Brit Award for International Album

The Brit Award for International Album 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]

Brit Award for International Album
2011 Winner Arcade Fire
Awarded for	Achievement in Excellent International Album
Country	United Kingdom (UK)
Presented by	British Phonographic Industry (BPI)
First awarded	1977
Last awarded	2011
Currently held by	Arcade Fire – The Suburbs (2011)
Most awards	Arcade Fire, Eminem, Foo Fighters, Green Day, Justin Timberlake, The Killers, Kings of Leon, Kylie Minogue, Lady Gaga, Scissor Sisters and Simon & Garfunkel (Once)
Most nominations	Arcade Fire, The Killers and Kings of Leon (3)
Website	www.brits.co.uk

The award was first presented in 1977 as International Album. The accolade was not handed out at the 1982-2001 ceremonies and has been defunct as of 2011.

Winners and nominees

Inaugural winner Simon & Garfunkel

2002 winner Kylie Minogue

2003 winner Eminem

2004 winner Justin Timberlake

2005 winner Scissor Sisters

2006 winner Green Day

2007 winner The Killers

2008 winner Foo Fighters

2009 winner Kings of Leon

2010 winner Lady Gaga

2011 winner Arcade Fire

Year	Recipient	Nominees
1977	Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge over Troubled Water	ABBA – Arrival Carole King – Tapestry Stevie Wonder – Songs in the Key of Life
1982	Not Awarded
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002	Kylie Minogue – Fever	Alicia Keys – Songs in A Minor Daft Punk – Discovery Destiny's Child – Survivor The Strokes – Is This It
2003	Eminem – The Eminem Show	Alicia Keys – Songs in A Minor Norah Jones – Come Away with Me Pink – Missundaztood Red Hot Chili Peppers – By the Way
2004	Justin Timberlake – Justified	Beyoncé – Dangerously in Love Christina Aguilera – Stripped Outkast – Speakerboxxx/The Love Below The White Stripes – Elephant
2005	Scissor Sisters – Scissor Sisters	The Killers – Hot Fuss Maroon 5 – Songs About Jane Outkast – Speakerboxxx/The Love Below U2 – How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
2006	Green Day – American Idiot	Arcade Fire – Funeral Kanye West – Late Registration Madonna – Confessions on a Dance Floor U2 – How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
2007	The Killers – Sam's Town	Bob Dylan – Modern Times Gnarls Barkley – St. Elsewhere Justin Timberlake – FutureSex/LoveSounds Scissor Sisters – Ta-Dah
2008	Foo Fighters – Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace	Arcade Fire – Neon Bible Eagles – Long Road Out of Eden Kings of Leon – Because of the Times Kylie Minogue – X
2009	Kings of Leon – Only by the Night	AC/DC – Black Ice Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes The Killers – Day & Age MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
2010	Lady Gaga – The Fame	Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion The Black Eyed Peas – The E.N.D. Empire of the Sun – Walking on a Dream Jay-Z – The Blueprint 3
2011	Arcade Fire – The Suburbs	CeeLo Green – The Lady Killer Eminem – Recovery Katy Perry – Teenage Dream Kings of Leon – Come Around Sundown

Multiple nominations and awards

Artists that received multiple nominations

nominations	Artist
3	Arcade Fire
	The Killers
	Kings of Leon
2	Alicia Keys
	Eminem
	Justin Timberlake
	Kylie Minogue
	Outkast
	Scissor Sisters
	U2

Notes

• Bridge over Troubled Water (1970~1971), Scissor Sisters (2004) List of best-selling albums by year in the United Kingdom
• Bridge over Troubled Water (1970s) List of Best-selling albums by decade in the United Kingdom
• Scissor Sisters (2005), Lady Gaga (2010) Also Win Brit Award for International Breakthrough Act
• Eminem (2001, 2003, 2005), Justin Timberlake (2004, 2007) Also Win Brit Award for International Male Solo Artist
• Kylie Minogue (2002, 2008), Lady Gaga (2010) Also Win Brit Award for International Female Solo Artist
• Scissor Sisters (2005), Green Day (2006), The Killers (2007), Foo Fighters (2008, 2012, 2015, 2018), Kings of Leon (2009), Arcade Fire (2011) Also Win Brit Award for International Group
• Songs in A Minor (2002~2003), Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (2004~2005), How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2005~2006) Double Nominated
• The Eminem Show (2003 (January)), Justified (2003 (November)), American Idiot (2005) Also Win American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Album
• The Eminem Show (2003 (January)) Also Win American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album
• The Eminem Show (2003 (January)) Also Win American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Album
• Bridge over Troubled Water (1971), The Suburbs (2011) Also Win Grammy Award for Album of the Year
• The Fame (2010) Also Win Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album
• Bridge over Troubled Water (1971) Also Win Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
• Justified (2004) Also Win Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album
• The Eminem Show (2003) Also Win Grammy Award for Best Rap Album
• American Idiot (2005), Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (2008) Also Win Grammy Award for Best Rock Album
• The Suburbs (2011) Also Win Juno Award for Album of the Year
• The Suburbs (2011) Also Win Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year
• The Eminem Show (2003), American Idiot (2005) Also Win Juno Award for International Album of the Year
• The Eminem Show (2002), Justified (2003), American Idiot (2005) Also Win MTV Europe Music Award for Best Album
• The Suburbs (2011) Also Win Polaris Music Prize for Best Full-Length Canadian Album Based On Artistic Merit, Regardless of Genre, Sales, or Record Label

References

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.