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At the BPI BRIT Awards in the Grosvenor House Hotel, London, England, UK, Europe, Prince collects the Best International Artist and Best Soundtrack album awards. Wham! is Best British Group. Frankie Goes To Hollywood collect awards for Best Single (Relax), Best New Group and Best Producer (Trevor Horn). Police scoop the Outstanding Contribution To British Music trophy. Duran Duran win the Best British Music Video award for Wild Boys.
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Trevor Horn (record producer) : What I remember most about that night was that Prince got an award and he walked through the crowd with these two huge minders. So we were all yelling at him, 'What do you need the minders for?' We were shouting, 'We're not interested in you.' We all thought it was just a bit of a grandstand play, but he was being quite clever, really.
(Source : interview by Johnny Black, Oct 2009, for Music Week).
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(Source : interview by Johnny Black, Oct 2009, for Music Week).