The BRIT Billion Award is a special award given by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) to artists who have achieved over one billion digital streams in the United Kingdom. An extension of the BPI's music certification system, the number of streams is verified using data calculated by the Official Charts Company and is the first time in the fifty-year history of the system that an artist's combined success over multiple projects has been recognized as a collective total. The one billion career streams include tracks where the artist is the primary performer, as well as tracks where they appear as a featured artist.
The award was established in 2023 and first presented on May 4, 2023, to thirteen artists. To date, forty-seven recipients, including nineteen non-British artists, have received the BRIT Billion Award. The most recent recipients are Bon Jovi, who were presented with the award in October 2025. At 20 years old, Olivia Rodrigo is the youngest recipient. Whitney Houston and Amy Winehouse are the only solo artists to receive the award posthumously, while ABBA are the only group to receive the award while disbanded; Houston and ABBA were among the inaugural recipients. Ed Sheeran is the first (and only) artist to be awarded the gold version of the award for reaching ten billion streams.
Creation The award was created to reflect the growing importance of streaming in the UK. In a statement announcing the initial recipients, Sophie Jones, Chief Executive of the BPI said, "for a recording artist, there can be few greater sources of pride than having a Platinum or Gold disc on their wall, but in an era when success in measured in the hundreds of millions and indeed billions of streams, it was clear that we needed a new and additional way to recognise and celebrate outstanding achievement in recorded music, and I feel certain that having a BRIT Billion Award will become equally prized." The trophy itself is manufactured by Gaudio Awards in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire.
Recipients
+ DateImageRecipientCountry of OriginRef. 4 May 2023 ABBA AJ Tracey Anne-Marie Coldplay Ellie Goulding George Ezra Headie One Mariah Carey Lewis Capaldi Raye Rita Ora Sam Smith Whitney Houston (posthumously) 26 May 2023 James Arthur 4 June 2023 Years & Years 11 June 2023 Becky Hill 30 June 2023Kings of Leon 5 July 2023 Clean Bandit9 July 2023 Lana Del Rey 20 July 2023Queen 30 July 2023Wizkid 16 August 2023 Olivia Rodrigo 27 August 2023 Jonas Blue29 August 2023 Billie Eilish 28 September 2023Zara Larsson 4 October 2023 Ed Sheeran 30 October 2023 The Rolling Stones 1 December 2023 Ella Henderson 13 December 2023 Joel Corry 18 April 2024Bryson Tiller 27 April 2024 Jess Glynne 1 May 2024Amy Winehouse (posthumously) 16 May 2024Mabel 28 June 2024The Script 29 June 2024Green Day 10 July 2024Rag'n'Bone Man15 July 2024Burna Boy16 July 2024Camila Cabello//18 July 2024Eminem 23 July 2024Jorja Smith 10 August 2024Chase & Status 2 September 2024blink-182 27 September 2024Bring Me the Horizon 7 October 2024James Bay 1 November 2024Pharrell Williams5 November 2024KSI 11 May 2025The Kooks 22 May 2025Tom Grennan 5 June 2025Sigala 16 June 2025Calum Scott 14 July 2025Sam Fender 1 October 2025Take That 14 October 2025Katy Perry 24 October 2025Bon Jovi
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