This year’s BBC Music Awards proved that the British love their indie music. That’s not to say the nominees and winners weren’t big names — there is no bigger name than Adele — it’s just that in addition to some of our favorite pop acts, there was a variance of indie and rock artists to add to your band-shirt collection.
BBC Music Awards 2014: Ed Sheeran & Pharrell Win Big; One Direction, Coldplay Among Performers
The biggest honor, British artist of the year, went to Adele, while international artist of the year went to Taylor Swift. Among the performers at the event were One Direction, who just played their last Stateside gig this month, Ellie Goulding and Rod Stewart.
Below is the final list of winners from the BBC Music Awards:
British Artist of the Year
Adele — WINNER
Ed Sheeran
Jamie XX
Florence + The Machine
Foals
Years & Years
International Artist of the Year
Foo Fighters
Hozier
Major Lazer
Prince
Taylor Swift — WINNER
The Weeknd
Song of the Year
Ed Sheeran – Bloodstream
Ellie Goulding – Love Me Like You Do
Hozier – Take Me To Church — WINNER
Jason Derulo – Want To Want Me
Jess Glynne – Hold My Hand
Major Lazer & DJ Snake feat. MØ – Lean On
Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk
OMI – Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)
The Weeknd – Can’t Feel My Face
Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth – See You Again
British live performance of the year
Adele at the BBC — WINNER
Florence + The Machine – Glastonbury
Jeff Lynne’s ELO – Radio 2 In Concert
Lionel Richie- Glastonbury
BBC Radio 1 at the BBC Proms
BBC Radio 1Xtra at the BBC Proms
BBC Introducing Act
Jack Garratt