18 February 1990

Sunday 18 February

1990-02-18

Events

 * Queen pick up the award for their Outstanding Contribution to Music at the 1990 BRIT awards in London. All four band members were present to receive the award, although frontman Freddie Mercury was never seen again in public. He died on November 24, 1991, a day after issuing a public statement in which he admitted he had AIDS.
 * Other winners:
 * British Male Solo Artist: Phil Collins
 * British Female Solo Artist: Annie Lennox
 * British Group: Fine Young Cannibals
 * British Breakthrough act: Lisa Stansfield
 * International solo artits: Neneh Cherry
 * International group: U2
 * Phil Collins – Another Day in Paradise
 * British album of the year: Fine Young Cannibals – The Raw & the Cooked