QUICK TAKES - Feb. 20, 2009

Duffy choked back tears as she picked up three Brit Awards in London. The members of Kings of Leon looked amazed at winning two, while hotly tipped Coldplay sat in stone-faced silence after getting frozen out at the United Kingdom’s equivalent of the Grammys.

Duffy, 24, won the best British album prize for “Rockferry,” and also was named best British female and best British breakthrough act.

Kings of Leon was named best international group and won best album with “Only by the Night.” Katy Perry was best international female and Kanye West was best international male.