Central Cee, Raye, FLO & More Win At The Global Awards 2023!

31 March 2023, 07:00

Here's who scooped up the awards!

The winners of The Global Awards 2023 were revealed today (Friday 31st March), with Harry Styles picking up THREE awards.

Now in its sixth year, The Global Awards brings together Global’s radio stations including Capital, Heart, Smooth, Classic FM, Radio X, Capital XTRA, Capital Dance, Gold, as well as Global Player, to celebrate the biggest stars of music, podcasting and entertainment across a wide range of genres. Today, Global revealed the 2023 winners on air, online and on Global Player to fans.

Central Cee picked up the award for Best Hip Hop or RnB, and Best Dance Act was awarded to Fred again...

Central Cee scooped up two awards. — Central Cee won best Hip Hop or RnB Act. . Picture: Getty

FLO scooped the Rising Star award in recognition of their breakthrough success in 2022, following in the footsteps of previous winners, Mimi Webb, Joel Corry, Mabel and Aitch.

See the full list of winners below:

BEST SONG

AITCH – BABY (FEAT. ASHANTI)
BEYONCÉ – BREAK MY SOUL
FIREBOY DML & ED SHEERAN – PERU
GEORGE EZRA – GREEN GREEN GRASS
HARRY STYLES – AS IT WAS - WINNER
HARRY STYLES – LATE NIGHT TALKING
THE KID LAROI, JUSTIN BIEBER – STAY
LEWIS CAPALDI – FORGET ME
LIZZO – ABOUT DAMN TIME
LIZZO – 2 BE LOVED (AM I READY)
MEGHAN TRAINOR – MADE YOU LOOK
MIMI WEBB - HOUSE ON FIRE
RAYE, 070 SHAKE – ESCAPISM.
SAM SMITH – UNHOLY (FEAT. KIM PETRAS)
TAYLOR SWIFT – ANTI-HERO

BEST SOCIAL TRENDED SONG

CH!PZ – 1001 ARABIAN NIGHTS
DAVID GUETTA & BEBE REXHA - I’M GOOD (BLUE)
JOJI – GLIMPSE OF US
JVKE – GOLDEN HOUR
MEGHAN TRAINOR – MADE YOU LOOK
MIGUEL – SURE THING
NICKY YOURE, DAZY - SUNROOF
RAYE, 070 SHAKE – ESCAPISM. - WINNER

BEST GROUP

ARCTIC MONKEYS
D-BLOCK EUROPE
COLDPLAY - WINNER
FLORENCE + THE MACHINE
MUSE
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
WET LEG

BEST MALE

AITCH
CALVIN HARRIS
GEORGE EZRA
HARRY STYLES – WINNER
KSI
LEWIS CAPALDI
LIAM GALLAGHER
SAM FENDER
STORMZY
TOM GRENNAN

BEST FEMALE

ANNE-MARIE
BECKY HILL
BEYONCÉ
LIZZO - WINNER
MEGHAN TRAINOR
MIMI WEBB
P!NK
RAYE
SZA
TAYLOR SWIFT

RISING STAR

BRU-C
FLO - WINNER
JVKE
LF SYSTEM
PINKPANTHERESS
SAM RYDER
WET LEG

BEST CLASSICAL ARTIST

ABEL SELAOCOE
ALISON BALSOM
ISATA KANNEH-MASON
LANG LANG
LUDOVICO EINAUDI - WINNER
NICOLA BENEDETTI
SHEKU KANNEH-MASON

MASS APPEAL

BEYONCÉ
COLDPLAY
ELTON JOHN
GEORGE EZRA
HARRY STYLES
LEWIS CAPALDI – WINNER
P!NK

BEST PODCAST

MY THERAPIST GHOSTED ME
THAT PETER CROUCH PODCAST
THE NEWS AGENTS - WINNER
THE REST IS POLITICS
THE WITTERING WHITEHALLS

BEST HIP HOP OR RNB

AITCH
ARRDEE
BEYONCÉ
BURNA BOY
CENTRAL CEE - WINNER
D-BLOCK EUROPE
DAVE
DOJA CAT
DRAKE
FIREBOY DML
FLO
RAYE
STORMZY

BEST INDIE ACT

ARCTIC MONKEYS
BLINK-182
FLORENCE + THE MACHINE
KASABIAN
LIAM GALLAGHER
NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
SAM FENDER
WET LEG - WINNER

BEST DANCE ACT

BRU-C
CLEMENTINE DOUGLAS
DAVID GUETTA
ELIZA ROSE
FRED AGAIN.. – WINNER
LF SYSTEM
LUUDE
PINKPANTHERESS
THE BLESSED MADONNA
TIËSTO

RAYE, 070 Shake winner of ‘Best Social Trended Song’ - ‘Escapism.’ said: “Hello, I wanna say thank you so much to Global and to Capital for this incredible award for Best Social Trended Song.

"I also just wanna say thank you to everyone who’s listened to the song or made a video to it, I think it’s hit something like a million videos online which is insane! You know it’s beautiful because I just didn’t expect it and this is also a really lovely validation and a testament to not giving up, keeping going and trusting our gut when it comes to your music, so thank you Capital thank you Global. I am gonna put this right next to my telly.”

FLO, winner of ‘Rising Star’ said:“Thank you so much to Global and Capital and Capital XTRA for this rising star award”.

“And thank you so much to our fans for always being there for us and supporting us. We better be getting three of them!”

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