Adele, Ed Sheeran, Blur Dominate BRIT Awards 2012

Adele, Ed Sheeran and Blur dominated this year’s BRIT Awards.

The ceremony, which took place at the O2 Arena in London tonight (February 21), saw Adele collect the prestigious Album of The Year Award.

The singer's second album '21' beat off competition from the likes of PJ Harvey, Ed Sheeran, Florence And The Machine and Coldplay.

Adele looked shocked as she accepted the award, thanking fans before being cut off by host James Corden half way through her speech.

Ed Sheeran won British Male Solo Artist and Best British Breakthrough, while Adele also won the award for Best Female Solo Artist.

Coldplay continued their Brit Awards run as they were named British Group, with frontman Chris Martin thanking fans for their continued love and support.

In the international categories, Foo Fighters won International Group and after little under six months Lana Del Rey held back tears as she collected the International Breakthrough Award.

Rihanna was named International Female Solo Artist for the second year and Bruno Mars took home the honour for International Male Solo Artist.

Blur took to the stage to collect the prestigious ‘Contribution To Music Award’, thanking fans and family for their continued support over the years.

The band’s appearance marked their first return to the BRIT Awards after seventeen years.

James Corden hosted the ceremony.