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Brit Award for British Group

Brit Award for British Group

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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]

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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 winner Little Mix are the first and only female group to win the award.
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Groups with multiple wins

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  1. Albarn won in 1995 with Blur and 2018 with Gorillaz.

Groups with multiple nominations

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    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. Chan, Anna (2021-05-11). "Little Mix Call Out 'White Male Dominance' in Brit Awards 2021 Speech". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-02-09.

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