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. The accolade is presented at the Brit Awards, an annual celebration of British and international music. 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.

History

The award was first presented in 1986 as International Solo Artist (given to a male or female artist) which was won by

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. 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 renamed Best International Artist of the Year following the removal of gendered categories. This new iteration of the award will first be presented at the

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Winners and nominees

Artists with multiple wins

Artists with multiple nominations

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;4 nominations * Prince ;2 nominations * Enya * Whitney Houston *

* Tina Turner

Notes

* Michael Jackson (1984), Prince (1985) also won Brit Award for International Artist * Michael Jackson (1989), Prince (1995–1996) also won Brit Award for International Male Solo Artist * Billie Eilish (2020–2021) also won

Brit Award for International Female Solo Artist The Brit Award for International 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. The accolade is presented at the Brit Awards, an ...

References

{{Brit Awards Brit Awards Awards established in 1986 Awards established in 1990 Awards established in 1992 Awards established in 2022 Awards disestablished in 1988 Awards disestablished in 1990 Awards disestablished in 1993