The BRIT Awards (often simply called the BRITs) are the British Phonographic Industry's annual popular music awards. The name was originally a shortened form of "British", "Britain", or "Britannia" (in the early days the awards were sponsored by Britannia Music Club), but subsequently became a backronym for British Record Industry Trusts Show. The awards were first held in 1977 and originated as an annual event in 1982 under the auspices of the British record industry's trade association, the BPI. In 1989, they were renamed The BRIT Awards. Mastercard has been the long-term sponsor of the event. In addition, an equivalent awards ceremony for classical music, called the Classic BRIT Awards, was held annually between 2000 and 2013, before being revived in 2018 but has not been held since.
The highest profile music awards ceremony in the UK, the BRIT Awards have featured some of the most notable events in British popular culture, such as the final public appearance of Freddie Mercury, the Jarvis Cocker protest against Michael Jackson, the height of a high-profile feud between Oasis and fellow Britpop band Blur, the Union Jack dress worn by Geri Halliwell of the Spice Girls, and a Chumbawamba member throwing a bucket of iced water over then-Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott. These moments took place in the 1990s when the ceremony had a reputation for being "a little shambolic, unpredictable and, at times, anarchic," since then it has "evolved into a more polished, sanitised affair".
The BRIT Awards were broadcast live until 1989, when Samantha Fox and Mick Fleetwood hosted a widely criticised show in which little went as rehearsed. For the last time, on 16 February 2010, Earls Court in London was the venue for The BRITs. The BRIT Awards were held at the O2 Arena in London for the first time in 2011. In 2026, for the first time in the ceremony's history, it was held outside London at the Co-op Live arena in Manchester.
thumb|BRIT Award statuette (silhouette)
The BRIT Award statuette given to the winners features Britannia, the female personification of Britain. Since 2011, the statuette has been regularly redesigned by well known British artists, architects, and designers including Vivienne Westwood, Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin, Peter Blake, Zaha Hadid, Anish Kapoor, David Adjaye, Yinka Ilori and Es Devlin, Pam Hogg, Olaolu Slawn Rachel Jones, and Matthew Williamson.
Robbie Williams holds the record for the most BRIT Award wins, with 13 as a solo artist and another five as part of Take That. Coldplay holds the record for most BRIT Award nominations, with 32 in total. Little Mix made history at the Brit Awards 2021, when they became the first female group to receive the award at the ceremony. In 2024, English singer-songwriter Raye broke the record for the most nominations received by a single artist in a year, with seven.
Ceremonies
thumb|right|250px|Exterior of [[The O2 Arena|The O<sub>2</sub> Arena in London (host venue from 2011 to 2025) for the 2020 Brit Awards]]
The first awards ceremony was in 1977, as "The BRITish Record Industry BRITannia Awards", to mark the Queen's Silver Jubilee and was televised by Thames Television. There has been an annual ceremony since 1982.
Broadcast
The 1988 BPI Awards was the first of the ceremonies to be broadcast on live television. The BBC had previously broadcast the ceremony from 1985, with the shows from 1982 to 1984 not broadcast on television. The BBC continued to broadcast the renamed BRIT Awards, live in 1989 and pre-recorded from 1990 to 1992. ITV have broadcast the awards since 1993, pre-recorded until 2006 and live from 2007 onwards.
Freddie Mercury's final public appearance (1990)
The 1990 awards ceremony saw the last public appearance of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury. Queen appeared at the ceremony to receive the Outstanding Contribution to Music. Mercury (who had been suffering from AIDS since 1987 but had not disclosed it to the public) did not make a speech, as Brian May did the talking on behalf of the other members, but his gaunt appearance was noticeable.
The KLF (1992)
In 1992, dance/art band The KLF was awarded Best British Group (shared with Simply Red) and were booked to open the show. In an attempt to hijack the event, the duo collaborated with grindcore metal band Extreme Noise Terror to perform a death metal version of the dance song "3 a.m. Eternal", complete with flame-throwers, and ending with Bill Drummond firing blanks from a vintage machine gun over the audience. KLF publicist/announcer Scott Piering stated "Ladies and gentlemen, The KLF have now left the music business". The performance prompted conductor Sir Georg Solti to walk out in disgust. Producers of the show then refused to let a motorcycle courier collect the award on behalf of the band. Later that evening, the KLF dumped a dead sheep outside the venue of an after-show party,
Oasis and Blur rivalry (1996)
1996 saw the height of a feud between Britpop bands Oasis and Blur. The differing styles of the bands, coupled with their prominence within the Britpop movement, led the British media to seize upon the rivalry between the bands. Both factions played along, with the Gallaghers taunting Blur at the 1996 BRIT Awards by singing a rendition of "Parklife" when they collected their award for Best British Group (with Liam Gallagher changing the lyrics to "Shite-life" and Noel Gallagher changing them to "Marmite").
Russell Brand (2007)
The host of the 2007 awards ceremony, comedian Russell Brand made several quips relating to news stories of the time including Robbie Williams entering rehab for addiction to prescription drugs, the Queen's 'naughty bits' and a fatal friendly fire incident involving a British soldier killed by American armed forces in Iraq. ITV received over 300 complaint calls from viewers. He would again instigate controversy the following year at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards.
Adele speech cut short (2012)
Adele won the British Album of the Year widely regarded as the most coveted award. Less than half a minute into her acceptance speech, host James Corden was forced to cut Adele off in order to introduce Blur who were due to perform an eleven-minute set as they had received the Outstanding Contribution to Music and the ceremony was running over its allotted time. Adele was visibly annoyed and proceeded to raise her middle finger and the producers of the show came under fire on Twitter for the decision. Following the incident Adele said "I got cut off during my speech for Best Album and I flung the middle finger. But that finger was to the suits at The BRIT Awards, not to my fans". Adele received an apology from the show's organisers, who stated; "We send our deepest apologies to Adele that her big moment was cut short. We don't want this to undermine her incredible achievement in winning our night's biggest award. It tops off what's been an incredible year for her." Due to the tight schedule, only three of the five songs Blur played were broadcast on ITV.
Alex Turner speech (2014)
In 2014 Arctic Monkeys won the British Album of the Year. When the band got up on stage to receive the award, lead singer Alex Turner, started his speech by testing the mic and then talked about the cyclical nature of rock music, saying that even if its popularity declines it will never die as a music genre, while the rest of the band laughed in the background. He ended the speech by saying, "Invoice me for the microphone if you need to", dropped it to the ground, and left the stage. That night they became the first act to win both British Album and British Group three times. The speech divided both press and audience, being labeled as both "pretentious twaddle" and a sincere defence of the genre, as well as garnering reactions from other musicians, with Johnny Marr saying it was "quite poetic".
When asked a few days later, Turner said, "In public, I'm a quiet guy, so doing anything in front of lots of people always makes me nervous. I'm known for my music, not how well I deliver a speech. People always assume if you're in a band that's been on the scene for ages that you're going to be really confident, but that's not true at all." In a 2016 interview with Rolling Stone, he re-addressed the speech, "A lot of people thought I was waffling away on drugs, but I wasn't. I just can't pretend getting an award was something I've dreamed about since I was a kid, because it isn't." In 2022 when an interviewer implied the speech was akin to performance art, Turner seemed to agree. Wet Leg's singer Rhian Teasdale quoted part of Turner's speech, during the 2023 ceremony, as the band won New Artist.
David Bowie enters Scottish independence debate (2014)
At 67 years of age, musician David Bowie became the oldest recipient of now defunct British Male Solo Artist. Bowie's unusual intervention in British politics garnered a significant reaction throughout the UK on social media.
Little Mix Best British Group win and speech (2021)
thumb|203x203px|2021 winners [[Little Mix]]
In 2021, Little Mix's win for British Group marked the first time that a girl group had won that award since it was first introduced in 1977. The group used their acceptance speech to call out white male dominance, misogyny, sexism and lack of diversity in the industry. Fellow group member Leigh-Anne Pinnock stated "It's not easy being a female in the UK pop industry. We've all seen the white male dominance, misogyny, sexism, and lack of diversity. We're proud of how we've stuck together, stood for our group, surrounded ourselves with strong women, and are now using our voices more than ever."
Little Mix also called out the awards ceremony for the lack of nominations and wins for female groups in the category. This is despite the Brit Awards voters including 1,000+ members of the music industry (see Voting Procedure, below), and more than 50% of the music workforce 'identifying as female' for a number of years. They also paid homage to previous "female bands" including the Spice Girls, Sugababes, All Saints, and Girls Aloud etc, who all had made significant contributions to pop culture in the UK but were overlooked by the Brit Awards.
Raye sets a new record (2024)
At the Brit Awards 2024, English singer-songwriter Raye received seven nominations, making her the most nominated artist in a single year breaking a record held by Gorillaz, Craig David and Robbie Williams. Furthermore, she broke the record for the most wins received in a single night with six in total.
Notable performances
Spice Girls' performance of "Wannabe" and "Who Do You Think You Are" (1997)
Ginger Spice, Geri Halliwell, wore a Union Jack dress. Spicemania was at its height in the UK and the Spice Girls had just cracked the US as well, reaching Number 1 with their debut single and album. Halliwell was originally going to wear an all-black dress, but she thought it was too boring, so her sister sewed on a Union Jack tea towel, with a 'peace' sign on the back. The now iconic red, white and blue mini-dress was worn during the Spice Girls' performance of their Number 1 song "Who Do You Think You Are". In 1998 she sold her dress in a charity auction to Hard Rock Cafe in Las Vegas for a record £41,320, giving Halliwell the Guinness World Record for the most expensive piece of pop star clothing ever sold. This performance won the Spice Girls the award for "BRITs Hits 30 – Best Live Performance at The BRIT Awards" at the 2010 BRIT Awards, with Samantha Fox presenting the award to Geri Halliwell and Mel B.
Geri Halliwell's performance of "Bag It Up" (2000)
Three years following the iconic Spice Girls performance, Halliwell, now a solo artist, performed her new single "Bag It Up" at the 2000 BRIT Awards. The performance featured Halliwell emerging, whilst dancing on with a pole, from a pair of large inflatable female legs. As the performance continued, her male backing dancers stripped to their pink briefs whilst dancing with the Union Jack flag. It is widely believed that Halliwell lip-synced her performance. In addition to all this, the performance is famous for being performed on the same night that the Spice Girls received the award for Outstanding Contribution to Music, which Halliwell declined to accept with her former bandmates.
Gorillaz's performance of "Clint Eastwood" (2002)
When it was announced that past Brit Award recipient Damon Albarn, and his project Gorillaz, would be taking the stage at the 2002 Brit Awards, no one knew what to expect. The four cartoon members of the band performed the song on giant life size screens (an early version of a 3D hologram) without the Blur frontman being present at all. The band performed their hit single "Clint Eastwood" alongside UK underground rap group Phi Life Cypher and a group of silhouetted female dancers mimicking the zombies from the band's music video.
Kylie Minogue's performance of "Can't Get You Out of My Head" (2002)
Shortly after Gorillaz at the same 2002 Brit Awards, Kylie Minogue, who was promoting her Fever album at the time, performed her chart-topping song "Can't Get You Out of My Head" mashed-up with elements of New Order's song "Blue Monday". Minogue entered the performance as an ejected CD emerging from a CD player, while copying the pose from the Fever album cover. It was named as the most iconic Brits entrance by Huffington Post UK, and was featured on The Guardian as one of the 50 key events of dance music in 2011. The white-mini dress by Dolce & Gabbana was also retrospectively hailed as an "iconic fashion moment" by I-D. Reflecting on the performance years later, Minogue called it her "ultimate" favorite performance, saying: "That has to be the ultimate, being ejected from a CD player. I look back at that and think I don’t know about health and safety, but that would be my ultimate."
Girls Aloud's performance of "The Promise" (2009)
English-Irish girl group Girls Aloud marked their first ever performance at the 2009 ceremony, by performing their single "The Promise". The performance saw the members, Cheryl Cole, Kimberley Walsh, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts and Nadine Coyle appear as though they were naked, with their modesty being covered by pink feather fans. This performance was nominated in the 2010 ceremony for the "BRITs Hits 30 – Best Live Performance at The BRIT Awards", alongside Oasis and The Who, which the Spice Girls eventually went on to win. During the performance of "Living for Love", she walked onstage wearing an oversized cape. When standing on stairs situated on the stage, the cape's cord failed to separate, so when Madonna's backing dancer pulled the cape behind her, she fell down the stairs and noticeably hit the stage hard. In an interview on The Jonathan Ross Show, Madonna blamed her fall on a wardrobe malfunction as her cape had been tied too tightly so it could not be unfastened in time, before adding: "I had a little bit of whiplash, I smacked the back of my head. And I had a man standing over me with a flashlight until about 3am to make sure I was compos mentis. I know how to fall, I have fallen off my horse many times."
Katy Perry and Skip Marley's performance of "Chained to the Rhythm" (2017)
thumb|right|[[Katy Perry performing on stage at the 2017 Brit Awards]]
In the leadup to the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Katy Perry was a major endorsement for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, performing at many of her rallies and speaking at public events. After Donald Trump won the election, Perry returned to recording her fifth studio album and in February 2017 released "Chained to the Rhythm". During the performance, she was joined onstage by two large skeletal puppets dressed as Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May. The performance was also notable as a backing dancer fell offstage at the end of the performance whilst wearing a house costume. The concept of fan voting was abolished after the 2019 Brit Awards, but brought back in 2022.
Performances
Coldplay are the act with the most performances, opening the ceremony five times and presenting eight overall. They are followed by Take That and band member Robbie Williams, who performed seven times each. Adele has performed in five editions, the most among women.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Performers
|-
| 1985 || Alison Moyet, Bronski Beat, Howard Jones, Nik Kershaw and Tina Turner
|-
| 1986 || Huey Lewis and the News, Kate Bush, Phil Collins and Tears for Fears
|-
| 1987 || Chris de Burgh, Curiosity Killed the Cat, Five Star, Level 42, Simply Red, Spandau Ballet and Whitney Houston
|-
| 1988 || Bananarama, Bee Gees, Chris Rea, Pet Shop Boys with Dusty Springfield, Rick Astley, Terence Trent D'Arby, T'Pau and The Who
|-
| 1989 || Bros, Def Leppard, Fairground Attraction, Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine, Randy Newman, Tanita Tikaram and Yazz
|-
| 1990 || Lisa Stansfield, Neneh Cherry, Nigel Kennedy, Phil Collins and Soul II Soul
|-
| 1991 || EMF, The Beautiful South and Status Quo
|-
| 1992 || The KLF, Extreme Noise Terror, Lisa Stansfield, Beverley Craven and P.M. Dawn
|-
| 1993 || Suede, Peter Gabriel, Cirque du Soleil, Bill Wyman and Madness
|-
| 1994 || Björk, PJ Harvey, Bon Jovi, Brian May, Dina Carroll, Elton John, Meatloaf, Pet Shop Boys, Stereo MCs, Take That, Van Morrison and Shane MacGowan
|-
| 1995 || Blur, East 17, Eddi Reader, Elton John, Eternal, Sting, M People, Madonna and Take That
|-
| 1996 || Alanis Morissette, David Bowie, Pet Shop Boys, Michael Jackson, Pulp, Simply Red and Take That
|-
| 1997 || Bee Gees, Diana Ross, Jamiroquai, The Fugees, Manic Street Preachers, Mark Morrison, Prince, Sheryl Crow, Skunk Anansie and Spice Girls
|-
| 1998 || All Saints, Chumbawamba, Finlay Quaye, Fleetwood Mac, Robbie Williams, Tom Jones, Shola Ama, Spice Girls, Texas, Method Man and The Verve
|-
| 1999 || Joint performance with ABBA medley (B*Witched, Billie Piper, Cleopatra, Steps, Tina Cousins), Boyzone, The Corrs, David Bowie, Placebo, Eurythmics, Stevie Wonder, Manic Street Preachers, Robbie Williams and Whitney Houston
|-
| 2000 || Basement Jaxx, 5ive, Queen, Geri Halliwell, Macy Gray, Ricky Martin, Spice Girls, Stereophonics, Tom Jones, Travis and Will Smith
|-
| 2001 || Coldplay, Craig David, Destiny's Child, Eminem, Hear'Say, Robbie Williams, Sonique, Westlife and U2
|-
| 2002 || Anastacia, Jamiroquai, Dido, Gorillaz, Kylie Minogue, Mis-Teeq, Shaggy, Ali G, So Solid Crew, Sting and The Strokes
|-
| 2003 || Avril Lavigne, Blue, Coldplay, David Gray, George Michael, Ms Dynamite, Justin Timberlake, Kylie Minogue, Liberty X, Pink, Sugababes and Tom Jones
|-
| 2004 || 50 Cent, Beyoncé, Muse, Black Eyed Peas, Busted, Alicia Keys, Gwen Stefani, Missy Elliott, Jamie Cullum, Amy Winehouse, Katie Melua and Duran Duran
|-
| 2005 || Daniel Bedingfield, Natasha Bedingfield, Franz Ferdinand, Green Day, Gwen Stefani, Jamelia, Lemar, Keane, Snoop Dogg, Pharrell Williams, Scissor Sisters, Bob Geldof, Robbie Williams and The Streets
|-
| 2006 || Coldplay, KT Tunstall, Kaiser Chiefs, James Blunt, Kanye West, Kelly Clarkson, Gorillaz, Jack Johnson, Paul Weller and Prince
|-
| 2007 || Scissor Sisters, Snow Patrol, Amy Winehouse, The Killers, Take That, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Corinne Bailey Rae and Oasis
|-
| 2008 || Mika, Beth Ditto, Rihanna, Klaxons, Kylie Minogue, Kaiser Chiefs, Leona Lewis, Mark Ronson, Adele, Daniel Merriweather, Amy Winehouse and Paul McCartney
|-
| 2009 || U2, Girls Aloud, Coldplay, Duffy, Take That, Kings of Leon, The Ting Tings, Estelle, Pet Shop Boys, Lady Gaga and Brandon Flowers
|-
| 2010 || Lily Allen, JLS, Kasabian, Lady Gaga, Florence + the Machine, Dizzee Rascal, Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, Cheryl Cole and Robbie Williams
|-
| 2011 || Take That, Adele, Rihanna, Mumford & Sons, Plan B, Arcade Fire, Tinie Tempah, Eric Turner, Labrinth, Cee Lo Green and Paloma Faith
|-
| 2012 || Coldplay, Florence + the Machine, Olly Murs, Rizzle Kicks, Ed Sheeran, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Chris Martin, Adele, Bruno Mars, Rihanna and Blur
|-
| 2013 || Muse, Robbie Williams, Justin Timberlake, Taylor Swift, One Direction, Ben Howard, Mumford & Sons and Emeli Sandé
|-
| 2014 || Arctic Monkeys, Katy Perry, Bruno Mars, Beyoncé, Disclosure, Lorde, Aluna Francis, Ellie Goulding, Bastille, Rudimental, Ella Eyre, Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers
|-
| 2015 || Taylor Swift, Sam Smith, Royal Blood, Ed Sheeran, Kanye West, Allan Kingdom, Theophilus London, Take That, George Ezra, Paloma Faith and Madonna
|-
| 2016 || Coldplay, Justin Bieber, James Bay, Jess Glynne, Rihanna, SZA, Drake, Little Mix, The Spiders from Mars, Lorde, The Weeknd and Adele
|-
| 2017 || Little Mix, Bruno Mars, Emeli Sandé, The 1975, Chris Martin, Katy Perry, Skip Marley, Skepta, The Chainsmokers, Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, Stormzy and Robbie Williams
|-
| 2018 || Justin Timberlake, Chris Stapleton, Rag'n'Bone Man, Jorja Smith, Dua Lipa, Ed Sheeran, Foo Fighters, Liam Gallagher, Sam Smith, Kendrick Lamar, Rita Ora, Liam Payne and Stormzy
|-
| 2019 || Hugh Jackman, George Ezra, Little Mix, Ms Banks, Jorja Smith, Calvin Harris, Rag'n'Bone Man, Sam Smith, Dua Lipa, Jess Glynne, H.E.R., The 1975, Pink and Dan Smith
|-
|2020
|Mabel, Lewis Capaldi, Harry Styles, Lizzo, Dave, Billie Eilish, Celeste, Stormzy, Burna Boy and Rod Stewart
|-
|2021
|Coldplay, Dua Lipa, Olivia Rodrigo, Arlo Parks, Years & Years, Elton John, The Weeknd, Griff, Headie One, AJ Tracey, Young T & Bugsey, Rag'n'Bone Man, Pink and Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir
|-
|2022
|Ed Sheeran, Bring Me the Horizon, Anne-Marie, KSI, Digital Farm Animals, Little Simz, Emma Corrin, Liam Gallagher, Holly Humberstone, Adele, Sam Fender, Dave, Fredo, Ghetts and Giggs
|-
|2023
|Sam Smith, Kim Petras, Wet Leg, Lewis Capaldi, Lizzo, Harry Styles, Stormzy, Cat Burns, David Guetta, Becky Hill, Ella Henderson, Sam Ryder
|-
|2024
|Dua Lipa, Calvin Harris, Ellie Goulding, Tate McRae, Jungle, Raye, Becky Hill, Chase & Status, Rema, Kylie Minogue
|-
|2025
|Sabrina Carpenter, Teddy Swims, Myles Smith, JADE, The Last Dinner Party, Lola Young, Sam Fender, Ezra Collective, Jorja Smith
|-
|2026
|Harry Styles, Olivia Dean, Mark Ronson, Wolf Alice, Rosalía, K-Pop Demon Hunters, sombr, Alex Warren, RAYE
|}
Milestones
Most wins by British acts
thumb|right|Robbie Williams is the most awarded act overall in Brits history.
thumb|right|Adele is the most awarded female act in Brits history.
There have been numerous acts, both groups and individuals, that have won multiple awards. The table below shows those that have won four or more awards.
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Number of awards
!British acts
!Notes
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|13
|style="text-align:center;"|Robbie Williams
|style="text-align:center;"|
- British Male Solo Artist (4)
- British Single of the Year (3)
- British Video of the Year (3)
- British Song of Twenty Five Year (1)
- Icon Award (1)
- Outstanding Contribution to Music (1)
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |12
|style="text-align:center;"|Adele
|style="text-align:center;"|
- British Album of the Year (3)
- British Song Of The Year (3)
- British Female Solo Artist (2)
- Global Success Award (2)
- British Artist Of The Year (1)
- Critics' Choice Award (1)
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |9
|style="text-align:center;"|Coldplay
|style="text-align:center;"|
- British Group (4)
- British Album of the Year (3)
- British Live Act (1)
- British Single of the Year (1)
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;" |8
|style="text-align:center;"|Take That
|style="text-align:center;"|
- British Single of the Year (5)
- British Group (1)
- British Live Act (1)
- British Video of the Year (1)
|-
|rowspan="7"style="text-align:center;"|7
|style="text-align:center;"|Arctic Monkeys
|style="text-align:center;"|
- British Album of the Year (3)
- British Group (3)
- British Breakthrough Act (1)
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|Annie Lennox
|style="text-align:center;"|
- British Female Solo Artist (6)
- British Album of the Year (1)
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|One Direction
|style="text-align:center;"|
- British Video of the Year (4)
- Global Success Award (2)
- British Single of the Year (1)
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|Dua Lipa
|style="text-align:center;"|
- British Female Solo Artist (2)
- British Album of the Year (1)
- British Breakthrough Act (1)
- British Single of the Year (1)
- British Pop/R&B Act (1)
- British Pop Act (1)
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|Oasis
|style="text-align:center;"|
- British Album of the Year (1)
- British Breakthrough Act (1)
- British Group (1)
- British Video of the Year (1)
- Best Album of the last 30 Years (1)
- Outstanding Contribution to Music (1)
- Songwriter of the Year (1)
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|Ed Sheeran
|style="text-align:center;"|
- British Male Solo Artist (2)
- Global Success Award (2)
- British Album of the Year (1)
- British Breakthrough Act (1)
- Songwriter of the Year (1)
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|Raye
|style="text-align:center;"|
- British Album of the Year (1)
- British Artist of the Year (1)
- British Song of the Year (1)
- Best New Artist (1)
- British R&B Act (2)
- Songwriter of the Year (1)
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |6
|style="text-align:center;"|David Bowie
|style="text-align:center;"|
- British Male Solo Artist (3)
- British Album of the Year (1)
- Icon Award (1)
- Outstanding Contribution to Music (1)
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|Phil Collins
|style="text-align:center;"|
- British Male Solo Artist (3)
- British Album of the Year (1)
- British Single of the Year (1)
- Soundtrack/Cast Recording (1)
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|Harry Styles
|style="text-align:center;"|
- British Album of the Year (1)
- British Artist of the Year (1)
- British Single of the Year (2)
- British Video of the Year (1)
- British Pop/R&B Act (1)
|-
|rowspan="5"style="text-align:center;"|5
|style="text-align:center;"|Blur
|style="text-align:center;"|
- British Album of the Year (1)
- British Group (1)
- British Single of the Year (1)
- British Video of the Year (1)
- Outstanding Contribution to Music (1)
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|Charli XCX
|style="text-align:center;"|
- Best Dance Act (1)
- British Album of the Year (1)
- British Artist of the Year (1)
- Song of the Year (1)
- Songwriter of the Year (1)
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|Elton John
|style="text-align:center;"|
- Outstanding Contribution to Music (2)
- British Male Solo Artist (1)
- Freddie Mercury Award (1)
- Icon Award (1)
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|Spice Girls
|style="text-align:center;"|
- British Single of the Year (1)
- British Video of the Year (1)
- Highest Selling Album Act (1)
- Live Performance of Thirty Year (1)
- Outstanding Contribution to Music (1)
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|Sam Fender
|style="text-align:center;"|
- British Single of the Year (1)
- British Alternative/Rock Act (3)
- Critics' Choice Award (1)
|-
|rowspan="7"style="text-align:center;"|4
|style="text-align:center;"|The Beatles
|style="text-align:center;"|
- Outstanding Contribution to Music (2)
- British Album of the Year (1)
- British Group (1)
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|Dido
|style="text-align:center;"|
- British Female Solo Artist (2)
- British Album of the Year (1)
- British Single of the Year (1)
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|Manic Street Preachers
|style="text-align:center;"|
- British Album of the Year (2)
- British Group (2)
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|Emeli Sandé
|style="text-align:center;"|
- British Female Solo Artist (2)
- British Album of the Year (1)
- Critics' Choice Award (1)
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|Paul Weller
|style="text-align:center;"|
- British Male Solo Artist (3)
- Outstanding Contribution to Music (1)
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|The 1975
|style="text-align:center;"|
- British Album of the Year (1)
- British Group (2)
- British Rock/Alternative Act (1)
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|Olivia Dean
|style="text-align:center;"|
- British Album of the Year (1)
- British Song of the Year (1)
- British Artist of the Year (1)
- British Pop Act (1)
|}
Most nominations by British acts
thumb|right|Coldplay are the most nominated act in Brits history.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Number of nominations
!British acts
!Notes'
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |32
| style="text-align:center;" |Coldplay
| style="text-align:center;" |
- British Group (10)
- British Album of the Year (6)
- British Single of the Year (6)
- British Live Act (3)
- British Video of the Year (3)
- British Alternative/Rock Act (1)
- British Breakthrough Act (1)
- British Album – Last 30 Years (1)
- British Live Performance – Last 30 Years (1)
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |24
| style="text-align:center;" |Ed Sheeran
| style="text-align:center;" |
- British Single of the Year (8)
- British Album of the Year (4)
- British Male Solo Artist (3)
- British Video of the Year (3)
- Global Success Award (2)
- British Artist of the Year (1)
- British Pop/R&B Act (1)
- Best International Song (1)
- British Breakthrough Act (1)
|-
| style="text-align: center;" |23
| style="text-align: center;" |Dua Lipa
|
- British Single of the Year (7)
- British Album of the Year (3)
- British Video of the Year (3)
- British Artist of the Year (2)
- Best Pop Act (2)
- Best Pop/R&B Act (2)
- British Female Solo Artist (2)
- British Breakthrough Act (1)
- Critics' Choice (1)
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |20
| style="text-align:center;" |Blur
| style="text-align:center;" |
- British Group (5)
- British Single of the Year (5)
- British Album of the Year (4)
- British Video of the Year (4)
- British Rock/Alternative Act (1)
- Outstanding Contribution to Music (1)
|-
| style="text-align: center;" |19
| style="text-align: center;" |Adele
|
- British Single of the Year (5)
- British Album of the Year (3)
- British Female Solo Artist (3)
- British Video of the Year (2)
- Global Success Award (2)
- Artist of the Year (1)
- British Pop/R&B Act (1)
- British Breakthrough Act (1)
- Critics' Choice (1)
|-
| style="text-align: center;" |18
| style="text-align: center;" |Take That
|
- British Single of the Year (7)
- British Group (4)
- British Album of the Year (2)
- British Video of the Year (2)
- British Live Act (1)
- British Breakthrough Act (1)
- British Live Performance – Last 30 Years (1)
|-
| style="text-align: center;" |16
| style="text-align: center;" |Radiohead
|
- British Group (7)
- British Album of the Year (4)
- British Single of the Year (2)
- British Video of the Year (2)
- British Producer of the Year (1)
|-
| style="text-align: center;" |12
| style="text-align: center;" |One Direction
|
- British Group (4)
- British Video of the Year (4)
- British Single of the Year (2)
- Global Success Award (2)
|}
Most wins by international acts
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{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Number of awards
!International acts
!Notes
|-
|style="text-align:center;"rowspan="2"|7
|style="text-align:center;"|U2
|style="text-align:center;"|
- International Group (5)
- Most Successful Live Act (1)
- Outstanding Contribution to Music (1)
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|Prince
|style="text-align:center;"|
- International Male Solo Artist (2)
- International Solo Artist (2)
- International Artist (1)
- Soundtrack/Cast Recording (2)
|-
|style="text-align:center;"rowspan="2"|6
|style="text-align:center;"|Michael Jackson
|style="text-align:center;"|
- International Solo Artist (3)
- Artist of a Generation (1)
- British Album of the Year (1)
- British Video of the Year (1)
- International Male Solo Artist (1)
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|Beyoncé
|style="text-align:center;"|
- International Female Solo Artist (2)
- International Artist of the Year (1)
- International Song of the Year (1)
- International Group of the Year (2)
|-
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|5
|style="text-align:center;"|Björk
|style="text-align:center;"|
- International Female Solo Artist (4)
- International Breakthrough Act (1)
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|Foo Fighters
|style="text-align:center;"|
- International Group (4)
- International Album (1)
|-
| style="text-align:center;"rowspan="2"|4
| style="text-align:center;" |Kylie Minogue
| style="text-align:center;" |
- International Female Solo Artist (2)
- International Album (1)
- Global Icon Award (1)
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |Eminem
| style="text-align:center;" |
- International Male Solo Artist (3)
- International Album (1)
|-
| rowspan="8" style="text-align:center;" |3
| style="text-align:center;" |Beck
| style="text-align:center;" |
- International Male Solo Artist (3)
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|Billie Eilish
|style="text-align:center;"|
- International Female Solo Artist (2)
- International Artist of the Year (1)
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|Lady Gaga
|style="text-align:center;"|
- International Album (1)
- International Breakthrough Act (1)
- International Female Solo Artist (1)
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|Bruno Mars
|style="text-align:center;"|
- International Male Solo Artist (2)
- British Single of the Year (1)
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|R.E.M.
|style="text-align:center;"|
- International Group (3)
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|Scissor Sisters
|style="text-align:center;"|
- International Album (1)
- International Breakthrough Act (1)
- International Group (1)
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|Justin Timberlake
|style="text-align:center;"|
- International Male Solo Artist (2)
- International Album (1)
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|Kanye West
|style="text-align:center;"|
- International Male Solo Artist (3)
|}
Most nominations by international acts
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Number of nominations
!International acts
!Notes<br /><small></small><br /><small>(Includes HD)</small>
! Weekly rank ||
|-
| 2023 || 11 February || 3.79 || 26
|-
| 2024 || 2 March || 2.92 || 40
|-
| 2025 || 1 March || 2.50 ||
|}
See also
- Classic BRIT Awards