ARTISTS 

Most successful artist 

Robbie Williams has won more BRIT Awards than any other artist or group - 12 awards.  Added to the five awards he has won as a member of Take That, Robbie now has a grand total of 17 awards.  

Most nominations in one year

Robbie Williams received six nominations in 1999 and Craig David received six nominations in 2001.  In 2006, both the Kaiser Chiefs and James Blunt received 5 nominations. The only other acts to hold this title are Frankie Goes to Hollywood in 1985, Jamiroquai in 1994, Blur in 1995 and 1996, Coldplay in 2001 and Franz Ferdinand in 2005.

Artists receiving 4 nominations in one year include: Adam & The Ants (1982), Lisa Stansfield (1990), De La Soul (1990), Chemical Brothers (2000), Ms Dynamite (2003), The Darkness (2004), Keane (2005), Natasha Bedingfield (2005), Coldplay (2006 & 2009), Duffy (2009), Tinie Tempah (2011), Ed Sheeran (2012). 

CATERING:

600 waiting and serving staff

9 lorry loads of equipment used to lay the tables

4,000 meals served

60 chefs spend over 2000 hours preparing food for the BRIT Awards

1.5 tonnes of potatoes

180KG of winter root vegetables

100kg of Mushrooms

1 tonne of English beef fillet and beef shin for the main course

400 trays of macaroons baked

75kg of Blackberries

15,000 glasses

5,500kg of ice cubes to chill drinks

GOODY BAGS contents:

Jack French London Primrose Bag in Onyx Black or Burnised Bronze (girls)

Twenty8 – Signature bag from The London Collection (boys)

Lucky Voice Karaoke Kit

Paperblanks Journal

Ti Sento Milano Jewellery

Highland Angel cufflinks

Skycig Freedom

Emma J Shipley Scarf from her ‘Hyper Nature’ collection

Colin Leslie Bamboo Sunglasses

JBL J55i High-performance On-Ear Headphones

JBL Flip - Portable Wireless Stereo System

Hugo Boss Fragrance

Boss Nuit – ladies perfume

Hugo Red – Men’s cologne

Chewton Glen Hotel & Spa – overnight stay for two in a Treehouse Suite

PRODUCTION / TECHNICAL

12,000sq metres carpet

35km of cables

6km of truss

1000 people working backstage on the night of the awards

2km of crowd safety barriers

350sq m screens

AFTER SHOW PARTY 

90,000 jelly beans

2000 moustaches

4 skittle alleys

7 astrologers and tarot readers

600 cake pops

250 chocolate skulls

an original Victoria carousel

THE BRITs Backstage Spa

Over a 1000 nails painted by Revlon’s UK Nail Ambassador,

Jenny Longworth

Revlon have created five exclusive nail looks backstage at the BRIT Awards:

Pop, Indie, Soul Diva, Rock Chick and Urban

Decleor’s luxury pampering treatments includes Radiance Reviver, Re-vital Eyes or Jet Lag energiser

Over 100 bodies will be sprayed by Fake Bake

Blow-dry’s come courtesy of Fudge who are offering The BRITs Blow Out, Shine on, Off Your Face and for the gentleman, The Front Man

This year, especially created by Champneys for The BRITs,

the men are being treated to a full body Health Appraisal.