Brit Award for British Group

The Brit Award for British Group is an award given by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), an organisation which represents record companies and artists in the United Kingdom.^[1] The accolade is presented at the Brit Awards, an annual celebration of British and international music.^[2] The winners and nominees are determined by the Brit Awards voting academy with over 1,000 members, which comprise record labels, publishers, managers, agents, media, and previous winners and nominees.^[3]

The award was first presented in 1977 and was won by The Beatles. When the second Brit awards were held, The Police received the honour and the award has been given out to one group annually since 1982. The only exception to this was in 1992, when The KLF and Simply Red were revealed to have tied and, as such, both groups were announced as winners^[4]. The current holder of the award is Gorillaz.

Winners and nominees

Inaugural winner The Beatles

Four-time winner Coldplay

Three-time winner Arctic Monkeys

Artists with multiple wins

4 Won

• Coldplay (2001, 2003, 2012, 2016)

3 Won

• Arctic Monkeys (2007, 2008, 2014)

2 Won

• Dire Straits (1983, 1986)
• Simply Red (1992, 1993)
• Manic Street Preachers (1997, 1999)
• Travis (2000, 2002)

Artists with multiple nominations

7 Nominated

• Radiohead (1996, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2017)

4 Nominated

• Eurythmics (1984, 1986, 1987, 1990)
• Muse (2005, 2007, 2010, 2013)
• One Direction (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)

3 Nominated

• Pet Shop Boys (1987, 1989, 1992)
• Take That (1994, 2008, 2009)
• Oasis (1995, 1998, 2003)
• Blur (1996, 2000, 2016)
• Gorillaz (2002, 2006, 2011)
• Kasabian (2005, 2007, 2012)
• Coldplay (2006, 2009, 2015)
• The xx (2011, 2013, 2018)

2 Nominated

• Pink Floyd (1977, 1995)
• Madness (1982, 1984)
• Queen (1985, 1992)
• U2 (1985, 1986)
• Tears for Fears (1986, 1990)
• Dire Straits (1987, 1992)
• Simply Red (1987, 1990)
• Def Leppard (1988, 1989)
• Erasure (1990, 1993)
• Soul II Soul (1990, 1991)
• The Beautiful South (1991, 1999)
• Jamiroquai (1994, 2002)
• M People (1994, 1995)
• The Lightning Seeds (1996, 1997)
• Texas (1998, 2000)
• Stereophonics (2000, 2002)
• Doves (2003, 2010)
• Sugababes (2003, 2004)
• Snow Patrol (2005, 2007)
• Girls Aloud (2008, 2009)
• Biffy Clyro (2011, 2017)
• alt-J (2013, 2015)
• Bastille (2014, 2017)

Notes

• Culture Club (1983), Oasis (1995), Arctic Monkeys (2006) Also Win British Breakthrough Act

References