Sheeran didn't go home empty-handed - he was given the global success award.
Dua Lipa won best British female and the breakthrough award, while Gorillaz were named best British group.

But the night belonged to Stormzy, who held his head in his hands as he walked to the stage to accept best male, and fell to the ground when he was named winner of British album.

He told the crowd Gang Signs And Prayer - the UK's first grime album to reach number one last March - was "the hardest thing" he had done and gave "all the glory to God".

He said: "I've never worked on something like this in my life. We made something I feel that is undeniable, that I can stand by today."

The star also used a freestyle between songs at the end of the show to deliver a blistering criticism of the prime minister's handling of the Grenfell Tower fire.

"Yo, Theresa May, where's that money for Grenfell?" he rapped. "What, you thought we just forgot about Grenfell?"

Ed Sheeran had the biggest commercial success of 2017, but won't have begrudged Stormzy his wins - before the ceremony, he said he wanted the Croydon rapper to win best album.

"I think he made the album of the year, personally," Sheeran told BBC 5 live. The pair performed together at last year's show on a remix of Shape Of You.

Brit Awards key winners
 British album: Stormzy - Gang Signs and Prayer
 British female: Dua Lipa
 British male: Stormzy
 British group: Gorillaz
 British single: Rag 'N' Bone Man - Human

Source: BBC