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Brit Awards 2019: Ed Sheeran's Global Success Win Confuses Viewers, As He's Not Released Music In 2 Years

This marks the second year in a row he's been the recipient of the Global Success prize.
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Brit Awards viewers were left a little confused on Wednesday night, when Ed Sheeran was announced as the recipient of the Global Success award for the second year running.

Each year, the Global Success prize is given to the UK artist who has made a big splash overseas, with past recipients including Sam Smith, Adele, One Direction and… oh, that’s it actually.

For the second time in as many years, Ed was revealed to have been the winner of the Global Success prize, for the huge success of his third album Divide.

You know, the one that was released in March 2017.

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Ed Sheeran and his latest Brit Award
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Unsurprisingly, we weren’t the only ones who were a little taken aback that Ed was the winner for two years running without having released new music, with many voicing their feelings about the whole thing on Twitter...

However, as host Jack Whitehall pointed out, Ed received the award because of the huge sales Divide accrued in the last 12 months, despite being just shy of two years old.

Ed also spent much of 2018 touring the world to promote the album, including stadium shows all over the UK last summer.

And fortunately for him, there were a lot of fans happy to see him snag the Global Success award…

Ed was unable to collect the award in person, but did pre-record a speech, saying: “Thank you so much for my Global Success award. It really, really means a lot. I’m sorry I can’t be there today, I’m currently in South America on tour. But I hope that everyone is having a fantastic time.”

Aside from Ed, The 1975 and Calvin Harris were the biggest winners at this year’s Brits, each taking home two awards.

Dua Lipa, Jess Glynne and Anne-Marie had been the top nominees, with each of them being in the running for four different awards, but of the three, only Dua left a winner, taking home Best British Single for her Calvin Harris collaboration One Kiss.

They also performed the track during the ceremony, sharing the stage with Sam Smith and Rag’n’Bone Man, who each sang their own Calvin collabs.

Brit Awards 2019: All The Red Carpet Pics
Anne-Marie(01 of56)
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Nominated for British Female, British Album, British Single and British Video (credit:David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock)
Little Mix(02 of56)
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Nominated for British Group and British Video (credit:David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock)
Jack Whitehall(03 of56)
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The host of this year's Brit Awards (credit:David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock)
Dua Lipa(04 of56)
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Nominated for British Video and British Single (twice in each category) (credit:David Fisher/Rex/Shutterstock)
Sam Smith(05 of56)
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Nominated for British Male (credit:David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock)
Jorja Smith(06 of56)
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Nominated for British Female, British Breakthrough and British Album (credit:JM Enternational/REX/Shutterstock)
Lily Allen(07 of56)
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Nominated for British Female (credit:David M. Benett via Getty Images)
Jess Glynne(08 of56)
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Nominated for British Female, British Video and twice for British Single (credit:David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock)
Jess Glynne(09 of56)
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(credit:David Fisher/Rex/Shutterstock)
Shawn Mendes(10 of56)
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Nominated for International Male (credit:David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock)
Olly Alexander of Years And Years(11 of56)
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Nominated for British Group (credit:David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock)
P!nk(12 of56)
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Recipient of Outstanding Contribution (credit:David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock)
The 1975(13 of56)
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Nominated for British Album and British Group (credit:David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock)
Florence + The Machine(14 of56)
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Nominated for British Female and British Album (credit:David Fisher/Rex/Shutterstock)
Calvin Harris(15 of56)
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Nominated for British Single and British Video (credit:David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock)
George Ezra(16 of56)
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Nominated for British Male, British Single and British Album (credit:David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock)
Hugh Jackman(17 of56)
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Opening the show with a performance from The Greatest Showman (credit:Reuters)
Grace Chatto of Clean Bandit(18 of56)
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Nominated for British Single and British Video (credit:David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock)
Brockhampton(19 of56)
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(credit:Ian West - PA Images via Getty Images)
Liam Payne(20 of56)
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Nominated for British Video (credit:David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock)
Christine And The Queens(21 of56)
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Nominated for International Female (credit:David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock)
Sam Fender(22 of56)
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Recipient of this year's Critics' Choice (credit:David Fisher/Rex/Shutterstock)
Caroline Flack(23 of56)
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Clara Amfo(24 of56)
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Paloma Faith(25 of56)
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Rag'n'Bone Man(26 of56)
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Performing with Calvin Harris (credit:David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock)
Mabel(27 of56)
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Nominated for British Breakthrough (credit: David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock)
Maya Jama(28 of56)
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Gemma Atkinson and Gorka Marquez(29 of56)
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Gemma Atkinson(30 of56)
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Emma Bunton and Jade Jones(31 of56)
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Jonas Blue(32 of56)
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Nominated for British Video (credit:David Fisher/Rex/Shutterstock)
Claire Richards(33 of56)
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(credit:Mike Marsland via Getty Images)
H.E.R.(34 of56)
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Performing with Jess Glynne (credit:David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock)
Rudimental(35 of56)
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Nominated for British Single and British Video (credit:David M. Benett via Getty Images)
Lewis Capaldi(36 of56)
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Runner-up for Critics' Choice (credit:David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock)
Tom Walker(37 of56)
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Nominated for British Single and British Breakthrough (credit:Jeff Spicer via Getty Images)
Ms Banks(38 of56)
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Performing with Little Mix (credit:David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock)
Luke Evans(39 of56)
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Abbey Clancy(40 of56)
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Vick Hope(41 of56)
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Ncuti Gatwa(42 of56)
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James Bay(43 of56)
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Montana Brown(44 of56)
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Bros(45 of56)
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Sigala(46 of56)
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Nominated for British Single (credit:Ian West - PA Images via Getty Images)
Lewis Capaldi(47 of56)
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(credit:David M. Benett via Getty Images)
First Aid Kit(48 of56)
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Nominated for International Group (credit:David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock)
Matthew Morrison and Renee Puente(49 of56)
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(credit:David M. Benett via Getty Images)
Marvin Humes(50 of56)
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Kelly Brook(51 of56)
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Todrick Hall(52 of56)
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British artist Daniel Lismore(53 of56)
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Grace Carter (credit:Matt Baron/REX/Shutterstock)
Steve Aoki(55 of56)
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Laura Jackson(56 of56)
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