Brit Award for International Artist

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Brit Award for International Solo Artist
Chappell Roan 08 (cropped).jpg
2025 winner: Chappell Roan
Awarded forAchievement in Excellent International Solo Artist
Country United Kingdom (UK)
Presented by British Phonographic Industry (BPI)
First award1983
Currently held by Chappell Roan (2025)
Most awards Prince (3)
Most nominations Madonna, Prince (5)
Website www.brits.co.uk

The Brit Award for International Solo Artist is an award given by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), an organisation which represents record companies and artists in the United Kingdom. [1] The accolade is presented at the Brit Awards, an annual celebration of British and international music. [2] 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. [3]

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First presented at the 3rd Brit Awards in 1983 to Kid Creole and the Coconuts, the award has been presented with various names over its tenure. Including his win with The Revolution, Prince has the most wins in this category, with three (two of which were consecutive), while Madonna has the most nominations without a win, with five. Michael Jackson is the only other artist with multiple wins in this category. Only ten non-American artists have been nominated for the award, namely Spanish singer Julio Iglesias in 1983, Australian band Men at Work in 1984, Swedish singer Neneh Cherry, who became the only non-American winner in 1990, Canadian musician Bryan Adams in 1992, Irish singer Enya in 1992 and 1993, Canadian singer k.d. lang in 1993, Nigerian singers Burna Boy in 2023 and 2024 and Asake in 2024 and 2025, and Irish singer CMAT and Australian singer Kylie Minogue in 2024. As of 2025, the current holder of the award is Chappell Roan.

History

The award was first presented in 1983 as International Artist, where both groups and solo artists of any gender could be nominated. From 1986 to 1988, in 1990 and again in 1992 and 1993, it was presented as International Solo Artist (given to a male or female artist) while groups were honored with the newly created Brit Award for International Group from 1986 onward. The accolade was not handed out at the 1989 and 1991 ceremonies and has been defunct as of 1993.

In 2021, it was announced that the category had been revived and returned to its original name Best International Artist of the Year following the removal of gendered categories, and combines the International Male Solo Artist and International Female Solo Artist categories. This new iteration of the award was first presented at the 42nd Brit Awards. [4] The number of nominees in the category was increased from five to ten in 2024. [5]

Winners and nominees

International Artist (1983-1985)

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Three-time winner Prince
YearRecipientNominee
1983
(3rd)		 Kid Creole and the Coconuts
1984
(4th)		 Michael Jackson
1985
(5th)		 Prince & The Revolution

International Solo Artist (1986-1988, 1990, 1992-1993)

Neneh Cherry was the first female recipient in 1990, and remains the only non-American winner as of 2025 Tauron Nowa Muzyka 2014 - Neneh Cherry (06).jpg
Neneh Cherry was the first female recipient in 1990, and remains the only non-American winner as of 2025
YearRecipientNominee
1986
(6th)		 Bruce Springsteen
1987
(7th)		 Paul Simon
1988
(8th)		 Michael Jackson
1990
(10th)		 Neneh Cherry
1992
(12th)		 Prince
1993
(13th)		 Prince

International Artist (2022-present)

Billie Eilish, the winner of the newly-revived category in 2022 Billie Eilish at Pukkelpop Festival - 18 AUGUST 2019 (01) (cropped).jpg
Billie Eilish, the winner of the newly-revived category in 2022
YearRecipientNominee
2022
(42nd)		 Billie Eilish
2023
(43rd)		 Beyoncé
2024
(44th)		 SZA
2025
(45th)		 Chappell Roan

Multiple nominations and awards

Notes

References

  1. ↑ "About the BPI". British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Archived from the original on 6 December 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "BRIT Awards". British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "And the nominees are..." Brits.co.uk. British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Brit Awards scrap male and female categories". BBC News. 22 November 2021.
  5. ↑ "Brit awards extend best artist shortlist to 10 after 2023's all-male lineup". The Guardian . 24 November 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
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