MOBO awards 2015 winners list: Grime artists come up top as Stormzy and Krept and Konan win big

The awards ceremony featured performances from nominees Rita Ora, FKA Twigs and Cee-Lo Green

Up-and-coming artist Stormzy

Grime was the big winner at this year’s Mobo awards, with Stormzy taking home Best Male Act and Best Grime Artist while Skepta won Best Song for his hit “Shutdown”.

Also winning big was duo Krept and Konan who won Best Hip-Hop Act and best album for The Long Way Home. Elsewhere, 'Godfather of Grime' Wiley won a Paving The Way award, as did Sir Lenny Henry. In total, there were 27 nominations for grime artists.

The awards show took place at Leeds Arena, with guests including Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain, Robert Pattinson and Idris Elba.

Performances came from FKA Twigs, Lianna La Havas and Cee-Lo Green, ITV coming under fire for cutting the latter’s rendition of "Forget You" short from their broadcast.

Sir Lenny Henry’s acceptance speech was labelled ‘epic’ by viewers, winning unanimous praise on Twitter for lines such as: “Thank you Mobos, Music of Black Origin Awards, I feel like Ed Sheeran up in here!”

Over the last few years, the Mobos has come under fire for rewarding white artists such as Sheeran, Sam Smith and Jessie J.

Winners list in full

Best hip-hop act: Krept and Konan

Best newcomer: Section Boyz

Best African act: Fuse ODG

Best female act: Ella Eyre

Best male act: Stormzy

Best song: Skepta – Shutdown

Best grime act: Stormzy

Best album: Krept and Konan – The Long Way Home

Best video: FKA twigs – Pendulum

Best reggae act: Popcaan

Best jazz: Binker and Moses

Best R&B/soul act: Shakka

Best gospel act: Faith Child

Best international album: Drake – If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late

Mobo outstanding achievement award: CeeLo Green

Paving the way: Wiley

Paving the way: Sir Lenny Henry