United Kingdom, March 2 -- Charli XCX didn't think awards were "important" before she won Mastercard Album of the Year at the 2025 BRIT Awards.

The 32-year-old pop star scooped the coveted award at the annual ceremony on Saturday (01.03.25) evening for her hit record 'Brat', having fought off competition from The Cure for 'Songs of a Lost World', Dua Lipa with 'Radical Optimism', Ezra Collective for 'Dance, No One's Watching' and The Last Dinner Party with 'Prelude to Ecstasy'.

Speaking live on stage at London's O2 Arena, she said: "I used to tell myself that things like this weren't important, this kind of recognition, awards in general weren't important. And that was pretty easy for me to do because until last year I was literally nev...