Dave, Ed Sheeran, Anne-Marie and more among winners of The Global Awards 2022
14 April 2022, 07:01 | Updated: 14 April 2022, 07:52
Ed Sheeran, Dave and more have been crowned the winners of The Global Awards 2022, on 14th April.
The winners of The Global Awards 2022 were revealed today (Thursday 14th April 2022), with Ed Sheeran picking up THREE awards.
Now in its fifth year, The Global Awards brings together Global’s radio stations; Capital, Heart, Smooth, Classic FM, Radio X, Capital XTRA, Capital Dance and Gold, as well as Global Player, to honour the biggest stars of music, podcasting and entertainment.
With his fourth solo album, ‘=’, released in 2021 to critical acclaim, Ed Sheeran won big at The Global Awards 2022, being named Best Male and Best British Artist, with ‘Bad Habits’ revealed as the Most Played Song across Global’s radio stations in 2021.
See the full list of winners below:
BEST GROUP
- Biffy Clyro
- Bts
- Coldplay - WINNER
- D-block Europe
- Little Mix
- Jonas Brothers
BEST MALE
- Aitch
- Arrdee
- Dave
- Ed Sheeran - WINNER
- Joel Corry
- Justin Bieber
- Lil Nas X
- The Weeknd
- Years & Years
BEST FEMALE
- Adele
- Anne-Marie - WINNER
- Becky Hill
- Doja Cat
- Mimi Webb
- Olivia Rodrigo
- Raye
BEST PODCAST
- How To Fail With Elizabeth Day
- My Therapist Ghosted Me - WINNER
- Rob Beckett And Josh Widdicombe’s Parenting Hell
- Sh**ged Married Annoyed With Chris & Rosie Ramsey
- The High Performance Podcast
BEST BRITISH ACT
- Adele
- Anne-Marie
- Becky Hill
- Coldplay
- Dave
- Ed Sheeran - WINNER
- KSI
- Sam Fender
- Years & Years
BEST CLASSICAL ARTIST
- Freddie De Tommaso
- Isata Kanneh-mason
- John Williams - WINNERS
- Nicola Benedetti
- Sheku Kanneh-mason
BEST HIP HOP OR R&B
- Central Cee
- Dave - WINNER
- Doja Cat
- Russ Millions
- Tion Wayne
BEST INDIE ACT
- Biffy Clyro
- Florence + The Machine
- Foo Fighters
- Liam Gallagher
- Sam Fender - WINNER
- Stereophonics
- Wolf Alice
BEST POP
- Anne-Marie
- Becky Hill
- Justin Bieber - WINNER
- Joel Corry
- Mimi Webb
- The Weeknd
- Years & Years
BEST MASS APPEAL ARTIST
- Adele
- Anne-marie
- Coldplay
- Ed Sheeran
- Elton John - WINNER
BEST DANCE ACT
- Diplo - WINNER
- James Hype
- Jodie Harsh
- Kah-lo
- Mk
RISING STAR
- A1 X J1
- Arrdee
- Becky Hill
- Mimi Webb - WINNER
- Olivia Rodrigo
- Tate Mcrae
- Tom Grennan
MOST PLAYED SONG
Ed Sheeran - 'Bad Habits'
Also celebrating wins are Anne-Marie, who was named Best Female, Dave who was awarded Best Hip Hop or R&Band Sam Fender who won Best Indie. Coldplay were honoured with the Best Group prize.
Mimi Webb was named Rising Star, following in the footsteps of previous winners Joel Corry, Mabel, Aitch and Halsey, in recognition of her breakthrough success.
John Williams was awarded Best Classical Artist while Vogue Williams and Joanne McNally’s chart-topping My Therapist Ghosted Me was named Best Podcast
American artist Lil Nas X, whose debut album, ‘Montero’, arrived last September and who recently teased new music on Twitter, was given a special award for creativity. Justin Bieber was named Best Pop, Elton John was celebrated in the Mass Appeal category, and Diplo was crowned Best Dance Act.
Commenting on his triple Global Award win, Ed Sheeran said: “Thank you so much for my Best Male Award, this is really cool, thank you Global for all the support, thank you Ashley it’s been a long journey and thank you from day one for being so supportive. And then also Best British Act, I’m very honoured to be part of the British music industry, it’s a very incredible landscape to be part of at the moment, and it has been for the last ten years, but it's very, very exciting at the moment. Lots of new and up and coming acts that are very exciting as well. And Most Played for ‘Bad Habits’, thanks to my radio team, and Global for smashing it and to the listeners at home who haven’t complained about it yet!”
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