To celebrate the 2016 BRIT Awards, global music-streaming service Deezer has worked with renowned British illustrator Mohan Ballard to create a challenging quiz for die-hard music fans which contains 50 visual clues of previous winners dating back nearly 40 years.
Deezer has a team of 50 dedicated music editors who looked at previous winners and worked closely with the illustrator Mohan Ballard to represent them visually, with different levels of difficulty attributed throughout the piece.
How many previous BRIT winners can you spot in the illustration below? (Answers at the bottom of the post, so watch out for spoilers!)
Sam Lee, Deezer’s UK & Ireland music editor said: “The UK has a massive music history and we all like to think that we have great knowledge of who’s who in music. This is a fun challenge ahead of the BRIT awards for music fans to name all 50 references. Some of them are easy – such as a Dell computer to represent Adele, but if anyone can guess what the colourful bowtie represents it’s a bit more impressive.”
SPOILER ALERT: ANSWERS AS FOLLOWS
| Artist | Description | Year of win | Category |
| Adele | A Dell laptop | 2013 2012 2008 | · British Single · British Female Solo Artist & Mastercard British Album of the Year · Critics’ Choice Award |
| Amy Winehouse | Off Licence with big bee hive hair do | 2007 | · British Female Solo Artist |
| Arcade Fire | Arcade machine on fire | 2011 | · International Group & International Album |
| Arctic Monkeys | Monkeys in artic setting/frozen monkey | 2014 2008 2007 2006 | · British Group & Mastercard British Album of the Year · British Group & British Album · British Group & British Album · British Breakthrough Act |
| The Bangles | A group of bangles on a wrist | 1987 | · International Group |
| Bastille | (Bastille Day) displayed on page of calendar | 2014 | · British Breakthrough Act |
| The Beatles | Two beetles | 1983 1977 | · Outstanding Contribution · British Album, British Group & Outstanding Contribution |
| Black Keys | Two black keys side by side | 2013 | · International Group |
| Chemical Brothers | Two brothers standing next to a test jar | 2000 | · Best Dance Act |
| Coldplay | Play button covered in frost, pause and stop buttons next to it | 2013 2006 2003 2001 | · Live Act · British Album & British Single · British Album & British Group · British Album & British Group |
| The Corrs | Heaps of apple cores | 1999 | · International Group |
| Culture Club | Globe with all races represented and “Membership” sign | 1984 | · British Group & Best Selling Single |
| The Cure | Medicine cabinet | 1991 1990 | · British Group · Best Music Video |
| David Bowie | Iconic lightning strike on bowtie | 2014 1996 1984 | · British Male Solo Artist · Outstanding Contributing · British Male Solo Artist |
| Dizzee Rascal | A dizzy child (freckles on his face) | 2010 | · British Male Solo Artist |
| Ed Sheeran | Sheers cutting ginger hair | 2015 2012 | · British Male Solo Artist & Mastercard British Act of the Year · British Male Solo Artist & British Breakthrough Act |
| Eels | Two eels in water | 1998 | · International Breakthrough Act |
| Ellie Goulding | Solid gold ‘L’ and ‘E’ bars | 2014 2010 | · British Female Solo Artist · Critics’ Choice Award |
| Emeli Sandé | ‘Emeli’ written in sand | 2013 2012 | · British Female Solo Artist & Mastercard British Act of the Year · Critics’ Choice Award |
| Eminem | M&M | 2005 2003 2001 | · International Male Solo Artist · International Album & International Male · International Male |
| Erasure | An eraser | 1989 | · British Group |
| Fatboy Slim | A fat boy standing next to a slim boy | 2001 1999 | · British Dance Act · British Dance Act |
| Florence and the Machine | Italian road sign with ‘Firenze’ written on it, next to a machine |
