Best BRITs performances
1 of 18Whitney Houston performs How Will I Know, 1987
Whitney Houston gave a live performance of How Will I Know at the 1987 ceremony, wowing audiences with her vocals.
2 of 18Bananarama perform Love In The First Degree, 1988
All three original members – Sara Dallin, Keren Woodward and Siobhan Fahey – gave their final performance of their single, accompanied by 14 half-naked male dancers, at the BRITs, then known as the BPI (British Phonographic Industry) Awards.
3 of 18Michael Jackson performs Earth Song ft Jarvis Cocker, 1996
Michael Jackson was joined by a rather unexpected – and unwanted – guest during his perfromance of Earth Song, when Pulp frontman Jarvis stormed the stage in protest at his act, which saw the King of Pop portrayed as a Jesus Christ-like figure surrounded by children.
4 of 18Spice Girls perform Wannabe and Who Do You Think You Are, 1997
At the height of Spicemania, the Spice Girls performed their hits, Wannabe and Who Do You Think You Are at the awards in 1997. Geri Halliwell’s Union Jack dress, made from a tea towel, was the huge talking point of that year.
5 of 18Tom Jones and Robbie Williams' Full Monty medley, 1998
Robbie Williams wore guy-liner and an all-black leather outfit, as he gyrated and danced alongside Tom while they performed a medley from The Full Monty. Which was nice for Sir Tom...
6 of 18Geri Halliwell performs Bag It Up, 2000
Geri snubbed her Spice Girls bandmates, who received the outstanding contribution award at the 2000 BRIT awards. Instead, she made headlines when she performed her solo No 1 single Bag It Up, straddling a pole between a pair of giant inflatable legs.
7 of 18Destiny's Child perform Independent Women Part 1, 2001
Destiny's Child threw on some tiny gold outfits to perform Independent Woman Part 1, representing girl power after the Spice Girls’ split.
8 of 18Kylie Minogue's performance of Can't Get You Out Of My Head, 2002
Kylie Minogue’s performance of Can’t Get You Out Of My Head has remained one of her best stage moments. That tiny white dress! Those thigh-high silver boots! The giant CD player!
9 of 18Justin Timberlake and Kylie Minogue's performance, 2003
Justin Timberlake showed off his dance moves, while Kylie Minogue demonstrated her rapping skills in this duet featuring JT’s hits Cry Me A River and Like I Love You, and Blondie’s Rapture. That cheeky Justin even grabbed the Minogue derriere…
10 of 18Scissor Sisters performance of Take Your Mama, 2005
There’s no way the Scissor Sisters’ performance of Take Your Mama won’t make you smile, especially with the pink chicken laying gold eggs, Jake Shears’ Lederhosen and Ana Matronic’s canary yellow dress.
11 of 18Mark Ronson, Adele, Amy Winehouse and Daniel Merriweather, 2008
Mark Ronson was joined by some special friends – Adele, Amy Winehouse and Daniel Merriweather – for his BRITs medley performance.
12 of 18Girls Aloud perform The Promise, 2009
Pretty feathery stuff from the Girls Aloud, erm, girls
13 of 18Dizzee Rascal and Florence Welsh perform You Got The Dirtee Love, 2010
Dizzee Rascal joined the Florence + The Machine singer, who emerged from a giant disco ball, for a special performance of You Got The Dirtee Love, with plenty of harps.
14 of 18Pet Shop Boys, Lady Gaga and Brandon Flowers perform, 2009
To celebrate their outstanding contribution to music gong, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe enlisted the help of Lady Gaga and The Killers’ frontman Brandon Flowers to close the 2009 ceremony. Gaga wore a wacky teapot-inspired outfit to sing What Have I Done To Deserve This? and West End Girls.
15 of 18Lady Gaga performs Telephone and Dance In The Dark, 2010
Gaga performed a tribute to fashion designer Alexander McQueen, who died days before the BEIT Awards in 2010. Dressed in a lace bodysuit, she sang Telephone and Dance In The Dark.
16 of 18Adele performs Someone Like You, 2011
With a piano as her sole accompaniment, Adele's moving performance of Someone Like You launched the track 46 spots up the UK charts to the top spot.
17 of 18Plan B performs, 2011
Plan B, aka Ben Drew, heated things up the BRITs in 2011 when a man on fire ran across the stage as he ended his performance. But was he meant to be on fire or was it a stunt gone terribly, terribly wrong? We'll never know...
18 of 18Disclosure, Lorde and AlunaGeorge perform Royals and White Noise, 2014
Lorde collaborated with AlunaGeorge and Disclosure for a version of Royals and White Noise, one of the highlights of last year’s ceremony.
Madonna, Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran are among the music stars who will be performing at the 2015 BRIT Awards at London’s O2 Arena this very evening.
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