Brit Award for British Group

The Brit Award for British Group is an award given by the British Phonographic Industry, 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 Ezra Collective, who won in 2025.

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. Damon Albarn is the only individual to have been nominated for work in multiple groups, receiving five nominations as a member of Blur, and five nominations 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

Year	Recipient	Nominee
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
2004	The Darkness	Busted The Coral Radiohead Sugababes
2005	Franz 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 1975	Arctic Monkeys Gorillaz Little Mix Years & Years
2020	Foals	Bastille Bring Me the Horizon Coldplay D-Block Europe
2021	Little Mix	Bicep Biffy Clyro The 1975 Young T & Bugsey
2022	Wolf Alice	Coldplay D-Block Europe Little Mix London Grammar
2023	Wet Leg	The 1975 Arctic Monkeys Bad Boy Chiller Crew Nova Twins
2024	Jungle	Blur Chase & Status Headie One & K-Trap Young Fathers
2025	Ezra Collective	Bring Me the Horizon Coldplay The Cure The Last Dinner Party
2026		The Last Dinner Party Pulp Sleep Token Wet Leg Wolf Alice