ContactMusic — Singersongwriter Ed Sheeran had extra reason to celebrate his victories at Tuesdays 21Feb12 Brit Awards in London - the afterparty doubled up as his 21st birthday bash The A Team hitmaker was the toast of the annual ceremony after scooping the Best B... more info

Guardian Music — Should Adele have been able to finish her speech? Did Blur's performance meet expectations? Was Bruno Mars' hair even more impressive than Emeli Sandé's?As Brit Awards ceremonies go, 2012's probably won't go down in history as one of the most exciti... more info

Guardian Music — Sure, they're not the Oscars. They aren't even the Baftas. But the Brit awards have their very own red carpet, and the stars did their duty by posing upon in it. From Kylie Minogue to Little Mix, Ed Sheeran to Adele, Rosie Swash gives her verdict on ... more info

Detroit Free Press — It has been a dramatic year for down-to-earth north London diva Adele, who based her chart-topping songs of heartbreak on a rocky relationship. more info

Gigwise — All took home awards... more info

Guardian Music — Get the Brit Awards winners list for 2012 - and see how it compares going back to the first event in 1977• Get the data• Grammys winners: full listIt was Adele's year. The artist heads the Brit Awards winners' list for 2012, with 21 selling a co... more info

Guardian Music — Adele and Ed Sheeran both took away two awards, with Coldplay, One Direction, Bruno Mars, Rihanna and Lana Del Rey also among the winners more info

Guardian Music — This was never going to be a year to branch out. These days the record industry's shindig has an eye for commercial successEarlier this week, a blog called Yes It's Number One spotted that an enterprising soul had uploaded the 1989 Brit Awards in the... more info

Topix — Soulful songstress Adele capped a momentous year of Grammy Awards triumph and medical woes with a double win at the U.K.'s Brit music awards Tuesday, taking prizes for album of the year and best British female solo artist before making an obscene ges... more info

The Independent — For millions of fans, Adele and Ed Sheeran are purveyors of soaring, heartfelt anthems which soundtrack their lives. To their detractors they are leaders of the New Boring, a wave of polite, ballad-friendly artists who have driven rebellion and nois... more info