Brit Award for British Rock/Alternative Act explained

Brit Award for British Alternative/Rock Act
Awarded For:	Achievement in Excellence: British Rock Act
Country:	United Kingdom (UK)
Presenter:	British Phonographic Industry (BPI)
Year:	2004
Holder:	Bring Me the Horizon (2024)
Most Awards:	None

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]

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)

Year	width=250px	Recipient	width=300px class=unsortable	Nominees
2004^[5]	The Darkness	Feeder Muse Primal Scream Stereophonics
2005^[6]	Franz Ferdinand	Kasabian The Libertines Muse Snow Patrol
2006^[7]	Kaiser Chiefs^[8]	Franz Ferdinand Hard-Fi Kasabian Oasis

British Rock/Alternative Act (2022–present)

Year	width=250px	Recipient	width=300px class=unsortable	Nominees
2022^[9]	Sam Fender	Coldplay Glass Animals Tom Grennan Wolf Alice
2023^[10]	The 1975	Arctic Monkeys Nova Twins Tom Grennan Wet Leg
2024	Bring Me The Horizon	Blur The Rolling Stones Young Fathers Yussef Dayes

Multiple nominations and awards

Artists who received multiple nominations

Nominations	Artist
2	Franz Ferdinand
	Tom Grennan
	Kasabian
	Muse

Notes and References

1. Web site: About the BPI. British Phonographic Industry (BPI). 22 February 2014. 6 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151206225605/http://www.bpi.co.uk/about-bpi.aspx. dead.
2. Web site: BRIT Awards. British Phonographic Industry (BPI). 22 February 2014. 6 September 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180906195429/https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-awards.aspx. dead.
3. Web site: And the nominees are.... Brits.co.uk. British Phonographic Industry (BPI). 22 February 2014.
4. News: Brit Awards scrap male and female categories. BBC News. 22 November 2021.
5. Web site: Brits 2004: The nominations. 12 January 2004. 19 December 2018. BBC News.
6. Web site: BRITs 2005 Nominees Announced - MTV UK. MTV.co.uk. 19 December 2018.
7. News: Brit award nominations hail the Kaiser Chiefs. Dury. Louise. 11 January 2006. The Independent. 19 December 2018.
8. News: Brit awards winners list 2013: every winner since 1977. 21 February 2013. The Guardian. 19 December 2018.
9. Web site: BRIT Awards 2022 nominations in full. 18 December 2021. Copsey. Rob. 19 December 2021. Official Charts Company. en.
10. Web site: Daly . Rhian . 2023-02-11 . Here are all the winners from the BRIT Awards 2023 – rolling list . 2023-02-11 . NME . en-GB.