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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]El premio se presentó por primera vez en 1977 como Álbum británico del año. En 1983 y 1984 premiado como álbum no competitivo de mayor venta.

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Coldplay y Arctic Monkeys son los mayores ganadores en esta categoría con tres victorias cada uno. Les siguen Manic Street Preachers y Adele con dos victorias. Coldplay lidera a todos los artistas con seis nominaciones. Elton John , George Michael y Ed Sheeran lideran los artistas solistas con tres nominaciones.

The first woman to receive the award as Best Selling Album was Barbra Streisand in 1983, for Memories. Annie Lennox became the first female solo artist 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 take 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.

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

Winners and nominees[edit]

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 fue el primer ganador en dos ocasiones.
Adele es la primera artista femenina y solista en ganar dos veces.

Multiple nominations and awards[edit]

Notes[edit]

  • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967), Kings of the Wild Frontier (1981), Memories (1982), Thriller (1983), Brothers in Arms (1985), No Angel (2001), Rockferry (2008), 21 (2011), Our Version of Events (2012), x (2014), 25 (2015~2016) List of best-selling albums by year in the United Kingdom
  • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1960s), Brothers in Arms (1980s), (What's the Story) Morning Glory? (1990s), 21 (2010s) List of Best-selling albums by decade in the United Kingdom
  • Brothers in Arms (1986~1987), Born to Do It (2001~2002), Kid A (2001~2002) Double Nominated
  • (What's the Story) Morning Glory? (2010) Also Win Brit Award for British Album of Thirty Year
  • Thriller (1984), 21 (2011) Also Win American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Album
  • Thriller (1984) Also Win American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Album
  • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1993), Thriller (2008) Also Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame
  • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1968), Thriller (1984), No Jacket Required (1986), 21 (2012), 25 (2017) Also Win Grammy Award for Album of the Year
  • Parachutes (2002), A Rush of Blood to the Head (2003), Blackstar (2017) Also Win Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album
  • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1968), Thriller (1984), Brothers in Arms (1986), Blackstar (2017) Also Win Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
  • Thriller (1984), No Jacket Required (1986) Also Win Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
  • Diva (1993) Also Win Grammy Award for Best Music Film
  • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1968), Rockferry (2009), 21 (2012), 25 (2017) Also Win Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album
  • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1968), Blackstar (2017) Also Win Grammy Award for Best Recording Package
  • Brothers in Arms (1986), X&Y (2006), 21 (2012), 25 (2016) Also Win Juno Award for International Album of the Year
  • Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006), Psychodrama (2019) Also Win Mercury Prize for Best Album from the United Kingdom and Ireland

References[edit]

  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.