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\n\tThe 2026 Grammys<\/a> are in the books and it had pretty much everything you could ask for: dazzling performances<\/a>, worthy winners<\/a>, memorable speeches<\/a> (a touch more controversy wouldn\u2019t have hurt, mind).\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tFor the U.K. music industry,<\/a> it was the stuff of dreams. While its artists were absent in the album of the year field for the first time since 2022, the overall scene was represented in a number of categories that suggested the industry had moved past its jitters and made a stonking comeback.<\/p>\n \n\tLola Young<\/a> made a triumphant return to win best pop vocal performance for \u201cMessy,\u201d and gave her first TV performance since a recent retreat from the spotlight owing to health concerns. FKA <\/a>t<\/a>wigs<\/a> kicked off the celebrations at the pre-show ceremony with a victory in the best dance\/electronic category for her LP Eusexua<\/em>. Doncaster-born rocker Yungblud<\/a> scored best rock performance for his rendition of Black Sabbath\u2019s \u201cChanges,\u201d and The Cure earned their first-ever Grammys win for best alternative album and alternative performance.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tOlivia Dean<\/a> collecting the best new artist prize will be the most encouraging news of all. The 26-year-old\u2019s breakout<\/a> in the past few months has been extraordinary to witness, particularly for those who\u2019ve followed Dean\u2019s career from fledgling outsider to Britain\u2019s next great hope.<\/p>\n \n\tShe now joins an elite club of British musicians to have picked up the prize since it was introduced in 1959, and is the first to do so since 2019. The roll call for Brits who have won the prize is full of the usual suspects (with a couple of curveballs) but all lay claim to a moment in history that no one can take away: at one point or another, they were considered the hottest new act on the planet by Grammy voters.<\/p>\n \n\tHere\u2019s a complete list of British winners in the best new artist category at the Grammy Awards.<\/p>\n