The Brit Award for International Group is an award given by the

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(BPI), an organisation which represents record companies and artists in the

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. The accolade is presented at the Brit Awards, an annual celebration of

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and international music. The winners and nominees are determined by the Brit Awards voting academy with over one-thousand members, which comprise

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, agents, media, and previous winners and nominees. The inaugural recipients of the award were

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in 1986. U2 hold the record for most wins in the category, with five, while

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and

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share the record for most nominations without a win, with three. To date, five female groups (

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, and Boygenius) have won the award, though six additional groups ( Fugees,

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and

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) also include female members. The current holder of the award is Boygenius, who won in 2024.

History

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

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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. Throughout the tenure of the category, artists from the

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have won twenty-five times, more than groups from any other country. Groups from

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have won seven times, and groups from

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have won three times. Groups from

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and

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have won once.

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and

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are the only artists to be nominated for work in different groups (Grohl for

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and

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, Beyonce for

and

, Jay-Z as part of a duo with

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and the aforementioned The Carters).

Winners and nominees

U2 on Joshua Tree Tour 2017 Brussels 8-1-17

Destiny Child at Super Bowl XLVII halftime show

Multiple nominations and awards

Awards by country

Notes

(2005) also won

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References

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