# Brit Award for British Dance Act

The Brit Award for British Dance Act is an award given by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), an organisation which represents record companies and artists in the United Kingdom. The accolade was presented at the Brit Awards, an annual celebration of British and international music. The winners and nominees were determined by the Brit Awards voting academy with over one-thousand members comprising record labels, publishers, managers, agents, media, and previous winners and nominees.
The inaugural recipients of the award are M People, who won consecutively in 1994 and 1995. Fatboy Slim was the first solo act to win the category in 2000 and is one of five acts to have won the award twice, alongside M People, The Prodigy, Basement Jaxx and Becky Hill. Jamiroquai hold the record for most nominations without a win, with six. The current holder of the award is Charli XCX, who won in 2025.

## History

The award was first presented in 1994. British Dance Act has been won by M People, The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, Basement Jaxx and Becky Hill the most times, with two wins each.
In 2021, it was announced that the category had been revived following the removal of gendered awards and was first presented at the 42nd Brit Awards. This new iteration is voted for by the public on TikTok alongside the three other genre categories (Pop/R&B Act, Rock/Alternative Act and Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Act)

## Winners and nominees
### Original category (1994-2004)

| Year | Recipient | Nominees |
| 1994 | M People | Apache Indian Jamiroquai The Shamen Stereo MCs |
| 1995 | M People | The Brand New Heavies Eternal Massive Attack The Prodigy |
| 1996 | Massive Attack | Eternal Leftfield M People Tricky |
| 1997 | The Prodigy | The Chemical Brothers Jamiroquai Mark Morrison Underworld |
| 1998 | The Prodigy | The Brand New Heavies The Chemical Brothers Eternal Jamiroquai |
| 1999 | Fatboy Slim | All Saints Faithless Jamiroquai Massive Attack |
| 2000 | The Chemical Brothers | Basement Jaxx Fatboy Slim Jamiroquai Leftfield |
| 2001 | Fatboy Slim | Artful Dodger Craig David Moloko Sonique |
| 2002 | Basement Jaxx | Craig David Faithless Fatboy Slim Gorillaz |
| 2003 | Sugababes | The Chemical Brothers Groove Armada Jamiroquai Kosheen |
| 2004 | Basement Jaxx | Goldfrapp Groove Armada Kosheen Girls Aloud |

### Revived category (2022-present)

| Year | Recipient | Nominees |
| 2022 | Becky Hill | Calvin Harris Fred Again Joel Corry Raye |
| 2023 | Becky Hill | Bonobo Calvin Harris Eliza Rose Fred Again |
| 2024 | Calvin Harris | Barry Can't Swim Becky Hill Fred Again Romy |
| 2025 | Charli XCX | Becky Hill Chase & Status Fred Again Nia Archives |

## Multiple nominations and awards

Artists that received multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Artist |
| 6 | Jamiroquai |
| 4 | Becky Hill |
| 4 | The Chemical Brothers |
| 4 | Fatboy Slim |
| 4 | Fred Again |
| 3 | Basement Jaxx |
| 3 | Eternal |
| 3 | Calvin Harris |
| 3 | Massive Attack |
| 3 | M People |
| 3 | The Prodigy |
| 2 | The Brand New Heavies |
| 2 | Craig David |
| 2 | Faithless |
| 2 | Groove Armada |
| 2 | Kosheen |
| 2 | Leftfield |
Artists that received multiple awards :
| Awards | Artist |
| 2 | Basement Jaxx |
| 2 | Becky Hill |
| 2 | Fatboy Slim |
| 2 | M People |
| 2 | The Prodigy |