The British songstress takes home the award for her theme tune to the 23rd James Bond film starring Daniel Craig and Judi Dench

A double win, too, for newcomer Ben Howard, while Adele's Skyfall is named best single and Tom Odell is the critics' choice

JK Rowling, Adele and Clare Balding also made the top 100 most influential women in a BBC Radio 4 survey

The Black Keys, Gotye and fun. were other big winners at last night's ceremony that saw performance from Justin Timberlake, Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Elton John, Alicia Keys and Rihanna

Singer's appearance at February's Academy Awards will be her first public performance for 12 months

On a big night for Homeland, Damian Lewis won best actor in a TV series at the US TV and film awards, while Maggie Smith, Daniel Day-Lewis and Adele also triumphed

Someone Like You is the most performed karaoke song of the year, while two other Adele tracks also feature in the top ten

British artists Ed Sheeran, Adele and Florence & the Machine are also up for awards at the 2013 American music awards

Still no 007 theme has managed to top the British singles chart as Swedish House Mafia deny the 50th anniversary effort

50 years after Dr No hit cinema screens, the music for the 23rd film in the franchise is revealed