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    Does anyone know what the Brit awards were previously called before they were called the Brit awards?

    Question #41386. Asked by XXlaurajayXX. (Nov 21 03 2:35 PM)


    mk2norwich

    		I remember when they were called the BPI (British Phonographic Industry) Awards. I believe they started calling them the 'Brits' sometime during the eighties.

    Nov 21 03, 2:39 PM
    Siskin


    The awards have their origins in 1977's Britannia Awards, which celebrated 100 years of recorded sound.

    They were renamed the Brit Awards in 1989.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1999/02/99/brit_awards/277176.stm

    Nov 21 03, 3:27 PM

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