Brit Award for British Female Solo Artist

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Brit Award for British Female Solo Artist
Dua Lipa with Warner Music.jpg
2021 Winner Dua Lipa
Awarded forAchievement in excellent British female solo artist
Country United Kingdom (UK)
Presented by British Phonographic Industry (BPI)
First awarded1977
Last awarded2021 [1]
Currently held by Dua Lipa (2021)
Most awards Annie Lennox (6)
Most nominations Annie Lennox (9)
Website www.brits.co.uk

The Brit Award for British Female Solo Artist was an award given by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), an organisation which represents record companies and artists in the United Kingdom. [2] The accolade was 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]

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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

Inaugural winner Shirley Bassey Shirley Bassey (1971).jpg
Inaugural winner Shirley Bassey
Six-time winner Annie Lennox Annie Lennox SING campaign, Vienna 2010 b.jpg
Six-time winner Annie Lennox
Two-time winner Alison Moyet Alison Moyet 346-0010-hinnerk-ruemenapf.jpg
Two-time winner Alison Moyet
Two-time winner Lisa Stansfield Lisa Stansfield.jpg
Two-time winner Lisa Stansfield
Two-time winner Dido DidoHamm081219-40 (49217235178) -cropped.jpg
Two-time winner Dido
Two-time winner Adele Adele 'Adele Live 2016' - Nashville DSC04668 (29780296314).jpg
Two-time winner Adele
Two-time winner Emeli Sande Emeli Sande.jpg
Two-time winner Emeli Sandé
Two-time winner Dua Lipa Dua Lipa-0761.jpg
Two-time winner Dua Lipa
YearRecipientNominees
1977
(1st)
Shirley Bassey
1982
(2nd)
Randy Crawford
1983
(3rd)
Kim Wilde
1984
(4th)
Annie Lennox
1985
(5th)
Alison Moyet
1986
(6th)
Annie Lennox
1987
(7th)
Kate Bush
1988
(8th)
Alison Moyet
1989
(9th)
Annie Lennox
1990
(10th)
Annie Lennox
1991
(11th)
Lisa Stansfield
1992
(12th)
Lisa Stansfield
1993
(13th)
Annie Lennox
1994
(14th)
Dina Carroll
1995
(15th)
Eddi Reader
1996
(16th)
Annie Lennox
1997
(17th)
Gabrielle
1998
(18th)
Shola Ama
1999
(19th)
Des'ree
2000
(20th)
Beth Orton
2001
(21st)
Sonique
2002
(22nd)
Dido
2003
(23rd)
Ms. Dynamite
2004
(24th)
Dido
2005
(25th)
Joss Stone
2006
(26th)
KT Tunstall
2007
(27th)
Amy Winehouse
2008
(28th)
Kate Nash
2009
(29th)
Duffy
2010
(30th)
Lily Allen
2011
(31st)
Laura Marling
2012
(32nd)
Adele
2013
(33rd)
Emeli Sandé
2014
(34th)
Ellie Goulding
2015
(35th)
Paloma Faith
2016
(36th)
Adele
2017
(37th)
Emeli Sandé
2018
(38th)
Dua Lipa
2019
(39th)
Jorja Smith
2020
(40th)
Mabel
2021
(41st)
Dua Lipa

Artists with multiple wins

Artists that received multiple awards
AwardsArtist
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

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