Brit Award for International Group

Current winner: Boygenius

Awarded for| Achievement in Excellent International Group
Country| United Kingdom (UK)
Presented by| British Phonographic Industry (BPI)
First awarded| 1986
Currently held by| Boygenius (2024)
Most awards| U2 (5)
Most nominations| U2 (11)
Website| www.brits.co.uk

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.[1] The accolade is presented at the Brit Awards, an annual celebration of British and international music.[2] 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.[3]

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. To date, five female groups (The Bangles, TLC, Destiny's Child, Haim, and Boygenius) have won the award, though six additional groups (Fugees, The Corrs, The White Stripes, Scissor Sisters, Arcade Fire and The Carters) also include female members. The current holder of the award is Boygenius, who won in 2024.

## History

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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.[4]

Throughout the tenure of the category, artists from the United States have won twenty-five times, more than groups from any other country. Groups from Ireland have won seven times, and groups from Australia 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 The Carters).

## Winners and nominees

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Inaugural winner Huey Lewis and the News 1987 recipients The Bangles were the first female group to win the award Five-time winner U2 have the most wins in this category Three-time winner R.E.M. 1996 winner Bon Jovi 1999 winner The Corrs 2002 winner Destiny's Child 2005 winner Scissor Sisters 2006 winner Green Day 2007 winner The Killers Four-time winner Foo Fighters 2014 winner Daft Punk 2017 winner A Tribe Called Quest Haim received the award in 2021 Year  | Recipient  | Nominee

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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 the
United 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 | Not Awarded
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 | Not Awarded
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
* Gabriels

2024 | Boygenius |

* Blink-182
* Foo Fighters
* Gabriels
* Paramore

## Multiple nominations and awards

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Artists that received multiple nominations  | Nominations  | Artist

|

11  | U2

Foo Fighters
6  | Kings of Leon
R.E.M.
5  | Arcade Fire
Bon Jovi
4  | The Killers
The White Stripes
3  | The Black Eyed Peas
Daft Punk
First Aid Kit
Green Day
Haim
INXS
Red Hot Chili Peppers
2  | Alabama Shakes
Beastie Boys
The Black Keys
BTS
The Corrs
Crowded House
De La Soul
Drake
Fleet Foxes
Fleetwood Mac
Fontaines D.C.
Gabriels
Guns N' Roses
Huey Lewis and the News
Maroon 5
Nirvana
Outkast
Scissor Sisters
The Script
The Strokes
TLC
Twenty One Pilots
Artists that received multiple awards  | Awards  | Artist

|

5  | U2
4  | Foo Fighters
3  | R.E.M.
2  | Beyoncé

## Awards by country

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Countries that received multiple wins  Country  | Wins  | Artist/s

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United States | 25  | 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
Ireland | 7  | U2, The Corrs, Fontaines D.C.
Australia | 3  | Crowded House, INXS, Tame Impala
Canada | 1  | Arcade Fire
France | 1  | Daft Punk

## Notes

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

## References

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1. ^ "About the BPI". British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Archived from the original on 6 December 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
2. ^ "BRIT Awards". British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
3. ^ "And the nominees are..." Brits.co.uk. British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Retrieved 22 February 2014.
4. ^ Grein, Paul (5 November 2019). "U.K.'s BRIT Awards Cut Categories, Eliminate Fan Voting, Give Artists More Control Of Performances". Billboard. Retrieved 16 December 2019.

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Brit Award for International Group

* Huey Lewis and the News (1986)
* The Bangles (1987)
* U2 (1988)
* U2 (1989)
* U2 (1990)
* INXS (1991)
* R.E.M. (1992)
* R.E.M. (1993)
* Crowded House (1994)
* R.E.M. (1995)
* Bon Jovi (1996)
* Fugees (1997)
* U2 (1998)
* The Corrs (1999)
* TLC (2000)
* U2 (2001)
* Destiny's Child (2002)
* Red Hot Chili Peppers (2003)
* The White Stripes (2004)
* Scissor Sisters (2005)
* Green Day (2006)
* The Killers (2007)
* Foo Fighters (2008)
* Kings of Leon (2009)
* Arcade Fire (2011)
* Foo Fighters (2012)
* The Black Keys (2013)
* Daft Punk (2014)
* Foo Fighters (2015)
* Tame Impala (2016)
* A Tribe Called Quest (2017)
* Foo Fighters (2018)
* The Carters (2019)
* Haim (2021)
* Silk Sonic (2022)
* Fontaines D.C. (2023)
* Boygenius (2024)

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