Brit Award for British Album of the Year

Brit Award for British Album of the Year
	2020 Winner Dave
Awarded for	Achievement in excellent British album
Country	United Kingdom (UK)
Presented by	British Phonographic Industry (BPI)
First awarded	1977
Last awarded	2020
Currently held by	Dave – Psychodrama (2020)
Most awards	Arctic Monkeys and Coldplay (3)
Most nominations	Coldplay (6)
Website	www.brits.co.uk

The Brit Award for British Album 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 Album of the Year. 1983 and 1984 awarded as highest-selling album.

Winners and nominees

Inaugural winner The Beatles

1983 winner Barbra Streisand

1984 winner Michael Jackson

Three-time winner Arctic Monkeys

Three-time winner Coldplay

Two-time winner Adele

Two-time winner Manic Street Preachers

Year	Recipient	Nominees
1977	The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon
1982	Adam and the Ants – Kings of the Wild Frontier	The Human League – Dare Queen – Greatest Hits
1983	Barbra Streisand – Memories	The Kids from "Fame" – The Kids from "Fame" Madness – Complete Madness
1984	Michael Jackson – Thriller	Not Nominated
1985	Sade – Diamond Life	Frankie Goes to Hollywood – Welcome to the Pleasuredome Nik Kershaw – Human Racing Queen – The Works U2 – The Unforgettable Fire
1986	Phil Collins – No Jacket Required	Dire Straits – Brothers in Arms Eurythmics – Be Yourself Tonight Kate Bush – Hounds of Love Tears for Fears – Songs from the Big Chair
1987	Dire Straits – Brothers in Arms	Five Star – Silk & Steel The Housemartins – London 0 Hull 4 Peter Gabriel – So Simply Red – Picture Book
1988	Sting – ...Nothing Like the Sun	George Michael – Faith Pet Shop Boys – Actually Swing Out Sister – It's Better to Travel T'Pau – Bridge of Spies
1989	Fairground Attraction – The First of a Million Kisses	Aztec Camera – Love The Pasadenas – To Whom It May Concern Pet Shop Boys – Introspective Steve Winwood – Roll with It
1990	Fine Young Cannibals – The Raw and the Cooked	Eurythmics – We Too Are One Simply Red – A New Flame Soul II Soul – Club Classics Vol. One Tears for Fears – The Seeds of Love
1991	George Michael – Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1	The Beautiful South – Choke Elton John – Sleeping with the Past Lisa Stansfield – Affection Prefab Sprout – Jordan: The Comeback Van Morrison – Enlightenment
1992	Seal – Seal	Beverley Craven – Beverley Craven The KLF – The White Room Massive Attack – Blue Lines Simply Red – Stars
1993	Annie Lennox – Diva	Elton John – The One Genesis – We Can't Dance The Orb – U.F.Orb Right Said Fred – Up Shakespears Sister – Hormonally Yours
1994	Stereo MCs – Connected	Dina Carroll – So Close Jamiroquai – Emergency on Planet Earth Sting – Ten Summoner's Tales Suede – Suede
1995	Blur – Parklife	Eternal – Always & Forever Massive Attack – Protection Oasis – Definitely Maybe Pink Floyd – The Division Bell
1996	Oasis – (What's the Story) Morning Glory?	Blur – The Great Escape Paul Weller – Stanley Road Pulp – Different Class Radiohead – The Bends
1997	Manic Street Preachers – Everything Must Go	George Michael – Older Kula Shaker – K Lighthouse Family – Ocean Drive Ocean Colour Scene – Moseley Shoals
1998	The Verve – Urban Hymns	Oasis – Be Here Now The Prodigy – The Fat of the Land Radiohead – OK Computer Texas – White on Blonde
1999	Manic Street Preachers – This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours	Catatonia – International Velvet Gomez – Bring It On Massive Attack – Mezzanine Robbie Williams – I've Been Expecting You
2000	Travis – The Man Who	Basement Jaxx – Remedy The Chemical Brothers – Surrender Gomez – Liquid Skin Stereophonics – Performance and Cocktails
2001	Coldplay – Parachutes	Craig David – Born to Do It David Gray – Lost Songs 95–98 Radiohead – Kid A Robbie Williams – Sing When You're Winning
2002	Dido – No Angel	Craig David – Born to Do It Gorillaz – Gorillaz Radiohead – Kid A Travis – The Invisible Band
2003	Coldplay – A Rush of Blood to the Head	The Coral – The Coral Ms. Dynamite – A Little Deeper The Streets – Original Pirate Material Sugababes – Angels with Dirty Faces
2004	The Darkness – Permission to Land	Blur – Think Tank The Coral – Magic and Medicine Daniel Bedingfield – Gotta Get thru This Dido – Life for Rent
2005	Keane – Hopes and Fears	Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand Muse – Absolution Snow Patrol – Final Straw The Streets – A Grand Don't Come for Free
2006	Coldplay – X&Y	Gorillaz – Demon Days James Blunt – Back to Bedlam Kaiser Chiefs – Employment Kate Bush – Aerial
2007	Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not	Amy Winehouse – Back to Black Lily Allen – Alright, Still Muse – Black Holes and Revelations Snow Patrol – Eyes Open
2008	Arctic Monkeys – Favourite Worst Nightmare	Leona Lewis – Spirit Mark Ronson – Version Mika – Life in Cartoon Motion Take That – Beautiful World
2009	Duffy – Rockferry	Coldplay – Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends Elbow – The Seldom Seen Kid Radiohead – In Rainbows The Ting Tings – We Started Nothing
2010	Florence and the Machine – Lungs	Dizzee Rascal – Tongue n' Cheek Kasabian – West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum Lily Allen – It's Not Me, It's You Paolo Nutini – Sunny Side Up
2011	Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More	Plan B – The Defamation of Strickland Banks Take That – Progress Tinie Tempah – Disc-Overy The xx – xx
2012	Adele – 21	Coldplay – Mylo Xyloto Ed Sheeran – + Florence and the Machine – Ceremonials PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
2013	Emeli Sandé – Our Version of Events	alt-J – An Awesome Wave Mumford & Sons – Babel Paloma Faith – Fall to Grace Plan B – Ill Manors
2014	Arctic Monkeys – AM	Bastille – Bad Blood David Bowie – The Next Day Disclosure – Settle Rudimental – Home
2015	Ed Sheeran – x	alt-J – This Is All Yours George Ezra – Wanted on Voyage Royal Blood – Royal Blood Sam Smith – In the Lonely Hour
2016	Adele – 25	Coldplay – A Head Full of Dreams Florence and the Machine – How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful James Bay – Chaos and the Calm Jamie xx – In Colour
2017	David Bowie – Blackstar	The 1975 – I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It Kano – Made in the Manor Michael Kiwanuka – Love & Hate Skepta – Konnichiwa
2018	Stormzy – Gang Signs & Prayer	Dua Lipa – Dua Lipa Ed Sheeran – ÷ J Hus – Common Sense Rag'n'Bone Man – Human
2019	The 1975 – A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships	Anne-Marie – Speak Your Mind Florence and the Machine – High as Hope George Ezra – Staying at Tamara's Jorja Smith – Lost & Found
2020	Dave – Psychodrama	Harry Styles – Fine Line Lewis Capaldi – Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent Michael Kiwanuka – Kiwanuka Stormzy – Heavy Is the Head

Multiple nominations and awards

Artists that received multiple nominations
Nominations	Artist
6	Coldplay
5	Radiohead
4	Florence and the Machine
3	Arctic Monkeys
	Blur
	Ed Sheeran
	Elton John
	George Michael
	Massive Attack
	Oasis
	Simply Red
2	The 1975
	Adele
	alt-J
	The Coral
	Craig David
	David Bowie
	Dido
	Dire Straits
	Eurythmics
	George Ezra
	Gomez
	Gorillaz
	Kate Bush
	Lily Allen
	Manic Street Preachers
	Mumford & Sons
	Muse
	Pet Shop Boys
	Pink Floyd
	Plan B
	Queen
	Robbie Williams
	Snow Patrol
	Sting
	The Streets
	Take That
	Tears for Fears
	Travis

Artists that received multiple awards
Awards	Artist
3	Arctic Monkeys
3	Coldplay
2	Adele
2	Manic Street Preachers

Notes

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967), Kings of the Wild Frontier (1981), Memories (1982), Thriller (1983), Brothers in Arms (1985), No Angel (2001), Rockferry (2008), 21 (2011), Our Version of Events (2012), x (2014), 25 (2015, 2016) List of best-selling albums by year in the United Kingdom
Brothers in Arms (1986~1987), Born to Do It (2001~2002), Kid A (2001~2002) Double Nominated
Brothers in Arms (1986), X&Y (2006), 21 (2012), 25 (2016) Also Win Juno Award for International Album of the Year
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1968), Thriller (1984), No Jacket Required (1986), 21 (2012), 25 (2017) Also Win Grammy Award for Album of the Year
Parachutes (2002), A Rush of Blood to the Head (2003), Blackstar (2017) Also Win Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1968), Rockferry (2009), 21 (2012), 25 (2017) Also Win Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006), Psychodrama (2019) Also Win Mercury Prize for Best Album from the United Kingdom and Ireland
21 (2011) also won the American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Album
(What's the Story) Morning Glory? (2010) Also Win Brit Award for British Album of Thirty Year

References

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

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[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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