The Updated Top Twenty BRIT Award Artists

It’s really difficult to work out what the most successful BRIT Awards artists of all time are, so this took me several hours, and I’m still not too confident in the results. But anyway, here it is – an updated list of the top twenty artists at the BRIT Awards.

The number of wins and nominations are shown in brackets, and I’ve ranked the people who won them first higher on the list.

1. Robbie Williams (13-12)
2. Coldplay (9-17)
3. Adele (9-3)
4. Take That (8-10)
5. U2 (7-19)
6. Annie Lennox (7-5)
7. One Direction (7-5)
8. Prince (7-4)
9. Arctic Monkeys (7-2)
10. Oasis (6-12)
11. David Bowie (6-8)
12. Michael Jackson (6-2)
13. Björk (5-5)
14. Blur (5-12)
15. Elton John (5-10)
16. Paul Weller (5-4)
17. Spice Girls (5-4)
18. Phil Collins (4-6)
19. Eminem (4-6)
20. Ed Sheeran (4-6)

Just for the record, the next few are: R.E.M., Manic Street Preachers, Foo Fighters, Emeli Sandé, The Beatles, Dido, George Michael, Kylie Minogue, Pet Shop Boys, and Beck.