened form of "British", "Britain", or "Britannia" (in the early days the awards were sponsored ...

, an annual pop music awards ceremony in the United Kingdom. It was organised by the

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and took place on 14 February 2006 in

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in London. It attracted 4.70 million viewers, one of the lowest viewed ceremonies. 2007's show went on to pass the 5 million barrier again. The ceremony was hosted by Chris Evans, who also hosted Brit Awards 2005. It lasted about three hours, and the alcohol ban of the previous year had been relaxed. The biggest surprise performance was that from

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, who reunited with Wendy and Lisa from The Revolution, together with Sheila E. for the performance. 2006's biggest winners were the

Kaiser Chiefs Kaiser Chiefs are an English indie rock band from Leeds who formed in 2000 as Parva, releasing one studio album, ''22'', in 2003, before renaming and establishing themselves in their current name that same year. Since their formation the band h ...

, who came away with three awards.

Coldplay Coldplay are a British rock band formed in London in 1997. They consist of vocalist and pianist Chris Martin, guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman, drummer Will Champion and creative director Phil Harvey. They met at University ...

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and Green Day all came away with two awards, Coldplay collecting their sixth overall. Other winners included the

Arctic Monkeys Arctic Monkeys are an English rock band formed in Sheffield in 2002. The group consists of Alex Turner (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), Jamie Cook (guitar, keyboards), Nick O'Malley (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Matt Helders (drums, ...

for their only nomination, and acts such as KT Tunstall and

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were the most unsuccessful act, being nominated for three awards but winning none of them. last present year in British Pop Act, British Rock Act and British Urban Act.

Performances

Winners and nominees

Multiple nominations and awards

Controversy

*Some of the more famous British pop acts failed to get a nomination. Bands like

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and

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both had top 10 hits in both the single and album charts but neither were nominated, and Oasis who were eligible, but were snubbed in the category of Best Album, only had 2 nominations.

External links

Brit Awards 2006 at Brits.co.ukNME report on Brits nominations
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Performances

Winners and nominees

Multiple nominations and awards

Controversy

See also

External links