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Harry Styles at the Brit Awards
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Grammy winner Harry Styles also won at the Brit Awards.
The British pop star won the awards for Best Artist of the Year, Best Album of the Year, Best Song for his hit 'As It Was' and Best Pop/R&B Act on Saturday night.
With that, Styles took home the awards in all categories in which he was nominated.
"That night was really, really special for me and I'll never forget it," Styles said.
"I'm so proud to be a British artist out there in the world."
In his acceptance speech, Styles mentioned several artists who had been shortlisted for the Brit Awards but were not shortlisted.
He was very aware of his "privilege," Styles said onstage.
"That's why this award is for Rina, Charli, Florence, Mabel and Becky," he said, referring to singers Rina Sawayama, Charli XCX, Florence Welch, Mabel and Becky Hill.
The former One Direction singer had already received the coveted Grammy for the best album of the year at the US music awards for his album »Harry's House« last week.
Grammy record winner Beyoncé also won two prizes at the Brit Awards: The US pop queen was awarded Best International Artist and Best International Song, but she did not come to the awards ceremony in London.
Alongside the Grammys awarded in Los Angeles, the Brit Awards are among the most important music prizes in the world.
As of last year, the "Brits" categories are no longer separated by gender.
Those responsible responded to criticism from singer Sam Smith, who had identified as non-binary and complained that he could not be nominated in any category.
On Saturday night, Smith was in the running for Song of the Year with Kim Petras for the duet "Unholy," but lost out to Styles with "As It Was."
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