Brit Award for British Female Solo Artist

The Brit Award for British Female Solo Artist is an award given by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), an organisation which represents record companies and artists in the United Kingdom.[2] The accolade is presented at the Brit Awards, an annual celebration of British and international music.[3] The winners and nominees are determined by the Brit Awards voting academy with over one-thousand members, which comprise record labels, publishers, managers, agents, media, and previous winners and nominees.[4] The award was first presented in 1977 as British Female Solo Artist and for the last time in 2021, as gendered categories have been dropped for 2022.[1]

Brit Award for British Female Solo Artist
2021 Winner Dua Lipa
Awarded forAchievement in excellent British female solo artist
CountryUnited Kingdom (UK)
Presented byBritish Phonographic Industry (BPI)
First awarded1977
Last awarded2021[1]
Currently held byDua Lipa (2021)
Most awardsAnnie Lennox (6)
Most nominationsAnnie Lennox (9)
Websitewww.brits.co.uk

British Female Solo Artist has been won by Annie Lennox the most times, with six wins (including four when she was the vocalist of Eurythmics, rather than for her solo career)[5][6] and have received the most nominations, with nine, followed by Kate Bush with eight. As international artist categories only began in 1989,[7] American singer Randy Crawford won the award in 1982.

Winners and nominees
Shirley Bassey was the first recipient of the award in 1977.
Six-time winner Annie Lennox has the most nominations and awards.
1987 winner Kate Bush
1985 and 1988 winner Alison Moyet
2001 winner Sonique
2002 and 2004 winner Dido
2007 winner Amy Winehouse
2011 winner Laura Marling is one of three folk artists to receive the award.
2014 winner Ellie Goulding
2015 winner and 4 time nominee Paloma Faith
2012 and 2016 winner Adele
2013 and 2017 winner Emeli Sandé
Year Recipient Nominees
1977 Shirley Bassey
1982 Randy Crawford
1983 Kim Wilde
1984 Annie Lennox
1985 Alison Moyet
1986 Annie Lennox
1987 Kate Bush
1988 Alison Moyet
1989 Annie Lennox
1990 Annie Lennox
1991 Lisa Stansfield
1992 Lisa Stansfield
1993 Annie Lennox
1994 Dina Carroll
1995 Eddi Reader
1996 Annie Lennox
1997 Gabrielle
1998 Shola Ama
1999 Des'ree
2000 Beth Orton
2001 Sonique
2002 Dido
2003 Ms. Dynamite
2004 Dido
2005 Joss Stone
2006 KT Tunstall
2007 Amy Winehouse
2008 Kate Nash
2009 Duffy
2010 Lily Allen
2011 Laura Marling
2012 Adele
2013 Emeli Sandé
2014 Ellie Goulding
2015 Paloma Faith
2016 Adele
2017 Emeli Sandé
2018 Dua Lipa
2019 Jorja Smith
2020 Mabel
2021 Dua Lipa

Artists with multiple wins
Artists that received multiple awards
Awards Artist
6 Annie Lennox
2 Adele
Dido
Dua Lipa
Alison Moyet
Emeli Sandé
Lisa Stansfield

Artists with multiple nominations
9 nominations
8 nominations
7 nominations
6 nominations
5 nominations
4 nominations
3 nominations
2 nominations

See also

Notes

References
  1. Savage, Mark (23 November 2021). "Brit Awards scrap male and female categories". BBC News. Retrieved 25 November 2021. Dua Lipa and J Hus will go down in history as the last stars to win best female and male at the Brit Awards. That's because, from next year, the two categories will be combined into a single prize for best British artist, organisers have said.
  2. "About the BPI". British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  3. "BRIT Awards". British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  4. "And the nominees are..." Brits.co.uk. British Phonoghic Industry (BPI). Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  5. https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27723/eurythmics/
  6. https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27445/annie-lennox/
  7. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/nov/22/brit-awards-2022-to-remove-gendered-categories
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