| Brit Award for International Female Solo Artist | |
|---|---|
| 2021 Winner Billie Eilish | |
| Awarded for | Achievement in Excellent International Female Solo Artist |
| Country | United Kingdom (UK) |
| Presented by | British Phonographic Industry (BPI) |
| First award | 1989 |
| Final award | 2021 |
| Currently held by | Billie Eilish (2021) |
| Most awards | Björk (4) |
| Most nominations | Björk (9) |
| Website | www |
The Brit Award for International 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. [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]
The award was first presented in 1989 as International Female 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 Female 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.
Björk is the artist with the most wins and nominations in the category, with four awards won out of nine nominations. Two artists achieved two consecutive wins; Rihanna in 2011 and 2012 and Billie Eilish in 2020 and 2021. Artists from the United States won the accolade sixteen times, more than any other country.
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| Awards | Artist |
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| 4 | Björk |
| 2 | Beyoncé |
| Billie Eilish | |
| Kylie Minogue | |
| Lorde | |
| Madonna | |
| Rihanna |
| Country | Wins | First win | Last win | Artist/s |
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| 16 | 1989 | 2021 | Tracy Chapman, Sheryl Crow, Macy Gray, Madonna, Pink, Beyoncé, Gwen Stefani, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Lana Del Rey, Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish | |
| 4 | 1994 | 2016 | Björk | |
| 3 | 1999 | 2008 | Natalie Imbruglia, Kylie Minogue | |
| 2 | 2011 | 2012 | Rihanna | |
| 1995 | 2007 | k.d. lang, Nelly Furtado | ||
| 2014 | 2018 | Lorde | ||
| 1 | 1991 | Sinéad O'Connor | ||
| Country | Nominations | First nomination | Last nomination | Artist/s |
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| 100 | 1989 | 2021 | Majority of nominees | |
| 13 | 2017 | Kylie Minogue, Natalie Imbruglia, Gabriella Cilmi, Sia | ||
| 12 | 1995 | 2012 | k.d. lang, Celine Dion, Alanis Morissette, Nelly Furtado, Avril Lavigne, Feist | |
| 9 | 1994 | 2018 | Björk | |
| 6 | 2008 | 2017 | Rihanna | |
| 3 | 1989 | 1995 | Enya, Sinéad O'Connor | |
| 2010 | 2018 | Ladyhawke, Lorde | ||
| 1991 | 2011 | Neneh Cherry, Robyn | ||
| 2 | 2019 | 2020 | Camila Cabello | |
| 2017 | 2019 | Christine and the Queens [a] | ||
| 2019 | 2020 | Camila Cabello |