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| Achievement in Excellent British Dance Act |
| United Kingdom (UK) |
| British Phonographic Industry (BPI) |
| 1994 |
| Fred Again, Skepta and PlaqueBoyMax (2026) |
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| Jamiroquai (6) |
| www.brits.co.uk |
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. The accolade was presented at the Brit Awards, an annual celebration of British and international music. 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.
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 1999 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 holders of the award are Fred Again, Skepta and American rapper PlaqueBoyMax, the first non-British nominee, who won in 2026.
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 following 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) In 2026, two of the five nominations were jointly held by multiple acts: Calvin Harris and Clementine Douglas, as well as eventual winners Fred Again, Skepta, and American rapper PlaqueBoyMax, with the latter becoming the first non-British nominee.
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
Two-time winner and first solo female act to receive the award, Becky Hill
Calvin Harris received the award in 2024 following two previous nominations
| Year | Recipient | Nominees |
|---|---|---|
| M People | Apache Indian | |
| Jamiroquai | ||
| The Shamen | ||
| Stereo MCs | ||
| M People | The Brand New Heavies | |
| Eternal | ||
| Massive Attack | ||
| The Prodigy | ||
| Massive Attack | Eternal | |
| Leftfield | ||
| M People | ||
| Tricky | ||
| The Prodigy | The Chemical Brothers | |
| Jamiroquai | ||
| Mark Morrison | ||
| Underworld | ||
| The Prodigy | The Brand New Heavies | |
| The Chemical Brothers | ||
| Eternal | ||
| Jamiroquai | ||
| Fatboy Slim | All Saints | |
| Faithless | ||
| Jamiroquai | ||
| Massive Attack | ||
| The Chemical Brothers | Basement Jaxx | |
| Fatboy Slim | ||
| Jamiroquai | ||
| Leftfield | ||
| Fatboy Slim | Artful Dodger | |
| Craig David | ||
| Moloko | ||
| Sonique | ||
| Basement Jaxx | Craig David | |
| Faithless | ||
| Fatboy Slim | ||
| Gorillaz | ||
| Sugababes | The Chemical Brothers | |
| Groove Armada | ||
| Jamiroquai | ||
| Kosheen | ||
| Basement Jaxx | Goldfrapp | |
| Groove Armada | ||
| Kosheen | ||
| Girls Aloud |
| Year | Recipient | Nominees |
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| Becky Hill | Calvin Harris | |
| Fred Again | ||
| Joel Corry | ||
| Raye | ||
| Becky Hill | Bonobo | |
| Calvin Harris | ||
| Eliza Rose | ||
| Fred Again | ||
| Calvin Harris | Barry Can't Swim | |
| Becky Hill | ||
| Fred Again | ||
| Romy | ||
| Charli XCX | Becky Hill | |
| Chase & Status | ||
| Fred Again | ||
| Nia Archives | ||
| Fred Again, Skepta, & PlaqueBoyMax | Calvin Harris & Clementine Douglas | |
| FKA Twigs | ||
| PinkPantheress | ||
| Sammy Virji |
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