This year's BRIT Awards paid a touching tribute to music legends lost over the past year during Saturday's ceremony.
Host Jack Whitehall introduced Tim Burgess to the stage who started off the In memoriam segment with a tribute speech to English bassist Mani.
Gary 'Mani' Mounfield died in November last year aged 63, leaving the music industry in mourning.
After Tim's touching speech, a VT package then played with some of the other music legends lost this year, including Ozzy Osbourne.
However, for viewers watching at home, they were left less than impressed at what was supposed to be a touching moment as they flooded social media with comments.
One said: 'What a touching tribute with some people's names in bigger font while others are tiny and barely stay on screen more than half a second';
'Possibly the worst tribute segment I've seen at the Brits. Also is that all they're doing for Ozzy Osbourne?! He got way more at the Grammy's! Very poor';
'This is the worst tribute ever. a load of random names on a screen with about 5 clips shown through out ahahahahahhahaa wtffffff';
'Ouch that tribute to Mani was .... er lost for words He really deserved better';
'Nice tribute to Mani by Tim Burgess, before a shockingly long list of names cycle past for a sombre In Memoriam section. Sometimes it seems like the great first era of pop is fading before our very eyes. Congrats to the #BRITs for bringing this home so sensitively'.
Another blasted: 'What the f* kind of tribute was that'.
The 46th edition of the BRIT Awards launch at Manchester's Co-op Live Arena for the first time tonight.
Since removing gendered categories, such as Best Male and Best Female, the ceremony has faced backlash for the low number of female artists nominated, particularly in 2023 when the Artist Of The Year shortlist was entirely male.
But 2026 will ring in the changes, with 70 percent of this year's nominations being female or non-binary.
BRIT Awards 2026: WINNERS
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
- Dave
- Fred Again...
- JADE
- Lily Allen
- Little Simz
- Lola Young
- Olivia Dean
- PinkPantheress
- Sam Fender
- Self Esteem
GROUP OF THE YEAR
- The Last Dinner Party
- Pulp
- Sleep Token
- Wet Leg
- Wolf Alice - WINNER
SONG OF THE YEAR (VOTED FOR BY THE PUBLIC)
- Calvin Harris and Clementine Douglas - Blessings
- Chrystal and Notion - The Days (Notion remix)
- Cynthia Erivo ft Ariana Grande - Defying Gravity
- Ed Sheeran - Azizam
- Fred Again, Skepta and PlaqueBoyMax - Victory Lap
- Lewis Capaldi - Survive
- Lola Young - Messy
- Myles Smith - Nice to Meet You
- Olivia Dean - Man I Need
- Raye - Where Is My Husband!
- Sam Fender with Olivia Dean - Rein Me In - WINNER
- Skye Newman - Family Matters
INTERNATIONAL SONG OF THE YEAR (VOTED FOR BY THE PUBLIC)
- Alex Warren - Ordinary
- Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club
- Disco Lines and Tinashe - No Broke Boys
- Gigi Perez - Sailor Song
- Gracie Abrams - That's So True
- Huntr/x - Golden
- Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars - Die With a Smile
- Rayvn Lenae - Love Me Not
- Rosé and Bruno Mars - APT. - WINNER
- Sabrina Carpenter - Manchild
- sombr - Undressed
- Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Noel Gallagher - WINNER
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO MUSIC
Mark Ronson - WINNER
INTERNATIONAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR
- Bad Bunny
- Chappell Roan
- CMAT
- Doechii
- Lady Gaga
- ROSALIA - WINNER
- Sabrina Carpenter
- sombre
- Taylor Swift
- Tyler, The Creator
BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST
- Barry Can't Swim
- EsDeeKid
- Jim Legxacy
- Lola Young - WINNER
- Skye Newman
INTERNATIONAL GROUP OF THE YEAR
- Geese - WINNER
- HAIM
- HUNTR/X-EJAE/AUDREY NUNA/REI AMI
ALTERNATIVE ROCK ACT
- Blood Orange
- Lola Young
- Sam Fender
- Wet Leg
- Wolf Alice
HIP HOP/GRIME/RAP ACT
- Central Cee
- Dave - WINNER
- Jim Legxacy
- Little Simz
- Loyle Carner
R&B ACT
- Jim Legxacy
- Kwn
- Mabel
- Sasha Keable
- Sault
DANCE ACT
- Calvin Harris and Clementine Douglas
- FKA twigs
- Fred Again, Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax
- PinkPantheress
- Sammy Virji
MASTERCARD ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- Dave - The Boy Who Played The Harp
- Lily Allen - West End Girl
- Olivia Dean - The Art Of Loving
- Sam Fender - People Watching
- wolf alice - The Clearing