BRIT Billion Award | |
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Awarded for | Achievement of over 1 billion digital streams in the UK |
Country | United Kingdom (UK) |
Presented by | British Phonographic Industry (BPI) |
First awarded | 2023 |
Currently held by | Various (see Recipients) |
Website | www |
The BRIT Billion Award is a special award given by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) to artist who have achieved over one billion digital streams in the United Kingdom. An extension of the BPI's music certification system, the number of streams is verified using data calculated by the Official Charts Company and is the first time in the fifty-year history of the system that an artist's combined success over multiple projects has been recognized as a collective total. The one billion career streams include tracks where the artist is the primary performer, as well as tracks where they appear as a featured artist. [1] [2]
The award was created in 2023 and was first presented on 4 May 2023 to thirteen artists. To date, there have been twenty-nine recipients of the BRIT Billion Award. The most recent is Mabel, who was presented with the award in May 2024. At 20 years old when awarded, Olivia Rodrigo is the youngest recipient. Ed Sheeran is the first to be awarded the gold version of the reward for reaching ten billion streams.
The award was created to reflect the growing importance of streaming in the UK. In a statement announcing the initial recipients, Sophie Jones, Chief Executive of the BPI, explained: "for a recording artist, there can be few greater sources of pride than having a Platinum or Gold disc on their wall, but in an era when success in measured in the hundreds of millions and indeed billions of streams, it was clear that we needed a new and additional way to recognise and celebrate outstanding achievement in recorded music, and I feel certain that having a BRIT Billion Award will become equally prized." [3]
The trophy itself is manufactured by Gaudio Awards in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. [4]
Date | Image | Recipient | Country of Origin | Ref. |
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4 May 2023 | ABBA | Sweden | [5] | |
AJ Tracey | United Kingdom | |||
Anne-Marie | ||||
Coldplay | ||||
Ellie Goulding | ||||
George Ezra | ||||
Headie One | ||||
Mariah Carey | United States | |||
Lewis Capaldi | United Kingdom | |||
Raye | ||||
Rita Ora | ||||
Sam Smith | ||||
Whitney Houston | United States | |||
26 May 2023 | James Arthur | United Kingdom | [6] | |
4 June 2023 | Years & Years | [7] | ||
11 June 2023 | Becky Hill | [8] | ||
5 July 2023 | Clean Bandit | |||
9 July 2023 | Lana Del Rey | United States | [9] | |
20 July 2023 | Queen | United Kingdom | [10] | |
30 July 2023 | Wizkid | Nigeria | [11] | |
16 August 2023 | Olivia Rodrigo | United States | [12] | |
29 August 2023 | Billie Eilish | [13] | ||
28 September | Zara Larsson | Sweden | ||
4 October 2023 | Ed Sheeran | United Kingdom | ||
30 October 2023 | The Rolling Stones | |||
1 December 2023 | Ella Henderson | |||
13 December 2023 | Joel Corry | |||
27 April 2024 | Jess Glynne | |||
16 May 2024 | Mabel | [14] |
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