British Phonographic Industry - BPI Awards

The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) leads certification status for UK music sales by albums and singles as well as music DVDs.  BPI further runs the BRIT Awards, Classic BRIT Awards, and the Mercury Prize.

So let's talk about the awards.  In this post, consider first the BPI Awards.

BRIT Awards -

"...highest profile music awards ceremony in the UK..." (Wikipedia)

Record setting - Robbie Williams 

13 for solo work ... 5 with the band, Take That

BPI Awards

- 1977 -

Album of the Year - 

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (The Beatles)

Single of the Year - "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Queen) & "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (Procol Harum)

Outstanding Contribution to Music/BRIT Icon - The Beatles

- 1982 -

Album of the Year -

Kings of the Wild Frontier (Adam & the Ants)

Single of the Year -"Tainted Love" (Soft Cell)

Outstanding Contribution to Music/BRIT Icon - John Lennon

- 1983 -

Album of the Year -

Memories (Barbra Streisand)

Single of the Year - "Come On Eileen" (Dexys Midnight Runners)

Outstanding Contribution to Music/BRIT Icon -  The Beatles

- 1984 -

Album of the Year -

Thriller (Michael Jackson)

Single of the Year - "Karma Chameleon" (Culture Club)

Outstanding Contribution to Music/BRIT Icon - George Martin 

- 1985 -

Album of the Year -

Diamond Life (Sade)

Single of the Year - "Relax" (Frankie Goes to Hollywood)

Outstanding Contribution to Music/BRIT Icon - The Police

- 1986 -

Album of the Year -

No Jacket Required (Phil Collins)

Single of the Year - "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" (Tears for Fears)

Outstanding Contribution to Music/BRIT Icon - Elton John Wham!

- 1987 -

Album of the Year -

Brothers in Arms (Dire Straits)

Single of the Year - "West End Girls" (Pet Shop Boys)

Outstanding Contribution to Music/BRIT Icon - Eric Clapton

- 1988 -

Album of the Year -

Nothing Like the Sun (Sting)

Single of the Year - "Never Gonna Give You Up" (Rick Astley)

Outstanding Contribution to Music/BRIT Icon - The Who