brit awards for devon music acts devon singer joss stone and rock band muse won coveted brit awards during the event s 25th anniversary.  seventeen-year-old stone  from near cullumpton  won two awards: best british female act  and best urban act out of three award nominations. muse  whose members met in south devon  beat franz ferdinand  jamie cullum  kasabian and the libertines for best british live act. the band has sold about two million records worldwide.  after beating amy winehouse  jamelia  natasha bedingfield and pj harvey to the best british female prize  joss stone said:  i don t know what to say. i don t like doing this at all. i d like to thank my family for being really supportive and everybody that made my record with me.   i don t even know what to do right now. thank you all you guys for voting for me  i feel sick right now.  viewers of digital music tv channel mtv base voted stone the winner in the best urban act category. ms stone also performed her song right to be wrong  backed by a gospel choir  at the 25th award ceremony at london s earls court. her second album mind  body & soul reached number one in the uk charts last october and went straight into the us charts at number 11.  the teenager also has grammy nominations in the us  normally dominated by home-grown acts. born jocelyn stoker  the devon diva started her career in a bbc talent programme  and was then discovered at a new york audition by a us record executive  steve greenberg. indie rock group muse consists of matthew bellamy  chris wolstenholme and dominic howard who met in their early teens in teignmouth  south devon. dominic howard said of winning:  we love playing live  it s very important for our band. so to win something like this really feels great.  the trio met aged 13 and formed the band gothic plague  changing its name to fixed penalty  rocket baby dolls and finally muse. the band released its first self-titled ep in 1998. the third studio album  absolution  was released in 2003  providing the hit singles time is running out  hysteria  and butterflies and hurricanes.