Brit Award for British Dance Act

The Brit Award for British Dance 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]

Brit Award for British Dance Act
2023 Winner Becky Hill
Awarded forAchievement in Excellent British Dance Act
CountryUnited Kingdom (UK)
Presented byBritish Phonographic Industry (BPI)
First awarded1994
Currently held byBecky Hill (2023)
Most awards
Most nominationsJamiroquai (6)
Websitewww.brits.co.uk

The inaugural recipients of the award are M People, who won consecutively in 1994 and 1995. Fatboy Slim was the first solo act to win the category in 2000 and is one of five acts to have won the award twice, alongside M People, The Prodigy, Basement Jaxx and Becky Hill. Jamiroquai hold the record for most nominations without a win, with six. The current holder of the award is Hill, who won in 2023.

History

The award was first presented in 1994. British Dance Act has been won by M People, The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, Basement Jaxx and Becky Hill the most times, with two wins each.

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

Winners and nominees

Original category (1994-2004)
Inaugural and two-time winners M People
Two-time winners The Prodigy
Two-time winner Fatboy Slim was the first solo artist to receive the award
Two-time winners Basement Jaxx
Sugababes became the first female group to win the award in 2003
Year Recipient Nominees
1994 M People
1995 M People
1996 Massive Attack
1997 The Prodigy
1998 The Prodigy
1999 Fatboy Slim
2000 The Chemical Brothers
2001 Fatboy Slim
2002 Basement Jaxx
2003 Sugababes
2004 Basement Jaxx

Revived category (2022-present)
Year Recipient Nominees
2022 Becky Hill
2023 Becky Hill

Multiple nominations and awards

References
  1. "About the BPI". British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Archived from the original on 6 December 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  2. "BRIT Awards". British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  3. "And the nominees are..." Brits.co.uk. British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  4. "Brit Awards scrap male and female categories". BBC News. 22 November 2021.
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