Brit Award for British Group
2023 winner Wet Leg
Awarded forAchievement in Excellent British Group
CountryUnited Kingdom (UK)
Presented byBritish Phonographic Industry (BPI)
First awarded1977
Currently held byWet Leg (2023)
Most awardsColdplay (4)
Most nominationsColdplay (9)
Websitewww.brits.co.uk

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 inaugural recipients of the award are The Beatles, who won in 1977. Coldplay hold the record for most wins in the category, with four, while Radiohead hold the record for most nominations without a win, with seven. In 2021, Little Mix became the first female group to win the award, while the current holder of the award is Wet Leg, who won in 2023.

History

The award was first presented in 1977 and was first won by the Beatles. When the second Brit awards were held, the Police received the honour and the award had 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] Damon Albarn is the only individual to have been nominated for work in multiple groups, receiving four nominations (including one win) as a member of Blur, and five nominations (including one win) as a member of Gorillaz. In 2021 Little Mix, made history when they became the first female group to win the award since it was first presented in 1977. The group took to call out the award ceremony and the music industry over white male dominance, the lack of nominations and wins for female groups in the category and paid homage to previous girl group nominees.[5]

Winners and nominees

Inaugural recipients The Beatles
Two-time winners Dire Straits
Culture Club won in 1984
1988 recipients Pet Shop Boys
Damon Albarn is notable for having won the award as a member of two different groups, winning with Blur in 1995 and Gorillaz in 2018
Oasis won the award in 1996
Two-time winners Manic Street Preachers
Two-time winner Travis
Four-time winner Coldplay
2005 winners Franz Ferdinand
Three-time winner Arctic Monkeys
Mumford & Sons received the award in 2013
Two-time recipients The 1975
2021 winner Little Mix are the first only female group to win the award.
Year Recipient Nominee
1977 The Beatles
1982 The Police
1983 Dire Straits
1984 Culture Club
1985 Wham!
1986 Dire Straits
1987 Five Star
1988 Pet Shop Boys
1989 Erasure
1990 Fine Young Cannibals
1991 The Cure
1992 The KLF and Simply Red
1993 Simply Red
1994 Stereo MCs
1995 Blur
1996 Oasis
1997 Manic Street Preachers
1998 The Verve
1999 Manic Street Preachers
2000 Travis
2001 Coldplay
2002 Travis
2003 Coldplay
2004 The Darkness
2005 Franz Ferdinand
2006 Kaiser Chiefs
2007 Arctic Monkeys
2008 Arctic Monkeys
2009 Elbow
2010 Kasabian
2011 Take That
2012 Coldplay
2013 Mumford & Sons
2014 Arctic Monkeys
2015 Royal Blood
2016 Coldplay
2017 The 1975
2018 Gorillaz
2019 The 1975
2020 Foals
2021 Little Mix
2022 Wolf Alice
2023 Wet Leg

Groups with multiple wins

Artists that received multiple awards
Awards Artist
4 Coldplay
3 Arctic Monkeys
2 The 1975
Damon Albarn[lower-alpha 1]
Dire Straits
Manic Street Preachers
Simply Red
Travis
  1. Albarn won in 1995 with Blur and 2018 with Gorillaz.

Groups with multiple nominations

Artists that received multiple nominations
Nominations Artist
9 Damon Albarn[lower-alpha 1]
Coldplay
7 Radiohead
6 Arctic Monkeys
5 Gorillaz
4 The 1975
Blur
Dire Straits
Eurythmics
Kasabian
Muse
Oasis
One Direction
Pet Shop Boys
Simply Red
Take That
Little Mix
3 Bastille
Erasure
The xx
2 alt-J
The Beautiful South
Biffy Clyro
The Cure
Def Leppard
Doves
Elbow
Franz Ferdinand
Girls Aloud
Gomez
Jamiroquai
Kaiser Chiefs
The Lightning Seeds
Madness
Manic Street Preachers
M People
Mumford & Sons
Pink Floyd
The Police
Queen
Royal Blood
Snow Patrol
Soul II Soul
Stereophonics
Sugababes
Tears for Fears
Texas
Travis
U2
Wolf Alice
Years & Years
  1. Including four as a member of Blur and five as a member of Gorillaz.

Notes

References

  1. "About the BPI". British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Archived from the original on 6 December 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  2. "BRIT Awards". British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  3. "And the nominees are..." Brits.co.uk. British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  4. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Simply Red & KLF win British Group presented by Martika (Joint Winners) | BRIT Awards 1992". YouTube.
  5. Chan, Anna (2021-05-11). "Little Mix Call Out 'White Male Dominance' in Brit Awards 2021 Speech". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-02-09.
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