Adele stole the limelight at this year's Brit Awards after becoming the night's biggest winner and collecting four awards.

The singer's impressive award haul has sealed the 27-year-old a place in music history as the most successful individual artist in any one year since Blur in 1995.

Speaking as she picked up her award for global success the singer thanked everyone for their support after she returned with a new album following a brief hiatus.

Other notable wins went to Coldplay who won best British group for the fourth time and Catfish And The Bottlemen who were named best British breakthrough act.

The Brit Awards winners list in full: