# Brit Award for International Group

The Brit Award for International 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 one-thousand members, which comprise record labels, publishers, managers, agents, media, and previous winners and nominees.
The inaugural recipients of the award were Huey Lewis and the News in 1986. U2 hold the record for most wins in the category, with five, while The Black Eyed Peas and First Aid Kit share the record for most nominations without a win, with three. To date, five female groups (The Bangles, TLC, Destiny's Child, Haim, and Boygenius) have won the award, though six additional groups (Fugees, The Corrs, The White Stripes, Scissor Sisters, Arcade Fire and The Carters) also include female members. The current holder of the award is Boygenius, who won in 2024.

## History

Although the award was first presented in 1986 as International Group, the Brit Award for International Artist (featuring groups and solo artists as nominees) was presented prior to the creation of this category and was won by American groups Kid Creole and the Coconuts and The Revolution in 1983 and 1985 respectively. The award was not handed out in 2010 or the 2020 Brit Awards but returned in the following years.
Throughout the tenure of the category, artists from the United States have won twenty-five times, more than groups from any other country. Groups from Ireland have won seven times, and groups from Australia have won three times. Groups from Canada and France have won once. Dave Grohl, Jay-Z and Beyoncé are the only artists to be nominated for work in different groups (Grohl for Nirvana and Foo Fighters, Beyonce for Destiny's Child and The Carters, Jay-Z as part of a duo with Kanye West and the aforementioned The Carters).

## Winners and nominees

| Year | Recipient | Nominee |
| 1986 | Huey Lewis and the News | The Cars Kool & the Gang Talking Heads ZZ Top |
| 1987 | The Bangles | A-ha Bon Jovi Cameo Huey Lewis and the News |
| 1988 | U2 | Bon Jovi Fleetwood Mac Heart Los Lobos |
| 1989 | U2 | Bon Jovi Fleetwood Mac INXS Womack & Womack |
| 1990 | U2 | Bon Jovi De La Soul Guns N' Roses Gipsy Kings Milli Vanilli |
| 1991 | INXS | The B-52's De La Soul Faith No More Roxette |
| 1992 | R.E.M. | Extreme Guns N' Roses INXS U2 |
| 1993 | R.E.M. | Crowded House En Vogue Nirvana U2 |
| 1994 | Crowded House | Nirvana Pearl Jam Spin Doctors U2 |
| 1995 | R.E.M. | Counting Crows The Cranberries Crash Test Dummies Neil Young & Crazy Horse |
| 1996 | Bon Jovi | Foo Fighters Garbage Green Day TLC |
| 1997 | Fugees | Boyzone The Presidents of the United States of America R.E.M. The Smashing Pumpkins |
| 1998 | U2 | Daft Punk Eels Hanson No Doubt |
| 1999 | The Corrs | Air Beastie Boys Fun Lovin' Criminals R.E.M. |
| 2000 | TLC | Beastie Boys The Cardigans Mercury Rev Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| 2001 | U2 | The Corrs Santana Savage Garden Westlife |
| 2002 | Destiny's Child | Daft Punk Limp Bizkit R.E.M. The Strokes |
| 2003 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Foo Fighters Nickelback Röyksopp The White Stripes |
| 2004 | The White Stripes | The Black Eyed Peas Kings of Leon Outkast The Strokes |
| 2005 | Scissor Sisters | Green Day Maroon 5 Outkast U2 |
| 2006 | Green Day | Arcade Fire The Black Eyed Peas U2 The White Stripes |
| 2007 | The Killers | The Flaming Lips Gnarls Barkley Red Hot Chili Peppers Scissor Sisters |
| 2008 | Foo Fighters | Arcade Fire Eagles Kings of Leon The White Stripes |
| 2009 | Kings of Leon | AC/DC Fleet Foxes The Killers MGMT |
| 2010 | Not Awarded | Not Awarded |
| 2011 | Arcade Fire | The Black Eyed Peas Kings of Leon The Script Vampire Weekend |
| 2012 | Foo Fighters | Fleet Foxes Jay-Z & Kanye West Lady Antebellum Maroon 5 |
| 2013 | The Black Keys | Alabama Shakes Fun The Killers The Script |
| 2014 | Daft Punk | Arcade Fire Haim Kings of Leon Macklemore & Ryan Lewis |
| 2015 | Foo Fighters | 5 Seconds of Summer The Black Keys First Aid Kit The War on Drugs |
| 2016 | Tame Impala | Alabama Shakes Eagles of Death Metal Major Lazer U2 |
| 2017 | A Tribe Called Quest | Drake & Future Kings of Leon Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Twenty One Pilots |
| 2018 | Foo Fighters | Arcade Fire Haim The Killers LCD Soundsystem |
| 2019 | The Carters | Brockhampton Chic First Aid Kit Twenty One Pilots |
| 2020 | Not Awarded | Not Awarded |
| 2021 | Haim | BTS Fontaines D.C. Foo Fighters Run the Jewels |
| 2022 | Silk Sonic | ABBA BTS Måneskin The War on Drugs |
| 2023 | Fontaines D.C. | Blackpink Drake & 21 Savage First Aid Kit Gabriels |
| 2024 | Boygenius | Blink-182 Foo Fighters Gabriels Paramore |
| 2025 | Fontaines D.C. | Amyl and the Sniffers Confidence Man Future and Metro Boomin Linkin Park |

## Multiple nominations and awards

Artists that received multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Artist |
| 11 | U2 |
| 8 |
| 8 | Foo Fighters |
| 6 | Kings of Leon |
| 6 | R.E.M. |
| 5 | Arcade Fire |
| 5 | Bon Jovi |
| 4 | The Killers |
| 4 | The White Stripes |
| 3 | The Black Eyed Peas |
| 3 | Daft Punk |
| 3 | First Aid Kit |
| 3 | Fontaines D.C. |
| 3 | Green Day |
| 3 | Haim |
| 3 | INXS |
| 3 | Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| 2 | Alabama Shakes |
| 2 | Beastie Boys |
| 2 | The Black Keys |
| 2 | BTS |
| 2 | The Corrs |
| 2 | Crowded House |
| 2 | De La Soul |
| 2 | Drake |
| 2 | Fleet Foxes |
| 2 | Fleetwood Mac |
| 2 | Future |
| 2 | Gabriels |
| 2 | Guns N' Roses |
| 2 | Huey Lewis and the News |
| 2 | Maroon 5 |
| 2 | Nirvana |
| 2 | Outkast |
| 2 | Scissor Sisters |
| 2 | The Script |
| 2 | The Strokes |
| 2 | TLC |
| 2 | Twenty One Pilots |
Artists that received multiple awards :
| Awards | Artist |
| 5 | U2 |
| 4 | Foo Fighters |
| 3 | R.E.M. |
| 2 | Fontaines D.C. |

## Awards by country

Countries that received multiple wins :
| Country | Wins | Artist/s |
| United States | 25 | Huey Lewis and the News, The Bangles, R.E.M., Bon Jovi, Fugees, TLC, Destiny's Child, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The White Stripes, Scissor Sisters, Green Day, The Killers, Foo Fighters, Kings of Leon, The Black Keys, A Tribe Called Quest, The Carters, Haim, Silk Sonic, Boygenius |
| Ireland | 7 | U2, The Corrs, Fontaines D.C. |
| Australia | 3 | Crowded House, INXS, Tame Impala |
| Canada | 1 | Arcade Fire |
| France | 1 | Daft Punk |