Hosted by Mel B and Reverend Run, the 2008 MOBO Awards took place at Wembley Arena. it was a night when British R&B stars including Estelle and Leona Lewis broke the tradition of losing to their US counterparts.

Estelle had a blinding 2008 with her global smash ‘American Boy’, a collaboration with Kanye West, and was “very happy” to pick up the Best UK Female Award that year.

Dizzee Rascal, Chipmunk, Chris Brown and Mavado were just some of the other winners, while YolanDa Brown picked up best Jazz after opening for The Tempations across the UK that same year.

Leona Lewis emerged from The X Factor fully formed, picking up two MOBO Awards for Best Video (‘Bleeding Love’) and Best Album in the process.