阿黛尔获两项BBC音乐大奖

    Pop star Adele has dominated the BBC Music Awards for a second year in a row — without making an appearance.

    The singer picked up two of the main prizes — song of the year, for “Hello,” and album of the year, for “25.”

    Last year, the star won best British artist and best live performance. Again she was unable to attend.

    Coldplay was another absent winner at this year’s ceremony, accepting their prize for best British artist as they walked on stage in Australia.

    “Sorry we’re not there,” said Chris Martin, in a video message from Melbourne’s Etihad Stadium. “Look at all those people — and we love you and we’re so grateful and we’ll see you so soon.”

    Now in their third year, the BBC Music Awards aim to replicate* the success of the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year, recognizing achievement in music both in the United Kingdom and abroad.

    BBC Music editor James Stirling said that rewarding artists who were not able to attend proved the show’s legitimacy*.

    “The BBC Music Awards have never been about who’s here on the night gets a prize. It shows a degree of legitimacy to what we do.

    “Adele’s on holiday. There’s nothing we can do about that. But it actually shows that the awards are all about people who really deserve to win.”

    The 1975 launched this year’s ceremony with a dynamic* performance of “The Sound,” from their number one album “I Like It When You Sleep...”

    The band later won a prize for their string-drenched cover of One Direction’s “That’s What Makes You Beautiful” — which was named the best live performance on BBC Radio 1 this year.

    “It’s a bizarre* award,” said singer Matt Healy. “It’s for a performance of a song we didn’t write, by an artist who also didn’t write it! I don’t know how far it goes back... it’s probably the guy who did the lights who deserves the credit — but I’ll take it!”

    (SD-Agencies)