Soul singer Adele added to her awards haul at the 2012 Brit Awardss on Tuesday and set the biggest night in British pop alight with a rousing performance of Rolling In the Deep.
At the start of the evening, Adele picked up the statuette for British female solo artiste and finished off proceedings by scooping the coveted best album honour for 21 at the end of a two-hour televised show.
In between, the 23-year-old captivated a packed O2 Arena in her native London with a vocal display that suggested her husky voice was on its way back after surgery on vocal cords late last year which forced her to cancel part of a tour.
The only Brit award she did not win from three nominations was best British single, which went to TV talent show contestants One Direction for What Makes You Beautiful.
Receiving her album award, Adele said: “Nothing makes me prouder than coming home with six Grammys, then coming to the Brit Awards and winning album of the year. I’m so proud to be British and to be flying the flag and I’m so proud to be in the room with all of you.”
She was cut off halfway through her speech by presenter and comedian James Corden, presumably to squeeze in band Blur’s closing set for broadcast. “The Brit Awards is a live event. Unfortunately the programme was over running and we had to move on. We would like to apologise to Adele for the interruption,” an ITV spokesperson said in a statement after the show. A Brit Awards spokesperson also added their apologies to the singer in a post-show statement.