Brit Award for International Album

Brit Award for International Album
2011 Winner Arcade Fire
Awarded for	Achievement in Excellent International Album
Country	United Kingdom (UK)
Presented by	British Phonographic Industry (BPI)
First awarded	1977
Last awarded	2011
Currently held by	Arcade Fire – The Suburbs (2011)
Most awards	None
Most nominations	Arcade Fire The Killers Kings of Leon (3 each)
Website	www.brits.co.uk

The Brit Award for International Album 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 International Album. The accolade was not handed out between 1982 and 2001 and has been defunct as of 2011.

Recipients

1970s

Year	Album	Artist(s)
1977 (1st)
	Bridge over Troubled Water	Simon & Garfunkel
	Arrival	ABBA
	Songs in the Key of Life	Stevie Wonder
	Tapestry	Carole King

2000s

Year	Album	Artist(s)
2002 (22nd)
	Fever	Kylie Minogue
	Discovery	Daft Punk
	Is This It	The Strokes
	Songs in A Minor	Alicia Keys
	Survivor	Destiny's Child
2003 (23rd)
	The Eminem Show	Eminem
	By the Way	Red Hot Chili Peppers
	Come Away with Me	Norah Jones
	Missundaztood	Pink
	Songs in A Minor	Alicia Keys
2004 (24th)
	Justified	Justin Timberlake
	Dangerously in Love	Beyoncé
	Elephant	The White Stripes
	Speakerboxxx/The Love Below	Outkast
	Stripped	Christina Aguilera
2005 (25th)
	Scissor Sisters	Scissor Sisters
	Hot Fuss	The Killers
	How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb	U2
	Songs About Jane	Maroon 5
	Speakerboxxx/The Love Below	Outkast
2006 (26th)
	American Idiot	Green Day
	Confessions on a Dance Floor	Madonna
	Funeral	Arcade Fire
	How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb	U2
	Late Registration	Kanye West
2007 (27th)
	Sam's Town	The Killers
	FutureSex/LoveSounds	Justin Timberlake
	Modern Times	Bob Dylan
	St. Elsewhere	Gnarls Barkley
	Ta-Dah	Scissor Sisters
2008 (28th)
	Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace	Foo Fighters
	Because of the Times	Kings of Leon
	Long Road Out of Eden	Eagles
	Neon Bible	Arcade Fire
	X	Kylie Minogue
2009 (29th)
	Only by the Night	Kings of Leon
	Black Ice	AC/DC
	Day & Age	The Killers
	Fleet Foxes	Fleet Foxes
	Oracular Spectacular	MGMT

2010s

Year	Album	Artist(s)
2010 (30th)
	The Fame	Lady Gaga
	The Blueprint 3	Jay-Z
	The E.N.D.	Black Eyed Peas
	Merriweather Post Pavilion	Animal Collective
	Walking on a Dream	Empire of the Sun
2011 (31st)
	The Suburbs	Arcade Fire
	Come Around Sundown	Kings of Leon
	The Lady Killer	CeeLo Green
	Recovery	Eminem
	Teenage Dream	Katy Perry

• Winners of the Brit Award for International Album
• 
  Inaugural winner Simon & Garfunkel
• 
  2002 winner Kylie Minogue
• 
  2003 winner, Eminem
• 
  2004 winner, Justin Timberlakers
• 
  2005 winner, Scissor Sisters
• 
  2006 winner, Green Day
• 
  2007 winner, The Killers
• 
  2008 winner, Foo Fighters
• 
  2009 winner, Kings of Leon
• 
  2010 winner, Lady Gaga
• 
  2011 winner, Arcade Fire

Multiple nominations and awards

Artists that received multiple nominations

nominations	Artist
3	Arcade Fire
	The Killers
	Kings of Leon
2	Eminem
	Alicia Keys
	Kylie Minogue
	Outkast
	Scissor Sisters
	Justin Timberlake
	U2

Notes

• Songs in A Minor (2002–2003), Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (2004–2005), How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2005–2006) Double Nominated

References

1. "About the BPI". British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Archived from the original on 6 December 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
2. "BRIT Awards". British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
3. "And the nominees are..." Brits.co.uk. British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Retrieved 22 February 2014.