# Brit Award for British Group

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. The accolade is presented at the Brit Awards, an annual celebration of British and international music. 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.
The inaugural recipients of the award are the Beatles, who won in 1977. Coldplay hold the record for most wins and nominations in the category, taking the prize four times out of 10. 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. The current holder of the award is Ezra Collective, who won in 2025.

## 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. 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.

## Winners and nominees

| 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 |
| 2025 | Ezra Collective | Bring Me the Horizon Coldplay The Cure The Last Dinner Party |

## Groups with multiple wins

Artists that received multiple awards :
| Awards | Artist |
| 4 | Coldplay |
| 3 | Arctic Monkeys |
| 2 | The 1975 |
| 2 | Dire Straits |
| 2 | Manic Street Preachers |
| 2 | Simply Red |
| 2 | Travis |

## Groups with multiple nominations

Artists that received multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Artist |
| 10 | Coldplay |
| 7 | Radiohead |
| 6 | Arctic Monkeys |
| 5 | Blur |
| 5 | Gorillaz |
| 4 | The 1975 |
| 4 | Dire Straits |
| 4 | Eurythmics |
| 4 | Kasabian |
| 4 | Muse |
| 4 | Oasis |
| 4 | One Direction |
| 4 | Pet Shop Boys |
| 4 | Simply Red |
| 4 | Take That |
| 4 | Little Mix |
| 3 | Bastille |
| 3 | Erasure |
| 3 | The Cure |
| 3 | The xx |
| 2 | alt-J |
| 2 | The Beautiful South |
| 2 | Biffy Clyro |
| 2 | Bring Me the Horizon |
| 2 | Chase & Status |
| 2 | Def Leppard |
| 2 | Doves |
| 2 | Elbow |
| 2 | Franz Ferdinand |
| 2 | Girls Aloud |
| 2 | Gomez |
| 2 | Jamiroquai |
| 2 | Kaiser Chiefs |
| 2 | The Lightning Seeds |
| 2 | Madness |
| 2 | Manic Street Preachers |
| 2 | M People |
| 2 | Mumford & Sons |
| 2 | Pink Floyd |
| 2 | The Police |
| 2 | Queen |
| 2 | Royal Blood |
| 2 | Snow Patrol |
| 2 | Soul II Soul |
| 2 | Stereophonics |
| 2 | Sugababes |
| 2 | Tears for Fears |
| 2 | Texas |
| 2 | Travis |
| 2 | U2 |
| 2 | Wolf Alice |
| 2 | Years & Years |