Dua Lipa sends pulses racing in a busty black leather Versace dress as she prepares to open the star-studded ceremony

Dua Lipa sent pulses racing in a black busty leather Versace dress as she stepped out on the red carpet ahead of her opening show for the BRIT Awards 2024.

The Dance The Night singer, 28, commanded attention at the glitzy event as she stepped out in a jet-black figure-hugging garment which featured a long train.

Dua Lipa sent pulses racing in a black busty leather dress as she stepped out on the red carpet ahead of her opening show for the BRIT Awards 2024

Her fabulous dress featured a very low neckline, which joined her two thick straps in the middle of her ample cleavage.

The fiery redhead paired her dominatrix look with a thick silver chain necklace and a blood-red manicure.

She exuded glamour as Dua stepped out with a sultry black cat-eye liner look and a ɴuᴅᴇ plump lip.

The Dance The Night singer, 28, commanded attention at the glitzy event as she stepped out in a jet-black figure-hugging garment which featured a long train

Raye broke records at Saturday night’s BRIT Awards, winning six gongs during a star-studded ceremony at London’s O2 arena.

The singer/songwriter, 26, scooped the first gong presented on the night, Song of the Year for her hit Escapism ft 070 Shake, shortly before also taking home the R&B Act gong and Best New Artist.

She was in floods of tears as she later accepted Album Of The Year, Artist Of The Year and Songwriter of the Year, bringing her beloved grandmother on stage at one point.

The star now holds the record for the most BRITs won at a single ceremony, a record which previously stood at four, jointly held by Blur (1995), Adele (2016) and Harry Styles (2023).

The fiery redhead paired her dominatrix look with a thick silver chain necklace and a blood-red manicure

She had been nominated seven times – the most ever for a single artist in a year – but couldn’t possibly have won more than she did as she was shortlisted twice for song of the year – for Escapism, which won the тιтle, and for Prada.

As well as Raye’s huge successes, Dua Lipa won best pop act while Kylie Minogue – who had a mᴀssive comeback hit last year with Padam Padam – picked up the global icon award. The night was dominated by female winners, who won gongs in all but four categories.

Her fabulous dress featured a very low neckline, which joined her two thick straps in the middle of her ample cleavage

Dua Lipa picked up the fan-voted Pop Act gong, gushing to her fans: ‘I guess for more reasons than one my fans are the reasons why I’m standing here today, so I wanna say a mᴀssive thank you to each and every single one of you who have voted for me.’

A record 98 artists were up for the new 2024 BRIT award, which has been designed by British visual artist and painter Rachel Jones.

She exuded glamour as Dua stepped out with a sultry black cat-eye liner look and a ɴuᴅᴇ plump lip
The only men to get accolades were Calvin Harris for dance act; Sheffield quartet Bring Me The Horizon in the alternative/rock category; Casisᴅᴇᴀᴅ for best hip-hop, grime or rap act; and duo Jungle for group of the year.

Miley Cyrus was a notable absentee on the night, sending her thanks for her International Song win for her smash hit Flowers in a video message.

‘Hello to everybody at the Brits. I wanted to say thank you so much for voting Flowers as the international song of the year, and a special thank you for giving me somewhere to wear this dress, she said, showing off her minuscule gold number.

Dua is set to open the show with Mastercard while Kylie Minogue will give the closing performance

‘It’s incredible to win but the real prize is having this incredible song hit around the world. I know this video is a little short but I just wanted it to match my dress.’

Dua Lipa and Ellie Goulding pulled out all the stops as they led the performances.

Dua's sensational look allowed her to flaunt her numerous dainty tattoos as she left her pieces of body art on full display

The songstress looked incredible in an all leather look while Ellie, 37, stormed the stage just a week after announcing the end of her marriage.

The evening ended with Dua Lipa presenting Kylie with the Global Icon Award, leading into the Aussie popstar’s finale performance.

‘Alright I’m just gonna be sobbing with Raye, you did that!’ an emotional Kylie said as she took to the stage.

She heavily accessorised the outfit with silver chain rings and a thick silver and black bangle

‘You did that. Brits, thank you so much. I really tried to think hard about what to say tonight but I knew I couldn’t plan anything and I knew it’d be just about the emotion.’

‘For some of you it’s been a lifetime – 36 years and counting of experiences together and the thing that really gets me is the love of music and connection with people … I have friends in this room that I’ve worked with through the years.’

The pop superstar then took to the stage for a medley of her greatest hits including her recent chart smash Padam Padam, Can’t Get You Out Of My Head, Slow and Love At First Sight.