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‘Queen’ of 2022: British singer Adele celebrates after receiving the Album of the Year award on Feb. 8 at the Brit Awards 2022 ceremony and live show in London. (AFP/Tolga Akmen)
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hart-topping superstar Adele won the top three prizes on Tuesday at the Brit Awards, in the first genderless edition of Britain's annual pop music honors.
Nicknamed "Queen of the Brits" by host Mo Gilligan, the London-born singer-songwriter picked up the first award of the night, Song of the Year, for her chart-topping single "Easy on Me".
The track was the first to be released from her comeback album 30, a record Adele said she made to explain her divorce to her young son that won Album of the Year.
"I'd like to dedicate this award to my son and to Simon, to his dad. This album was all of our journey, not just mine," a tearful Adele said, referring to her ex-husband Simon Konecki.
"I'm very proud of myself for sticking to my guns and putting out an album that was about something that was so personal to me, [because] not many people would do stuff like that anymore."
The 33-year-old also won Artist of the Year, now a genderless category for which rappers Little Simz and Dave, as well as singers Ed Sheeran and Sam Fender, were also nominated.
"I understand why the name of this award has changed, but I really love being a woman, being a female artist," Adele said. "I'm really proud of us."
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