Brit Award for British Single of the Year

Brit Award for British Single of the Year
Country United Kingdom
Presented by British Phonographic Industry (BPI)
First awarded 1977
Last awarded 2018
Currently held by Rag'n'Bone Man – "Human"
Website www.brits.co.uk

The Brit Award for British Single of the Year 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 one-thousand members, which comprise record labels, publishers, managers, agents, media, and previous winners and nominees.[3] The award was first presented in 1977 as British Single of the Year. 1983 and 1984 awarded as highest-selling single.

Winners and nominees

Year Recipient Nominees
1977 Procol Harum – "A Whiter Shade of Pale" and
Queen – "Bohemian Rhapsody"
1978 Not Awarded
1979
1980
1981
1982 Soft Cell – "Tainted Love"
1983 Dexys Midnight Runners – "Come On Eileen"
1984 Culture Club – "Karma Chameleon" Not Nominated
1985 Frankie Goes to Hollywood – "Relax"
1986 Tears for Fears – "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
1987 Pet Shop Boys – "West End Girls"
1988 Rick Astley – "Never Gonna Give You Up"
1989 Fairground Attraction – "Perfect"
1990 Phil Collins – "Another Day in Paradise"
1991 Depeche Mode – "Enjoy the Silence" Not Nominated
1992 Queen – "These Are the Days of Our Lives"
1993 Take That – "Could It Be Magic"
1994 Take That – "Pray"
1995 Blur featuring Phil Daniels – "Parklife"
1996 Take That – "Back for Good"
1997 Spice Girls – "Wannabe"
1998 All Saints – "Never Ever"
1999 Robbie Williams – "Angels"
2000 Robbie Williams – "She's the One"
2001 Robbie Williams – "Rock DJ"
2002 S Club 7 – "Don't Stop Movin'"
2003 Liberty X – "Just a Little"
2004 Dido – "White Flag"
2005 Will Young – "Your Game"
2006 Coldplay – "Speed of Sound"
2007 Take That – "Patience" Nominated
Eliminated
2008 Take That – "Shine" Nominated
Eliminated
2009 Girls Aloud – "The Promise" Nominated
Eliminated
2010 JLS – "Beat Again"
2011 Tinie Tempah featuring Labrinth – "Pass Out"
2012 One Direction – "What Makes You Beautiful"
2013 Adele – "Skyfall"
2014 Rudimental featuring Ella Eyre – "Waiting All Night"
2015 Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars – "Uptown Funk"
2016 Adele – "Hello"
2017 Little Mix – "Shout Out to My Ex"
2018 Rag'n'Bone Man – "Human"

Artists with multiple wins

Rank Winner
5
3
2

Artists with multiple nominations

Rank Nominee
7
  • Take That (1993 / Three Single, 1994, 1996, 2007, 2008)
6
5
  • Blur (1995 / Two Single, 1996, 1998, 2000)
  • Coldplay (2001, 2006, 2009, 2013, 2017)
  • Olly Murs (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016)
4
3
2

Notes

See also

References

  1. ↑ "About the BPI". British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "BRIT Awards". British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "And the nominees are..." Brits.co.uk. British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Retrieved 22 February 2014.
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