Dave and Lewis Capaldi main winners of Brit Awards

London rapper Dave and Scottish singer Lewis Capaldi became the main winners of the 40th edition of the Brit Awards,  the accolades from the British phonographic industry.

21-year-old Dave won in the most important of the nine categories -  British album of the year for the album "Psychodrama". In turn, Capaldi as the only one from this year's nominees who received two statuettes - in the song category of the year for "Someone You Loved" and in the best new artist category (in both beating Dave, among others).

Both were also nominated in the category of the best British artist, but the prize was awarded to Stormzy.

However, the award ceremony was overshadowed by political controversy. Dave criticized the government for reacting to the fire of London's Grenfell Tower (in June 2017 killed 72 people, largely from ethnic minorities). He attacked as well tabloids because Princess Meghan, who comes from a racially mixed family, was treated worse than Princess Kate.

(PAP)