Brit Award for British Album of the Year

The Brit Award for British Album of the Year 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 award was first presented in 1977 as British Album of the Year. 1983 and 1984 awarded as highest-selling album.

Brit Award for British Album of the Year
2020 Winner Dave
Awarded forAchievement in excellent British album
CountryUnited Kingdom (UK)
Presented byBritish Phonographic Industry (BPI)
First awarded1977
Currently held byDave – Psychodrama (2020)
Most awardsArctic Monkeys and Coldplay (3)
Most nominationsColdplay (6)
Websitewww.brits.co.uk

Achievements

Coldplay and Arctic Monkeys is the biggest winners in this category with three wins each. They are followed by Manic Street Preachers and Adele with two victories. Coldplay lead all performers with six nominations. Elton John, George Michael, and Ed Sheeran leads solo performers with three nominations.

The first woman to receive the award as Best Selling Album was Barbra Streisand in 1983, for Memories. Annie Lennox became the first female act to win the competitive award in 1993, for Diva. Adele is the first female artist and solo act to win the award twice, winning for 21 and 25.

Dave is the youngest artist to win in the category, winning for his debut album Psychodrama in 2020 at the age of 21.

Only one artist have won the award in two consecutive years, Arctic Monkeys. They had wins in the 2007 and 2008.

Only two foreign artists ever have won the award as Best Selling Album, Barbra Streisand and Michael Jackson, winning for Memories and Thriller, respectively.

George Michael, Oasis, Massive Attack, Coldplay, Florence and the Machine, and Ed Sheeran are the only artists to receive three nominations for consecutive albums in this category. Coldplay being the only artists to receive nomination for their first five albums. Additionally, Florence and the Machine is the only act in history being nominated for British Album, with all four studio albums they are released.

To date, there have been only one compilation album to receive the award: Memories.

As of 2020, only four artists have won British Album of the Year more than once: Coldplay (2001, 2003, 2006), Arctic Monkeys (2007, 2008, 2014), Manic Street Preachers (1997, 1999), and Adele (2012, 2016).

Winners and nominees
Inaugural winner The Beatles
Barbra Streisand is the first female and foreign recipient.
1984 winner Michael Jackson
Coldplay was the first three-time winner.
Three-time winner Arctic Monkeys
Manic Street Preachers was the first two-time winner.
Adele is the first female artist and solo act to win twice.
Year Recipient Nominees
1977 The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1982 Adam and the Ants – Kings of the Wild Frontier
1983 Barbra Streisand – Memories
1984 Michael Jackson – Thriller Not Nominated
1985 Sade – Diamond Life
1986 Phil Collins – No Jacket Required
1987 Dire Straits – Brothers in Arms
1988 Sting – ...Nothing Like the Sun
1989 Fairground Attraction – The First of a Million Kisses
1990 Fine Young Cannibals – The Raw and the Cooked
1991 George Michael – Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
1992 Seal – Seal
1993 Annie Lennox – Diva
1994 Stereo MC's – Connected
1995 Blur – Parklife
1996 Oasis – (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
1997 Manic Street Preachers – Everything Must Go
1998 The Verve – Urban Hymns
1999 Manic Street Preachers – This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours
2000 Travis – The Man Who
2001 Coldplay – Parachutes
2002 Dido – No Angel
2003 Coldplay – A Rush of Blood to the Head
2004 The Darkness – Permission to Land
2005 Keane – Hopes and Fears
2006 Coldplay – X&Y
2007 Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
2008 Arctic Monkeys – Favourite Worst Nightmare
2009 Duffy – Rockferry
2010 Florence and the Machine – Lungs
2011 Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More
2012 Adele – 21
2013 Emeli Sandé – Our Version of Events
2014 Arctic Monkeys – AM
2015 Ed Sheeran – x
2016 Adele – 25
2017 David Bowie – Blackstar
2018 Stormzy – Gang Signs & Prayer
2019 The 1975 – A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships
2020 Dave – Psychodrama

Multiple nominations and awards

Notes

References
  1. "About the BPI". British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  2. "BRIT Awards". British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  3. "And the nominees are..." Brits.co.uk. British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Retrieved 22 February 2014.
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