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. The accolade is presented at the Brit Awards, an annual celebration of British and international music. 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.

Brit Award for International Album
2011 Winner Arcade Fire
Awarded forAchievement in Excellent International Album
CountryUnited Kingdom (UK)
Presented byBritish Phonographic Industry (BPI)
First awarded1977
Last awarded2011
Currently held byArcade FireThe Suburbs (2011)
Most awardsNone
Most nominations
Websitewww.brits.co.uk

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

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