- Who
- Little Mix
- What
- first first
- Where
- United Kingdom ()
- When
Little Mix – Perrie Edwards, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Jade Thirlwall and formerly Jesy Nelson (2011-20; all UK) – won Best British Group at the 41st edition of the BRIT Awards, staged at the O2 in London, UK, on 11 May 2021.
Best British Group, one of the founding awards at the 1st edition of the BRITs in 1977, had previously been won by Five Star (1987) – featuring the Pearson siblings Denise, Doris and Lorraine, alongside Delroy and Stedman – but in 2021 Little Mix were the first all-female act to scoop the prize, in what has traditionally been a male-dominated category. Other former winners include The Beatles (1977), Dire Straits (1983 & 1986), Simply Red (1992 & 1993), Oasis (1996), Manic Street Preachers (1987 & 1989), Travis (2000 & 2002), Coldplay (2001, 2003, 2012 & 2016), Arctic Monkeys (2007, 2008 & 2014), Take That (2011) and The 1975 (2017 & 2019). Previous nominees include the Annie Lennox-fronted Eurythmics (1984, 1986-87 & 1990), Shakespears Sister (1993), Eternal (1995), Spice Girls (1997), All Saints (2001), Sugababes (2003-04), Girls Aloud (2008-09) and Little Mix themselves (2017 & 2019).
It was third time lucky for Little Mix in 2021, beating Bicep, Biffy Clyro, The 1975 and Young T & Bugsey to the Best British Group award.