Plan B's success also helped Universal Publishing, which was named Publisher of The Year, while Kobalt took Independent Publisher of The Year, two awards that are based on market share.

Rumer presented the award for Record Company of the Year to Atlantic and there were video messages of congratulations from Plan B, Bruno Mars and Paramore.

In a strong year for British urban talent, Parlophone won the A&R Award for its work launching Tinie Tempah, whose Disc-Overy album is now ...