Brit Award for International Group

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 Kid Creole and the Coconuts 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.^[4]

Throughout the tenure of the category, artists from the United States have won twenty-six times, more than groups from any other country. Groups from Ireland have won seven times, and groups from Australia, including partially New Zealand band Crowded House, have won three times. Groups from Canada and France have won once. Dave Grohl, Jay-Z and Beyoncé are the only artists to be nominated for work in different groups (Grohl for Nirvana and Foo Fighters, Beyonce for Destiny's Child and The Carters, Jay-Z as part of a duo with Kanye West and the aforementioned Carters). The only artists with consecutive wins are U2, with three between 1988 and 1990, and R.E.M., who won in 1992 and 1993.

• Scissor Sisters (2005) also won Brit Award for International Breakthrough Act