EDITORS PLEASE NOTE CONTAINS EXPLICIT GESTURE.<br/> <br />Adele was the talk of the Brit Awards, as well as a breathtaking performance she scooped female artist and the coverted best album honour for 21.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) ADELE, ACCEPTING AWARD FOR MASTERCARD BRITISH ALBUM OF THE YEAR, SAYING:<br/> <br />"Nothing makes me prouder than winning six Grammys then coming home to win Album of the Year. I'm so, so proud to be British and to be flying our flag."<br/> <br />But the star of the night had her acceptance speech cut short - presumably as the show was over running - prompting Adele to gesture with her middle finger.<br/> <br />That told them!<br/> <br />Ed Sheeran went in nominated for 4 prizes and went home with breakthrough and male solo.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) ED SHEERAN ACCEPTING AWARD FOR BRITISH BREAKTHROUGH ACT, SAYING:<br/> <br />"I missed to thank one person the last time I was here and that was my manager Stuart Camp, who's here tonight. He's the person that took me from a spotty, chubby ginger teenager up here tonight.''<br/> <br />Rihanna's performance of We Found Love went down a storm, and she won the international female award for the second year in a row.<br/> <br />Bruno Mars bagged the male equivalent and joked about his height<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) BRUNO MARS ACCEPTING INTERNATIONAL MALE SOLO ARTIST SAYING:<br/> <br />''This is almost taller than me.''<br/> <br />Newcomers One Direction were delighted to take their first Brit for British single<br/> <br />And the night ended with Blur after being honoured with the outstanding contribution to music accolade they closed the show with a mega mix of some of their biggest hits.<br/> <br />Sarah Mills, Reuters.
