Let’s snatch a search for at the five nominees for handiest global team — alongside with their nomination historical previous at the Brit Awards and the highest scheme they’ve fared on the U.Okay. charts since the glossy eligibility year began on Dec. 13, 2019. (The eligibility year ended on March 11, 2021.)
Unless in another case specified, all chart numbers consult with the Official U.Okay. Albums Chart and the Official U.Okay. Singles Chart.
BTS: The lads landed their second No. 1 album with Plan of the Soul – 7 and so they real missed out on landing a 3rd when Be peaked at No. 2. They also secured their first two high 10 singles: “Dynamite” (No. 3) and “Life Goes On” (No. 10). BTS are the first Korean act to receive a Brit Award nomination.
Fontaines D.C.: The band’s sophomore album, A Hero’s Death, grew to transform its second high 10 album, peaking at No. 2. Right here is Fontaines D.C.’s first Brit Awards nomination. The band’s 2019 debut album, Dogrel, used to be nominated for the Mercury Award. Of show: The Irish band has two Conors among its five participants.
Foo Opponents: The band landed its fifth No. 1 album with Medicine at Hour of darkness. The album climbed greater within the U.Okay. than it did within the band’s dwelling nation, the place it peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200. (The Foos have also tallied more No. 1 albums within the U.Okay. than within the U.S.: five vs. two here.) The six-man band is second handiest to U2 every in variety of nominations in this category (seven) and in variety of wins (four).
Haim: The sister trio’s third studio album, Ladies in Tune Pt. III, grew to transform its second No. 1 album. But all over again, it charted greater within the U.Okay. than it did on the Billboard 200 (No. 13). The band also landed its second high 20 single as featured artists on pal Taylor Swift’s “No Body, No Crime” (No. 19). Right here is Haim’s third nomination in this category. If Haim wins, they will transform the fourth all-female team to grab in this category, following The Bangles (1987), TLC (2000) and Destiny’s Child (2002). If Haim loses, they’ll be half of Shadowy Eyed Peas as the superb groups with as many as three nominations within the category with out a snatch.
Scuttle the Jewels: The acclaimed hip-hop duo, consisting of El-P and Killer Mike, landed their first high 10 album when fourth studio album, RTJ4, peaked at No. 9. (It reached No. 10 on the Billboard 200.) Scuttle the Jewels have toured as a supporting act to headliners starting from Lorde to Rage In opposition to the Machine. Right here is the duo’s first Brit Awards nomination. 5 R&B or hip-hop groups have won in this category: Fugees, TLC, Destiny’s Child, A Tribe Known as Quest and The Carters.
