Brit Award for British Group

Brit Award for British Group
2024 winner Jungle
Awarded for	Achievement in Excellent British Group
Country	United Kingdom (UK)
Presented by	British Phonographic Industry (BPI)
First awarded	1977
Currently held by	Jungle (2024)
Most awards	Coldplay (4)
Most nominations	Coldplay (9)
Website	www.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 made history by becoming the first female group to win the award. The current holder of the award is Jungle, who won in 2024.

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 five 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 winners Little Mix became the first female group to win

2024 recipients Jungle

Year	Recipient	Nominee
1977	The Beatles	Pink Floyd The Rolling Stones The Who
1982	The Police	Adam and the Ants Madness
1983	Dire Straits	ABC Yazoo
1984	Culture Club	Eurythmics Madness The Police UB40
1985	Wham!	Bronski Beat Frankie Goes to Hollywood Queen U2
1986	Dire Straits	Eurythmics Simple Minds Tears for Fears U2
1987	Five Star	Dire Straits Eurythmics Pet Shop Boys Simply Red
1988	Pet Shop Boys	Bee Gees Def Leppard Level 42 Whitesnake
1989	Erasure	The Christians Def Leppard Pet Shop Boys Wet Wet Wet
1990	Fine Young Cannibals	Erasure Eurythmics Simply Red Soul II Soul Tears for Fears
1991	The Cure	The Beautiful South Happy Mondays Soul II Soul Talk Talk The Stone Roses
1992	The KLF and Simply Red	Dire Straits James Pet Shop Boys Queen
1993	Simply Red	The Cure Erasure Right Said Fred Shakespears Sister
1994	Stereo MCs	Jamiroquai M People Suede Take That
1995	Blur	Eternal M People Oasis Pink Floyd
1996	Oasis	Blur The Lightning Seeds Pulp Radiohead
1997	Manic Street Preachers	Kula Shaker The Lightning Seeds Ocean Colour Scene Spice Girls
1998	The Verve	Oasis The Prodigy Radiohead Texas
1999	Manic Street Preachers	The Beautiful South Catatonia Gomez Massive Attack
2000	Travis	Blur Gomez Stereophonics Texas
2001	Coldplay	All Saints Moloko Radiohead Toploader
2002	Travis	Gorillaz Jamiroquai Radiohead Stereophonics
2003	Coldplay	Blue Doves Oasis Sugababes
2004	The Darkness	Busted The Coral Radiohead Sugababes
2005	Franz Ferdinand	Kasabian Keane Muse Snow Patrol
2006	Kaiser Chiefs	Coldplay Franz Ferdinand Gorillaz Hard-Fi
2007	Arctic Monkeys	Kasabian Muse Razorlight Snow Patrol
2008	Arctic Monkeys	Editors Girls Aloud Kaiser Chiefs Take That
2009	Elbow	Coldplay Girls Aloud Radiohead Take That
2010	Kasabian	Doves Friendly Fires JLS Muse
2011	Take That	Biffy Clyro Gorillaz Mumford & Sons The xx
2012	Coldplay	Arctic Monkeys Chase & Status Elbow Kasabian
2013	Mumford & Sons	alt-J Muse One Direction The xx
2014	Arctic Monkeys	Bastille Disclosure One Direction Rudimental
2015	Royal Blood	alt-J Clean Bandit Coldplay One Direction
2016	Coldplay	Blur Foals One Direction Years & Years
2017	The 1975	Bastille Biffy Clyro Little Mix Radiohead
2018	Gorillaz	London Grammar Royal Blood Wolf Alice The xx
2019	The 1975	Arctic Monkeys Gorillaz Little Mix Years & Years
2020	Foals	Bastille Bring Me the Horizon Coldplay D-Block Europe
2021	Little Mix	Bicep Biffy Clyro The 1975 Young T & Bugsey
2022	Wolf Alice	Coldplay D-Block Europe Little Mix London Grammar
2023	Wet Leg	The 1975 Arctic Monkeys Bad Boy Chiller Crew Nova Twins
2024	Jungle	Blur Chase & Status Headie One & K-Trap Young Fathers

Groups with multiple wins

Artists that received multiple awards

Awards	Artist
4	Coldplay
3	Arctic Monkeys
2	The 1975
	Damon Albarn[a]
	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	Coldplay
7	Radiohead
6	Arctic Monkeys
5	Blur
	Gorillaz
4	The 1975
	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
	Chase & Status
	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

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.