Lily Allen was snubbed at the 2026 BRIT Awards as she missed out on a gong in all three categories.
While she dominated the charts last year with the release of her fifth studio album West End Girl, the singer, 40, was a surprise no-show at Saturday's ceremony which took place at the Co-op Live Arena in Manchester.
Despite the success of her new record, Lily failed to beat Olivia Dean in Artist of the Year, Album of the Year and Best Pop Act categories.
The Not Fair hitmaker used West End Girl to chronicle the collapse of her marriage to Stranger Things star David Harbour, 50.
In it, she shed a disarmingly honest light on her marital woes - from the discovery of her then husband David Harbour's 'P*y Palace' to his illicit relationship with 'Madeline' and alleged affairs.
Despite being nominated eight times previously, Lily skipped out on the evening all together.
Ahead of the night, insiders previously revealed that she could have been set for a very frosty welcome at the VIP enclosure in the Co-op Live Arena with Nicole Appleton's pals.
In her 2018 memoir, Lily included details of a booze-fuelled tryst with Oasis Liam Gallagher after the pair boarded a flight to Japan, where they were both scheduled to perform at the Fuji Rocks Festival in 2009.
Liam was just a year into his marriage with All Saints singer Nicole Appleton, 51, when they allegedly romped in the First Class section.
An insider told The Sun: 'The hypocrisy of Lily is absolutely staggering to anyone who has been in this industry long enough to remember what she did to Nicole.
'She is marching around like the patron saint of betrayed wives, soaking up all the sympathy and making a fortune off this revenge album.
'But she happily slept with a married man and then wrote a book bragging about it. Nicole's friends, who include some of the most influential executives and artists at the Brits tonight, have not forgotten.
'To them, Lily is nothing but a hypocritical b* who is perfectly happy to profit from infidelity -- just so long as she isn't the one being cheated on.'
Daily Mail has contacted representatives.
It's understood Nicole won't be in attendance at this year's awards, though her son Gene Gallagher will be, as well as her former brother-in-law Noel and her niece Anais.
Lily had penned in her memoir: 'We got hammered on the plane. At some point Liam and I found ourselves together in the toilet doing something that he shouldn't have been doing, and it wasn't drugs. Then we were in a lie-down bed together.
'When we landed in Tokyo, Liam said, in his distinctive nasal twang, ‘What you doing now? Why don’t you come back to our hotel’... I was like, ‘Yeah, OK’.'
She added: ‘It wasn’t until the next day when he said something like, “No one can hear about this because of Nic,” then I clocked he was married.’
It was a very different night for Olivia Dean at the BRITs, who swept the floor as she took home four awards - winning in every category she was nominated for.
Elsewhere, off the back of winning her first ever Grammy, Lola Young took home the award for breakthrough artist after a turbulent few months.
She cancelled her remaining tour dates to take a break and get her 'head in a better place', but has since returned to the music scene and took to the stage to accept her award.
British rapper Dave, 27, won in the Hip Hop category off the back of releasing his third studio album, The Boy Who Played The Harp, at the end of last year.
British producer and DJ Fred Again, real name Fred Gibson, Skepta and PlaqueBoyMax took home the Dance award, while Sam Fender triumphed in the Best Rock category.
Ten-time Grammy Award winning artist and producer Mark Ronson, 50, received the Outstanding Contribution to Music Award, before taking to the stage to perform.
And SAULT took home the R&B award whilst Jacob Alon won the Critics Choice award and PinkPanthress won Producer of the Year.
Geese won Best International Group and Rosalia won Best International Artist whilst International Song of the Year was taken home by ROSE and Bruno Mars.
International Song of the Year was won by Rosé and Bruno Mars for APT with Rosé at the ceremony to accept the honour.
The Group of the Year award was won by Wolf Alice after the success of their fourth album The Clearing.
Spanish star Rosalia won the International Artist of the Year award, beating out the likes of Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny and Lady Gaga.
Winner Olivia Dean has quickly become music's most popular woman in recent months.
The Tottenham born singer won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist earlier this year and has become well known for her soulful pop hits like 'Man I Need' and 'The Art of Loving'.
Harry Styles took to the stage to perform, just seven days before his hotly anticipated album, Kiss All The Time, Disco, Occasionally.
Seven-time BRIT winner, Raye, 28, also performed her hit single, Where Is My Husband, which was nominated for Song of the Year.
Wolf Alice, ROSALIA and Alex Warren, SOMBR, RAYE, and EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI, the singing voices of HUNTR/X from Netflix's global phenomenon KPop Demon Hunters, also performed.
This year's BRIT Awards was held in Manchester for the first time since the ceremony began in 1977.
Past venues include Earl's Court, the London Arena, Alexandra Palace, Hammersmith Apollo, Dominion Theatre, Royal Albert Hall, Grosvenor Hotel and its original location, Wembley Conference Centre.
But the move away from the capital signals another new era in the ceremony's history, arguably the most seismic.
A source told the Daily Mail: 'It's officially the end of an era. The BRIT Awards has been hosted in London since the ceremony first took place in 1977 and now for the first time ever, it will be held outside of the capital.
'Obviously, it's going to come as sad news to artists and talent who are London-based but there's a feeling within the music industry that these shows don't always need to be held at the same venues, year after year.
'The BRITs is the biggest night in the British music calendar and now it will be shared with a new audience, as fans from Manchester and the surrounding areas are more likely to attend.
'In recent years, there has been a general appetite for the ceremony to move, as with the The Mercury Prize and The MOBO Awards and now for the first time the music scene won't be as London-centric, both for the nominees and fans.'
Jason Iley MBE, Chairman and CEO, Sony Music UK & Ireland said: 'This is a very exciting time for The BRIT Awards. Moving to Manchester, the home of some of the most iconic and defining artists of our lifetime, will invigorate the show and build on the BRITs legacy of celebrating and reinvesting in world-class music.
'Hosting the show in Manchester, with its vibrant cultural history, perfectly captures the spirit and energy of the BRIT Awards. I can't wait to see the show at the amazing state-of-the-art Co-op Live venue.'
BRIT Awards 2026: WINNERS
| CATEGORY | WINNER |
|---|---|
| ARTIST OF THE YEAR | Olivia Dean - WINNER |
| GROUP OF THE YEAR | Wolf Alice - WINNER |
| SONG OF THE YEAR (VOTED FOR BY THE PUBLIC) | Sam Fender with Olivia Dean - Rein Me In - WINNER |
| INTERNATIONAL SONG OF THE YEAR (VOTED FOR BY THE PUBLIC) | Rosé and Bruno Mars - APT - WINNER |
| SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR | Noel Gallagher - WINNER |
| OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO MUSIC | Mark Ronson - WINNER |
| INTERNATIONAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR | ROSALIA - WINNER |
| BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST | Lola Young - WINNER |
| INTERNATIONAL GROUP OF THE YEAR | Geese - WINNER |
| ALTERNATIVE ROCK ACT | Sam Fender - WINNER |
| HIP HOP/GRIME/RAP ACT | Dave - WINNER |
| R&B ACT | Sault - WINNER |
| DANCE ACT | Fred Again, Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax - WINNER |
| MASTERCARD ALBUM OF THE YEAR | Olivia Dean - The Art Of Loving - WINNER |