Brit Award for International Male Solo Artist

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Brit Award for International Male Solo Artist
The Weeknd Portrait by Brian Ziff.jpg
2021 winner The Weeknd
Awarded forAchievement in Excellent International Male Solo Artist
Country United Kingdom (UK)
Presented by British Phonographic Industry (BPI)
First award1989
Currently held by The Weeknd (2021)
Most awards Beck, Eminem and Kanye West (3)
Most nominations Beck (10)
Website www.brits.co.uk

The Brit Award for International Male Solo Artist was 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 were 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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History

The award was first presented in 1989 as International Male Solo Artist. The accolade was not handed out at the 1990, 1992 and 1993 ceremonies, with the award for International Solo Artist (given to a male or female artist) being awarded instead. [4] [5] The award for International Male Solo Artist was reinstated in 1994, [6] but was again retired in favour of the gender-neutral award following the abolition of gendered categories in 2022.

International Male Solo Artist was won by Beck, Kanye West and Eminem the most times, with three wins. Three artists had two consecutive wins; Prince in 1995 and 1996, Beck in 1999 and 2000, and West in 2008 and 2009. Artists from the United States almost exclusively were nominated for and won the award, aside from one Australian win (Michael Hutchence in 1991), one Jamaican-American win (Shaggy in 2002) and four Canadian wins (Justin Bieber in 2016, two-time winner Drake in 2017 and 2019, and the Weeknd in 2021).

Winners and nominees

Three-time recipient Beck Beck 2006-01.jpg
Three-time recipient Beck
Three-time recipient Eminem Eminem (cropped).jpg
Three-time recipient Eminem
Three-time recipient Kanye West Kanye West Lollapalooza Chile 2011 2.jpg
Three-time recipient Kanye West
Two-time recipient Bruno Mars BrunoMars24KMagicWorldTourLive (cropped).jpg
Two-time recipient Bruno Mars
Two-time recipient Drake Drake July 2016.jpg
Two-time recipient Drake
Two-time recipient Justin Timberlake Justin Timberlake - V Festival 2014 05 (cropped).jpg
Two-time recipient Justin Timberlake
Two-time recipient Prince Prince at Coachella crop.jpg
Two-time recipient Prince
2016 winner Justin Bieber previously won the only Breakthrough award-winning international male solo artist Justin Bieber in 2015.jpg
2016 winner Justin Bieber previously won the only Breakthrough award-winning international male solo artist
YearRecipientNominee
1989 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Jackson
1990 Not Awarded
1991 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Hutchence
1992 Not Awarded
1993
1994 Flag of the United States.svg Lenny Kravitz
1995 Flag of the United States.svg Prince
1996
1997 Flag of the United States.svg Beck
1998 Flag of the United States.svg Jon Bon Jovi
1999 Flag of the United States.svg Beck
2000
2001 Flag of the United States.svg Eminem
2002 Flag of Jamaica.svg / Flag of the United States.svg Shaggy
2003 Flag of the United States.svg Eminem
2004 Flag of the United States.svg Justin Timberlake
2005 Flag of the United States.svg Eminem
2006 Flag of the United States.svg Kanye West
2007 Flag of the United States.svg Justin Timberlake
2008 Flag of the United States.svg Kanye West
2009
2010 Flag of the United States.svg Jay-Z
2011 Flag of the United States.svg CeeLo Green
2012 Flag of the United States.svg Bruno Mars
2013 Flag of the United States.svg Frank Ocean
2014 Flag of the United States.svg Bruno Mars
2015 Flag of the United States.svg Pharrell Williams
2016 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Justin Bieber
2017 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Drake
2018 Flag of the United States.svg Kendrick Lamar
2019 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Drake
2020 Flag of the United States.svg Tyler, the Creator
2021 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg The Weeknd

Multiple nominations and awards

Countries by nominations

CountryNominationsFirst nominationLast nominationArtist/s
Flag of the United States.svg United States (including Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico)11219892021Majority of nominees
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 191994 Neil Young, Bryan Adams, Michael Bublé, Rufus Wainwright, Drake, Justin Bieber, The Weeknd, Leonard Cohen, Shawn Mendes
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 520012020 Ronan Keating, Damien Rice, Hozier, Dermot Kennedy
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 319912021 Michael Hutchence, Gotye, Tame Impala
Flag of France.svg France 220112012 David Guetta
Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti 20012002 Wyclef Jean
Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica 20022004 Shaggy, Sean Paul
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 20202021 Burna Boy
Flag of Germany.svg Germany 11998 Sash!
Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1997 Robert Miles
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 1999 Neil Finn
Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal 1995 Youssou N'Dour
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 1999 Eagle-Eye Cherry

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. ↑ "1992 Brit Awards". Brits.co.uk. British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "1993 Brit Awards". Brits.co.uk. British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  6. ↑ Rogers, Simon (12 February 2012). "Brit awards winners list 2012: every winner since 1977". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group . Retrieved 3 March 2014.
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