Brit Award for British Rock/Alternative Act

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Brit Award for British Alternative/Rock Act
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2024 winners Bring Me the Horizon
Awarded forAchievement in Excellence: British Rock Act
Country United Kingdom (UK)
Presented by British Phonographic Industry (BPI)
First awarded2004
Currently held by Bring Me the Horizon (2024)
Most awardsNone
Most nominations
Website www.brits.co.uk

The Brit Award for British Alternative/Rock Act (previously known as the Brit Award for British Rock Act) 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 was presented at the Brit Awards, an annual celebration of British and international music. [2] The winners and nominees were determined by the Brit Awards voting academy with over one-thousand members comprising record labels, publishers, managers, agents, media, and previous winners and nominees. [3]

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The inaugural recipients of the award are The Darkness, who won in 2004. The category only featured bands as nominees until it was revived in 2022. Muse, Kasabian and Tom Grennan hold the record for most nominations without a win, with two. Sam Fender is the first solo artist to win the category. The award is currently held by Bring Me the Horizon, who won in 2024.

History

The Brit Award for British Rock Act was first presented at the 2004 Brit Awards and last presented in 2006.

In 2021, it was announced that the category had been revived and renamed British Rock/Alternative Act following the removal of gendered categories. This new iteration of the award was first presented at the 42nd Brit Awards and is voted for by the public on TikTok alongside the three other genre categories (Pop/R&B Act, Dance Act and Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Act). [4]

Winners and nominees

British Rock Act (2004–2006)

2004 winners The Darkness TheDarkness2012.jpg
2004 winners The Darkness
2005 winners Franz Ferdinand Franz-ferdinand-live-2006-tag.jpg
2005 winners Franz Ferdinand
YearRecipientNominees
2004 [5] The Darkness
2005 [6] Franz Ferdinand
2006 [7] Kaiser Chiefs [8]

British Rock/Alternative Act (2022–present)

Sam Fender was the inaugural winner of the 2022 revived category Sam Fender Leeds 2019.jpg
Sam Fender was the inaugural winner of the 2022 revived category
YearRecipientNominees
2022 [9] Sam Fender
2023 [10] The 1975
2024 Bring Me The Horizon

Multiple nominations and awards

Artists who received multiple nominations
NominationsArtist
2 Franz Ferdinand
Tom Grennan
Kasabian
Muse

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