2018 Global Awards


The 2018 Global Awards ceremony was held on Thursday, 1 March 2018 at London's Eventim Apollo.
It started at 7:30 pm and was shown live on Capital TV and Heart TV. It was also available to watch on the Capital FM Website, on all the socials and on the radio. The Capital FM Global Awards radio schedule was as follows: Backstage on Capital Drive Time from 4pm GMT until 7pm GMT and then JJ, live from backstage from 7pm GMT chatting to the guests.
Performances and special appearances from Sam Smith, Rita Ora, Kasabian, Martin Garrix, Andrea Bocelli and Liam Payne.
Roman Kemp, Rochelle Humes and Myleene Klass hosted the ceremony.

Performances

Nominees and winners

The list of nominees was announced in December 2017. Winners are listed first, in bold.
Best Song Best Group

  • Little Mix
  • * The Chainsmokers
  • * Clean Bandit
  • * Coldplay
  • * Take That
    • Best Male Best Female
  • Shawn Mendes
  • * Ed Sheeran
  • * Justin Bieber
  • * Liam Payne
  • * Niall Horan
  • Camila Cabello
  • * Ariana Grande
  • * Dua Lipa
  • * Selena Gomez
  • * Taylor Swift
    • Best British Artist or Group Best News Interview, Moment or Debate
  • Little Mix
  • * Dua Lipa
  • * Ed Sheeran
  • * Liam Gallagher
  • * Liam Payne
  • First Responders
    • Rising Star Award Best Classical Artist
  • Mabel
  • * Yungen
  • * Stefflon Don
  • * Dua Lipa
  • * Jax Jones
  • Andrea Bocelli
  • * André Rieu
  • * Nicola Benedetti
  • * Ji Liu
  • * Ayoub Sisters
    • Most Played Award Mass Appeal Award
  • Shape of You — Ed Sheeran
  • Sam Smith
  • * Ed Sheeran
  • * Paloma Faith
  • * P!nk
  • * James Arthur
    • Social Media Superstars Best RnB, Hip Hop or Grime
  • Caspar Lee
  • * Oli White
  • * Cameron Dallas
  • * Zoella
  • * KSI
  • Stormzy
  • * J Hus
  • * Drake
  • * Mabel
  • * Post Malone
    • Best Pop Dance Best Indie
  • Martin Garrix
  • * Sigala
  • * David Guetta
  • * Calvin Harris
  • * Craig David
  • Kasabian
  • * Liam Gallagher
  • * Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
  • * Florence and the Machine
  • * Blossoms
    • Best Pop The Global Special Award
  • Rita Ora
  • * Liam Payne
  • * Shawn Mendes
  • * Charlie Puth
  • * Little Mix
  • Liam Payne