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. The current holder of the award is Geese, who won in 2026.

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-six times, more than groups from any other country. Groups from Ireland have won seven times, and groups from Australia, including partially New Zealand band Crowded House, 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 Carters). The only artists with consecutive wins are U2, with three between 1988 and 1990, and R.E.M., who won in 1992 and 1993.

Winners and nominees

YearRecipientNominee 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 Bon Jovi /Fleetwood Mac INXS Womack & Womack 1990 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 /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 theUnited 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 align="center" colspan="2" 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 align="center" colspan="2" 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 /Gabriels2024Boygenius Blink-182 Foo Fighters /Gabriels Paramore2025 Fontaines D.C. Amyl and the Sniffers Confidence Man Future and Metro Boomin Linkin Park2026 Geese Haim Tame Impala /Huntrix: Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami Turnstile

Multiple nominations and awards

+ Artists that received multiple nominationsNominationsArtist11U28Foo Fighters6Kings of LeonR.E.M.5Arcade FireBon Jovi4HaimThe KillersThe White Stripes3The Black Eyed PeasDaft PunkFirst Aid KitFontaines D.C.Green DayINXSRed Hot Chili Peppers2Alabama ShakesBeastie BoysThe Black KeysBTSThe Corrs/Crowded HouseDe La SoulDrakeFleet Foxes/Fleetwood MacFuture/GabrielsGuns N' RosesHuey Lewis and the NewsMaroon 5NirvanaOutkastScissor SistersThe ScriptThe StrokesTame ImpalaTLCTwenty One Pilots

+ Artists that received multiple awardsAwardsArtist5U24Foo Fighters3R.E.M.2Fontaines D.C.

Awards by country + Countries by wins Country Wins First win Latest winArtist/s United States 26 1986 2026 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, Geese Ireland 7 1988 2025 U2, The Corrs, Fontaines D.C. Australia 3 1991 2016 Crowded House, INXS, Tame Impala Canada 12011 Arcade Fire France2014 Daft Punk New Zealand1994 Crowded House

+ Countries by nominations Country Nominations First nomination Latest nominationArtist/s 139 1986 2026 Majority of nominees 21 1988 2025 U2, The Cranberries, Boyzone, The Corrs, Westlife, The Script, Fontaines D.C. 12 1989 2026 INXS, Crowded House, Savage Garden, AC/DC, 5 Seconds of Summer, Tame Impala, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Amyl and the Sniffers, Confidence Man 10 1995 2023 Crash Test Dummies, Neil Young, Nickelback, Arcade Fire, Drake 6 1991 Roxette, The Cardigans, First Aid Kit, ABBA 5 1990 2014 Gipsy Kings, Daft Punk, Air (partially) 1988 2024 Fleetwood Mac, 21 Savage, Gabriels 4 2021 2026 BTS, Blackpink, Huntrix 2 1993 1994 Crowded House 1987 2003 A-ha, Röyksopp 11990 Milli Vanilli 2022 Måneskin

Notes Scissor Sisters (2005) also won Brit Award for International Breakthrough Act

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