Global’s The News Agents win Best Podcast at Global Awards

The winners of The Global Awards 2023 have been announced with The News Agents winning Best Podcast and Harry Styles picking up three awards.

Now in its sixth year, The Global Awards brings together Global’s radio stations including Capital, Heart, Smooth, Classic FM, Radio X, Capital XTRA, Capital Dance, Gold, as well as Global Player, to celebrate music, podcasting and entertainment.

Harry Styles was the biggest winner scooping three awards including Best Male, Best British Act and Best Song for his huge hit, ‘As It Was’.

The News Agents, an LBC podcast hosted by Emily Maitlis, Jon Sopel and Lewis Goodall, won Best Podcast award following news that it has had 24 million downloads in seven months.

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Also celebrating is US superstar Lizzo who was crowned Best Female, her first ever British award. Coldplay was named Best Group for the second consecutive year having scooped the award for the first time in 2022. Lewis Capaldi won in the Mass Appeal category and RAYE, 070 Shake won Best Social Trended Song with the huge hit ‘Escapism.’.

Central Cee picked up the award for Best Hip Hop or RnB, and Best Dance Act was awarded to Fred again…

FLO scooped the Rising Star award in recognition of their breakthrough success in 2022, following in the footsteps of previous winners, Mimi Webb, Joel Corry, Mabel and Aitch.

Pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi picked up the award for Best Classical Artist while Emily Maitlis, Jon Sopel and Lewis Goodall’s chart-topping The News Agents, was named Best Podcast. The award for Best Indie Act was won by Wet Leg.

‘Where Did You Go?’ by Jax Jones (feat. MNEK) was named Most Played Song 2022, awarded to the artist responsible for the most played song on Global’s stations in 2022.

Commenting on his triple Global Award win, Harry Styles said: “I just wanted to send you a quick message to say thank you so, so much for the recognition, it means a lot to me I really appreciate it! Take care.”

Emily Maitlis: “Thank you Global and to listeners of The News Agents, this means the world to us, we are just chuffed to bits, thank you.”

Lewis Goodall: “It’s just that, well considering we haven’t even been going a year and we feel there’s so much more to come, and we’re just so thrilled with all the support we’ve got from Global and all the listeners as well.”

Jon Sopel: “Our only slight concern is we’re only six, seven months in, have we peaked, is it downhill from now on, very worrying, thank you?”

Lewis Goodall: “Almost certainly”

Here are all the winners..

BEST SONG                                                                
HARRY STYLES – AS IT WAS

BEST MALE       
HARRY STYLES      

BEST BRITISH ACT                                                                       
HARRY STYLES

BEST FEMALE                                                                          
LIZZO  

BEST GROUP                                                                            
COLDPLAY

MASS APPEAL                                                                     
LEWIS CAPALDI          

BEST SOCIAL TRENDED SONG
RAYE, 070 SHAKE – ESCAPISM.            

BEST HIP HOP OR RnB                                                     
CENTRAL CEE              

BEST DANCE ACT                                                     
FRED AGAIN.. 

RISING STAR
FLO

BEST CLASSICAL ARTIST 
LUDOVICO EINAUDI         

BEST PODCAST 
THE NEWS AGENTS 

BEST INDIE ACT                                                                          
WET LEG 

MOST PLAYED SONG 
JAX JONES FEAT. MNEK – WHERE DID YOU GO?