The Brit Award for International Album 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 award was first presented in 1977 as International Album. The accolade was not handed out between 1982 and 2001 and has been defunct as of 2011.
Arcade Fire, The Killers and Kings of Leon received the most nominations, with three each. Three albums were nominated in two consecutive years; Songs in A Minor by Alicia Keys in 2002 and 2003, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by Outkast in 2004 and 2005, and How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb by U2 in 2005 and 2006.
Only seven non-American artists were nominated for the award; Swedish group ABBA for Arrival in 1977, Australian singer Kylie Minogue for Fever in 2002 and X in 2008, French duo Daft Punk for Discovery in 2002, Irish band U2 for How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb in 2005 and 2006, Canadian band Arcade Fire for Funeral in 2006, Neon Bible in 2008 and The Suburbs in 2011, and Australian bands AC/DC for Black Ice in 2009 and Empire of the Sun for Walking on a Dream in 2010. Minogue and Arcade Fire were also the only non-American recipients of the award, respectively winning for Fever and The Suburbs, and, along with U2, the only non-American artists with multiple nominations. Recipients
1970s Year Album Artist(s) 1977 (1st) Bridge over Troubled Water Simon & Garfunkel Arrival ABBA Songs in the Key of Life Stevie Wonder Tapestry Carole King
2000s Year Album Artist(s) 2002 (22nd) Fever Kylie Minogue Discovery Daft Punk Is This It The Strokes Songs in A Minor Alicia Keys Survivor Destiny's Child 2003 (23rd) The Eminem Show Eminem By the Way Red Hot Chili Peppers Come Away with Me Norah Jones Missundaztood Pink Songs in A Minor Alicia Keys 2004 (24th) Justified Justin Timberlake Dangerously in Love Beyoncé Elephant The White Stripes Speakerboxxx/The Love Below Outkast Stripped Christina Aguilera 2005 (25th) Scissor Sisters Scissor Sisters Hot Fuss The Killers How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb U2 Songs About Jane Maroon 5 Speakerboxxx/The Love Below Outkast 2006 (26th) American Idiot Green Day Confessions on a Dance Floor Madonna Funeral Arcade Fire How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb U2 Late Registration Kanye West 2007 (27th) Sam's Town The Killers FutureSex/LoveSounds Justin Timberlake Modern Times Bob Dylan St. Elsewhere Gnarls Barkley Ta-Dah Scissor Sisters 2008 (28th) Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace Foo Fighters Because of the Times Kings of Leon Long Road Out of Eden Eagles Neon Bible Arcade Fire X Kylie Minogue 2009 (29th) Only by the Night Kings of Leon Black Ice AC/DC Day & Age The Killers Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes Oracular Spectacular MGMT
2010s Year Album Artist(s) 2010 (30th) The Fame Lady Gaga The Blueprint 3 Jay-Z The E.N.D. Black Eyed Peas Merriweather Post Pavilion Animal Collective Walking on a Dream Empire of the Sun 2011 (31st) The Suburbs Arcade Fire Come Around Sundown Kings of Leon The Lady Killer CeeLo Green Recovery Eminem Teenage Dream Katy Perry
Multiple nominations and awards + Artists that received multiple nominationsnominationsArtist3Arcade FireThe KillersKings of Leon2EminemAlicia KeysKylie MinogueOutkastScissor SistersJustin TimberlakeU2
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