BRIT Awards/British Song of the Year

Der BRIT Award for Best British Song of the Year wurde bereits bei der Einführung der BPI Awards 1977 von der British Phonographic Industry (BPI) verliehen. Es handelt sich um einen Preis, der für den besten Song eines britischen Künstlers vergeben wird. Von 1977 bis 2019 und noch einmal 2021 wurde statt „Song“ die Bezeichnung „Single“ verwendet.

Die Gewinner und Nominierten werden von einem Komitee bestehend aus über eintausend Mitgliedern gewählt. Das Wahlkomitee besteht aus verschiedenen Mitarbeitern von Plattenfirmen und Musikzeitschriften, Managern und Agenten, Angehörigen der Medien sowie vergangenen Gewinnern und Nominierten.^[1] Zeitweilig wurde auch über die Verkaufszahlen entschieden, so dass durchaus auch internationale Künstler nominiert wurden. Der einzige ausländische Künstler, der den Award gewann, war der US-amerikanische Sänger Bruno Mars als Featuring von Mark Ronson.

Am häufigsten gewannen Take That, die den Award fünf Mal erhielten. Take That gewannen den Award auch als erste in aufeinanderfolgenden Jahren. Ihr ehemaliges Mitglied Robbie Williams gewann ihn drei Mal, was der Rekord für Solokünstler ist. Zudem gewann er den Award dreimal in aufeinanderfolgenden Jahren.

Übersicht

Jahr	Sieger	Nominierungen
1977	Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade of Pale and Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody	10cc – I'm Not in Love The Beatles – She Loves You
1982	Soft Cell – Tainted Love	Adam and the Ants – Prince Charming Adam and the Ants – Stand and Deliver
1983	Dexys Midnight Runners – Come On Eileen	Irene Cara – Fame (Vereinigte Staaten) Survivor – Eye of the Tiger (Vereinigte Staaten)
1984	Culture Club – Karma Chameleon	keine Nominierungen
1985	Frankie Goes to Hollywood – Relax	Bronski Beat – Smalltown Boy Frankie Goes to Hollywood – Two Tribes George Michael – Careless Whisper Sade – Smooth Operator
1986	Tears for Fears – Everybody Wants to Rule the World	David Bowie and Mick Jagger – Dancing in the Street Dire Straits – Money for Nothing Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill Paul Hardcastle – 19
1987	Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls	Chris de Burgh – The Lady in Red The Communards and Sarah Jane Morris – Don’t Leave Me This Way Peter Gabriel – Sledgehammer Simply Red – Holding Back the Years
1988	Rick Astley – Never Gonna Give You Up	Bananarama – Love in the First Degree MARRS – Pump Up the Volume Pet Shop Boys – It’s a Sin T’Pau – China in Your Hand
1989	Fairground Attraction – Perfect	Art of Noise featuring Tom Jones – Kiss Deacon Blue – Real Gone Kid Robert Palmer – She Makes My Day Tanita Tikaram – Twist in My Sobriety
1990	Phil Collins – Another Day in Paradise	Band Aid II – Do They Know It's Christmas? The Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden and Stock Aitken Waterman – Ferry Cross the Mersey Jason Donovan – Sealed with a Kiss Jason Donovan – Too Many Broken Hearts Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers – Swing the Mood Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers – That's What I Like Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers – Let's Party Lisa Stansfield – All Around the World Marc Almond & Gene Pitney – Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart Simple Minds – Belfast Child Sonia – You'll Never Stop Me Loving You Soul II Soul – Back to Life
1991	Depeche Mode – Enjoy the Silence	keine Nominierungen
1992	Queen – These Are the Days of Our Lives	Gareth Hale and Norman Pace – The Stonk Iron Maiden – Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter Jason Donovan – Any Dream Will Do The KLF – 3 a.m. Eternal Vic Reeves and The Wonder Stuff – Dizzy
1993	Take That – Could It Be Magic	Shakespears Sister – Stay Take That – It Only Takes a Minute Take That – A Million Love Songs Wet Wet Wet – Goodnight Girl
1994	Take That – Pray	Dina Carroll – Don't Be a Stranger Paul Weller – Wild Wood Radiohead – Creep Suede – Animal Nitrate (eliminiert) Apache Indian – Boom Shack-A-Lak Gabrielle – Dreams M People – Moving On Up New Order – Regret Shaggy – Oh Carolina
1995	Blur – Parklife	Blur – Girls & Boys East 17 – Stay Another Day Oasis – Live Forever Wet Wet Wet – Love Is All Around (eliminiert) China Black – Searching D:Ream – Things Can Only Get Better The Grid – Texas Cowboys Michelle Gayle – Sweetness Tom Jones – If I Only Knew
1996	Take That – Back for Good	Blur – Country House Everything but the Girl – Missing Oasis – Wonderwall Pulp – Common People (eliminiert) Annie Lennox – No More I Love You's Edwyn Collins – A Girl Like You Oasis – Roll with It Simply Red – Fairground Supergrass – Alright
1997	Spice Girls – Wannabe	Babybird – You're Gorgeous Kula Shaker – Tattva Lighthouse Family – Lifted Manic Street Preachers – A Design for Life George Michael – Fastlove Mark Morrison – Return of the Mack Oasis – Don’t Look Back in Anger The Prodigy – Firestarter Underworld – Born Slippy
1998	All Saints – Never Ever	Blur – Song 2 Chumbawamba – Tubthumping Eternal featuring BeBe Winans – I Wanna Be the Only One Elton John – Something About the Way/Candle in the Wind '97 Olive – You're Not Alone Radiohead – Paranoid Android Texas – Say What You Want The Verve – Bitter Sweet Symphony Robbie Williams – Old Before I Die
1999	Robbie Williams – Angels	Beautiful South – Perfect 10 Catatonia – Road Rage Cornershop – Brimful of Asha Des'ree – Life Fatboy Slim – The Rockafeller Skank Manic Street Preachers – If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next Massive Attack – Teardrop George Michael – Outside Robbie Williams – Millennium
2000	Robbie Williams – She's the One	Basement Jaxx – Red Alert Supergrass – Moving Moloko – Sing It Back Blur – Tender Travis – Why Does It Always Rain on Me? Fatboy Slim – Praise You Manic Street Preachers – You Stole the Sun from My Heart The Chemical Brothers – Hey Boy Hey Girl Shanks and Bigfoot – Sweet Like Chocolate
2001	Robbie Williams – Rock DJ	All Saints – Pure Shores Coldplay – Yellow Craig David – 7 Days David Gray – Babylon Moloko – The Time Is Now Sonique – It Feels So Good Spiller – Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) Sugababes – Overload Toploader – Dancing in the Moonlight
2002	S Club 7 – Don't Stop Movin’	Atomic Kitten – Whole Again Bob the Builder – Mambo No. 5 Daniel Bedingfield – Gotta Get Thru This DJ Pied Piper and the Masters of Ceremonies – Do You Really Like It? Geri Halliwell – It’s Raining Men Gorillaz featuring Del the Funky Homosapien – Clint Eastwood Hear’Say – Pure and Simple Robbie Williams – Eternity/The Road to Mandalay So Solid Crew – 21 Seconds
2003	Liberty X – Just a Little	Atomic Kitten – The Tide Is High Gareth Gates – Anyone of Us (Stupid Mistake) Gareth Gates – Unchained Melody Will Young – Anything Is Possible
2004	Dido – White Flag	Gareth Gates – Spirit in the Sky Jamelia – Superstar Mis-Teeq – Scandalous Rachel Stevens – Sweet Dreams My LA Ex
2005	Will Young – Your Game	Band Aid 20 – Do They Know It’s Christmas? Jamelia – Thank You LMC vs U2 – Take Me to the Clouds Above The Shapeshifters – Lola's Theme
2006	Coldplay – Speed of Sound	James Blunt – You're Beautiful Shayne Ward – That's My Goal Sugababes – Push the Button Tony Christie (featuring Peter Kay) – (Is This the Way To) Amarillo?
2007	Take That – Patience	Razorlight – America Snow Patrol – Chasing Cars The Feeling – Fill My Little World Will Young – All Time Love James Morrison – You Give Me Something eliminiert in Runde 2 Leona Lewis – A Moment Like This eliminiert in Runde 2 Lily Allen – Smile eliminiert in Runde 2 Corinne Bailey Rae – Put Your Records On eliminiert in Runde 1 Sandi Thom – I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker eliminiert in Runde 1 The Kooks – She Moves in Her Own Way eliminiert in Runde 1
2008	Take That – Shine	Leona Lewis – Bleeding Love Mika – Grace Kelly Mark Ronson (featuring Amy Winehouse) – Valerie The Hoosiers – Worried About Ray Kaiser Chiefs – Ruby eliminiert am 18. Februar Sugababes – About You Now eliminiert am 18. Februar Kate Nash – Foundations eliminiert am 17. Februar James Blunt – 1973 eliminiert am 16. Februar Mutya Buena – Real Girl eliminiert am 15. Februar
2009	Girls Aloud – The Promise	Coldplay – Viva la Vida Duffy – Mercy Leona Lewis – Better in Time Scouting for Girls – Heartbeat Alexandra Burke – Hallelujah ausgeschieden am 13. Februar Dizzee Rascal (featuring Calvin Harris and Chrome) – Dance wiv Me ausgeschieden am 12. Februar Adele – Chasing Pavements ausgeschieden am 11. Februar The X Factor Finalists 2008 – Hero ausgeschieden am 10. Februar Estelle (featuring Kanye West) – American Boy ausgeschieden am 9. Februar
2010	JLS – Beat Again	Alesha Dixon – Breathe Slow Alexandra Burke (featuring Flo Rida) – Bad Boys Cheryl Cole – Fight for This Love Joe McElderry – The Climb La Roux – In for the Kill Lily Allen – The Fear Pixie Lott – Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh) Taio Cruz – Break Your Heart Tinchy Stryder (featuring N-Dubz) – Number 1
2011	Tinie Tempah – Pass Out	Alexandra Burke featuring Pitbull – All Night Long Cheryl Cole – Parachute Florence + the Machine – You've Got the Love Matt Cardle – When We Collide Olly Murs – Please Don't Let Me Go Plan B – She Said Scouting for Girls – This Ain't a Love Song Taio Cruz – Dynamite The Wanted – All Time Low
2012	One Direction – What Makes You Beautiful	Adele – Someone like You Ed Sheeran – The A Team Example – Changed the Way You Kiss Me Jessie J featuring B.o.B – Price Tag JLS featuring Dev – She Makes Me Wanna Military Wives/Gareth Malone – Wherever You Are Olly Murs featuring Rizzle Kicks – Heart Skips a Beat Pixie Lott – All About Tonight The Wanted – Glad You Came
2013	Adele – Skyfall	Alex Clare – Too Close DJ Fresh featuring Rita Ora – Hot Right Now Emeli Sandé – Next to Me Florence + the Machine – Spectrum (Say My Name) James Arthur – Impossible Jessie J – Domino Labrinth featuring Emeli Sandé – Beneath Your Beautiful Olly Murs featuring Flo Rida – Troublemaker Rita Ora featuring Tinie Tempah – R.I.P. Rizzle Kicks – Mama Do the Hump Robbie Williams – Candy Rudimental featuring John Newman – Feel the Love Stooshe – Black Heart
2014	Rudimental feat. Ella Eyre – Waiting All Night	Bastille – Pompeii Calvin Harris feat. Ellie Goulding – I Need Your Love Disclosure feat. AlunaGeorge – White Noise Ellie Goulding – Burn John Newman – Love Me Again Naughty Boy feat. Sam Smith – La La La Olly Murs – Dear Darlin One Direction – One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks) Passenger – Let Her Go
2015	Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk	Calvin Harris – Summer Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne – Rather Be Duke Dumont feat. Jax Jones – I Got You Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud Ella Henderson – Ghost George Ezra – Budapest Route 94 feat. Jess Glynne – My Love Sam Smith – Stay with Me Sigma – Nobody to Love
2016	Adele – Hello	Calvin Harris & Disciples – How Deep Is Your Love Ed Sheeran & Rudimental – Bloodstream Ellie Goulding – Love Me like You Do James Bay – Hold Back the River Jess Glynne – Hold My Hand Little Mix – Black Magic Olly Murs feat. Demi Lovato – Up Philip George – Wish You Were Mine Years & Years – King
2017	Little Mix – Shout Out to My Ex	Alan Walker – Faded Calum Scott – Dancing on My Own Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna – This Is What You Came For Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul & Anne-Marie – Rockabye Coldplay – Hymn for the Weekend James Arthur – Say You Won’t Let Go Jonas Blue feat. Dakota – Fast Car Tinie Tempah featuring Zara Larsson – Girls Like Zayn – Pillowtalk
2018	Rag ’n’ Bone Man – Human	Calvin Harris featuring Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean – Feels Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson – Symphony Dua Lipa – New Rules Ed Sheeran – Shape of You J Hus – Did You See Jax Jones featuring Raye – You Don’t Know Me Jonas Blue featuring William Singe – Mama Liam Payne feat. Quavo – Strip That Down Little Mix – Touch
2019	Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa – One Kiss	Anne-Marie – 2002 Clean Bandit featuring Demi Lovato – Solo Dua Lipa – IDGAF George Ezra – Shotgun Jess Glynne – I’ll Be There Ramz – I’m Barking Rudimental featuring Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen – These Days Sigala & Paloma Faith – Lullaby Tom Walker – Leave a Light On
2020	Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved	AJ Tracey – Ladbroke Grove Calvin Harris & Rag ’n’ Bone Man – Giant Dave featuring Burna Boy – Location Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber – I Don’t Care Mabel – Don’t Call Me Up Mark Ronson featuring Miley Cyrus – Nothing Breaks Like a Heart Sam Smith & Normani – Dancing with a Stranger Stormzy – Vossi Bop Tom Walker – Just You and I
2021	Harry Styles – Watermelon Sugar	220 Kid & GRACEY – Don’t Need Love Aitch & AJ Tracey feat. Tay Keith – Rain Dua Lipa – Physical Headie One feat. AJ Tracey and Stormzy – Ain’t It Different Joel Corry feat. MNEK – Head & Heart Nathan Dawe feat. KSI – Lighter Regard & RAYE – Secrets S1MBA feat. DTG – Rover Young T & Bugsey feat. Headie One – Don’t Rush
2022	Adele – Easy on Me	A1 x J1 – Latest Trends Anne-Marie, KSI & Digital Farm Animals – Don't Play Becky Hill & David Guetta – Remember Central Cee – Obsessed With You Dave featuring Stormzy – Clash Ed Sheeran – Bad Habits Elton John & Dua Lipa – Cold Heart Glass Animals – Heat Waves Joel Corry, RAYE & David Guetta – Bed KSI – Holiday Nathan Evans, 220 Kid & Billen Ted – Wellerman (220 Kid x Billen Ted remix) Riton x Nightcrawlers featuring Mufasa & Hypeman – Friday Tion Wayne & Russ Millions – Body Tom Grennan – Little Bit of Love
2023	Harry Styles – As It Was	Aitch & Ashanti – Baby Cat Burns – Go Dave – Starlight Ed Sheeran & Elton John – Merry Christmas Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal – B.O.T.A. (Baddest of Them All) George Ezra – Green Green Grass Lewis Capaldi – Forget Me LF System – Afraid to Feel Sam Smith & Kim Petras – Unholy
2024	Raye featuring 070 Shake – Escapism.	Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding – Miracle Cassö, Raye und D-Block Europe – Prada Central Cee – Let Go Dave und Central Cee – Sprinter Dua Lipa – Dance the Night Ed Sheeran – Eyes Closed J Hus featuring Drake – Who Told You Kenya Grace – Strangers Lewis Capaldi – Wish You the Best PinkPantheress – Boy’s a Liar Rudimental, Charlotte Plank und Vibe Chemistry – Dancing Is Healing Stormzy featuring Debbie Firebabe Switch Disco und Ella Henderson – React Venbee and Goddard. – Messy in Heaven
2025	Charli XCX featuring Billie Eilish – Guess	Artemas – I Like the Way You Kiss Me The Beatles – Now and Then Bl3ss with Camrin Watsin featuring Bbyclose – Kisses Central Cee featuring Lil Baby – Band 4 Band Chase & Status featuring Stormzy – Backbone Coldplay – Feels Like I’m Falling in Love Dua Lipa – Training Season Ella Henderson featuring Rudimental – Alibi Jade – Angel of My Dreams Jordan Adetunji – Kehlani KSI featuring Trippie Redd – Thick of It Myles Smith – Stargazing Sam Ryder – You’re Christmas to Me Sonny Fodera with Jazzy & D.O.D. – Somedays

Statistik

Stand: 2025

Mehrfach-Auszeichnungen
Awards	Artist
5	Take That
3	Robbie Williams
3	Adele
2	Queen

Künstler mit mehreren Nominierungen
Awards	Artist
9	Calvin Harris
8	Dua Lipa
8	Ed Sheeran
7	Take That
	Robbie Williams
	Coldplay
	Rudimental
5	Adele
	Blur
	Jess Glynne
	Olly Murs
	Raye
	Stormzy
4	Central Cee
	Clean Bandit
	Dave
	Ellie Goulding
	KSI
	Oasis
	Sam Smith
	Sugababes
3	AJ Tracey
	Alexandra Burke
	Anne-Marie
	Ella Henderson
	Gareth Gates
	George Ezra
	Jason Donovan
	Jive Bunny & the Mastermixers
	Leona Lewis
	Lewis Capaldi
	Little Mix
	Manic Street Preachers
	George Michael
	Tinie Tempah
	Will Young
2	220 Kid
	Adam and the Ants
	Aitch
	All Saints
	Lily Allen
	Alesha Dixon
	James Arthur
	Atomic Kitten
	Jonas Blue
	James Blunt
	Cheryl
	Joel Corry
	Taio Cruz
	Dave
	George Ezra
	Fatboy Slim
	Florence + the Machine
	Frankie Goes to Hollywood
	David Guetta
	Harry Styles
	Headie One
	Jamelia
	Jessie J
	JLS
	Elton John
	Jax Jones
	Tom Jones
	Labrinth
	Zara Larsson
	Pixie Lott
	Demi Lovato
	Moloko
	John Newman
	One Direction
	Headie One
	Rita Ora
	Pet Shop Boys
	Queen
	Radiohead
	Rag ’n’ Bone Man
	Rihanna
	Rizzle Kicks
	Mark Ronson
	Emeli Sandé
	Tom Walker

Einzelnachweise

↑ Paul Grein: U.K.’s BRIT Awards Cut Categories, Eliminate Fan Voting, Give Artists More Control Of Performances. In: Billboard. 5. November 2019, abgerufen am 2. Januar 2022 (amerikanisches Englisch).

[:0-1] Paul Grein: U.K.’s BRIT Awards Cut Categories, Eliminate Fan Voting, Give Artists More Control Of Performances. In: Billboard. 5. November 2019, abgerufen am 2. Januar 2022 (amerikanisches Englisch).

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