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 Wolf Alice, who won in 2026.
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.Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: 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
YearRecipientNominee 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 2004The Darkness Busted The Coral Radiohead Sugababes 2005Franz 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 1975Arctic Monkeys Gorillaz Little Mix Years & Years 2020 FoalsBastille Bring Me the Horizon Coldplay D-Block Europe2021Little Mix Bicep Biffy Clyro The 1975 Young T & Bugsey2022Wolf Alice Coldplay D-Block Europe Little Mix London Grammar2023 Wet Leg The 1975 Arctic Monkeys Bad Boy Chiller Crew Nova Twins2024 Jungle Blur Chase & Status Headie One & K-Trap Young Fathers2025Ezra Collective Bring Me the Horizon Coldplay The Cure The Last Dinner Party2026Wolf Alice The Last Dinner Party Pulp Sleep Token Wet Leg
Groups with multiple wins + Artists that received multiple awardsAwardsArtist4Coldplay3Arctic Monkeys2The 1975Dire StraitsManic Street PreachersSimply RedTravisWolf Alice Groups with multiple nominations + Artists that received multiple nominationsNominationsArtist10Coldplay7Radiohead6Arctic Monkeys5BlurGorillaz4The 1975Dire StraitsEurythmicsKasabianMuseOasisOne DirectionPet Shop BoysSimply RedTake ThatLittle Mix3BastilleErasureThe CureWolf AliceThe xx2alt-JThe Beautiful SouthBiffy ClyroBring Me the HorizonChase & StatusDef LeppardDovesElbowFranz FerdinandGirls AloudGomezJamiroquaiKaiser ChiefsThe Last Dinner PartyThe Lightning SeedsMadnessManic Street PreachersM PeopleMumford & SonsPink FloydThe PolicePulpQueenRoyal BloodSnow PatrolSoul II SoulStereophonicsSugababesTears for FearsTexasTravisU2Wet LegYears & Years
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